Rough sleeping rises in nearly all Kent districts
Rough sleeping rose in nine out of twelve districts in Kent (not Medway) last year according to official figures released by the Ministry for Housing Communities & Local [...]
January 2019
It’s Business as “Normal” at the Grand ….
Depends of course on what you call normal! And one can only feel sorry for those public officials, the Insolvency Practitioners, charged with making sense of the complex web [...]
Hythe Town Green (Kent) Village Green application to be heard in February
Back in the Autumn of 2016 an application to register land known as Hythe Green (Kent) as a Town or Village Green, was made to Kent County Council. We now understand that a [...]
Official Diaries: Kent CC says yes, Folkestone & Hythe DC says no
In the scheme of things, who would you say was the more important elected official? Cllr Paul Carter, leader of Kent County Council or Cllr David Monk leader of Folkestone [...]
Kent & Canterbury Hospital: Atlas Partners Group Ltd
Atlas Partners Group Ltd (APG Ltd) are a company who have made their intentions known regarding the land involved in the Kent & Canterbury Super Hospital and the 2000 [...]
Turner Schools Folkestone: Rewarding Failure part 2
Updated: 24/01/19 (19:57) So in yesterday’s blog post about Turner Schools and Dr Jo Saxton (pictured) being rewarded for failing her pupils, her staff and the four [...]
Turner Schools Folkestone: Rewarding Failure.
From all the figures now available, Dr Jo Saxton (pictured) Chief Executive and Trustee of of Turner Schools is being financially rewarded for failing her pupils, her staff [...]
If we say no: stories of sexual harassment in our local schools
My name is Claire and I am Alison for the purposes of this blog post. Both of us are school pupils and attend academies in the Folkestone & Hythe District. Both of us [...]
The Long Read: Part 2, Discrimination & Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
Nearly three years ago we brought you the following blog post. Serious Sexual Harassment and Discrimination in Shepway Workplaces. Three years on we are still receiving [...]
Y18/1529/FH – Shepway Close, Folkestone
When it comes to planning in Folkestone & Hythe District, you have to know your history. It begins with Y05/1331/SH – yellow and orange polygons below & [...]
The Grand: A victory for the residents.
The Upper Tier Property Tribunal yesterday (14th Jan 2019) threw out Hallam Estates appeal (you can download a pdf of decision at the end of this blog post) against the [...]
Kent County Council Land: The most popular site in Britain
The land shaded in orange below is owned by Kent County Council. They have owned it since the 19th February 1982. It is situated between the Simon Langton Grammar School for [...]
The Grand: “The Merry Go round stops”
With those words, Michael Stainer knew that his final appeal against personal bankruptcy was doomed. Appearing before Chief Bankruptcy Registrar Briggs in the High Court on [...]
F&HDC Overview & Scrutiny Committee want to hear from you
It is the Lion which has never roared nor is it ever likely to. Folkestone & Hythe District Council Overview & Scrutiny Committee has made a call out to you the [...]
Save Princes Parade
Thirty five years ago Princes Parade was in the Folkestone & Hythe District Herald newspaper not once but twice. On the 17th Feb 1984 the Herald ran the following [...]
Folkestone & Hythe District Libraries facing cuts to opening hours
The opening hours for six out of eight libraries across Folkestone & Hythe District could be slashed by a staggering 85 hours, if KCC’s proposals to save £1 [...]
Kent Libraries – Going, Going…
How do we keep all 99 libraries across the 12 districts of Kent relevant to the people they serve? All the numbers are going south and it seems that few if any ideas are [...]
Happy New Year to you all.
First we must congratulate Cllr Rory Cassian Love for his award of an OBE. He was first elected in 1987 and stood in the Folkestone Harvey Ward. He came third in the vote [...]