Land banking by the 11 largest housebuilders in Kent.
“Buy land,” said Mark Twain. “They’re not making it any more.” An issue we have spoken about before, but all to briefly, is ‘land banking‘. This is best [...]
August 2018
The Long Read: Allegations of breaches of human rights at the Grand?
Allegations of breaches of human rights at the Grand? Sounds absurd but that is exactly what Michael Stainer’s solicitor Andrew Duncan(pictured left), and his latest [...]
Development Part 2: Telegraph Road
the other travellers came walking down the track and they never went further and they never went back Mark Knopfler On a warm sunny afternoon, three of the team set of to [...]
Development Part 1: 129 days and counting
When democracy counts most in our council chamber, it is nowhere to be seen, well at least that appears to be the case in the Folkestone & Hythe District Council chamber, [...]
Lovely but not cuddly.
There are about 17 hedgehog species worldwide and the one we know in the UK, the west European hedgehog (scientific name Erinaceus europaeus) is lovely but not cuddly. They [...]
Shepway workers can expect to pay around 9.7 times annual earnings to purchase a home.
According to the Office of National Statistics (ONS) median house prices in the postcode area for Princes Parade ranges between £378,250 and £385,000. So most of the [...]
GP Patients numbers set to swell even further.
According to the latest NHS Digital data, 530 patients (12%) still remain on the books of Folkestone East Family Practice; which closed its doors for the final time on Oct [...]
Fountain Square, Folkestone
On Oct 25 2017 we brought you a blog post entitled “Criminal?” In brief it stated that the Folkestone Harbour Company Ltd (FHCL) had not signed up to the register [...]
Yours for a Million or more – No:2
On Sept 5th 2017 we brought you a post title “Yours for a Million or more“. In brief the blog was about properties, in the Folkestone & Hythe District which [...]
Princes Parade, Development or Destruction?
Jack Brophy – Published on 6 Aug 2018 ‘Prince’s Parade, Development or Destruction?’ is documentary about a small section of coastal land in Kent [...]
Princes Parade agenda available.
The agenda for the Princes Parade outline planning application to made by Folkestone & Hythe District Council and determined by the Licensing & Planning Committee on [...]
East Kent removes more Pollution than any other region via vegetation
According to a study produced for the UK Natural Capital accounts by the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology in conjuction with the Office of National Statistics (ONS), [...]
Manning up and moving on.
We got it wrong. We, and we say we, as we are a team and when one cocks up, we all cock up, we are collectively responsible. So we have to step forward, man up and apologise. [...]
Otterpool Park update
At 20:37 on Dec 6th 2017, Dr Susan Priest, then Corporate Director – Strategic Development of Shepway District Council (SDC) – now Folkestone & Hythe District [...]
It’s official – broadband speeds on Romney Marsh, Lympne & Stanford suck!
In 2015 Williamson Road, Lydd on Sea average broadband speed was 0.54Mps, which meant it would take around 19 hours to download a two-hour HD film, and a 20-song music album [...]