Otterpool Park Update
Folkestone & Hythe District Council since 2015 have purchased in excess of £30 million pounds worth of property. Some of it at their Otterpool Park development between [...]
August 2019
Planning Committee roundup from 27th August 2019
The Outline planning permission for the provision of up to 117 dwellings – Y18/1404/FH at the land adjoining Hope All Saints Garden Centre, Ashford Road, New Romney, [...]
Folkestone & Hythe District Council have more than £187,000 in unpaid HGV PCNs, equivalent to ten Council jobs
Folkestone & Hythe District Council have failed to collect £187,763 in unpaid Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) for HGVs parked unlawfully across the district in the last [...]
Folkestone & Hythe District Council Temporary Staff Costs Soar by 80%
Spending on temporary staff by Folkestone & Hythe District Council (F&HDC) has risen by 80%, when compared to last year’s expenditure. In the financial year [...]
Why Westenhanger Castle purchase by Folkestone & Hythe District Council will not come before Council for discussion.
On the 14th Nov 2018 Cabinet discussed Report Number C/18/44. It was made clear in this report that further purchases should be made to facilitate the development of the [...]
35 “affordable” homes may be coming to New Romney
At the next Planning & Licensing Committee to be held on the 27th August 2019, an outline planning decision for the development of 117 homes (30% affordable) in New [...]
Cllr David Wimble driving his beloved red 1979 MG with no valid tax or MOT.
According to the vehicleenquiry.service.gov.uk, Folkestone & Hythe District Cllr David Wimble, Cabinet Member for the District Economy (pictured) who represents the New [...]
There may be trouble ahead…
In the last week much has been made of food security post Brexit. In 2017 farmers across the postcodes of our district received nearly £6 million in farm subsidies. In 2018 [...]
Cost of home ownership in the Folkestone & Hythe district is fast becoming a dream
In 1997 the average price of a house in the Folkestone & Hythe District was £61,484. Twenty one years later in 2018, the average price of house in the district has [...]
Princes Parade Update
Faithful + Gould are Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s preferred consultant for the development of a new Leisure Centre on Princes Parade, Hythe. The team [...]
Unbelievable!
According to Folkestone & Hythe District Council the number of empty properties in the district has fallen from 468 as of the 1st Oct 2018 to 293 as of the 29th March [...]
Long term historic postcode lottery for Mental Health still exists.
In 2018/19 the NHS in Kent & Medway spent £266m on Mental Health or– 11.3% of its whole NHS budget of £2.3 billion. This is equivalent to £143.68 per head or [...]
Are Kent Police still a force to be reckoned with?
In the last two years Kent Police have recorded 157 burglaries of dwellings in our district. And 72 recorded burglaries on business and community buildings. In this time [...]
The curious case of the flat that never was
Prepare for some nasty surprises over the coming months as the Insolvency Service take control of the assets of the bankrupt Michael and Doris Stainer. One of these is the [...]
There ain’t half been some clever b*st*rds
In the last five financial years Folkestone & Hythe District Council have only made two surpluses from their on street car parking. These were 2016/17 and 2017/18 where [...]
KCC Pension Fund slowly but surely divesting from assets which kill humans and destroy the planet
For its 135,000 investors it is good news, so is it for the rest of us. Kent County Council’s Pension Fund is slowly but surely divesting pension assets from [...]
P & R closes down, but we are NOT out of the woods yet.
After 15 months of continuous investigation by the Shepwayvox Team into P & R Installation Company Ltd, who won a £27 million pound contract with East Kent Housing; [...]
Part 2: Hythe Against Crime
Hythe has recently suffered a spate of break-ins to its shops and robberies from its cafes. On May 1st 2016 we first wrote about a company known as Hythe Against Crime. At [...]