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Housing: Kent & Medway Local Authorities have no idea about the number of hazards in the 145,000 private rented homes

December 7, 2024 // 0 Comments

Housing professionals who work for local authorities in Kent & Medway do not know how many category one hazards, or what the most common hazards are in Kent & [...]

Council misleading residents over financial exit packages by £323,000

December 4, 2024 // 1 Comment

Updated 4 Dec 2024 @ 15:03 Of course you’d believe it when we say Folkestone & Hythe District Council misleads you, wouldn’t you… Each year, the [...]

Evidence shows Council failing to provide sufficient affordable housing

December 4, 2024 // 0 Comments

Many of you will recall your school reports from days gone by. No doubt many of you can recall the phrase, could do better, associated with them. Well this is an apt phrase [...]

Council seeks Judicial Review against Planning Application 21/2389/FH

December 3, 2024 // 0 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council is seeking a judicial review of a Planning Inspector’s decision, made on the 6 August 2024. This decision relates to planning [...]

Otterpool Park: Prior to 400th home, sewage must be removed by tanker or package treatment works

November 30, 2024 // 7 Comments

Updated 30 Dec 2024 @16:30 No plan survives its first contact with reality is a common refrain due to price fluctuations, inflation, interest rates or unforeseen regulatory [...]

Dignity in Dying – Freedom of Choice.

November 29, 2024 // 0 Comments

On May 16 2021, we ran a guest post, written by a member of the East Kent’s regional branch of Dignity in Dying. Today our elected Parliamentarians will decide if assisted [...]

Another financial loss for 50 year old Hythe Swimming Pool

November 28, 2024 // 2 Comments

Next year, Hythe Swimming Pool (HSP) will be fifty years old. At present it is the only community pool open to the public in the district, as the pool at Folkestone Sports [...]

Otterpool Park: Public Consultation Wastewater Treatement Works to be held on 3 December

November 27, 2024 // 4 Comments

Otterpool Park LLP (owned by FHDC) will be holding a public consultation on plans to deliver a Wastewater Treatment Works, associated Wetlands and Primary Sub Station at [...]

Privatization of Local Authority Audit responsible for failure to sign off whole of government accounts

November 27, 2024 // 0 Comments

The spending watchdog disclaims government’s accounts for 2022/23, for the first time. The reason: Local Government and there failure to produced audited accounts. How [...]

Biggin Wood Cheriton: Not a house or commercial unit built after 8 years of council ownership

November 25, 2024 // 2 Comments

Eight years on since the Council purchased the Biggins Wood land (pictured below) in Cheriton, for £1.5m, not one of the 77 homes,including 23 affordable homes; or the 54 [...]

Otterpool Park: Council propose another collaboration agreement with Homes England

November 23, 2024 // 2 Comments

Here we go again. At the full Council meeting this week (27 Nov), Cllr Jim Martin (Green) Leader and Cabinet Member for Otterpool Park and Planning Policy, will announce [...]

More than £9m spent on temporary staff in last eight years

November 10, 2024 // 0 Comments

In the last eight financial years, Folkestone & Hythe District Council have spent £9,118,847 on temporary staff, according to their spend data. This is an average spend [...]

Veolia operative sacked for bribery & three suspended.

November 9, 2024 // 0 Comments

Veolia, have a £40m contract with Folkestone & Hythe District Council & Dover District Council. The Contract is to collect, household refuse, food waste and garden [...]

Council Interim s151 Officer earning £721 per day.

November 7, 2024 // 3 Comments

A long time ago, but not in Bethlehem, or a galaxy far far away, Folkestone & Hythe District Council were seeking an interim s151 officer. This was set out in report [...]

Folkestone Harbour Development goes back out for reconsultation

November 6, 2024 // 0 Comments

Perchance you have not heard, the controversial Folkestone Harbour Planning Application 24/0505/FH, which is a reserved matters application for Phases 5 and 6 (comprising [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Places for People pull out of Otterpool deal

October 18, 2024 // 5 Comments

Otterpool Park, the controversial development where Folkestone & Hythe District Council, via its company, Otterpool Park LLP, wish to build up to 10,000 homes, has spent [...]

Housing: Rent rises and rent controls

September 25, 2024 // 1 Comment

The Office of National Statistics (ONS) recently released the increases of average rent across each district in England, Scotland and Wales. It is clear from their data, the [...]

Leas Pavilion and the connection to offshore companies

September 18, 2024 // 3 Comments

Now that Oliver Daelemans company Gustavia Ltd has parted ways with Leas Pavilion Development Ltd – who own the site, who then is behind Leas Pavilion Development [...]

Leas Pavilion development partners go their own ways

September 17, 2024 // 0 Comments

On the 1 Sept 2024 we wrote the following blog Leas Pavilion: Time to sell or liquidate. One day later a Press Release by Gustavia who acted as the development manager for [...]

Folkestone & Hythe DCs Usable Reserves

September 16, 2024 // 0 Comments

It is always wise and prudent to put money aside for a rainy day. Folkestone & Hythe District Council (the Council) certainly put considerable usable reserves aside for a [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Council still sorting its sh*t out

September 12, 2024 // 0 Comments

The Council purchased the Champney land in December 2015. The land cost £5m. This was the beginnings of the Otterpool Park Garden Town Dream, where the Council hope to build [...]

“I’ve seen the future and it is murder”

September 11, 2024 // 3 Comments

Last night the Labour Party voted to cut the winter fuel payment. One of the those Labour members to do so, was Folkestone & Hythe MP Tony Vaughan (pictured) As matters [...]

Deadline to have your say on Folkestone Library ends at midnight.

September 11, 2024 // 0 Comments

The deadline for having a say on the future of Folkestone’s Library ends tonight at MIDNIGHT, the 11TH SEPTEMBER 2024. We need to stop the loss to our community of this [...]

Leas Pavillion: Time to sell or liquidate.

September 1, 2024 // 1 Comment

The Leas Pavillion remains unfinished. It was granted planning permission on the 27 November 2020. To date all we have are the twin elevator towers protruding above the [...]

Council debt repayments soar by 59% in single year.

June 7, 2024 // 4 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council debt repayments increased by 59% between 2021/22 and 2022/23. At of March 31, 2023 the total debt repayment stood at £3.263m. The [...]

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