Dover District Council

£61m of contracts across eight Kent councils started before they were awarded

April 26, 2023 // 1 Comment

An analysis of eight out of twelve Kent Council’s shows that £61,317,807 worth of contracts were started before they were awarded, according to publicly available [...]

Three Areas of Kent put forward as potential locations for Govt Investment Zones

October 2, 2022 // 2 Comments

On the 23rd Sept 2022, Kwasi Kwarteng, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced the concept of Investment Zones. 38 areas have been identified as potentially Investment [...]

Stodmarsh Nutrient Issue Update: Up to 50,000 homes per annum affected by Nutrient Issue in East Kent

November 22, 2021 // 5 Comments

It depends on your point of view, it could be a good thing or a bad thing. The Stodmarsh Nutrient Issue rumbles on. According to Roland Cooper of Considine the issue is [...]

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 & [...]

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 [...]

Food parcel figures reveal 95% increase in five years across six districts of Kent

April 24, 2021 // 0 Comments

On 1 October 2010, one hundred and sixteen separate pieces of legislation were pulled together into one single Act, the Equality Act and passed into law. The Act provides a [...]

Folkestone & Hythe District Council breaking Environmental Law

March 13, 2021 // 0 Comments

New evidence has emerged which shows Folkestone & Hythe District Council are in clear breach of environmental law and in particular the Environmental Permitting (England [...]

‘Should’ve gone to Specsavers’

January 5, 2021 // 3 Comments

The Local Government Transparency Code sets out the minimum data that Folkestone & Hythe District Council should be publishing, the frequency it should be published and [...]

Brave New World of Council Housing in East Kent

October 1, 2020 // 8 Comments

Updated: 07/10/20 – @ 08:00 East Kent Housing is dead, just like that parrot. At midnight (30th Sept) it ceased to be. All its functions and responsibilities have now [...]

East Kent Councils fail to recoup £1.5 million from P & R

September 12, 2020 // 5 Comments

Fear, shame, embarrassment: these brakes no longer apply. Senior officers of Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone & Hythe and Thanet councils have discovered they can bluster [...]

Part 3: Leaked Spreadsheet Shows Many Outstanding Fire Works Cannot Have Been Completed

August 31, 2020 // 4 Comments

This is a guest post written by East Kent Housing staff and Council Officers from all four councils who own EKH We have provided a spreadsheet of all the outstanding actions [...]

Part 2: The cover up has already begun with the Fire Compliance and Fire Risk Assessments at EKH

August 28, 2020 // 2 Comments

This is a guest post written by East Kent Housing staff and Council Officers from all four councils who own EKH In May 2018, Dame Judith Hackitt presented her report [...]

Part 1: Leaked Fire Safety Report Shows EKH Tenants & Leaseholders Lives Are At Significant Risk

August 27, 2020 // 7 Comments

The number of outstanding actions arising from Fire Risk Assessments which need remedial action to be compliant with current legislation across East Kent Housing managed [...]

A year on and still no council policy or plan to deal with the declared climate & ecological emergency

August 25, 2020 // 2 Comments

A working group is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours. On Wednesday 24th July 2019, Folkestone & Hythe District Council declared a Climate & Ecological [...]

Kent County Council & Dover District Council support Port of Dover’s proposals for Free port (Offshore) for East Kent.

July 17, 2020 // 0 Comments

On the 13th July, Cllr Trevor Bartlett, Leader of Dover District Council, said: “Dover District Council wholeheartedly supports the Port of Dover’s proposals for Freeport [...]

Here We Go Again: Gas Safety Issues At East Kent Housing

June 22, 2020 // 4 Comments

Updated 17:00 22/06/20 More sources than the 57 varieties of Heinz have stepped forward and informed the Shepwayvox Team that as of 1st June 2020 there were well in excess [...]

Watchdog to examine Kent Councils £373 Million Property Investment Spree

May 1, 2020 // 1 Comment

With the world concentrating it’s attention on the Covid-19 pandemic other issues are, understandably, passing unnoticed. One of these issues is the announcement by [...]

Why are Cllr Lesley Whybrow & FHDC failing to release air quality data which is relevant to the current pandemic?

April 26, 2020 // 2 Comments

High levels of air pollution NO² (Nitrogen Dioxide) is “one of the most important contributors” to deaths from Covid-19, according to research in Europe and the USA. The [...]

Councils in dispute with gas contractor while setting a date to transfer East Kent Housing services to councils

April 25, 2020 // 1 Comment

On the 13th December 2019, the four chief execs of Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone & Hythe and Thanet Councils became the directors of East Kent Housing. The Shepwayvox [...]

Being Optimistic In These Unprecedented Times.

March 28, 2020 // 2 Comments

You’ve gotta love an optimist in these unprecedented times. One such optimist is East Kent Spatial Development Company (EKSDC), – a company you’ve probably [...]

How a doctor who has never seen you can say you’re fit enough to sleep on the streets of Kent

March 1, 2020 // 5 Comments

Judges have warned councils against relying on the firm’s advice and overturned decisions determined by its assessments, calling them “irrational” and “tainted” and [...]

More Issues With Landlord Gas Safety Records

February 25, 2020 // 6 Comments

It’s been just under four months since Gas Call Services took over the gas heating and hot water repairs and maintenance and once again issues with Landlord Gas Safety [...]

Consultation hardly a resounding success

February 10, 2020 // 4 Comments

Not one of the four Councils of East Kent, Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone & Hythe, and Thanet received more than seventeen percent support from tenants and leaseholders [...]

Will Cllr Lesley Whybrow Release The Council’s Emissions Data?

February 1, 2020 // 4 Comments

Cllrs Lesley Whybrow (Green) and Tim Prater (Lib Dem) have accepted offers to join Cllr David Monk’s Cabinet. This elevation to a Cabinet position will bring with it a [...]

“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 [...]

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