East Stour

Southern Water Sewage Spills in the East Stour: Why Councils Must Use Statutory Nuisance Powers

March 27, 2026 // 2 Comments

England had its driest spring for more than 100 years, and 2025 was England’s warmest and sunniest year on record. Even so, the selected Southern Water overflows affecting [...]

FHDC Sewage Testing Motion Demands Evidence on Romney Marsh and East Stour Pollution

March 24, 2026 // 0 Comments

On 1 April, Folkestone & Hythe District Council has a chance to do something painfully obvious but surprisingly rare in local politics: stop holding yet another round of [...]

FHDC’s Green Image Meets the East Stour Rubbish Problem

March 20, 2026 // 1 Comment

If the East Stour rubbish sits on or beside land tied to Otterpool Park, then Folkestone & Hythe District Council has a problem no amount of eco-language can mulch away. [...]

Stodmarsh Sewage Crisis: Southern Water, Otterpool Park and East Kent

March 10, 2026 // 2 Comments

At Canterbury’s scrutiny committee on 4 March (from1hr 46m 44s onwards), Stodmarsh kept popping up like the blinking red light on a dashboard that everyone hopes belongs to [...]

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, [...]

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