January 2017

Developers, Donations & Cllrs Attitudes to the Planning System.

January 30, 2017 // 4 Comments

The Conservative Manifesto contained a headline commitment to “ensure local people have more control over planning” Yet power still rests with central/local government and with developers it appears. Just ask the Protest Against The Development Of Coast Drive Car Park (Greatstone) the Save [Click to Read More]

The Long & Winding Road

January 28, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Long & Winding Road which leads us to the door of 80 Sidney Street starts in the British Virgin Islands. It starts at this address: Akara Building 24 De Castro Street Wickhams Cay I, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands, where a company by the name of Marswin International [Click to Read More]

From Panama City to 80 Sidney Street Folkestone.

January 26, 2017 // 0 Comments

Our Journey begins at the headquarters of Mossack Fonsenca (MF), in Panama City, where a little company known as Gentro Group S.A. begun its life on the 7th Sept 2004. When it was created, it had 5 directors and one secretary. The agent was Mossack Fosenca. Gentro Group S.A. has links to what was [Click to Read More]

The Air Which We Breathe.

January 24, 2017 // 1 Comment

In Shepway, there were 58 deaths due to air pollution in 2010. A total of 565 years were lost. The mean anthropogenic PM2.5 (µg m−3) was 9.2, which is a measure of the air pollution in the area. Data is for 2010, the latest year available. (Source) In 2015 & Oct/Nov 2016 Client Earth [Click to Read More]

Where’s The Money?

January 21, 2017 // 1 Comment

Each month Shepway District Council (SDC) publish their payment to supplier data. Below is a graph which shows £28 million of SDC’s spend data for 2015/16. In SDC”s audited accounts for 2015/16 at page 19, SDC’s gross revenue expenditure totalled £84,984,000 million. [Click to Read More]

Selling the Family Silver

January 19, 2017 // 2 Comments

On the 8th June 2016 the sale of 3-5-shornecliffe-rd (pictured) was completed. Shepway District Council sold the building for £990,000 to Highlife Homes Ltd. 3-5 Shorncliffe Road was the former home of East Kent Housing & The Registry Office; which now sits in the Public Library at [Click to Read More]

Requires Improvement.

January 17, 2017 // 0 Comments

In late Nov 2016 we ran a story about Care Workers in Shepway not receiving the minimum wage. Back in April 2016 Kentonline ran the story “Allied Healthcare Hythe in special measures after damning CQC report.” The CQC went back for a further inspection in Sept 2016 and over a period of [Click to Read More]

The Strange Life of One Company at 80 Sidney Street.

January 15, 2017 // 0 Comments

80 Sidney Street, Folkestone Kent, is an address where over 4300 companies have been registered and/or are registered. One of the companies which started of life at Sidney Street was a company called Inspire Art Ltd. Inspire Art Ltd was incorporated on the 28 July 2000, it’s sole Director [Click to Read More]

Council Tax Is A System of Debt Creation

January 12, 2017 // 0 Comments

This is a guest post by Alan Murdie, LL.B, Barrister, editor, CPAG Council Tax Handbook Director, Council Tax Legal Services and Chairman of Nucleus Legal Advice Centre It is hard to believe that when Council Tax was introduced in 1993, it was promised to be a system that would [Click to Read More]

Is This Man Value for Money?

January 10, 2017 // 1 Comment

Is our MP Damian Collins – value for money. He is Kent’s most expensive MP Damian lives approximately 80 miles from London. We know that like many others across our district he could take the High Speed One to London and do the daily commute but he doesn’t. When you look at his [Click to Read More]

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