Consultation

Folkestone & Hythe District Council Plans 100% Council Tax Reduction: £1.75m Shortfall Looms

July 16, 2025 // 0 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council is preparing to launch a public consultation on a bold plan that could restore 100% Council Tax Reduction (CTR) for the district’s [...]

Outcome: Kingston Homes’ Hythe Plan: Luxury Builds, Zero Affordable Housing

March 19, 2025 // 1 Comment

Chairman Jackie Meade (with the patience of a saint): “Alright folks, let’s dive into Application 21/0553/FH – Land oppiste 24 Station Road Hythe CT21 5PW – [...]

Kingston Homes’ Hythe Plan: Luxury Builds, Zero Affordable Housing

March 17, 2025 // 0 Comments

Ladies and Gentlemen of the Planning Committee, (18 March 2025) Gather ’round, for we have a mystery on our hands—a mystery so baffling, so ludicrous, that even [...]

Princes Parade: A £21m offer and no guarantee it won’t be in next local plan.

February 27, 2025 // 0 Comments

“Is the Leader aware that, to my understanding, there is currently an offer on the table for Princes Parade amounting to £21 million?” asked Cllr Jenny [...]

Otterpool Park: Public Consultation Wastewater Treatement Works to be held on 3 December

November 27, 2024 // 4 Comments

Otterpool Park LLP (owned by FHDC) will be holding a public consultation on plans to deliver a Wastewater Treatment Works, associated Wetlands and Primary Sub Station at [...]

Deadline to have your say on Folkestone Library ends at midnight.

September 11, 2024 // 0 Comments

The deadline for having a say on the future of Folkestone’s Library ends tonight at MIDNIGHT, the 11TH SEPTEMBER 2024. We need to stop the loss to our community of this [...]

Harbour Plots 24/0505/FH: Can you carry on commenting & were we fairly consulted?

May 17, 2024 // 0 Comments

So the deadline (16 May) for commenting on the Harbour Plots reserved matters application 24/0505/FH has past. Comments had reached 488 comments, as of 9am, on the 17 May [...]

Folkestone harbour arm place shaping consultation, make your views known

July 20, 2023 // 23 Comments

On the 18 July 2023, the local press ran the story about the New Folkestone harbour arm designs. This article has caused a storm of comments across social media, but the [...]

To be or not to be, that is the question.

May 15, 2023 // 2 Comments

It was often said of the last Tory led administration of Folkestone & Hythe District Council, they did things to us, rather than with us. But will this new administration [...]

Power to the people

April 20, 2023 // 1 Comment

A few days ago I received an election flyer through my door. On the flyer it states: “Move to a Committee system of governance in May 2024.” But I would go one [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Consultation opens on new information submitted

February 16, 2023 // 0 Comments

Further information relating to the Otterpool Park outline planning application – Y19/0257/FH – has been submitted. Otterpool Park, a 756 hectare site, is where [...]

Otterpool Park Update: A consultation & a lack of transparency regarding the LLP

March 24, 2021 // 2 Comments

On Friday 26th March 2021, Otterpool Park LLP will hold two virtual public information and consultation events on phase one of Otterpool Park, which includes the town centre. [...]

Cllrs to consider potential new civic centre at Otterpool Park

October 5, 2020 // 1 Comment

Updated 06/10/20 @14:10 Location, Location, Location and the location for a potential new civic centre at Otterpool Park is to be considered by Cllrs on the Overview & [...]

“We’re Making It Up As We Go Along”

January 31, 2020 // 13 Comments

In the last few days, the four Chief Exec’s of Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone & Hythe & Thanet Councils have been meeting with East Kent Housing staff. The four [...]

Conversion of Ross House “was total shit” and “sub standard” yet Council paid £1.8 million

November 2, 2019 // 3 Comments

Updated 4th Nov 10:35 Cllr Tim Prater has made candid public statements about the conversion of Ross House, Ross Way into 16 flats, owned by the Council since April 2018, [...]

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 [...]

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