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Do Shepway District Council Own Oportunitas Ltd? Maybe Not.

June 28, 2017 // 2 Comments

In an FOI request made by our public face to Shepway District Council (SDC), the response was a little strange. The request was simple: Please provide me with all land/buildings owned by SDC outside of the boundaries of Shepway and to include out side the UK. The response was bizarre because SDC [Click to Read More]

The Otterpool Spin

June 24, 2017 // 4 Comments

Andy Jarratt, (pictured) Head of Strategic Development Projects at Shepway district Council was interviewed on Radio Kent, broadcast 15 June 2017 about the possible Otterpool Park development. We’d like to remind you, if you don’t already know about Shepway District Council – his [Click to Read More]

Kent County Council’s £60 Million Which Has Gone AWOL.

June 21, 2017 // 3 Comments

How do you lose £60 million pounds? Down the back of the sofa? At the bookies, a bad investment? We don’t know, but what we do know is that it is missing, gone awol. This is not the first time this has happened. Kent County Council (KCC) passed the responsibility for the lost £142 million in [Click to Read More]

Risks Which Cannot Be Sensibly Ignored.

June 18, 2017 // 3 Comments

Risk is a clear and present danger. There is a risk that Shepway District Council (sdc) have bought a pig in a poke with regards to Biggins Wood (Cheriton) There is a risk that Princes Parade will be called in so allowing the Planning Inspectorate to either prevent or allow development on Princes [Click to Read More]

The Long Read: Biggins Wood Site Part 2 – Profit Before Risk?

June 16, 2017 // 2 Comments

At full council on Wednesday 14th June 2017, Cllr Mary Lawes (pictured) asked the following question to Cllr Clive Goddard, Chairman of the Planning & Licensing Committee “According to both the 2010 and 2014 Geotechnical reports produced by Ashdown site investigations ltd, Bigginswood [Click to Read More]

Otterpool Park Update

June 14, 2017 // 2 Comments

So Shepway District Council have announced the dates for the next series of community engagement sessions for Otterpool Park will take place between the Thursday 22nd and Saturday 24th June 2017 SDC’s milestones for the development are: Submission of a concept masterplan in August 2017 Draft [Click to Read More]

Shepway District Council’s Draft Statement of Accounts 16/17 Is A Mixed Bag.

June 13, 2017 // 1 Comment

Naughty, naughty, Shepway District Council (SDC) has been naughty. The annual inspection_of the Accounts 2016-2017 where you the members of the public can inspect the accounts has begun. SDC slipped out the notice on the 7th June and the accounts became open to inspect on the Thursday 8th June [Click to Read More]

The Long Read: Biggins Wood Site – Cheriton – Part 1

June 10, 2017 // 4 Comments

Two geo-technical reports regarding the Biggins Wood site (Cheriton) – owned by Shepway District Council (SDC) have been produced. The first in Oct 2010 and the second in Sept 2014. The second does not show up in the planning application – Y13/0024/SH. There is Methane, a known [Click to Read More]

Private landlords get more than £6.7 million in housing benefit from taxpayer, says Shepway District Council.

June 7, 2017 // 3 Comments

Housing, it’s all about housing. Shepway District Council wish to allow 26,292 new houses to be built in the district between now and 2030/35. That’s a 54% increase of houses in the district which currently stands at approximately 48,000, when we already live in an area where water is [Click to Read More]

19 Castle Hill Avenue Part 3

June 4, 2017 // 5 Comments

Oportunitas Ltd a company 100% owned by Shepway District Council, has as you may or may not know, purchased 19 Castle Hill Avenue for £1.2 million pounds on the 19th May 2017. This is property number nine which Oportunitas Ltd now owns according to the Land Registry and Companies House. The [Click to Read More]

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