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 [...]
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Folkestone & Hythe District Council have spent £5 million on Consultants for Princes Parade & Otterpool Park
Folkestone & Hythe District Council have spent £5 million on consultants for Princes Parade & Otterpool Park since March 2016. Both sites which our council wish to [...]
Time to go follow the money
While the Councils of East Kent publish reports on how rubbish East Kent Housing were at administering the P & R Installation Company Ltd contract, let’s not lose [...]
Folkestone & Hythe District Council senior management handsomely rewarded for failure
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 [...]
KCC trough feeding Cllrs receive £2 million in Allowances & Expenses
The trough feeders at Kent County Council all 81 elected Councillors have cost the Kent ratepayer nearly £2 million pounds in allowances & expenses for 2018/19. Below [...]
Exclusive: Three new breeds of Romney Marsh sheep
Exclusive: Romney Marsh is a place known worldwide for producing some of the worlds finest sheep (Ovis Aries). The sheep are docile and are well known for following their [...]
Another significant data breach by Folkestone & Hythe District Council.
“I’m busy. I’m in a meeting” were the words of the monitoring officer and Solicitor to Folkestone & Hythe District Council, (FHDC), Amandeep [...]
Folkestone & Hythe DC: Highest council tax rates in Kent since 2004/05
Since 2004/05 Folkestone & Hythe District Council have had the highest Council tax rates (page 4 Table 2 or see chart below) in the whole of Kent. That’s sixteen [...]
Folkestone & Hythe DC to purchase Connect 38 Ashford, Kent
Updated 18:50 Sunday 10th March On Wednesday 13th at 5pm the Folkestone & Hythe District Council Cabinet (F&HDC) will meet at the Civic Centre. Agenda Item 11 & [...]
Folkestone & Hythe DC: Selling off the family silver at pace.
Between 2016 and 2018 Folkestone & Hythe District Council have sold 48 parcels of land/property and raised £1,588,985. “The sale of assets is common with individuals [...]
Cllr David Monk: Do as I say, not as I do.
The Shepwayvox Team have been contacted by a number of readers about an incident which took place aboard the High Speed train on Valentine’s day involving the leader of [...]
Otterpool Park Update: £1.25 million, a £90 grand contract and registering a right of way.
We revealed in our last Otterpool Park post two days ago, the overall amount of money for the Otterpool Park development will be circa £2.8 billion. It’s nice to [...]
Official Diaries Part 2: East Kent Hospital Trust says yes. Folkestone & Hythe DC says no.
East Kent Hospital University Foundation Trust (EKHUFT) have released Susan Acott’s , the Chief Executive’s diary. It is not as open as Cllr Paul [...]
Romney Marsh nuclear dump plans alive since Sept 2017
Back in Sept 2018 we told you that Folkestone & Hythe District Council (F&HDC) were actively considering a Geological Disposal Facility. Now Kentonline Romney Marsh [...]
Official Diaries: Kent CC says yes, Folkestone & Hythe DC says no
In the scheme of things, who would you say was the more important elected official? Cllr Paul Carter, leader of Kent County Council or Cllr David Monk leader of Folkestone [...]
Fixing a hole and saving a million
Folkestone Library is falling into disrepair and the holes need to be fixed to stop the rain from getting in. On Thursday 4th May 2017 David Monk was elected as a Kent County [...]
Otterpool Park Update: £18.9 million for land/property acquisitions
Folkestone & Hythe District Council Cabinet meeting on the 14th Nov will recommend to full council that it borrows an additional £10 million (the annual interest [...]
Lack of Transparency: Kent District Cllrs Allowances & Expenses now published annually.
All 12 Councils (not including Medway) in Kent, have elected to publish Cllrs allowances and expenses on an annual basis. There has not been a word about this lack of [...]
“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 [...]
The Horn Street Stench.
On March 24th 2015 Shepwayvox was born. It was said in the very first post, by the solitary member and writer at that time who is now, our public face, somewhere down the [...]
A distinct lack of substance in the local Tory Party.
Dire Straits is what it is, financial dire straits to be precise. In a meeting of the local executive of Folkestone & Hythe Conservative Association on Friday 28th Sept [...]
Roman Assets: Pensand House & Marlborough Court, Hythe and 3 & 4 Dalby Square Margate
EXCLUSIVE Updated 21st Sept 2020 During the Yeltsin Presidency (1991 – 1999) of the Russian Federation, privatization of the state led to a lot of people become very [...]
Second bite of the cherry: Redlynch House, Hillcrest Rd, Hythe
Redlynch House, Hillcrest Rd, Hythe sits majestically on the higher slope which over looks Hythe. It has sweeping and valuable views out across Hythe bay and any [...]
Part 2: Ownership of Pensand House & Marlborough Court
The Russian Federation claim in a legal case there was money laundering, embezzlement and fraud. This is supported by evidence in a well researched book; whose two authors [...]
Council ‘actively considers’ Geological Disposal Facility
On April 11th 2018 we brought you the blog post titled Here we go again: Another nuclear burial ground? On the 26th June 2018, Folkestone & Hythe District (F&HDC) [...]