After many delays, Redrow are bringing forward development plans for the prime riverside site at Temple Wharf in Strood South adjacent to Medway Valley Leisure Park (please see their website for details of the proposed development). It is vital local councillors acting in the interests of and on behalf of ward residents contribute to the […]

Rochester and Strood Conservatives have selected the experienced former Strood South ward councillor and mayor Josie Iles to contest the by-election on Thursday 20 October caused by the resignation of UKIP councillor Catriona Brown-Reckless. Cllr Trevor Clarke, Chairman of the Rochester and Strood Conservatives, said: We are very pleased to have Josie as our candidate […]

Following on from our earlier article and visit, ward councillors Rupert Turpin and Sylvia Griffin were joined by the Deputy Mayor of Medway, Cllr Gloria Opara and other guests at the re-dedication service for St Luke’s Methodist Church in City Way. The service was to mark the completion of the church’s building project which after […]

Quite often in some of the ward’s residential streets crews are unable to check and clean out gullies due to parked cars during the annual inspection. Spotting one such blocked gully in Kingswood Avenue whilst out and about, ward councillor Rupert Turpin arranged with Officers for the drain to be unblocked.

Rochester South and Horsted ward councillors Trevor Clarke and Rupert Turpin with a number of their fellow Conservative Medway councillors, met with the constituency MP Kelly Tolhurst at the Houses of Parliament to discuss the implications of the housing needs assessment by the Government for Medway. This process will be the subject of extensive consultations […]

Phil Hall, Conservative Councillor for Strood North, joined a number of his fellow Medway Conservative Councillors in travelling to Parliament to discuss the long-term housing, infrastructure and environmental needs of Medway. Phil is working closely with local MP Kelly Tolhurst to make sure Government targets can be managed effectively and properly take into account the […]

Rochester South and Horsted councillors were delighted to receive notification of the latest inspection of Horsted Infant School, Barberry Avenue. The school received the highest possible Outstanding grading from Ofsted in their last inspection. This is an especially noteworthy achievement for the staff and pupils of the school given the rigorous new Ofsted inspection regime. The […]

We are privileged to have here in the Rochester South and Horsted ward the Medway Aircraft Preservation Society, who are based at Rochester Airport. More commonly known as MAPS, MAPS Ltd is a not-for-profit company comprising volunteers from the Medway Branch of The Royal Aeronautical Society, whose aim is the restoration and preservation of historic […]

Despite being rejected by Medway Council’s Planning Committee in March 2015, planning applications for properties to be built in Broomhill Park have been re-submitted. The Medway Messenger has reported on how Cllr Hall has joined the Friends of Broomhill Park in objecting to the application. 

Medway has had significant problems in finding school crossing patrol officers this year and quite a number of schools including Warren Wood Primary Academy have been without one during the last academic year. The school together with Kloisters Kindergarten and Thomas Aveling are all situated on Arethusa Road and many drivers use this route as […]