Oh I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside
Mr Paul David Fenelon (pictured) is not a man you would know. There is no reason for you to know who he is. But Mr. Fenelon is a man who knows Folkestone. He knows [...]
June 2017
Do Shepway District Council Own Oportunitas Ltd? Maybe Not.
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 [...]
The Otterpool Spin
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 [...]
Kent County Council’s £60 Million Which Has Gone AWOL.
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 [...]
Risks Which Cannot Be Sensibly Ignored.
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 [...]
The Long Read: Biggins Wood Site Part 2 – Profit Before Risk?
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 [...]
Otterpool Park Update
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 [...]
Shepway District Council’s Draft Statement of Accounts 16/17 Is A Mixed Bag.
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 [...]
The Long Read: Biggins Wood Site – Cheriton – Part 1
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 [...]
Private landlords get more than £6.7 million in housing benefit from taxpayer, says Shepway District Council.
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% [...]
19 Castle Hill Avenue Part 3
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 [...]
Quain Court Folkestone Kent CT20 2HH.
Michael Gubbay, (pictured) a former employee of the Reuben Brothers, is a man who resides in Israel and was and probably still remains the owner of Quain Court, Folkestone [...]