Dymchurch Parish Council

Mandatory DBS Checks for District and Parish Councillors: The Russell Tillson Case

February 24, 2026 // 0 Comments

In the long shadow of the “Epstein files” debate — where public trust has again been tested by questions about powerful men, elite networks and who knew what — the [...]

Community Infrastructure Levy: How Much CIL Your Town or Parish Council Got in Folkestone & Hythe — and Where the Money Went (FHDC Data)

December 9, 2025 // 1 Comment

Across Folkestone & Hythe District, a distinct slice of Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) is passed out of the District Council’s hands and into the accounts of Town [...]

Proposed 132 Homes for High Knocke, Dymchurch, backed by offshore money.

January 30, 2022 // 4 Comments

An outline planning application [21/2525/FH] for a residential development of 132 dwellings, at High Knocke, Dymchurch, is currently under consultation. The application has [...]

Just to walk my dog

April 5, 2021 // 5 Comments

This is a GUEST post For the last four decades I have walked my dogs along the firing ranges between the Grand Redoubt and Fisherman’s beach, or the beach at Dymchurch. [...]

Gerrymandering in Folkestone & Hythe District Elections?

April 8, 2019 // 4 Comments

EXCLUSIVE It would appear from evidence that is publicly available Gerrymandering could be happening in the Folkestone & Hythe District elections which are to be held on [...]

Cllr Roger Wilkins cast doubt over Romney Marsh nuclear dump

February 6, 2019 // 2 Comments

According to Cllr Roger Wilkins at a meeting of Dymchurch Parish Council on Monday 4th February, he stated that the Romney Marsh Partnership and and Dungeness Site [...]

Princes Parade is NOT a done deal

September 4, 2018 // 0 Comments

Cambridge educated Cllr Russell Tillson, (pictured below) who is a Cllr on Dymchurch Parish Council, St Mary’s Bay Parish Council, a town Councillor on New Romney Town [...]

Dymchurch Recreation Ground

June 7, 2018 // 0 Comments

It all began with two simple sentences in the minutes of the 11 Jan 2017 (agenda item 2) report made by Dymchurch Parish Council. The two simple sentences said: This led to [...]

Here we go again: Another nuclear burial ground?

April 11, 2018 // 3 Comments

First of all and this is very important, Don’t Panic. Folkestone & Hythe District Council (FHDC) have requested further information from the The Department for [...]

The Closing down of Democracy – Part 2

February 8, 2018 // 1 Comment

In England only, the Openness of Local Government Bodies Regulations 2014 – Statutory Instrument 2014/2095 (hereafter the Regs) amended s1 of the 1960 Act with effect [...]

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