Development

Otterpool Park Update: Millions Budgeted While Outline Permission Still Unissued; Homes England Recognises ‘Market Failure’ as 31 Dec 2026 Long-Stop Nears

November 26, 2025 // 3 Comments

By any normal measure, a council that “resolved to grant” outline planning permission, in April 2023, for a new settlement of this scale (8,500 homes) would be sprinting [...]

From Kent Fields to Cayman Waterfront: The Offshore Life of Pentland Homes Boss James Nettlam Tory

November 24, 2025 // 0 Comments

When residents in Folkestone, Hawkinge or Ashford argue with Pentland Homes over traffic, contamination or yet another field turning into “executive homes”, the man who [...]

Otterpool Park Exposed: How Folkestone & Hythe’s 10,000-Home ‘Garden Town’ Is Spending Millions Without Planning Permission

November 18, 2025 // 3 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council is gearing up for yet another intense round of work on Otterpool Park – still without an actual planning permission in place, more [...]

Belgian Developer Hendrik Danneels: Criminal Tax-Fraud and Money-Laundering Case Shadowing Mylecke NV and the Insolvent Leas Pavilion Development in Folkestone

November 14, 2025 // 0 Comments

For years, Belgian property developer Hendrik Danneels (pictured) has preferred to operate in the shadows. Belgian business press portrays him as a low-profile coastal [...]

Leas Pavilion Developer Insolvency: How Offshore Owner Mylecke NV Left Folkestone with Eyesore Towers and Broken Promises

November 14, 2025 // 2 Comments

For 18 months the two stark concrete towers on Folkestone’s Leas have stood frozen – an unfinished gateway to a luxury apartment scheme that never arrived. In early [...]

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Development

Otterpool Park Update: Millions Budgeted While Outline Permission Still Unissued; Homes England Recognises ‘Market Failure’ as 31 Dec 2026 Long-Stop Nears

From Kent Fields to Cayman Waterfront: The Offshore Life of Pentland Homes Boss James Nettlam Tory

Otterpool Park Exposed: How Folkestone & Hythe’s 10,000-Home ‘Garden Town’ Is Spending Millions Without Planning Permission

Belgian Developer Hendrik Danneels: Criminal Tax-Fraud and Money-Laundering Case Shadowing Mylecke NV and the Insolvent Leas Pavilion Development in Folkestone

Leas Pavilion Developer Insolvency: How Offshore Owner Mylecke NV Left Folkestone with Eyesore Towers and Broken Promises

Otterpool Park Update: FHDC and Homes England extend partnership

Ameet Kotecha, Panama Papers and Hythe Care Home: Explained

Lidl Folkestone Plan Faces Mixed Reaction and Ownership Questions

Folkestone & Hythe District Council sets aside £188,000 a month for debt

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

Romney Marsh Solar Farms: Petition Challenges Mega Projects on Prime Farmland

Folkestone Bus Station Closes After 70 Years (1955–2025) as Services Move to Middelburg Square

Highview Folkestone £800k sale — Did Leo Griggs get it cheap?

Highview Folkestone: Listed at £1.895m, Sold by Council for £800k

Elmtree Farm, Sellindge: FHDC Approves 105 Homes from Quinn Homes

Ship Street Folkestone: 70 Years of Dereliction Ends as Council Pushes Ahead with 135-Home Gasworks Redevelopment

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

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

Folkestone’s £2m Folca Redevelopment Delayed Until 2029

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

Affordable Homes Lost After Council Fails to Enforce Legal Planning Condition

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

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

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