Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s Financial Irregularities
Irregularities in Cllrs expenses claims and paying P & R in breach of the Council’s contract both happened in 2018/19. Dr Susan Priest was the Head of Paid Service [...]
Cllr Jennifer Hollingsbee
Otterpool Park update
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 [...]
Is another Tory Folkestone & Hythe District Councillor on the fiddle?
Yesterday we brought you the Cllrs allowances and expenses in three graphs. Now we will drill down into the detail of each Cllrs allowances and expenses claims, as submitted [...]
“Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more”
“Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more“ Henry V – by William Shakespeare For the second time Mr Tim Steer (pictured) has rallied himself to [...]
Otterpool Park update.
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 [...]
David v Goliath: mass irrational behaviour by Cllrs in council chamber – final part
Tim Steer (pictured) “applied for judicial review of the decision by Shepway District Council (SDC) on 18 May 2017 to grant planning permission to the Interested [...]
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) [...]
A Dentist, Developer & Orthodontist, Transforming a War Zone
A dentist, a developer and an Orthodontist begun work transforming a war zone in Elmstead in April 2017. Mr Mark William Quinn (pictured) – the developer – is or [...]
Value For Money?
Cllr Monk, Cllr Hollingsbee & the Chief Executive of Shepway District Council have been enjoying themselves at the Local Government Association Conference in Birmingham [...]
We Don’t Believe You Any More
This is an antidote – not a perfect one – to the alternative facts being spun by Shepway District Council about Otterpool Park, The Lorry Park, Princes Parade, [...]
The Cat is Out of The Bag
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. [...]