One Million Three Hundred and Forty Thousand Pounds
SDC have a company by the name of Oportunitas Ltd. We have written about the company before see → Something Is Rotten in the District of Shepway Well Oportunitas Ltd [...]
Council Tax League Table by Town & Parish Councils for Shepway 2016/17
Council Tax League Table by Town & Parish Council for 2016/17 Band D is used as the average across Council Tax. We have minused all other parts of the precept even when [...]
Expenses Investigation Report after 7 Months. What do you Think?
In July 2015 the public face of Shepwayvox got hold of all Cllrs expenses and as a team we waded through them. We discovered significant anomalies and began to post [...]
Serious Sexual Harassment and Discrimination in Shepway Workplaces.
Shepwayvox was contacted by a person who had experienced serious sexual harassment and discrimination in their workplace. We decided to investigate and have collected [...]
Who is Tracy Anita Conroy?
On a sleepy street in the East of Folkestone there resides a Director and shareholder of two British Virgin Island(BVI) Companies. Mrs Tracy Anita Conroy is a Director and [...]
Who owns the Folkestone Herald?
The Folkestone Herald and its sister papers around the country changed hands late last year and a large chunk was bought by the Trinity Mirror Group. Part of the paper is [...]
Only the Rich and Elderly Will Own Homes in the Next Decade in Shepway
We know that 39.6% of Shepway residents have no qualification as revealed by the Office of National Statistics (ONS). That means roughly 42,000 people in Shepway. We know [...]
You Could and Should Do Better
A study released by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) on the 26th January 2016, shows that tens of thousands of Tax Credits claimants – some of them with full [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]