Revealed: Former Chief Exec’s redundancy paid for by sale of public assets.
The local government funding crisis has become so dire that our council – Folkestone & Hythe District Council has been forced to sell public spaces and public [...]
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This Town, Folkestone Town, becoming like a Ghost Town
This is the most transformational period in the history of high streets. And local high streets in Folkestone Central ward are not immune. At present there are 50 shops [...]
Otterpool Park: Another significant data breach?
In the planning application Y19/0257/FH – Otterpool Park the document – Statement Of Community Involvement – has been submitted. At page 9 of the document [...]
Otterpool Park Update: Planning application – Y19/0257/FH – now live on Council’s website
Y19/0257/FH | is the Outline Planning application for Otterpool Park. It is now live on the Council’s planning website. At present there are 27 documents uploaded. [...]
Public Face of Shepwayvox: Standing in Local Elections 2nd May 2019.
As of today, I the public face of the Shepwayvox Team Bryan A Rylands – pictured below, am announcing that I will throw my hat into the ring and stand in the [...]
Folkestone & Hythe District Council: Council Tax rates and Japanese owned bailiffs.
Council Tax Bills are currently being sent out to every household in the district by Folkestone & Hythe District Council, liable for Council Tax. Your Council Tax is made [...]
Otterpool Park Update: Some flesh on the bones.
EXCLUSIVE – updated 17:00 The joint developers of the Otterpool Park master-plan – Folkestone & Hythe District Council & Cozumel Estates BVI – [...]
Folkestone & Hythe District Council vote to buy Connect 38 Ashford for £17 Million.
EXCLUSIVE – updated 8.45am Folkestone & Hythe District Council Cabinet and Full Council have voted to purchase Connect 38 (pictured above & below) in Ashford. [...]
Folkestone & Hythe DC: Highest council tax rates in Kent since 2004/05
Since 2004/05 Folkestone & Hythe District Council have had the highest Council tax rates (page 4 Table 2) in the whole of Kent. In all that time our Council has been led [...]
Folkestone & Hythe DC to purchase Connect 38 Ashford, Kent
Updated 18:50 Sunday 10th March On Wednesday 13th at 5pm the Folkestone & Hythe District Council Cabinet (F&HDC) will meet at the Civic Centre. Agenda Item 11 & [...]
Folkestone & Hythe DC: Selling off the family silver at pace.
Between 2016 and 2018 Folkestone & Hythe District Council have sold 48 parcels of land/property and raised £1,588,985. “The sale of assets is common with individuals [...]
Accidents, Collisions and a £325,000 data breach
In 2017, The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) visited the Grounds Maintenance department owned and run by Folkestone & Hythe District Council and a number of [...]
Bagging a bargain by undue influence?
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 [...]
Otterpool Park Update:
In early December 2018 we informed you the Folkestone & Hythe District Council purchased The Willows within the Otterpool Park Boundary, on the A20 between Barrow Hill [...]
Wood Burning Stoves: Deadly not trendy
Graphic: Breathe Clean Air Less than a year ago (March 2018) a blanket of clean white snow lay heavy across the district, the county and the country and there was little or [...]
Cllr David Monk: Do as I say, not as I do.
The Shepwayvox Team have been contacted by a number of readers about an incident which took place aboard the High Speed train on Valentine’s day involving the leader of [...]
Otterpool Park to come before planning by end of February
Cllr David Monk (pictured) at this evening’s full council – 20th Feb 2019 – announced that an outline planning application for 8,500 homes to be constructed [...]
How to win friends and influence people
Numpties, numpties, numpties they are all numpties Since the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) were introduced on May 25th 2018, eight and half months ago, the vast [...]
Folkestone & Hythe District: Where has the £10 million New Homes Bonus Scheme money gone?
The New Homes Bonus Scheme (NHB) introduced by the Coalition Government provides cash for areas that allow new homes to be built in their area (a form of bribery?). [...]
Folkestone: A step too far?
Love or loathe it, the Arch in Folkestone at the town end of the Leas has caused controversy from the moment it was born. For those of you who do not remember the arch [...]
Otterpool Park Update: £1.25 million, a £90 grand contract and registering a right of way.
A £1.25 million cash injection has been awarded to Folkestone & Hythe District Council from the Ministry of Housing Community & Local Goverment Capacity Building [...]
Otterpool Park Update: GP practice and primary care is already stretched in the Folkestone & Hythe District
In the Otterpool-Park-Stage-3-Consultation-report released in July 2018 respondents raised there concerns over Health Infrastructure on three occasions. The report says: [...]
Cllr Roger Wilkins cast doubt over Romney Marsh nuclear dump
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 [...]
Hythe Town Green (Kent) Village Green application to be heard 27 February
At the end of January 2019 we told you about the upcoming Hythe Village Green application to be heard at the Pavillion on South Rd at the end of Feb 2019. We can now tell [...]
Princes Parade Hythe: Business Plan comes before Overview & Scrutiny on the 12th Feb
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 [...]