Hythe Imperial: Come for the Spa, Stay for the Housing Estate
This is a satirical take on planning application 26/1290/FH. All conversations and scenarios are fictional. There are, broadly speaking, three ways of improving a golf [...]
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Historic England Says Scrap 291 Homes Beside Hythe’s Royal Military Canal
Historic England has delivered an unusually blunt warning over Planning Application 26/1290/FH for up to 291 homes at the Hythe Imperial Hotel and golf course beside the [...]
Hythe Imperial Planning Objection Guide: What Residents Need to Know About GSE’s £120m, 291-Home Plan
This is a Guest Post After reading The Shepway Vox Team’s examination of planning application 26/1290/FH, I spent a fair bit of time going through the application papers [...]
GSE’s £120m Hythe Imperial Plan: 291 Homes, a 25m Pool — and a Planning File That Doesn’t Quite Add Up
GSE’s Imperial Gardens scheme promises 291 homes, around 73 “affordable homes”, a new 25m swimming pool and substantial private investment on Hythe seafront. [...]
Martello Lakes Pool Promise Replaced as Hythe Pool Refurbishment Could Cost £10.7m
When Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s Cabinet meets on 22 July, members will be asked to set two leisure projects moving. One involves spending £353,000 [...]
Exclusive: Royal British Legion Says Reform UK Fundraising at Hythe Armed Forces Day Was Unauthorised
The Royal British Legion says Reform UK wasn’t authorised to claim any connection with the charity or fundraise on its behalf at Hythe Armed Forces Day. The local branch [...]
Former Aldi Hythe Plan: No Affordable Housing, 43 Parking Spaces at Risk – The Long Read
For seven years, Hythe has had a hole in its High Street where the old Aldi used to trade. The shutters came down in 2019, the supermarket moved to Kengate Industrial Estate, [...]
Hythe Foxwood Homes Plan Approved With No Affordable Housing
Folkestone & Hythe councillors have approved Ureco’s Foxwood scheme for up to 150 homes on the former school site above Seabrook Road, Hythe. The number of affordable [...]
Lib Dems And Greens Break Martello Lakes Pool Promise
The Liberal Democrats said they’d “immediately start work” on a swimming pool at Martello Lakes. The Greens said the Conservatives could have built one there by now. [...]
Ameet Kotecha, Panama Papers and Hythe Care Home: Explained
Boutique Care Homes is building a 66-bed care home on Hythe’s former Smiths Medical site, with the scheme regularly showcased as a local regeneration success. Coverage this [...]