Martello Lakes Pool Promise Replaced by Hythe Leisure Plan
Scrutiny councillors backed further work on Martello Lakes and Hythe Pool, but the message was clear: no token container, no unaffordable racket-sport vanity project, and no [...]
Regeneration
Folkestone Town Centre Plan: Can New Markets Bring Shoppers Back?
A new Town Centre Operating Model aims to turn Folkestone’s public-realm works into a living, trading, event-filled town centre. Scrutiny councillors liked the idea, but [...]
Folkestone Folca 1 Flats Approved as Council-Owned Building Sale Questions Remain
Folkestone’s former Debenhams has taken another step out of limbo. On Tuesday evening, Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s Planning and Licensing Committee approved [...]
Folkestone Folca 1 Flats Plan: Planning Law and Noise Risks
Folca 1 is heading towards retail and flats, not the medical centre once promised. But this isn’t a normal planning application. It’s a narrow Class MA prior approval [...]
Folkestone Regeneration: Can £22m Heal A Town Of Two Halves?
Folkestone’s regeneration scheme began with a painful truth: the town was being described as “a town of two halves”. Now KCC is leading the transport and public realm [...]