Good journalism changes things
They give the impression of being in office but not in power. Both of them sit on Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s cabinet; and both receive allowances in [...]
April 2021
“Our council is broken at best” says ePetition campaigner
Almost twenty years after our Council introduced a Cabinet system in the year 2000, – Cllr Tim Prater on the 25th Sept 2019, put forward the following motion for the [...]
And yes, they get paid well to respond badly to information requests
Updated: 27/04/21 – @ 10:16 Make ’em laugh, Make ’em laugh. Don’t you know everyone wants to laugh? (Ha ha!). We and our public face – who is [...]
Food parcel figures reveal 95% increase in five years across six districts of Kent
On 1 October 2010, one hundred and sixteen separate pieces of legislation were pulled together into one single Act, the Equality Act and passed into law. The Act provides a [...]
Use the Clean Air Act 1993 to study air pollution and child asthma link in our district
Air pollution does NOT discriminate. We all need to breathe. Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s Air Quality Report 2020 states: Air pollution is associated [...]
Environmental time bombs hidden under the Garden of England.
Across the Garden of England hundreds of landfill sites containing dangerous, hazardous and toxic waste, are according to a remediation consultant of 35 years, “time [...]
Flytipping increases 18% after costs introduced by KCC in 2019/20
It’s official! The number of flying tipping incidences between the financial years 2018/19 and 2019/20 has risen across all twelve councils in Kent (not including [...]
£8,640 Investigation into Cllr is waste of money as Code of Conduct is toothless tiger.
On May 6th 2021, the electorate in the Folkestone & Hythe District are being asked to attend a local polling station to vote for one of twenty four candidates, standing [...]
Folkestone & Hythe District Council buy Ship Street site twice
Updated: 17/04/21 @08:42 On the 20th October 2019, Kentonline Folkestone section declared that Folkestone & Hythe District Council had bought the former Gasworks site at [...]
Housing Ombudsman issues call for evidence for an investigation into social landlords’ approach to ‘damp and mould’.
“The mental and social health effects of dampness and mould should not be underestimated. Damage to decoration from mould or damp staining and the smells associated [...]
Folkestone Seafront Development: The Trees Are All Gone
It would seem once again that site activity within the Seafront Development area has raised both eyebrows and concerns. If you didn’t visit the area at the right moment, [...]
Otterpool Park Update: Council rename Otterpool – Tebbit Town – as everyone will be on their bike
Folkestone & Hythe District Council last night voted unanimously to change the name of the £2.9 billion Otterpool Park Garden Town to – Tebbit Town – as [...]
The Long Read: Hythe Tennis Club no planning permission for car park extension
When is a turning area for vehicles not a turning area for vehicles? When it’s a “car park extension”. On 22 March, Hythe Lawn Tennis Club put up [...]
Biodiversity on Royal Miltary Canal has increased for last 15 years
Twelve years prior to declaring a Climate & Ecological Emergency, in 2019, Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s Cabinet [then known as Shepway Distrct [...]
Folkestone & Hythe District had highest levels of loneliness in Kent during pandemic
More people in Folkestone & Hythe District reported feeling lonely, always or often, during the pandemic, than any where else in Kent, according to data released by the [...]
Princes Parade: £50,000 Planning Consultancy Support Contract
On the 24th March Folkestone & Hythe District Council placed an advert for another contract for Princes Parade. The expression of interest for this contract ends today [...]
Learning from mistakes
We the Shepway Vox Team get it wrong sometimes. When we do we like to be open about our mistakes, and if necessary apologise. This is one of those ocassions where we need to [...]
Just to walk my dog
This is a GUEST post For the last four decades I have walked my dogs along the firing ranges between the Grand Redoubt and Fisherman’s beach, or the beach at Dymchurch. [...]
Council had no Contaminated Land Register for 28 years meaning buyers of property couldn’t know if their land was contaminated.
On the 1st Nov 1990 the then Tory Government led by Margaret Thatcher brought in the Environmental Protection Act 1990. This piece of legislation made it clear that every [...]
Lethal levels of arsenic present on former Officers Mess Aerodrome Road Hawkinge site.
Updated: 01/04/21 @20:27 Land at the Former Officers Mess, Elvington Lane, Aerodrome Road Hawkinge purchased by Pentland Homes on 01/12/2020 for £2.5 million, according to [...]