Folkestone & Hythe District Council

Hythe Town Council’s £50,000 deficit and the failed double glazing salesman wins Princes Parade battle

December 4, 2020 // 0 Comments

It’s got messy, but then there always the possibility it would. The Save Princes Parade has lost its latest and last appeal, while Hythe Town Council’s [...]

Homelessness: Credit where it is due.

December 3, 2020 // 1 Comment

One has to say well done, congratulations and thank you to those who have worked on Report Number: C/20/54 – draft Homelessness Prevention Strategy 2020/25. Adrian [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Is It For Profit?

December 2, 2020 // 4 Comments

The fundamentals of using a Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) to deliver Otterpool, is to make it tax efficient and allow the greatest return to to the council for building [...]

Folkestone & Hythe District Council Planning department IS bad for your health.

November 30, 2020 // 2 Comments

Planning and Planning Decisions have long excited passions, so much so that one applicant who failed to get permission from Folkestone & Hythe District Council [...]

The Long Read: 52-54 Guildhall Street and other tales of “Technical Issues”

November 29, 2020 // 1 Comment

Following our ‘more tales of the unexpected’ piece in September, which briefly mentioned the gap in the streetscape at 52-54 Guildhall Street owned by Brian James Parry [...]

Grant Fraud at The Grand?

November 28, 2020 // 0 Comments

As time runs out on Hallam Estates, owners of the Grand, we hear of yet another cause for anxiety for its director Robert Moss (below left) , and shadow director Michael [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Draft Otterpool Park Business Plan raises more questions than it answers

November 26, 2020 // 1 Comment

The Draft – Otterpool Park Business Plan is a very badly assembled document. It is a low quality document for such a high-value project (£2.7 billon). The person [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Council project £193 million profit for Otterpool

November 24, 2020 // 0 Comments

In a 54 page document, Folkestone & Hythe District Council have set out the Draft – Otterpool Park Business Plan for discussion by the Overview & Scrutiny [...]

He’s a very naughty boy!

November 23, 2020 // 6 Comments

Updated 08:20 25/11/20 And who is a very naught boy… yep it’s Leo Livingston Griggs (pictured). The local Tory party donor has like others fallen foul of GDPR, [...]

Hidden Regeneration Plan for Folkestone Town Centre Revealed

November 17, 2020 // 5 Comments

Updated @ 09:57am When Folkestone & Hythe District Council announced a fast-tracked consultation on the regeneration of Folkestone Town Centre following the announcement [...]

Part 1: What do we know about John Bunnett, the man responsible for the £2.7bn Otterpool Park development

November 16, 2020 // 5 Comments

John Bunnett is the man charged with delivering the £2.7bn project we know as Otterpool Park. This development is anticipated to deliver 8,500 homes, in the first phase with [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Super fiscally attractive development designed for London overspill.

November 14, 2020 // 1 Comment

In 2010, Arena Leisure PLC who owned Folkestone Racecourse put forward the following document: The economic benefits of the redevelopment of Folkestone Racecourse The [...]

Inheritance, not work, will become the main route for home ownership in our district

November 12, 2020 // 1 Comment

In early January 2018, LUC published the Proposed Submission Sustainability Appraisal Report – Non-Technical Summary – for Folkestone & Hythe District Council. At [...]

Tontine Street: Further issues emerge with planning application

November 9, 2020 // 3 Comments

The first law of holes states: “if you find yourself in a hole, stop digging“. Unfortunately, Folkestone & Hythe District Council Planning department do not [...]

“Technical Issues” prevented Tontine Street Viability Assessment from being published says Council

November 6, 2020 // 2 Comments

In Feb 2019, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government published a new and revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) At Para 57 of the new and revised [...]

Otterpool Park Update: The Elephant in the Room

November 3, 2020 // 4 Comments

The Otterpool Park Financial Viability Assessment (VA) assumes the development to be 100% debt financed. So having taken the time to look at the VA, and also get the views of [...]

Cheriton Sports Ground: Running on Water?

October 30, 2020 // 0 Comments

You may remember an application being submitted by Folkestone Running Club during Christmas 2018 to build a running track on Cheriton Sports Ground. Running Track – [...]

Council release largely unredacted Otterpool Park Viability Assessment

October 28, 2020 // 1 Comment

It’s done! It’s official, Folkestone & Hythe District Council have unredacted vast swathes of information contained within the Otterpool Financial Viability [...]

Yet another data Data Breach by the Council

October 28, 2020 // 2 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council have suffered another data breach via their YouTube Channel The Cabinet member responsible for: Information technology, information [...]

Council have lost £1.4 million of income due to Covid-19

October 22, 2020 // 1 Comment

It was inevitable and the inevitable has happened, but they are NOT alone. All councils are being hammered financially by the Covid-19 pandemic. Between April 1st and August [...]

Planning permission for 86-88 Tontine Street was unlawful

October 20, 2020 // 10 Comments

Last night (20th Oct) six Cllrs stuck two fingers up to the courts, as did planning officers of Folkestone & Hythe District Council. Cllrs considered planning application [...]

The Long Read: Save The Civic Centre

October 17, 2020 // 5 Comments

If you’re reading this, it’s likely a grey and dreary day, a stroll along the Harbour Arm doesn’t sound tempting and you’re unlikely to fancy frolicking in the [...]

Napier Barracks Welcome Meeting: Council Officers march with “right wing extremist organisations”

October 17, 2020 // 8 Comments

Kent Refugee Action Network, who organised the welcome meeting for asylum seekers at Napier Barracks, Folkestone, today the 17th Oct, was attended by 200 plus people. They [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Priest Under Pressure

October 16, 2020 // 2 Comments

The courts say they must release it. The Information Upper Tier tribunal say they must release it. But still Folkestone & Hythe District Council, led by Dr Susan Priest, [...]

No Go or Go decision to be made in Jan 2021 on new Civic Centre at Otterpool Park

October 8, 2020 // 1 Comment

The Chief Exec of Folkestone & Hythe District Council – Dr Susan Priest, made it clear that the discussion around a new civic centre at Otterpool Park was to give [...]

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