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Why Is FHDC Paying 53% of the Folkestone Pool Rebuild (£2.4m of £4.5m) Without Owning the Sports Centre?

January 29, 2026 // 0 Comments

At last night’s Full Council, Cllr Nicola Keen cut to the simplest version of the Folkestone Sports Centre row: why is Folkestone & Hythe District Council being asked [...]

Romney Marsh Solar Farm Approved 8–4: What Folkestone & Hythe Councillors Were Told, What the Papers Contradict, and What Happens Next (25/0542/FH)

January 21, 2026 // 1 Comment

Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s Planning and Licensing Committee has approved planning application 25/0542/FH for a 40-hectare (98.8-acre) solar farm on land [...]

Folkestone Sports Centre: The Sports Trust’s Accounts, FHDC’s £2.4m Grant, and the UK Subsidy Control Questions

January 20, 2026 // 0 Comments

A beloved community sports complex in Folkestone is on course for a resurrection after an abrupt closure – but only if a £2.4 million council grant gets the green light. [...]

Folkestone Library: The Rise, Decline and Fight to Save Grace Hill’s Grade II Listed Landmark

January 13, 2026 // 4 Comments

Grace Hill is not just a building with books. It is a piece of Folkestone’s civic identity: a red-brick landmark, Grade II listed, built in the late Victorian period [...]

Standing With the Jewish Community: Uniting Against Hate

October 3, 2025 // 0 Comments

There are moments when words feel painfully small against the scale of loss. This is one of them. Our thoughts are with the Jewish community and with every family mourning a [...]

Romney Marsh Residents Unite to Stop Mega Solar Farms on Prime Farmland

October 2, 2025 // 0 Comments

A community Petition opposing large-scale solar farms on Romney Marsh was presented to full council on 1 October 2025. The petition – titled “Stop industrial-scale solar [...]

Part 1: What Is a Refugee? Definition, Rights, and UK Law

September 29, 2025 // 1 Comment

Seventy-four years after governments gathered in Geneva to define who counts as a refugee and what the world owes them, the question feels newly contested. Border walls are [...]

Napier Barracks Explained: Facts, Rights and Local Impact

September 26, 2025 // 2 Comments

Five years after a Facebook post published by our public face first warned Folkestone that Napier Barracks would be used to house asylum seekers, the story is still unfolding [...]

Folkestone & Hythe Residents Urged to Join Community Panel Shaping New Design Code for Future Developments

August 16, 2025 // 0 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council is seeking residents to join a new community panel tasked with contributing to the development of the district’s first formal design [...]

“Buy Local” Tony Vaughan MP Spends £346 on Non-Local Plants — Some Imported from China

August 12, 2025 // 1 Comment

When Tony Vaughan KC MP for Folkestone & Hythe (pictured) penned his 24 July 2025 column, Buying Local is the Bedrock of Community, it was an unambiguous call to arms. [...]

Folkestone Library Closure: Historic Grace Hill Building Up for Sale After £2.9m Repair Costs and Community Protests

August 6, 2025 // 1 Comment

Folkestone’s Grade II Listed Library at 2 Grace Hill abruptly closed in late 2022 after severe water ingress rendered the Grade II listed building unsafe. Kent County [...]

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