Garden Waste rebate set at a tenner and you won’t see a penny of it
The council rebate to all subscribers of the garden waste service will be £9.70, according to a report being sent to Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s Cabinet [...]
Cabinet
Part 1: Are Kent County Council Finances in Safe Hands?
Zena Cooke (pictured) is probably a woman you have never heard of. There is no need for you to have ever heard of her. She is Kent County Council’s (KCC) Director of [...]
“The True Value Is Probably More Scrap Value”
Love or loathe it, the Arch in Folkestone at the town end of the Leas has caused controversy from the moment it was born. According to the latest valuation the arch is worth [...]
Princes Parade Hythe: Business Plan comes before Overview & Scrutiny on the 12th Feb
The Princes Parade Business plan will be heard by the Overview & Scrutiny Committee on Tuesday 12th February and then go onto Cabinet on the 13th February. There have [...]
Otterpool Park Update: The first but not the last
Back in Jan of this year, Folkestone & Hythe District Council decided to set aside £3.675 million for land and property acquisition within the boundary of the Otterpool [...]
Princes Parade “viable” without 150 homes says Folkestone & Hythe District Council
EXCLUSIVE It is now known that to make Princes Parade “viable” according to Folkestone & Hythe District Council, the 150 residential properties are not [...]
Princes Parade Business Plan Delayed
Exclusive: Princes Parade Business Plan was to be discussed behind closed at the Folkestone & Hythe District Council Cabinet, to be held on the 12th Dec. This will not [...]
Fraud? We’ll leave you decide that.
When information that our Council holds must be published freely, charging for it could be considered fraud. The Local Government Transparency Code 2015 makes it clear at [...]
Record Breaker
Folkestone & Hythe District Council (FHDC) Bed & Breakfast costs for the financial year 17/18 are £1,164,836. When compared to last years financial figures when FHDC [...]
Otterpool Park update
It is now known that the Otterpool Park Masterplan will come before Cabinet on March 28th for their approval. Furthermore, between May & July 2018 Consultations, [...]
Price tag
Between 50 and 60 jobs will be axed at Shepway District Council. The redundancy forecast costs are £2.3 million according to SDC’s, Future Operating Model [...]
The Long Read: Otterpool Park -update.
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) [...]
Shepway District Council to consider selling Folkestone Indoor Bowls Site.
Shepway District Council (SDC) are considering selling off Folkestone Indoor Bowls Centre on Cheriton Road Folkestone. It is understood that two offers to purchase the site [...]