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 [...]
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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, a development for 117 homes (30% affordable) in New Romney will be discussed and voted on. [...]
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 [...]
Part 2: East Kent Councils overcharged £1.5 million by Gas Contractor P & R.
£1,479,000 worth of overcharging by P & R, the contractor who was responsible for the Gas Servicing & Maintenance contract for all four East Kent Council, managed by [...]
Part 1: Is the Chief Executive of East Kent Housing, Deborah Upton, fit for purpose? You decide.
Deborah Josephine Upton (pictured) has a long history of contracts going pear-shaped on her watch. This has happened while she worked for Medway Council, Circle Housing and [...]
Grand residents win costs award against their Landlord
Hallam Estates ‘unreasonable conduct … was of such seriousness and gravity…..” In yet another defeat, Hallam Estates Ltd, the freeholder of the Grand, were ordered by [...]
Deficits, Transformation, Car Parking and a big thank you
All four East Kent Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) in East Kent, Ashford Canterbury & Coastal, South Kent Coast (Folkestone & Dover) and Thanet are in special [...]
Folkestone & Hythe District Council take one small step for man, and one giant leap for mankind by declaring Climate & Ecological Emergency
A climate and ecological emergency has been declared by Folkestone & Hythe District Council. Last night, Wednesday 24th July at full Council a motion tabled by Cllr [...]
UK Room received over £200,000 from Folkestone & Hythe District Council for nightly lets and B & B
On the 26th July 2010 the company UK Room (London) Ltd came into being. The two directors of the company were Elliot Louis Benezra and Adam Marc Harris. On the 15/03/19 [...]
Falling housing completions lead to the use of companies like Paramount Independent Property Services LLP
For the financial year 2018/19, (1st April 2018 – 31st March 2019), according to the payment for suppliers for all Councils in Kent, including Medway & Kent County [...]
Folkestone & Hythe District Council grant Planning Permission for Princes Parade
Yesterday evening we received the follow news from the Treasurer and Membership Secretary of the Save Princes Parade Group. “Regrettably I have to inform you that today [...]
Cllr David Wimble committing fraud?
According to the vehicleenquiry.service.gov.uk Folkestone & Hythe District Council Cllr David Wimble, Cabinet Member for the District Economy (pictured) who represents [...]
Serious disrepair and safety issues in Folkestone & Hythe District Council housing stock
“I feel trapped.” “Nobody is listening to me – that’s what it feels like.” “My mental health is going downhill rapidly due to this,” are just some of [...]