Former Cllr Peter William Simmons
Too many of us no doubt believe that Councillors are a law unto themselves in our District. This in part could be supported by the fact the Monitoring Officer of Folkestone [...]
May 2018
Little Densole Farm & farewell to the Lionel Messi of Planning.
Before we begin informing you about the upcoming Little Densole Farm Y16-0623-SH planning application; which is before the Planning & Licensing Committee [...]
The Long Read: P & R Installation Company Ltd.
Forged gas certificates, issues with non compliance of gas safety certificates, fire safety; pensioners left without heating for weeks, children unable to stay in their [...]
Cllr Roger Wilkins & Princes Parade.
Has Cllr Roger Wilkins fettered his discretion with regards to Princes Parade? Or has he predetermined both applications – Princes Parade & Otterpool Park? He is [...]
Otterpool Update: Homes England pay £9 million for land at Lympne Airfield.
On the 18th March we brought you the story that Homes England had purchased the land at the former Lympne Airfield. We can now tell you that Homes England have paid £9 [...]
Otterpool Park update – Compulsory purchase of land belonging to Berwick Manor Farm- Lympne.
“Hundreds of acres of land are to be compulsory purchased to allow for the building of a secondary school.” says Michael Owen a diary farmer at Berwick Farm, [...]
East Hythe ward by election – 24th May.
Tomorrow there will be a by election in East Hythe. On the 24th May 2018 for only the second time in electoral history in our district, three women are vying to be elected to [...]
Turner schools: part 3, Morehall and Martello primary schools.
Morehall Primary (Cheriton) Morehall was taken over by Turner Schools from the failed Lilac Sky Academy Trust in January 2017. One year on, pupil numbers have slumped from [...]
Turner Schools – part 2 Turner Free School (previously Pent Valley)
Following on from yesterday here is Part 2 where we look at the new Turner Free School – previously known as Pent Valley To understand the direction of travel of the [...]
Turner Schools: part 1 – Folkestone Academy.
A confidential document obtained by the Shepwayvox Team shows there may well be up to 42 job losses at Folkestone Academy over the coming months. Folkestone Academy was [...]
What can you buy for a £1
What can you buy for a pound? Breakfast cereals, shaving foam, fatballs, assorted perennial bulbs and much much more. But could you buy a school, a whole school for £1? Well [...]
Investigation into Cllrs Expenses & Allowances underway.
One week ago today we brought you the blog post about Folkestone & Hythe District Council Cllrs Expenses & Allowances for the financial year 2017/18. In the post we [...]
Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.
You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time. Abraham Lincoln Never let the truth get in [...]
He’s back.
Update: 15/05/18 Folkestone & Hythe District Council have informed our public face by way of Facebook the Following statement: Hi Bryan. Alistair is returning for a [...]
Your councillors allowances & expenses Apr 17 – Mar 18
Once again for the third time in four years there are anomalies in our Cllrs allowances & expenses. The people who are responsible for ensuring Folkestone & Hythe [...]
Otterpool Park update.
We’ll start with some good news. The probable Roman villa discovered on the Otterpool Park site will now become part of the development. In a conversation with Cllr [...]
Affordable housing – how do we get more of it?
The latest figures from the National House Building Council show the biggest quarterly fall in the number of new houses since 2012. New builds in the first three months of [...]
Redlynch House, Hillcrest Rd Hythe – here we go again.
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. We have brought you not one, not two, but three posts about Redlynch House on Hillcrest Rd, Hythe. Now we bring you a [...]