Folkestone & Hythe District Council

In the beginning nine Cabinet Members created the £40 million Veolia Waste Contract Fiasco

July 24, 2021 // 4 Comments

On July 22nd 2020, the Cabinet of Folkestone & Hythe District Council met to discuss and award the new waste contract. Agenda Item 28 and 29 (The Waste Project 2021 [...]

Stodmarsh Update: Tens of thousands of East Kent construction jobs in jeopardy, along with 40,000 plus homes.

July 22, 2021 // 6 Comments

Resolving the water-quality issues within the Stodmarsh catchment area; which has placed a moratorium on granting planning consent across the whole of East Kent, is not only [...]

Princes Parade: Power Corruption & Lies?

July 20, 2021 // 6 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council led by Dr Susan Priest, are in a mess, the Veolia Waste Contract Fiasco, Broken Links preventing inspection of accounts and [...]

Saga set to turn Cheriton Parc into 31 residential units

July 18, 2021 // 1 Comment

Cheriton Parc is owned by Saga’s in-house insurer, Acromas Insurance Company Limited (AICL), which is registered in the offshore centre of Gibraltar. This enables AICL [...]

Controversial devloper Mark Quinn wins £140,000 contract to fit out Connect 38

July 18, 2021 // 0 Comments

Quinn Estates Ltd owned by controversial developer Mark Quinn has been awarded a £140,000 contract by Folkestone & Hythe District Council to fit out the first floor and [...]

Folkestone Harbour & Seafront Development Company pitches up on The Stade without Planning Permission

July 16, 2021 // 0 Comments

The Triennial is almost upon us, and the emerging artworks under this year’s theme of “The Plot” have again split opinions, earning praise from some whilst others [...]

Historic England to take no action against Cllrs for unauthorised works on Royal Military Canal

July 16, 2021 // 1 Comment

On March 19th we informed you that Shepway Green Party Cllrs were under investigation by Historic England, for committing an offence which breached s2 of the Ancient [...]

Otterpool Park Update: East Stour river pollution puts brakes on Garden Town

July 13, 2021 // 4 Comments

Back in Oct 2020, the Stodmarsh phosphorus and nitrogen issue meant Folkestone & Hythe District Council had a planning log jam of 133 homes as a result of the updated [...]

£40 million Veolia Waste Contract investigation will not be held in public

July 12, 2021 // 4 Comments

The Council set up an Overview and Scrutiny Waste contract Task and Finish Group to investigate the Veolia Waste Contract Fiasco, which led to thousands of homes NOT having [...]

Ain’t no rest for the wicked

July 9, 2021 // 1 Comment

Many of you already know Folkestone & Hythe District Council have had the highest council tax of all Kent local authorities for the last eighteen years. Council tax is [...]

Council restricting access rights of all residents to inspect their accounts.

July 7, 2021 // 1 Comment

Folkestone & Hythe District Council , like all other councils must open their annual accounts to allow the public to inspect them. Unfortunately, our Council are not [...]

Otterpool Park update: Borrowing, hidden soft market testing and a Dodgy man in charge

July 4, 2021 // 4 Comments

To purchase Folkestone racecourse site from the Reuben Brothers for £25 million; which included Monk’s private fishing lake, the council borrowed the money, but [...]

“Action expresses priorities.”

July 2, 2021 // 1 Comment

“Action expresses priorities.” – Mahatma Gandhi The 14 and 16th of June 2021, were the two hottest days in Hythe, Kent, reaching 28 degrees On the night of the [...]

Public Consultations in July for reserved matters application for further development on Folkestone Seafront

June 30, 2021 // 2 Comments

Updated 01/07/21 @ 07:00 FoIkestone Harbour & Seafront Development Company [the Company] a company owned by Sir Roger Michael De Haan is bringing forward proposals for [...]

Updated: – Folkestone Harbour Arm selling alcohol with no premises licence for 3 months

June 28, 2021 // 8 Comments

Updated @12.48 29/06/20 The licensed premises on Folkestone Harbour Arm are selling alcohol without a valid premises license, according to Folkestone & Hythe District [...]

Hythe Town Council want you to eat plants and ignore our armed forces

June 28, 2021 // 7 Comments

Updated 01/07/21 @ 07:00 On Thursday 24 June 2021, Hythe Town Council meet at the Town Hall at 6.20 pm to discuss the following Agenda item 16.Notice of Motion No 109 [...]

Council misleading residents about Cllrs allowances and expenses again.

June 27, 2021 // 1 Comment

On June the 12th we published the allowances of all Folkestone & Hythe District Cllrs for the financial year 2020/21. The Council are omitting the fact, that three Cllrs [...]

Folkestone & Hythe District Councillors breach data protection law again

June 23, 2021 // 4 Comments

We’ll not beat about the bush and come straight to the point. Since the Waste Collection contract fiasco, many of you have contacted us regarding your Cllrs and their [...]

Council’s Corporate Retention Schedule is just blah, blah, blah, blah, blah

June 21, 2021 // 1 Comment

Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah and none of this blah means anything, or if it does, it contradicts any other blah, blah, blah, blah, blah Folkestone & Hythe District [...]

Can you help save Dance Easy?

June 20, 2021 // 0 Comments

It’s was so important for our great grandmothers or grandmothers and our mums, who in the main collected the family ration book from there. As a building, it played [...]

Dr Susan Priest Chief Exec of FHDC fails to land top KCC job

June 17, 2021 // 3 Comments

Dr Susan Priest became Head of Paid Service of Folkestone & Hythe District Council as of April 1st 2018, beating the s151 officer Tim Madden to the job. She later [...]

The Overview & Scrutiny Committee Inquisition into the £40 million waste contract cock up has begun

June 17, 2021 // 0 Comments

It was a miracle, whether divine or not is impossible to say. On Tuesday 15th June at 6.30pm at the Overview & Scrutiny Committee, the number of apologies from Cllrs [...]

Save Princes Parade Campaign missed glaring opportunity to win Judicial Review

June 15, 2021 // 14 Comments

One has to wonder about the ability of some of those involved in the Save Princes Parade Campaign. It’s clear they missed an opportunity that was so glaringly obvious, [...]

More contractual woes at the Council

June 14, 2021 // 1 Comment

The stupidity of alleged professionals who receive generous salaries and work for Folkestone & Hythe District Council, never ceases to amaze us. Once again these alleged [...]

Cllrs claim more allowances in 2020/21 than 2019/20

June 12, 2021 // 0 Comments

In the 2020/21 financial year, when Covid hit, when all Folkestone & Hythe District Councillors couldn’t travel to conferences and claim subsistence and other [...]

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