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Council Moves to Further Protect Character of Local Communities
- Decision to be made next week on adopting new planning restrictions on the numbers of houses of multiple occupation in each neighbourhood
- Too many HMO’s can change the look, feel and character of local communities
New flagship play area at Prospect Park to open ahead of schedule
- £530,000 investment to provide exciting new equipment
- New play area opening on Thursday 23 March ready for the Easter holidays
Choirs announced for Let’s Sing 2023 live final
- Let's Sing final returns to the Hexagon for the first time since 2020
- Fifteen local choirs will compete for the trophy, and tickets sold will raise money for Mayoral charities
Take your marks for the Unleashed Performance Reading Half Marathon 2023
- Unleashed Performance Reading Half Marathon returns on Sunday 2 April
- Residents and visitors are advised to plan ahead and allow extra time for any journeys
Residents move into new affordable homes in Reading
- Council in the middle of a programme to deliver 400 new affordable homes, an investment of over £110m
- Infill sites plan sees use of small pockets of derelict land contributing to those new homes
- All homes built to passivhaus principles to be more environmentally friendly
New value for money ‘Reading All-Bus’ day fares coming to buses in Reading
- New discounted ‘Reading All-Bus’ day travel ticket will allow passengers to use several bus companies including Reading Buses, Thames Valley Buses, Arriva and Thames Travel with the same ticket.
- Infrastructure investment in two-year plan to provide faster services with fewer delays.
- Reading received the third highest funding award in the country (per head of population) out of the 31 local authorities across the country to successfully achieve funding.
Private hire driver fined after operating without a licence in Reading
- Driver found to be operating without a licence fined £982 following investigation by licensing officers
- Residents are reminded not to use unlicensed private hire vehicles where no safeguards will be in place
Council Issues Tips For Food Waste Action Week
- Advice includes meal planning, food storage and how to find recipes for your leftovers
- Residents who stopped food recycling are encouraged to restart by ordering new caddies and food bins for free
- Reading's recycling rate has risen from 34% to 50% since food recycling was introduced
Work starts on conservation of the Forbury Garden’s Maiwand Lion this week
- Conservation work on the Mainwand Lion starts today.
- The work is expected to take around 8 weeks.
Residents and Councillors Plant Together as Reading’s Tree Planting Efforts Set To Reach 387 Planted in Five Months
- Collaborative effort saw residents choose the tree best suited to their road
- By the end of March 387 trees will have been planted in Reading since November
- Tree planting strategy will see 3,000 trees planted on Council land by 2030
New Support Aims to Reconnect Those Sleeping Rough With Their Hometowns
- Annual rough sleeping count figures released
- 25 of 36 had no connection to Reading - new support aims to reconnect them with hometowns
- Increase in specialist staffing will help support the most vulnerable in society
Reading secures £327,000 for educational air quality schools initiative
- Reading is one of 44 local authorities across the country to successfully bid
- Reading awarded £327k to create an interactive education programme in primary and secondary schools to raise awareness about air quality