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Folkestone & Hythe District Council vote to buy Connect 38 Ashford for £17 Million.

March 13, 2019 // 0 Comments

EXCLUSIVE – updated 8.45am Folkestone & Hythe District Council Cabinet and Full Council have voted to purchase Connect 38 (pictured above & below) in Ashford. [...]

Bagging a bargain by undue influence?

March 2, 2019 // 7 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council (FHDC) offered a number of residents of Shorncliffe Crescent (pictured below) the chance to buy small parcels of land at the end of [...]

Princes Parade Hythe: Business Plan comes before Overview & Scrutiny on the 12th Feb

February 5, 2019 // 1 Comment

The Princes Parade Business plan will be heard by the Overview & Scrutiny Committee on Tuesday 12th February and then go onto Cabinet on the 13th February. There have [...]

Biggins Woods financial viability assessment – Here we go again.

December 29, 2018 // 2 Comments

At the end of October we brought you the post – A victory for the public interest In short it was about trying to secure via the Environmental Information Regulations, [...]

Defending the public interest

December 23, 2018 // 2 Comments

The Public Interest needs defending. But who does it need defending from? Folkestone & Hythe District Council and Councillor Russell Tillson, that’s who. In the [...]

Lack of Transparency: Kent District Cllrs Allowances & Expenses now published annually.

October 25, 2018 // 1 Comment

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 [...]

Ross House, Ross Way, Folkestone

June 1, 2018 // 5 Comments

Updated 1st June 12.55 You really couldn’t make it up. Seriously, in March 2018 Folkestone & Hythe District (FHDC) substantially completed the purchase of Ross [...]

He’s back.

May 10, 2018 // 5 Comments

Update: 15/05/18 Folkestone & Hythe District Council have informed our public face by way of Facebook the Following statement: Hi Bryan. Alistair is returning for a [...]

Otterpool Park update.

May 6, 2018 // 1 Comment

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 [...]

Record Breakers 2

April 20, 2018 // 0 Comments

Temporary Staff Costs at Folkestone & Hythe District Council have broken the million pound barrier for the first time ever. In the financial year 2017/18 they reached, [...]

The Long Read: That motion and a little about financial viability assessments.

April 16, 2018 // 1 Comment

At last Thursday’s (12th April) extraordinary Hythe Town Council meeting at Hythe Town Council, agenda item 4 was to discuss Planning Application Y17/1042/SH – [...]

Record Breaker

April 14, 2018 // 0 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council (FHDC) Bed & Breakfast costs for the financial year 17/18 are £1,164,836. When compared to last years financial figures when FHDC [...]

Congratulations Dr Priest.

March 29, 2018 // 0 Comments

Dr Susan Priest has been elected by Shepway District Council as the new Head of Paid Services and the Returning Officer (The Chief Executive). The vote was unanimous. Dr [...]

Alistair’s £184,000 golden goodbye

March 24, 2018 // 6 Comments

So long, farewell Auf Wiedersehen, goodbye to Mr Alistair Stewart Chief Executive of Shepway District Council, on the 31st March. When Mr Stewart drives of into the sunset [...]

Job losses and efficiency savings at Shepway District Council.

February 15, 2018 // 2 Comments

“…during these difficult times we [the management] will be making every effort possible to ensure that the impact on staff of these cuts is as small as [...]

SDC’s £2.5 million funding failure for Ship Street site – part 3

February 6, 2018 // 0 Comments

Shepway District Council’s (SDC) bid to the Marginal Viability Fund (MVF) for circa £2.5 million to “to cover the costs of abnormal works” on the 1.67 [...]

Pimping Otterpool Park @ Kent Construction Expo 2017.

December 7, 2017 // 0 Comments

In our last post we informed you that the total funding to SDC from central Government to date, amounts to £1,250,000. Paid over three tranches: £750,000, £345,000 and [...]

Information Is Born Free, But Everywhere Is In Chains.

September 16, 2017 // 0 Comments

Information is born free, but everywhere is in chains. On the 15th Dec 2016 Dr Susan Priest,(pictured) Corporate Director at Shepway District Council (SDC) used urgency [...]

Cllr David Drury Monk’s Lie About Otterpool Park.

March 31, 2017 // 6 Comments

On the 22nd June 2016, The Looker published an interview with Cllr David Drury Monk where he is quoted as saying about Otterpool Park : ‘I am really excited by this [...]

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