Should the Loophole be Closed?
We looked back over the blogs we have written this past year and one stands out the most to us. One which affects many households across our wonderful District of Shepway [...]
December 2015
J11 Stop 24 Appearances can be Deceptive
Stop 24 Services at J11 Stanford appears to be a normal Motorway Service Area. However, as we known appearances can be deceptive. On the (17.11.1995) A Transfer of the land [...]
“Selling England By the Offshore Pound?”
Chris Lewis Planning Officer of Shepway District Council has been working on “special projects“. One of these “special projects” is a new “High [...]
A Request For SDC Cllrs to undergo a DBS Check.
We wrote to SDC asking them if it was a necessary for SDC Cllrs to have a Disclosure and Barring Service -(DBS) – previously known as a Criminal Record Check done. [...]
Tis the Season to be Jolly.
Some of the laws below are truly archaic, but we’re using their existence to celebrate the history of our much envied legal system, with a liberal dose of humour and [...]
Operation Stack 2 Update
On Wednesday the 16th of December, SDC Cabinet convened. One of the things they discussed were the sites proposed for the Lorry Parks sites which will help with congestion [...]
More Properties Offshore
The extent of ownership of British land by offshore companies, generally for tax avoidance and often to conceal dubious wealth is alive and well in Shepway. If you know who [...]
Operation Stack Solutions?
Operation Stack has been implemented 48 times between 1997 and January 2015 with an average duration of 5-6 days a year. However in first 7 months of 2015, Operation Stack [...]
Be Careful the Environment You Choose For It Will Shape You.
Does it matter where waste/refuse is dumped? That’s a rhetorical question we are asking ourselves. Of course it does. It matters if it is in Lydd, New Romney, St Marys [...]
Questions about what some home/land purchasers are trying to hide.
The extent of ownership of British land by offshore companies, generally for tax avoidance and often to conceal dubious wealth is alive and well in Shepway. If you know who [...]
The Destruction of Accountability and Transparency
It is not often we venture into the world of national politics, but this article in the Daily Telegraph is very concerning to us at Shepwayvox. The Local Government [...]
SDC Cllrs Mileage and Subsistence
SDC Cllrs travelling expenses for their own “mode of transport” is as follows: Cars & Vans 45p a mile. Motorbikes 24p a mile. Bicycles 20p a mile. In [...]
Further Conflict of Interests? You decide.
We know that Creative Space and Places run by Andy & Tamasin Jarrett employees of SDC, received grants from SDC to the sum of £13,708. Well two other Community [...]
Inappropriate Expenses Claim Investigation, at last.
So we know Cllr Simmons(pictured) will have to return the money. Will SDC report him to the Police for false accounting? Or Abuse of Position? Both of these being possible [...]
Cllr Leo Livingston Griggs
Once is a mistake, twice is a pattern, three times is a habit. Cllr Leo Livingston Griggs of Sandgate Parish Council has failed to declare disclosable pecunariary interests, [...]
Cllr David “Drury” Monk 2
On the 15th May 2015 Folkestone Town Councillor David Drury Monk (pictured) informs the Monitoring Officer [MO] that he has no home, see Register of interest for David [...]
Confused about the Mileage? We are Too.
If you click here ⇒ Russell Tillson’s Mileage Nov 14 . You will see Former Cllr Russell Tillson’s Mileage for Nov 14. We at Shepwayvox are very confused [...]