Folkestone & Hythe District Council

Folkestone & Hythe District Council: What the Cabinet Portfolio Reports Reveal

September 24, 2025 // 1 Comment

At each Full Council, Folkestone & Hythe District Council follows its usual rhythm: every Cabinet Member delivers a brief, seamless update on their portfolio. The set for [...]

Folkestone & Hythe CPZs: What’s the Primary Purpose of Controlled Parking Zones?

September 24, 2025 // 0 Comments

By any common-sense reading, Controlled Parking Zones (CPZs) exist to manage scarce kerbspace—not to top up town halls’ coffers. That isn’t just political spin; it is [...]

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

September 24, 2025 // 1 Comment

A petition has been presented to Folkestone & Hythe District Council; which calls on councillors to oppose the rapid spread of industrial-scale solar and battery farms [...]

Folkestone & Hythe District Council Performance: Waste, Housing, Planning—What to Know

September 22, 2025 // 0 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe’s Q1 performance, 2024/25 vs 2025/26: where the council’s flying, where it’s flagging, and where the lid’s still stuck on the recycling bin. If [...]

Is this surprising? UK Local Government: About 75% of Britons Feel Little or No Influence Over Local Decisions

September 18, 2025 // 0 Comments

Only 23% of Britons say they have any influence over decisions in their local area. About three-quarters (75%) say they have little or no influence over local decisions; 23% [...]

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

September 17, 2025 // 0 Comments

Folkestone’s town-centre bus station will close after service on Saturday 20 September, with services switching to temporary stops along Middelburg Square from Sunday 21 [...]

Creative Businesses in Kent: Folkestone & Hythe Falls Behind

September 16, 2025 // 0 Comments

New Kent County Council figures for 2024 paint a clear picture of the county’s creative-sector footprint. Kent as a whole had 6,195 “creative” businesses – only 9.6% [...]

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

September 15, 2025 // 2 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council has sold the former Highview School site on Moat Farm Road for £800,000, despite the land being marketed last year at up to £1.895 [...]

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

September 12, 2025 // 0 Comments

Highview School in Folkestone was closed in 2016 as part of a merger that created a new special education facility, The Beacon. The following year, Kent County Council (KCC) [...]

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

September 11, 2025 // 1 Comment

Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s Planning Committee has given the green light – unanimously, no less – to an outline proposal for 105 new homes in Sellindge. [...]

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

September 11, 2025 // 0 Comments

After lying derelict for decades, the former gasworks off Ship Street is finally inching toward a new life. Folkestone & Hythe District Council has submitted an outline [...]

Part 3: St Eanswythe Statue Still Headless — Two Sculptors Down, No Plan C

September 10, 2025 // 1 Comment

St Eanswythe, seventh-century abbess and long-suffering local icon, remains without her most photogenic feature. Fifteen months after vandals relieved her of her head in [...]

Folkestone & Hythe District Council Misses Deadline to Replace St Eanswythe’s Head

September 8, 2025 // 0 Comments

More than a year after vandals decapitated the statue of St Eanswythe (pictured) in mid-June 2024, the saint remains headless—despite a public promise from a cabinet member [...]

Council Fails Own Rules: £81,974 Paid to Three Contractors with No Public Contract Record

September 8, 2025 // 0 Comments

Part 10 of Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s Constitution is explicit: “All contracts of a value of £5,000 or more are to be included on the Council’s [...]

NSL in Folkestone & Hythe: Ex-Staff Allege Low Pay, Quotas

September 4, 2025 // 0 Comments

Former employees of NSL, the private company holding parking enforcement contracts for councils including Folkestone & Hythe District Council, are speaking out about [...]

£5.5m Bauer Deal Overhauls Folkestone & Hythe DC Bus Shelters Amid Stagecoach Cuts

September 3, 2025 // 0 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council has signed a £5.5 million contract with Bauer Media Outdoor UK to install, maintain and repair bus shelters across the district — [...]

Folkestone & Hythe District Council FOI Fiasco Returns: Housing Data Contradictions

August 29, 2025 // 0 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council has turned transparency from a legal duty into a parlour trick. Once is a mistake, twice is a pattern, three times is a habit—and [...]

Folkestone & Hythe District Council Tax Arrears £6.72m; FOIs Disputed

August 28, 2025 // 0 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council is currently owed £6,720,241.51 in unpaid council tax, an FOI disclosure shows. The headline figure is stark, but it comes with a [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Otterpool Park LLP Signs Exclusive Deal With SNRG Before Legal Review, Raising Questions for Folkestone & Hythe District Council

August 28, 2025 // 0 Comments

On 27 August, the Shepway Vox Team published an update that has left more questions than answers about the governance of the Otterpool Park development. At the heart of the [...]

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 Housing Crisis: Temporary Accommodation Costs Surge 3,461% as Rents Rise, House Prices Soar, and 943 Homes Sit Empty

August 24, 2025 // 1 Comment

Folkestone & Hythe District Council is facing a housing dilemma that is stretching budgets and putting families under strain. The cost of temporary accommodation has [...]

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