Start Me Up
Four years ago, the former Silver Spring site sat empty. The Herald ran a story about how the derelict Silver Spring site in Folkestone will look after much needed [...]
Adrian Kirby
Biggins Wood receives £1.15 Grant funding but questions remain
Dr Susan Priest said the land at Biggins Wood – Cheriton was “contaminated“. Andy Jarrett said the land at Biggins Wood – Cheriton was [...]
Biggins Wood: Hollow Promises
Four years on since the Council purchased the Biggins Wood site, not a single house has been built on the site. The Council have, we believe, bought a pig in a poke. On the [...]
Biggins Woods financial viability assessment – Here we go again.
At the end of October we brought you the post – A victory for the public interest In short it was about trying to secure via the Environmental Information Regulations, [...]
A Victory for the Public Interest.
EXCLUSIVE Our public face sent his Environmental Information Request to the Council on the 6th Jan 2017. Yesterday 31st Oct 2018, the First Tier Tribunal (General [...]
Silver Spring site – Y18/0066/SH
Some things are not what they always appear to be. If you scratch the surface you’ll see a whole lot more, such is the case with the former Silver Spring site, Park [...]
Biggins Wood, Cheriton: Planning Application Y17/0888/SH
Shepway District Council have submitted Planning Application Y17-0888-SH which is linked to planning application Y13/0024/SH to erect 49 industrial units (4562 sqm) and 2 [...]
Planning Application Coming Soon For Old Silver Spring Site Folkestone.
Proposals are expected to come forward for a planning application of the 3.8 hectare (9.39 acres) for the former Silver Spring site, in the near future. The land is owned by [...]
Information Is Born Free, But Everywhere Is In Chains.
Information is born free, but everywhere is in chains. On the 15th Dec 2016 Dr Susan Priest,(pictured) Corporate Director at Shepway District Council (SDC) used urgency [...]
19 Castle Hill Avenue Part 3
Oportunitas Ltd a company 100% owned by Shepway District Council, has as you may or may not know, purchased 19 Castle Hill Avenue for £1.2 million pounds on the 19th May [...]
Have Shepway District Council Bought A Pig In A Poke for £1.5 million? You decide.
Shepway District Council (SDC) purchased the Biggins Wood brownfield site in Cheriton for £1.5 million from Biggins Wood Homes Limited (ultimate owner Ravensbourne [...]
SDC pay £1.5 Million to a Convicted Criminal for 10 Acres of Land.
Adrian Kirby (Pictured) a former UK waste disposal operator and onetime member of the prestigious Guards Polo Club who illegally conspired to spy on his environmental [...]