Development

Otterpool Park Update: SNRG Sign Deal to Provide Smart Grid to Power 8,500 Homes at Otterpool Park by 2057

August 26, 2025 // 2 Comments

A funded private smart grid promises lower bills for residents, fewer headaches for housebuilders and a new income stream for the council — with every home due to be [...]

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 [...]

Folkestone’s £2m Folca Redevelopment Delayed Until 2029

August 14, 2025 // 1 Comment

Council’s £2m buyout of the Folkestone Debenhams in 2020 promised rapid regeneration – but five years, 13 contracts and many delays later, the site may not fully reopen [...]

Ship Street 70 Years of Nothing Much: Folkestone’s Most Patient Plot Finally Seeks a Future

July 28, 2025 // 1 Comment

Stand on the lip of Ship Street and look south: a 1.56‑hectare rectangle, scooped out like a giant wasp bite, dropping a vertiginous twelve metres towards the railway. Once [...]

Affordable Homes Lost After Council Fails to Enforce Legal Planning Condition

July 25, 2025 // 0 Comments

This is a story of lost affordable housing. At the Full Council meeting on 23 July 2025, Cllr Jim Martin responded to a question from Cllr Nicola Keen about affordable [...]

FOLCA 1 to Be Sold at a Loss: The £13m Gamble on Folkestone’s Town Centre Revamp

July 9, 2025 // 7 Comments

Both documents referenced in this article — Cabinet Reports C/25/07 (FOLCA 1) and C/25/25 (FOLCA 2) — are scheduled for discussion at the Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, [...]

Methane and CO₂ Emissions at Princes Parade Clash with Council’s Climate Commitments

July 5, 2025 // 1 Comment

Updated 09:30, 7 July 2025 The future of Princes Parade—a contentious strip of coastal land owned by Folkestone & Hythe District Council—has resurfaced as a [...]

Otterpool Park: “on the cusp of moving into much welcomed delivery”

April 26, 2025 // 3 Comments

“Otterpool Park has been in gestation for a very long time, but we are now on the cusp of moving into much welcomed delivery” ~ Dr Susan Priest, 22 April 2025, [...]

Otterpool Park LLP: Financial Trajectory Analysis (2020-2024)

March 23, 2025 // 0 Comments

Otterpool Park LLP is the master developer responsible for delivering the Otterpool Park Garden Town project on behalf of the site landowner, Folkestone & Hythe District [...]

Otterpool Park update: Council approve deal with SNRG Ltd who has no operational experience of solar farms in the UK

February 13, 2025 // 1 Comment

Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s Cabinet last night approved the recommendations in Report Number C/24/68 to allow SNRG Ltd, to be the solar park provider at [...]

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