Andy Jarrett

Folkestone & Hythe District Council use 107 procurement contract waivers to bypass normal procurement rules to the value of more than £11 million.

December 16, 2020 // 6 Comments

The latest estimate of contract procurement fraud in local government was £4.4 billion pounds. Between 2016/17 and 2020/21 the Council have issued one hundred and seven [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Council project £193 million profit for Otterpool

November 24, 2020 // 0 Comments

In a 54 page document, Folkestone & Hythe District Council have set out the Draft – Otterpool Park Business Plan for discussion by the Overview & Scrutiny [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Priest Under Pressure

October 16, 2020 // 2 Comments

The courts say they must release it. The Information Upper Tier tribunal say they must release it. But still Folkestone & Hythe District Council, led by Dr Susan Priest, [...]

Folkestone & Hythe District Council issue £6.2 million worth of contracts bypassing normal tendering processes

August 9, 2020 // 9 Comments

£6.2 million pounds worth of contracts in 2019/20 were issued by Folkestone & Hythe District Council, using waivers and citing urgency and expediency. In total, 49 [...]

The Long Read: Planning excites passion.

August 1, 2020 // 6 Comments

Planning has always been the hottest of all local government topics. It’s the one most likely to stir the passions of local people and yet no sooner have those passions [...]

Otterpool Park Update: It’s Official. Folkestone & Hythe District Council Now Own The Racecourse

July 3, 2020 // 1 Comment

Updated: 26/10/20 @12:40 It’s official. Folkestone & Hythe District Council now own Folkestone racecourse, according to the land registry. The deal has taken close [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Council set up two new companies to deliver the project and land registry docs show deal to buy racecourse still not completed.

April 30, 2020 // 2 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council have set up two companies which will look after the delivery of the 10,000 homes Otterpool Park development. The first company [...]

John “Buy Me A Car” Bunnett

January 28, 2020 // 16 Comments

John Bunnett (pictured) is currently Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s Corporate Director for Otterpool Park. He is the man who is able to spend the £100 [...]

Otterpool Park update

September 29, 2019 // 2 Comments

The Otterpool Park land assembly continues at pace. This time it is Cozumel Estates Ltd BVI the Council’s co-developer partner who have been in the market to purchase [...]

Coming Soon: Proposals for more money for Otterpool Park acquisitions, proposals to purchase Ship Street Gasworks and an EKH tenant consultation.

September 8, 2019 // 0 Comments

Coming soon to the council chamber – 16th Oct – are proposals and recommendations to be put to Cabinet. These proposals are to allow further spending on land [...]

Folkestone & Hythe District Council senior management handsomely rewarded for failure

June 30, 2019 // 2 Comments

The top three tiers of management at Folkestone & Hythe District Council (F&HDC) have been handsomely rewarded for their failure to manage and oversee the Swale [...]

Biggins Woods financial viability assessment – Here we go again.

December 29, 2018 // 2 Comments

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, [...]

Smiths Medical – Boundary Rd Hythe

September 11, 2018 // 0 Comments

So the Smiths Medical Site, Boundary Rd Hythe; which many of you may know as Portex, sold for £2.1 million on the 15th August 2018 to Rewd Limited, according to the land [...]

Otterpool Park update.

May 6, 2018 // 1 Comment

We’ll start with some good news. The probable Roman villa discovered on the Otterpool Park site will now become part of the development. In a conversation with Cllr [...]

Otterpool Park update

March 11, 2018 // 3 Comments

For those of you who are not aware, Affinity Water will not be a statutory or non-statutory consultee with regards to Otterpool Park. In a short but concise email response to [...]

The Long Read: Otterpool Park -update.

February 10, 2018 // 1 Comment

So what do you get for £281,230,000 or two hundred and eighty one million two hundred a thirty thousand pounds? Well, according to Kent County Council’s ( KCC) [...]

SDC’s £2.5 million funding failure for Ship Street site – part 3

February 6, 2018 // 0 Comments

Shepway District Council’s (SDC) bid to the Marginal Viability Fund (MVF) for circa £2.5 million to “to cover the costs of abnormal works” on the 1.67 [...]

Something is rotten in the district of Shepway – Part 3

January 23, 2018 // 3 Comments

Updated: 18 Feb 2018 – see end of post for update Cllr Peter Gane (pictured) spoke against it, local resident Mr Gordon Banks spoke against it and Shepway District [...]

Update on Otterpool Park

November 22, 2017 // 0 Comments

Warwick Smith in The Guardian sets out that Companies “don’t give their money away for nothing. There is an understanding (rarely made explicit) that large [...]

Biggins Wood, Cheriton: Planning Application Y17/0888/SH

October 31, 2017 // 1 Comment

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 [...]

Perseverance Wins The Day

October 28, 2017 // 1 Comment

The people of Shepway are “selfish” according to Cllr David Drury Monk (pictured). It is not the first time he has used such strong and disparaging language about people [...]

A Consultation, A Trip to The Gulf and Other News About Otterpool Park

October 17, 2017 // 1 Comment

The Otterpool Park Collaboration Board have met 13 times between Aug 16 – Sept 17. They met to discuss and develop the Otterpol Masterplan through its timetable; which [...]

Cllr David Drury Monk’s Lie About Otterpool Park.

March 31, 2017 // 6 Comments

On the 22nd June 2016, The Looker published an interview with Cllr David Drury Monk where he is quoted as saying about Otterpool Park : ‘I am really excited by this [...]

The Long Read: Princes Parade & Dubious Contracts. You Decide.

March 26, 2017 // 5 Comments

It has been reported to the Shepwayvox Team from both internal and external sources that Shepway District Council’s policy and procedures as laid down in their contract [...]

The Cat is Out of The Bag

January 8, 2016 // 3 Comments

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. [...]

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