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Princes Parade: Stopping Up Order Documents released by Planning Inspector & Secretary of State

January 20, 2022 // 0 Comments

So the campaign to prevent the stopping up order of the road which will run behind the land at Princes Parade, led by KCC Cllrs Rory Love OBE and Andy Weatherhead was [...]

Council recommend Freedom Leisure to run controversial Princes Parade Leisure Centre

January 19, 2022 // 0 Comments

Updated @18:43 19/01/22 The Council have announced who their preferred operator could be for the Leisure Centre which might be built on Princes Parade. Report Number:C/21/75, [...]

Council’s housing target failure gives hope for environment before the progress of concrete continues

December 8, 2021 // 0 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council [previously Shepway] has failed to meet its annual housing requirement target for ten of the past fourteen years. This a 71% failure [...]

The planning loophole used so frequently by Sir Roger’s companies looks set to be closed

December 5, 2021 // 2 Comments

Gareth Bacon MP for Orpington, sought leave to bring in a Bill to make unauthorised development without planning permission an offence; to prohibit retrospective planning [...]

Biggins Wood receives £1.15 Grant funding but questions remain

October 22, 2021 // 1 Comment

Dr Susan Priest said the land at Biggins Wood – Cheriton was “contaminated“. Andy Jarrett said the land at Biggins Wood – Cheriton was [...]

Let The Children Play

October 10, 2021 // 6 Comments

Public playgrounds are an iconic symbol of childhood. The first playgrounds were a German invention built to teach children how to play. 1859 saw the first British playground [...]

Development still not connected to sewage system nine years after being informed by Southern Water there was not enough capacity.

October 5, 2021 // 3 Comments

A Shepway Vox Team Investigation has discovered that as of today 05/10/21, according to Southern Water, the development known as Shoreline (Where the land meets the Sea) or [...]

Evil Spectre leader set to scupper UK Space Agency launch pad site for Jock’s Pitch, East Cliff, Folkestone.

October 2, 2021 // 3 Comments

A Shepway Vox Team investigation has uncovered plans to turn the area known locally as Jock’s Pitch on the East Cliff of Folkestone; which has tennis courts, a bowls [...]

Leo Griggs seeking to make £1.5 million on sale of part of Royal Victoria Hospital site

October 1, 2021 // 6 Comments

Leo Griggs purchased the Royal Victoria Hospital site via his company RVH Folkestone Ltd from KCC for £1.25 million on 1st Nov 2018. Just three years on he now wants to sell [...]

Community Infrastructure Levy miscalculated by Folkestone & Hythe District Council leaving Town & Parish Councils out of pocket

September 27, 2021 // 0 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council have, according to Report AuG/21/12 released to the Audit & Governance Committee, miscalculated the Community Infrastructure Levy [...]

Stodmarsh Nutrient Issue Update

September 22, 2021 // 1 Comment

On April 19th 2021, a letter was sent by five councils to Robert Jenrick MP, then Secretary of State for the Ministry of Housing Communities & Local Government & [...]

Princes Parade Update: Council seeks Leisure Centre Operator for 10 year £23 million contract

August 26, 2021 // 5 Comments

On the 23 August, Folkestone & Hythe District Council, let it be known they are seeking to procure the services of a suitable, experienced operator in the leisure [...]

Sandbanks – New Romney: Are local Tories ‘in hock’ to developers via their donations?

August 25, 2021 // 6 Comments

Sandbanks planning application was successful at last night’s Planning Committee. However, it’s clear the closeness of the developer Leo Griggs with members of [...]

Cllr Rory Love’s application for Public Inquiry into stopping up road at Princes Parade accepted

August 18, 2021 // 3 Comments

Kent County Council Cllr Rory Love OBE (Con) (pictured) & Andy Weatherhead (Con) petition application for a public inquiry into the stopping up of the road at Princes [...]

Leo Griggs in discussions to sell flats at Sandbanks – New Romney – to Council

August 18, 2021 // 1 Comment

On the 15th Dec 2020, planning application 20/0690/FH – Sandbanks, Coast Road, Littlestone, New Romney, went before the planning committee. The applicant was Leo Griggs [...]

Princes Parade Update: Badger Sett & Ecological matters set to go before Planning on 24th August.

August 17, 2021 // 2 Comments

What with the Save Princes Parade Group continuing to keep up the pressure on Folkestone & Hythe District Council with a demonstration on Sunday the 15 August, we note [...]

Stodmarsh Update: Proposals to lift moratorium on development will be presented to government in the next few weeks

August 17, 2021 // 5 Comments

Many people are worried and concerned about development in our district and beyond, but is their concern justified? In 2017 the University of Sheffield released maps showing [...]

Stodmarsh Update: Tens of thousands of East Kent construction jobs in jeopardy, along with 40,000 plus homes.

July 22, 2021 // 6 Comments

Resolving the water-quality issues within the Stodmarsh catchment area; which has placed a moratorium on granting planning consent across the whole of East Kent, is not only [...]

Controversial devloper Mark Quinn wins £140,000 contract to fit out Connect 38

July 18, 2021 // 0 Comments

Quinn Estates Ltd owned by controversial developer Mark Quinn has been awarded a £140,000 contract by Folkestone & Hythe District Council to fit out the first floor and [...]

Folkestone Harbour & Seafront Development Company pitches up on The Stade without Planning Permission

July 16, 2021 // 0 Comments

The Triennial is almost upon us, and the emerging artworks under this year’s theme of “The Plot” have again split opinions, earning praise from some whilst others [...]

Otterpool Park Update: East Stour river pollution puts brakes on Garden Town

July 13, 2021 // 4 Comments

Back in Oct 2020, the Stodmarsh phosphorus and nitrogen issue meant Folkestone & Hythe District Council had a planning log jam of 133 homes as a result of the updated [...]

The Stodmarsh moratorium holding up 40,000 homes across East Kent

July 11, 2021 // 5 Comments

It will take “a very large financial number” to fix the Stodmarsh phosporus & nitrogen issue, say Natural England in a meeting held on Wednesday 2nd December, [...]

Otterpool Park update: Borrowing, hidden soft market testing and a Dodgy man in charge

July 4, 2021 // 4 Comments

To purchase Folkestone racecourse site from the Reuben Brothers for £25 million; which included Monk’s private fishing lake, the council borrowed the money, but [...]

Public Consultations in July for reserved matters application for further development on Folkestone Seafront

June 30, 2021 // 2 Comments

Updated 01/07/21 @ 07:00 FoIkestone Harbour & Seafront Development Company [the Company] a company owned by Sir Roger Michael De Haan is bringing forward proposals for [...]

Only the little people pay tax

June 6, 2021 // 0 Comments

So it has begun. One can now register one’s interest in purchasing a flat at the the under construction Folkestone seafront development opposite the Leas lift, owned by [...]

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