Search Results for Leo Griggs

Leo Griggs in discussions to sell flats at Sandbanks – New Romney – to Council

August 18, 2021 // 1 Comment

On the 15th Dec 2020, planning application 20/0690/FH – Sandbanks, Coast Road, Littlestone, New Romney, went before the planning committee. The applicant was Leo Griggs [...]

Leo Griggs seeking to make £1.5 million on sale of part of Royal Victoria Hospital site

October 1, 2021 // 6 Comments

Leo Griggs purchased the Royal Victoria Hospital site via his company RVH Folkestone Ltd from KCC for £1.25 million on 1st Nov 2018. Just three years on he now wants to sell [...]

A vote for Rylands is a vote to protect your heritage

April 30, 2023 // 6 Comments

Heritage has the power to stir people’s souls, guide human responses, and galvanize public opinion. Understanding and preserving our past has forever been integral to our [...]

Data matching shows £7.2m of likely council procurement fraud over four years to family or friends

July 9, 2022 // 4 Comments

Recently while the sun was shining, and the birds were singing – well not on Princes Parade – Folkestone & Hythe District Council took the decision to suspend [...]

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 [...]

Sandbanks – New Romney: Are local Tories ‘in hock’ to developers via their donations?

August 25, 2021 // 6 Comments

Sandbanks planning application was successful at last night’s Planning Committee. However, it’s clear the closeness of the developer Leo Griggs with members of [...]

The local developer being helped along by the public purse

May 3, 2021 // 4 Comments

Over the last six years, one developer more than any other has come to epitomise the cosyiness that leads many to think/believe our planning system and committee is fixed in [...]

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

September 18, 2020 // 8 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 [...]

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 [...]

Part 1 – Kent Donors to local & national Tory party

August 31, 2021 // 1 Comment

“A little bit of money goes a very long way.” Political donations have been at the heart of many a scandal, but does it matter that at local and national level, parties [...]

Council are acting beyond its powers by giving £16m plus to the two companies it owns

August 8, 2022 // 5 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council have acted beyond their powers (ultra vires) by allowing in excess of £16 million to be paid to companies in which they allege they [...]

Something is Rotten in the District of Folkestone & Hythe

August 5, 2020 // 1 Comment

There’s more to this than meets the eye. Yes the facts surrounding the Leo Griggs Royal Victoria Site gets murkier. Not only has the site been closed by the Health [...]

“Technical Issues” prevented Tontine Street Viability Assessment from being published says Council

November 6, 2020 // 3 Comments

In Feb 2019, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government published a new and revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) At Para 57 of the new and revised [...]

Cllr Goddard Recuses Himself & Other Planning Matters

September 23, 2020 // 2 Comments

So, Cllr Clive Goddard, Chairman of Folkestone & Hythe Planning Committee recused himself and did not vote on either of the planning applications related to the Royal [...]

Approved Tory Parliamentary Candidate Stephen James resigned rather than face investigation into his professional standards as a teacher.

February 6, 2021 // 10 Comments

A fortnight ago we wrote about Stephen James (pictured). We highlighted that he’d come to the attention of Private Eye who ran a story on him. We made it clear he is an [...]

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Search Results for Leo Griggs

Leo Griggs seeking to make £1.5 million on sale of part of Royal Victoria Hospital site

A vote for Rylands is a vote to protect your heritage

Data matching shows £7.2m of likely council procurement fraud over four years to family or friends

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

Sandbanks – New Romney: Are local Tories ‘in hock’ to developers via their donations?

The local developer being helped along by the public purse

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

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

Part 1 – Kent Donors to local & national Tory party

Council are acting beyond its powers by giving £16m plus to the two companies it owns

Something is Rotten in the District of Folkestone & Hythe

“Technical Issues” prevented Tontine Street Viability Assessment from being published says Council

Cllr Goddard Recuses Himself & Other Planning Matters

Cllr David Wimble Is Committing Another Criminal Offence

Is Cllr Clive Goddard committing a criminal offence?

“If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves.”

Is Cllr David Wimble a Liar? – You decide.

A sequel with a burger by the sea.

Folkestone & Hythe District Council the gift which keeps on giving

The Long Read: 52-54 Guildhall Street and other tales of “Technical Issues”

Folkestone & Hythe District Council issue £6.2 million worth of contracts bypassing normal tendering processes

Royal Victoria Hospital sells for £1.25 million