Air quality

Council propose parking charges in Folkestone, Hythe & New Romney high streets to plug £18.5m deficit

November 7, 2023 // 5 Comments

And due to the Tory profligacy under former leader David Monk, the new Green led administration are proposing motorists pay nearly £400,000 per year, for parking in the town [...]

Solutions for Air Pollution

May 1, 2023 // 1 Comment

Air pollution is anything that makes the air more toxic and damaging to our health. Air pollution can affect all parts of our bodies, including the health of our lungs, [...]

Princes Parade Update: Oscar Winning performances at full Council by Chris Farrell & Cllr Jim Martin

December 1, 2022 // 3 Comments

Where to begin, as there was so much discussed at last nights full Council, 30 Nov 2022. As they say though, the best place to begin is at the beginning So we’ll start [...]

How Princes Parade & Otterpool Park can educate us all.

March 25, 2021 // 2 Comments

The Clean Air Act 1993 is an amazing piece of legislation. It’s under utilised by those on our Council, who could use it to much greater effect to educate and inform us [...]

Where is the 2020 Air Quality Report?

July 20, 2020 // 0 Comments

So the 2019 Air Quality report has been released. This though informs us about the air quality in 2018. However, we ask Folkestone & Hythe District Council, and the [...]

Every Breath We Take

June 26, 2020 // 1 Comment

Updated: 10:15 am 26/06/20 Air pollution does NOT discriminate. We all need to breathe. All lives matter. Nobody needs to be saying: “I Can’t Breathe” due to [...]

Folkestone Seafront Development Causes Yet More Controversy

June 6, 2020 // 1 Comment

Sir Roger De Haan’s Folkestone Seafront Development has over the years caused a lot of controversy. Cllrs were refused sight of the legal advice the Council had [...]

Why are Cllr Lesley Whybrow & FHDC failing to release air quality data which is relevant to the current pandemic?

April 26, 2020 // 2 Comments

High levels of air pollution NO² (Nitrogen Dioxide) is “one of the most important contributors” to deaths from Covid-19, according to research in Europe and the USA. The [...]

Folkestone & Hythe Greens, Labour & Lib Dems failing the people of our district.

September 25, 2019 // 6 Comments

A motion is not something you do while sitting on the privy reading the morning paper online via your tablet. No! A motion is a request made by a councillor for an issue [...]

Wood Burning Stoves: Deadly not trendy

February 27, 2019 // 3 Comments

Graphic: Breathe Clean Air Less than a year ago (March 2018) a blanket of clean white snow lay heavy across the district, the county and the country and there was little or [...]

The Long Read: – Our local housing crisis & a potential solution.

April 29, 2018 // 2 Comments

Housing and access to housing are probably the single biggest issues in the district. It is also a national issue as well we know. The Cabinet Member responsible for Housing [...]

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