The new Town Crier will be delivered to homes in Sevenoaks town from November 11. It can also be read online in electronic format now, just click on this link:  

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20MPH LATEST UPDATE: SEVENOAKS TOWN 20MPH SIGNS INSTALLED IN PREPARATION FOR START OF NEW SCHOOL YEAR

As of 30th August 2024, installation of 20mph signs for the new Sevenoaks Town 20mph speed limit has now been completed, with larger gateway signs having been installed at all entrances and exits of the scheme and smaller repeater signs distributed throughout. This comes in time for the commencement of the new school year, encouraging safer roads for school children and including the following schools within the scheme, as well as various vulnerable locations including the Adult Education Centre, multiple care homes, “Hole in the Wall” access to Knole Park and the Hospital:

• Lady Boswell’s Primary School

• Trinity School

• Weald of Kent Grammar School and Tunbridge Wells Boys Grammar School

• St Thomas Primary School and Pre School

• Sevenoaks Primary School and Pre School and Acorns Nursery

• Walthamstow Hall Junior School and Secondary School

• Oakley Nursery and Pre School

• The Children’s Workshop

This also includes:

• The upper High Street close to Sevenoaks School

• St Johns Primary and Granville School which were in the initial 20mph zones

• The approaches to Knole Academy through Bradbourne Lakes Area

More works on coloured tarmac and painted speed roundels on the highway will be completed on the following dates, with no planned day-time road closures associated with their installation.

· Painted roundels (not requiring road closures) between Monday 9^th September and Friday 13^th September, and further works between Monday 30^th September and Friday 3^rd October

· Any necessary road repairs, along with coloured tarmac and painted roundels (requiring road closure, to be completed at night) on the following roads – with one road closed at a time:

o Seal Hollow Road – 26^th and 27^th September at night, one for surfacing and one for lining

o Hillingdon Avenue – 26^th and 27^th September at night, one for surfacing and one for lining

o Betenson Avenue – 26^th and 27^th September at night, one for surfacing and one for lining

o Lambarde Road – 26^th and 27^th September at night, one for surfacing and one for liningFor more information please consult the following links:

· Sevenoaks Town Council Consultations page and information pack – including FAQ

· Online map with postcode search to see if your road is included in the scheme

· Kent County Council webpage, including Public Notice on the scheme’s adoption and copy of more detailed plans

You can also read and download the leaflet with FAQ which aims to explain the process and answer residents’ questions. You can access it on this link rb.gy/w2c7so

You can also scan this QR code to download the leaflet. 

To view the interactive map which shows the roads due to be included, as well as crashes reported between 1st April 2013 to 31st March 2023, please use this link https://rb.gy/q7q0aw or scan the following QR code.  

 

Please give your views in our Masterplan surveys!

We are currently running two separate surveys to investigate how the Town Centre and St Johns area are currently being used, what their strengths and weaknesses are, and what local people would like to see improved.

Responses will be used to inform the content of two separate Masterplans for the above areas, and local people are therefore encouraged to fill out both surveys and share them with their contacts so they can have their say on the future visions for Sevenoaks.

Please fill in the surveys on links below:

Sevenoaks Town Centre Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/P9WMYSC
St Johns area Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DPRP56W

 

And please attend workshop events:

A first successful workshop for the Town Centre Masterplan took place on 23rd April 2024.
A separate workshop for the St John's Masterplan will take place 4-7pm on 30th April 2024 in the Chambers at the Town Council Offices, Bradbourne Vale Road. All are welcome.

Follow-up consultation events will be held in May/June 2024 to present a draft vision for the future of each of the two areas.

For full details, including what a Masterplan will achieve, please see the linked press release.

Stay updated:

For updates on the Masterplans, please visit the News section of the Town Council’s website, where periodic updates will be published. These will also be available via Planning Committee Agendas.