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External Reviews
The Council welcomes external reviews and challenge to help it improve performance, governance and culture. There are a number of external bodies that provide critical challenge to the Council, including external auditors, expert bodies and regulators. This helps the Council to meet its Best Value duties.
Local Government Association (LGA) Corporate Peer Challenge
During January 2024 the Local Government Association undertook an on-site Corporate Peer Challenge at Tunbridge Wells Borough Council. This peer assessment looked at how well the Council was performing across a range of its areas of work.
This assessment was followed up by an on-site progress review in June 2025. The Progress Review considered the ten recommendations from the Corporate Peer Challenge under the following theme headings:
- Members and senior officers
- Key priorities and finance
- Organisational
Read the report prepared following the Progress Review: