Housing

Folkestone & Hythe DC Temporary Accommodation Costs Forecast to Rise £273,500 (≈30%) to £1.2m in 2025/26

October 14, 2025 // 0 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council warns that the cost of housing homeless households in temporary accommodation (TA) is spiralling. In 2024/25 the council’s own [...]

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

October 9, 2025 // 0 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council has taken on £38 million in borrowing from other local authorities to fund its flagship Otterpool Park development – even though [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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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