February 2025

Council budget shows useable reserves are set to fall for a second year under green led administration

February 27, 2025 // 0 Comments

Updated to reflect audited accounts 2023/24 position for usable reserves. Last night’s full council meeting saw the term “reserves” mentioned sixteen times. The [...]

Princes Parade: A £21m offer and no guarantee it won’t be in next local plan.

February 27, 2025 // 0 Comments

“Is the Leader aware that, to my understanding, there is currently an offer on the table for Princes Parade amounting to £21 million?” asked Cllr Jenny [...]

“Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac,” and Cllr Jim Martin loves it.

February 25, 2025 // 3 Comments

“If you want to find out what a man is to the bottom, give him power,” said Robert Ingersoll. In May 2023, this adage was put to the test when Cllr Jim Martin was [...]

Princes Parade: No, No, No to any inclusion in any future local plan.

February 25, 2025 // 3 Comments

Yes, it’s true. Cllr Jenny Hollingsbee, Leader of the Conservative Group (pictured), has expressed her desire to retain the land at Princes Parade (Hythe) in any future [...]

Cllr Connor McConville Leaves Labour Party to join Liberal Democrat and Independent Group

February 21, 2025 // 0 Comments

Cllr Connor McConville Leaves Labour Party to join the Liberal Democrat and Independent Group Cllr Connor McConville (pictured) quietly left the Labour Party on the 18th [...]

Part 2: The Peculiar Case of Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s Procurement Practices

February 20, 2025 // 2 Comments

Updated 08:00 – 21/02/25 When examining the payment data for suppliers where contracts began before they were officially awarded, numerous anomalies emerge. These [...]

A Peculiar Case of Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s Procurement Practices

February 18, 2025 // 0 Comments

Updated 14:05 on 19/02/2025 How Can Six Contracts Start, End, and Then Be Awarded? A Peculiar Case of Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s Procurement Practices In [...]

Southern Water’s 47% bill increase shows blatant disregard for ecological preservation and customer welfare

February 18, 2025 // 0 Comments

Southern Water (SW), a utility provider serving 2.6 million water customers and 4.7 million wastewater users across Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, and the Isle of Wight, operates [...]

Many Fire Doors in Communal Flats owned by FHDC are non-compliant

February 17, 2025 // 1 Comment

Exclusive Front door Fire doors hung in communal flats, owned by Folkestone & Hythe District and which open up onto a communal space to allow tenants to escape in the [...]

Chief Executive & Founder of proposed Solar Farm on Romney Marsh named in Paradise Papers

February 15, 2025 // 1 Comment

Updated 16 Feb – @ 16:00 The company behind the proposed South East Energy Park on Romney Marsh, Low Carbon, have links to the offshore tax haven of Jersey. Their Chief [...]

A little bit of history about development on Folkestone harbour arm

February 13, 2025 // 0 Comments

Thirty six years ago Sea Containers Property Services Ltd– ultimately owned in the offshore tax haven of Bermuda at the time, made a planning application for housing, and a [...]

Otterpool Park update: Council approve deal with SNRG Ltd who has no operational experience of solar farms in the UK

February 13, 2025 // 1 Comment

Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s Cabinet last night approved the recommendations in Report Number C/24/68 to allow SNRG Ltd, to be the solar park provider at [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Proposed Solar Farm company will milk profit from sunshine and send it to one of the most notable tax havens in the world

February 8, 2025 // 0 Comments

Making money from Solar energy is big business. Folkestone & Hythe Cabinet on Wednesday 12 February, will discuss the approval and recommendations to accept SNRG Ltd as [...]

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