Build Now, Pay Later.
“May one be pardon’d and retain the offence? In the corrupted currents of this world, Offence’s gilded hand may shove by justice, And oft is seen the wicked prize [...]
January 2016
Sorry We Haven’t A Clue 2
Terence Ellames is a former SDC planning officer for amongst other things- Lydd Airport Expansion. Catherine Igoe an employee of SDC and Terence and others have had a [...]
Sorry We Haven’t a Clue.
On Jan 8th we brought you The Cat is Out of The Bag which was about the land at Otterpool Lane. Now, thanks to a reader of Shepwayvox ,we can tell you that it appears that [...]
Sunny Places For Shady People
Ever got a parking ticket? Hmm yes and yes and too many yeses to count. Well, our Parking Enforcement Contract at Shepway is held by NSL. So what! Ah we say, NSL ultimate [...]
J11 M20 Questions and No Answers
” Will you ask for the full minutes and agenda of the meeting held between all 12 Kent MP’s and the Chancellor on the 4/11/15 to be released to the people of [...]
Fair Tax Town
We have seen on the board outside Googies – Folkestone – in the past, comments about Starbucks and not paying their fair share in tax. Googies has balls and [...]
A Little Over The Odds.
The Land SDC have bought at Otterpool Lane, is to be sat on for the time being. It will not be developed immediately. If you think that the Land at Westhanger Racecourse is [...]
A High Degree of Support
We have to admit that we at Shepwayvox are a little confused. There is a lot of information flying about regarding the lorry park at site 1 owned by David Thomas Holt in [...]
The Best Politicians Money Can Buy.
We got it wrong. We informed you that Cllrs were to receive a raise from £3,867 to £4,900. On the evidence posted on SDC’s website it was correct but on the night [...]
“Buy Land They’ve Stopped Making It”
“Buy land because they’ve stopped making it”, so said Mark Twain. Well SDC have done just that, all 144.147 Hectares or 357 Acres at Otterpool Lane [...]
Rubbing Salt Into The Wounds.
Do you think Cllrs are worth the money they get? If we look at the various things going on around our wonderful district, such as development in New Romney, the probable [...]
The Cat Is Out of The Bag 2.
We Know the Council, Shepway District Council have bought the land at Otterpool Manor Farmland previously owned by the Champneys. Part of the Land – Lot 6 has a SSSI [...]
If They Had a Backbone, They Would be Able to Deal with This.
To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone. In a letter to KCC in Sept 2014 Cllr David Drury Monk said the following with regards to [...]
The Cat is Out of The Bag
On Friday 20th Nov 2015 an informal tender to purchase 357.00 acres or 144.472Ha closed. Shepway District Council have purchased the land for £5.2 million or thereabouts. [...]
Smoke and Mirrors
Things surrounding site 1 and 2 – the possible sites for the Lorry Park – are not what they appear. SDC’s own website demonstrates that they set [...]
Named and Shamed.
Guildhall Surgery, Guildhall Street, Folkestone sits in the most deprived ward across all indicators in Shepway. The main practitioners there are Dr Mohammed Altaf Hossain [...]
No Precise Boundaries Have Been Identified.”
Damien Collins MP and SDC have seemingly shot themselves in the foot. SDC and Damien Collins have released a definitive boundary map of the alleged “chosen” site [...]
Not a Done Deal.
Operation Stack blights the landscape, ruins our journeys and cost everyone a lot of money. We believe most people could agree with these three facts. The 1st Consultation [...]
Who is Geoffrey Boot?
Geoffrey G Boot known locally as Baron Boot was a former Conservative Sandgate Parish Councillor and district Councillor, who tried to make Sandgate into a Town, but ran into [...]
Edited Electoral Register
There is little public awareness of the ability to permanently opt out of the Edited Electoral Register under Section 11 of the Data Protection Act 1998. Electoral [...]