That Geological Disposal Facility and a forgotten workshop.
It’s strange, very strange. At the beginning of September 2018 we brought you the blog post about Folkestone & Hythe District Council who “looking to the [...]
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Fraud? We’ll leave you decide that.
When information that our Council holds must be published freely, charging for it could be considered fraud. The Local Government Transparency Code 2015 makes it clear at [...]
For the Others from Elsewhere
In the Folkestone and Hythe District Council Core Strategy Review 2018 Consultation Draft (Regulation 18), policy SS2 (page 58) makes clear that between 2018/19 to [...]
Princes Parade is NOT a done deal
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 [...]
Council ‘actively considers’ Geological Disposal Facility
On April 11th 2018 we brought you the blog post titled Here we go again: Another nuclear burial ground? On the 26th June 2018, Folkestone & Hythe District (F&HDC) [...]
Development Part 1: 129 days and counting
When democracy counts most in our council chamber, it is nowhere to be seen, well at least that appears to be the case in the Folkestone & Hythe District Council chamber, [...]
Lovely but not cuddly.
There are about 17 hedgehog species worldwide and the one we know in the UK, the west European hedgehog (scientific name Erinaceus europaeus) is lovely but not cuddly. They [...]
Princes Parade, Development or Destruction?
Jack Brophy – Published on 6 Aug 2018 ‘Prince’s Parade, Development or Destruction?’ is documentary about a small section of coastal land in Kent [...]
Princes Parade agenda available.
The agenda for the Princes Parade outline planning application to made by Folkestone & Hythe District Council and determined by the Licensing & Planning Committee on [...]
Otterpool Park update
At 20:37 on Dec 6th 2017, Dr Susan Priest, then Corporate Director – Strategic Development of Shepway District Council (SDC) – now Folkestone & Hythe District [...]
It’s official – broadband speeds on Romney Marsh, Lympne & Stanford suck!
In 2015 Williamson Road, Lydd on Sea average broadband speed was 0.54Mps, which meant it would take around 19 hours to download a two-hour HD film, and a 20-song music album [...]
There is the right way and there is the FHDC way.
We used to say there is “the right way and there is the Shepway. Of course, that has now morphed into there is right way and there is the Folkestone & Hythe [...]
Princes Parade decision deferred and some pink papers.
The application for planning permission for Princes Parade Promenade, due to be considered by Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s Planning and Licensing Committee on [...]
Court costs and debt creation.
If you fail to pay your Council Tax – for whatever reason – within the permitted time, Folkestone & Hythe District Council will send you a reminder. If you [...]
Councillors fail to take GDPR Compliance training putting ‘residents at risk’
Folkestone & Hythe District Councillors wear three hats when it comes to the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018, these are: As a [...]
Princes Parade planning application to be heard on July 31st
It is understood that the Princes Parade planning application Y17/1042/SH will go before Folkestone & Hythe District Council Planning Committe on July 31st 2018. For [...]
Devices Kent Police have extracted data from Jan 2017 – June 2018.
Between Jan 2017 and June 2018 Kent Police have extracted data from 4332 devices. The devices data has been extracted from are for example: memory chips, games consoles and [...]
Otterpool Park update
It’s always good to make things clear at the very beginning. Folkestone & Hythe District Council (FHDC) in relation to Otterpool Park are one of the developers [...]
Folkestone & Hythe District Council Overpayments 17/18
We want to tell you, we really do, but we can’t. It isn’t because we cannot tell you because of some legal reasons, it’s because Folkestone & Hythe [...]
Are East Kent Housing turning a blind eye?
“It’s just not possible, really it isn’t possible”. However, East Kent Housing Ltd (EKH) – The UK’s first ‘super ALMO’, managing over [...]
On Street Parking
Parking is an issue which many of you feel strongly about. Folkestone & Hythe District Council state there has been a substantial increase from on street & off street [...]
Councillors Expenses 2017/18
So we have crunched the data on Cllrs Expenses and for the fourth year in a row they are wrong. – Expenses include – subsistence (food drink) Travel, eg train, [...]
The Long Read: M & R Refurbishments Ltd.
East Kent Housing (EKH), the largest arms length management organisation in the country, recently employed a contractor to undertake external painting of its Council housing [...]
The Council “neither confirms nor Denies” the Allegations of sexual harassment/misconduct leading to Settlement Agreements.
Back in Sept 2017 we brought you the post about Jeremy Chambers (pictured) being dismissed for Gross Misconduct. The allegations were that Jeremy was placed on gardening [...]
Otterpool Park Update
Housing Minister Dominic Raab (pictured) has potentially fixed a £350,000 problem for Folkestone & Hythe District Council (FHDC). Back in January of this year, [...]