Discrepancies in Shepway DC’s Council Tax Consultation.
SDC have created two documents regarding the Council Tax Reduction Scheme Consultation: They are report-c-16-78 and the ctrs-consultation-responses-analysis When [...]
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Otterpool, Offshore’s And a Little Insider Knowledge.
In 2013 the Government’s Planning Inspector denied the redevelopment of Folkestone Racecourse on the grounds that too many homes were proposed. Folkestone Racecourse, [...]
Damian Collins & Other Kent MP Expenses
Between May 2010 and March 2015 Damian Collins MP was Kent’s most expensive MP. Mr Collins cost the taxpayer the grand sum £765,365. An average of £153,073 a year. [...]
Otterpool Park Update
So Otterpool Park gets the go ahead, but did anyone really think it wouldn’t get the nod? We’ve always said the Reuben Brothers (left) never buy a pig in a poke. [...]
Kent CC’s Missing £142 million, a Large Data Breach and a Missing Half a Million.
Kent County Council have now responded to us regarding the missing £142 million. In an email Mr Andy Wood (left) KCC’s finance officer has sent the following to [...]
Cllr Claire Jeffrey Council Tax Summons.
Cllr Claire Jeffrey (Con) (middle) failed to pay her initial Council Tax reminder in 2015/16. Cllr Jeffrey received one Council Tax reminder and received a summons after [...]
Shepway District Council Spend Data Under the Magnifying Glass.
A picture they say, is worth a thousand words, well we have seven pictures/graphs for you. All these graphs are made from Shepway District Council’s payment to [...]
Our Local NHS Is On Its Knees
According to the East Kent Hospital University Foundation Trust (EKHUFT) eastkent_annual_report_and_accounts_2015-16-page-11 The Trust has over 1000 beds including 27 [...]
Missing
How do you lose a £142 million pounds? Down the back of the sofa? At the bookies, a bad investment? We don’t know, but what we do know is that it is missing, gone [...]
We Don’t Know, So We’ll Leave You To Decide
In 2010 the Folkestone Herald reported that the Creative Foundation (CF) had ‘received millions of pounds from the public purse’ – Sir Roger has asked [...]
“The Usual Suspects”
Two new planning applications have caught our eye, because they are the usual suspects. Y16/0005/SCR is for the creation of up to 175 houses including affordable and [...]
Shepway DC Procurement Cards & Purchase Orders
Shepway District Council use procurement cards, so it would appear from their payment to suppliers data. A procurement card is a form of company charge card that allows [...]
SDC’s Dodgy Data & the Man Responsible.
Shepway District Council’s (SDC) spending data webpage explains that: “For data protection reasons, payments to individuals have been redacted” Instead of displaying [...]
Counting the Pennies Part 2
On November 26th 2015 Shepwayvox brought you the post about Shepway District Council’s (SDC) b & b bill between Jan 15 – Oct 15. Now SDC have finally [...]
Counting the Pennies Part 1
Since the 31st Oct 2014 it has been necessary for Shepway District Council to comply with the local_government_transparency_code_2014. This was last updated in 2015. [...]
Racism & Prejudice Alive & Well in Shepway? You Decide.
The mainstream press do not tell you about the Traveller Catholic men’s group that collects thousands of pounds to help the homeless. The successful discrimination cases [...]
Successful Destruction of Compassion
Sleeping in public is now a criminal offence in certain areas of shepway. If you fancy a lie-down in Radnor Park during a balmy summer afternoon, or want to take a nap on a [...]
Otterpool Park Update
Time marches on and in relation to Otterpool Park, SDC have now appointed their consultant team. They are: Arcadis – lead consultants, covering all technical work [...]
“Reader’s Digest”
Tonight 18/10/16 the Overview & Scrutiny Committee meet in the Civic Centre at 7pm. On the agenda at Item Six is [...]
15 Alexandra Corniche CT21 5RW,The Panama Papers & 7 tonnes of Euros
What does seven tonnes of euro’s look like? We don’t know, but we do know it is a shed load of cash, well probably quite a few sheds actually. 15 Alexandra [...]
80 Sidney Street, Folkestone & The Panama Papers
EXCLUSIVE The Prime Minister, Theresa May “reserved some of her most strident conference rhetoric for the subject of tax avoidance” at the Tory Party conference, [...]
An End to Airbnb & Holiday Lets at the Grand and Elsewhere?
In what might be a body blow to those people who rent out their own flats as holiday lets,such Mr & Mrs Stainer licensee’s of the-grand the highest property [...]
SDC’s Places and Policies Local Plan: Preferred Options.
SDC wish to consult with you, the people of Shepway about building 2500 new homes across 56 sites and developing 13 Hectres (32 Acres) for employment. The consultation is [...]
The Road To Nowhere, going Somewhere?
On a wall in Cllr David Drury Monk’s office at Shepway District Council is a map. The map is akin to the map below and is the probable area for the business park which [...]
A Love Fest in a “War Zone” and a £9k Donation.
“It’s a ‘war zone’ after more than a decade of decay and neglect.’ said Cllr Robert Hubble on behalf of Elmstead & Stelling Minning Parish [...]