Council Tax Scam 2
We brought you this story late last year Council Tax Scam. At the time 11 Parish councils had increased their precepts, now that is 12 as Lydd have done so too. We called for [...]
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Interest On Debts Grow Without Rain
In our blog Do you feel safe now? we posed the question “With a track record like this in Business do you the residents of Shepway feel safe now, knowing that Cllr [...]
Another Cat Another Bag
Chris Lewis of SDC who was Head of Planning Services and now been moved to Head of Special Projects regarding J11 at Stanford has been tasked with developing the Reuben [...]
Build Now Pay Later 2
According to SDC’s House Building Requirement (Core Strategy 2013) The policy requirement for the period 2013 to 2025/26 is for 3,965 new houses. SDC though admit [...]
War & Peace (Or How Football Saved Lives)
According to this article in the Folkestone Herald two youths have been “slammed” for playing football under the Step Short Arch War Memorial in Folkestone. We at [...]
We Love the NHS
3 nights ago we watched a suspected heart attack vicitim being taken fom his home in Burmarsh/ The ambulance arrived, we as a bunch of lads watched an ambulance arrive [...]
Twelve Grand Donation for Eversley College!
On the 14th May 2013 a planning application was submitted to develop Eversley College, Coolinge Lane Folkestone – ref Y13/0175/SH (page 67 onwards) to SDC (now [...]
Selling The Family Silver
It is ironic we think that in an age of austerity that the local Folkestone & Hythe Conservative Association; based at 4 Westcliff Gardens, has had nearly ten years of [...]
Build Now, Pay Later.
“May one be pardon’d and retain the offence? In the corrupted currents of this world, Offence’s gilded hand may shove by justice, And oft is seen the wicked prize [...]
Sorry We Haven’t A Clue 2
Terence Ellames is a former SDC planning officer for amongst other things- Lydd Airport Expansion. Catherine Igoe an employee of SDC and Terence and others have had a [...]
Sorry We Haven’t a Clue.
On Jan 8th we brought you The Cat is Out of The Bag which was about the land at Otterpool Lane. Now, thanks to a reader of Shepwayvox ,we can tell you that it appears that [...]
Sunny Places For Shady People
Ever got a parking ticket? Hmm yes and yes and too many yeses to count. Well, our Parking Enforcement Contract at Shepway is held by NSL. So what! Ah we say, NSL ultimate [...]
J11 M20 Questions and No Answers
” Will you ask for the full minutes and agenda of the meeting held between all 12 Kent MP’s and the Chancellor on the 4/11/15 to be released to the people of [...]
Fair Tax Town
We have seen on the board outside Googies – Folkestone – in the past, comments about Starbucks and not paying their fair share in tax. Googies has balls and [...]
A Little Over The Odds.
The Land SDC have bought at Otterpool Lane, is to be sat on for the time being. It will not be developed immediately. If you think that the Land at Westhanger Racecourse is [...]
A High Degree of Support
We have to admit that we at Shepwayvox are a little confused. There is a lot of information flying about regarding the lorry park at site 1 owned by David Thomas Holt in [...]
The Best Politicians Money Can Buy.
We got it wrong. We informed you that Cllrs were to receive a raise from £3,867 to £4,900. On the evidence posted on SDC’s website it was correct but on the night [...]
“Buy Land They’ve Stopped Making It”
“Buy land because they’ve stopped making it”, so said Mark Twain. Well SDC have done just that, all 144.147 Hectares or 357 Acres at Otterpool Lane [...]
Rubbing Salt Into The Wounds.
Do you think Cllrs are worth the money they get? If we look at the various things going on around our wonderful district, such as development in New Romney, the probable [...]
The Cat Is Out of The Bag 2.
We Know the Council, Shepway District Council have bought the land at Otterpool Manor Farmland previously owned by the Champneys. Part of the Land – Lot 6 has a SSSI [...]
If They Had a Backbone, They Would be Able to Deal with This.
To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone. In a letter to KCC in Sept 2014 Cllr David Drury Monk said the following with regards to [...]
The Cat is Out of The Bag
On Friday 20th Nov 2015 an informal tender to purchase 357.00 acres or 144.472Ha closed. Shepway District Council have purchased the land for £5.2 million or thereabouts. [...]
Smoke and Mirrors
Things surrounding site 1 and 2 – the possible sites for the Lorry Park – are not what they appear. SDC’s own website demonstrates that they set [...]
Named and Shamed.
Guildhall Surgery, Guildhall Street, Folkestone sits in the most deprived ward across all indicators in Shepway. The main practitioners there are Dr Mohammed Altaf Hossain [...]
No Precise Boundaries Have Been Identified.”
Damien Collins MP and SDC have seemingly shot themselves in the foot. SDC and Damien Collins have released a definitive boundary map of the alleged “chosen” site [...]