September 2020

The Long Read: The Strange Tale of the Folkestone Leas Lift Company CIC

September 20, 2020 // 0 Comments

It is unlikely many readers will have missed the publicity announcing that the Leas Lift booking office has once again opened its doors, albeit as a café. The Folkestone [...]

Are we entering a second wave of coronavirus locally?

September 19, 2020 // 1 Comment

Britain, according to the Prime Minister Boris Johnson, is entering a second wave of coronavirus. Scientists have expressed fears the death toll could be as high as in the [...]

Images Emerge of Cllr Clive Goddard Working on RVH Site owned by Leo Griggs.

September 18, 2020 // 4 Comments

Updated 18:12 – 18/09/20 Images have emerged of Cllr Clive Goddard – the Chairman of the Planning Committee at Folkestone & Hythe District Council, working on [...]

FHDC pass Local Plan and Central Govt propose 1043 homes per year for our district.

September 17, 2020 // 0 Comments

So it’s done. After five years and three public consultations, Folkestone & Hythe District Council passed its Places and Policies Local Plan (Local Plan) at an [...]

More tales of the unexpected from the Royal Victoria Site owned by Leo Griggs

September 16, 2020 // 3 Comments

On the 8th Sept, 2020, Cllr Patrica Rolfe (Con) informed the Overview & Scrutiny Committee, that all four directors of Oportunitas Ltd – a company wholly owned by [...]

The lady says no – and she’s not for turning…

September 14, 2020 // 6 Comments

Imagine how Amanda Blanc, appointed Aviva’s Chief Executive in July this year, would feel if she woke up to find that her insurer had refused to insure her home, and that [...]

East Kent Councils fail to recoup £1.5 million from P & R

September 12, 2020 // 5 Comments

Fear, shame, embarrassment: these brakes no longer apply. Senior officers of Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone & Hythe and Thanet councils have discovered they can bluster [...]

Part 2: KCC Pension Fund is divesting from fossil fuels but still investing in countries who do not uphold LGBT rights

September 11, 2020 // 0 Comments

The KCC Pension Fund total investments were valued at £6.6bn on 31 December 2019. Just three months later, on the 31st March 2020, the pension value had shrunk to £5.7 [...]

Council fail to declare they were to buy 37 properties on Royal Victoria Hospital site owned by Leo Griggs

September 8, 2020 // 2 Comments

Updated 11.35am 9/09/2020 So it’s just as we said way back on Nov 28th 2018: We also understand from well placed council sources, the Council’s company Oportunitas [...]

Stainer’s Surrender?

September 6, 2020 // 2 Comments

Has Michael Stainer given up the ghost? Have those tired old fingertips clinging to the wreckage of the Grand finally lost their grip? Friday’s brief hearing before [...]

KCC “Profiteering” from caring for migrant children under 18

September 5, 2020 // 4 Comments

On the 1st April 2019, Kent County Council (KCC) were caring for 254 under 18 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC). By March 31st 2020, KCC were caring from 450 UASC, [...]

Persistent Evaders of PCNs cost council tens of thousands

September 4, 2020 // 2 Comments

Whether you parked on double yellow lines for two minutes while you popped into the shop, or unwittingly left your car on private land, receiving a parking fine is sure to [...]

Kingston Homes want to develop The land on the north side of Station Rd, Hythe, Kent

September 2, 2020 // 2 Comments

Kingston Homes have made public a document seeking consultation with the public (As of Aug 2020) for the development of the land on the north side of Station Road, Hythe, [...]

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