SDC’s Hat Trick of Misleading the Old & Disabled, by Omission.
For the third time in a row the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) have found Shepway District council wanting. Their Lifeline Advertising aimed at the Old, the [...]
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Switzerland comes to Shepway
In the digital age, offshore secrets are hard to keep.We believe this kind of basic information, the names of people who are linked to what companies, is something that [...]
Another Day for You & We In Paradise.
‘The first wealth is health’. Prior to 2014 there were no Trussell Trust Foodbanks in Shepway. Since the foodbanks arrival in Shepway in 2014, the numbers using [...]
Top 20 Shepway Landlords received £2.6 million in Housing Benefit
In 2014/15 the top 20 Private Landlords in Shepway received, two million, six hundred and forty three thousand, three hundred and forty five pounds – £2,643,345 [...]
Who Will Save the Grand?
As the Grand continues to crumble after years of well-documented neglect, the residents, some in their 90s, await with mounting fear the next set of bills for maintenance. [...]
Smell as a Statutory Nuisance
Recently Kentonline ran a story about a ‘Gut Wrenching Smell’ which was ‘driving visitors away from Romney Marsh and forcing residents to leave their [...]
It’s still ‘who you know not what you know that matters’
‘It’s not what you know but who you know’ so goes the saying, and it looks as though Hythe Town Councillor Paul O’Connor (below) knew the right [...]
Fraud.
In Oct 2016 claims for Housing Benefit & Council Tax applications for those in the Shepway District, will be able to be made online for the first time. The Audit & [...]
Another 144 ‘Affordable’ Homes to buy or rent lost.
Taylor Wimpey (TW) are the third largest house builder in the UK. Their Pre-tax profit before exceptional items rose 34.1% from £450m to £603m to the year ending December [...]
Planning Application Y12/0897/SH, Folkestone Kent.
Charity is the proverbial gift of a fish to a hungry person Philanthropy is teaching them how to fish Developers such as the local philanthropist Sir Roger De Haan often [...]
Planning Application Y/16/0725/SH Hythe, Kent.
It all begins with a simple phone call. They were agitated, scared, nervous, confused with lots of questions. What if the rents go up? What if they ask us to move? Where will [...]
The Dark Side of Gentrification
On the sun strewn hills just above Folkestone, a family sit down to eat Sunday Lunch. The view they have is amazing, we can see France, the English channel fanning out and [...]
Easing Their Departure.
Many staff either employed by Shepway District Council (SDC) or let go have received payments to ease their departure from previous jobs or for leaving SDC. According to the [...]
Compulsory Purchase Order Powers to be used for M20 Lorry Park site
In the next 4 weeks Highways England will use Compulsory Purchase Order powers to buy the 250 acre site(Map Below), at Stanford west, owned by local farmer David Holt, [...]
Immigration, Housing and Xenophobia.
For some people, it’s Pavlovian: mention the housing crisis, and on they drone about how “Britain is full”; rents are high because asylum seekers are all given [...]
Some Home Truths
There are not enough houses in Shepway. Regardless of what anyone says. One can argue that 12,000 should not be built at Otterpool Park, but it is impossible to say that we [...]
Cllr David Owen’s Integrity Compromised? You decide.
The owners of No 9, Mill Leas, Lower Black House Hill, Hythe are Mr Richard James Hubbert & Annette Jewell. They applied for planning permission on the 02/10/2015 to [...]
SDC, Misleading the Old, The Frail, Infirm & Disabled
Shepway District Council have misled the old, frail, infirm and disabled by omission. Their advertising online and in Shepway Today was reported to the Advertising Standards [...]
Are Cllr Monk & Jim O’Sullivan Cockalooloo?
In an area where water is scarcer per person than it is per person in Morocco or Egypt (Pg 8), Shepway District Council (SDC) wish to build up 12,000 homes and Highway [...]
Tapped Up By Affinity Water.
If you’re living in Shepway you’ll have seen your water bills steadily rise since the supply was privatised in 1989. The companies you’ve been paying to have changed, [...]
‘The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.’
“The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there” L.P.Hartley And so it was for Shepway District Council with regards to there Statement of [...]
Where there’s Muck, there’s Brass.
Shirley Jackson (not her real name) steps out from her ground floor flat and lets rip: problems with overflowing bins and seagulls, the lack of parking, development ruining [...]
Not Fit For Purpose? You Decide.
Sopra Steria is probably a name not many of you may know, why would you? Hands up if you do know who they are and what they do for Shepway District Council. Oh alright then [...]
Stewart Needs Love.
Alistair Stewart the CEO of SDC has had a heart attack last week, we pass on our best wishes to him and wish him a speedy recovery. He is currently not fit for purpose due [...]
A Demo Against Smash & Grab of the Crudest Kind. (This is our Jerusalem)
On Saturday 6th August a mass demonstration will be taking place in Hythe, against Development across Shepway & Ashford. Demonstrators will gather from 10.30AM onwards [...]