Street Trading Policy 2026 Consultation
This survey closes on the 6th May 2026
Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) has reviewed and updated its Street Trading Policy to ensure street trading in Maidstone remains safe, well‑managed, and considerate for residents, traders, and local businesses. The revised policy sets out a clear and consistent framework for how street trading will be regulated across the borough.
Key updates include:
- Stronger environmental requirements, including expectations around waste, plastics, and generator use.
- Clearer responsibilities for holders.
- New discretionary provisions for temporary events.
- Updated officer titles and decision‑making processes.
We are now inviting you to review these proposed changes and share your views. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey. Your feedback will help shape the final policy.
For more information and to read the draft policy click HERE
To access the survey click HERE
Help shape a safer Maidstone – Discussion Group
Maidstone Borough Council is working with Involve to launch Maidstone Together: A Community Discussion.
This is your chance to be part of genuine discussion and real decision making about how to make our borough safer for everyone.
It’s a space where residents come together, share experiences, hear from experts, and develop recommendations that will directly shape Maidstone Borough’s strategy on violence against women and girls.
We will have 36 residents taking part. These participants will be carefully selected from people who volunteer themselves, to ensure they represent the different groups across our local population. To create the safest environment for discussing sensitive topics, the process involves small groups based on age and gender (women, men, teenage girls, and teenage boys). All groups welcome and include trans and non-binary people.
If you are aged 16-18, we will also need you to share the contact details of a parent, guardian or carer to provide their consent for you to take part.
If you are from a local community organisation you can complete the sign up form on behalf of someone else if they have asked for support.
Get involved: https://www.involve.org.uk/news-opinion/project-updates/help-shape-safer-maidstone
Kent Police & My Community Voice
Maidstone Town Team have been working towards reducing violence within the Town Centre. As part of this we would like to hear your views. The below link will take you to a short questionnaire which takes no longer than a couple of minutes to fill out. It is completely anonymous and the results will help guide Kent Police in relation to project work.
My Community Voice
My Community Voice is a messaging service that helps Kent and Medway residents, businesses, and community groups to keep in touch with their local policing teams. The service sends updates about your local area directly from the police officers themselves.
My Community Voice is more than just a messaging service; it allows you to reply to the alerts we send you, share information and tell us about the issues affecting you.
We are committed to engaging with communities to increase trust and confidence and to help protect people from harm. Police, partners and the public working together can build resilient and safe communities, and both reduce and prevent crime.
You will be able to play an active part in police appeals as well as keeping updated in what is happening in your local area.