Garden Waste rebate set at a tenner and you won’t see a penny of it
The council rebate to all subscribers of the garden waste service will be £9.70, according to a report being sent to Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s Cabinet [...]
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Let The Children Play
Public playgrounds are an iconic symbol of childhood. The first playgrounds were a German invention built to teach children how to play. 1859 saw the first British playground [...]
Development still not connected to sewage system nine years after being informed by Southern Water there was not enough capacity.
A Shepway Vox Team Investigation has discovered that as of today 05/10/21, according to Southern Water, the development known as Shoreline (Where the land meets the Sea) or [...]
Leo Griggs seeking to make £1.5 million on sale of part of Royal Victoria Hospital site
Leo Griggs purchased the Royal Victoria Hospital site via his company RVH Folkestone Ltd from KCC for £1.25 million on 1st Nov 2018. Just three years on he now wants to sell [...]
Council short changed town and parish councils & ignore due process and pay policy
“She’s a fcuking menace” is how one senior council officer described the Chief Executive of Folkestone & Hythe District Council, Dr Susan Priest [...]
Community Infrastructure Levy miscalculated by Folkestone & Hythe District Council leaving Town & Parish Councils out of pocket
Folkestone & Hythe District Council have, according to Report AuG/21/12 released to the Audit & Governance Committee, miscalculated the Community Infrastructure Levy [...]
99% of claimants for Council Tax Reduction are exceedingly honest.
A Shepway Vox Team investigation has discovered that 10,203 people have had their claims for Council Tax reduction processed by an algorithm and not informed by Folkestone [...]
Is Cllr David Wimble a Liar? – You decide.
What the FCUK does it take to get Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s monitoring officer – Amandeep Khroud- to take any action against a Cllr for not [...]
Stodmarsh Nutrient Issue Update
On April 19th 2021, a letter was sent by five councils to Robert Jenrick MP, then Secretary of State for the Ministry of Housing Communities & Local Government & [...]
Council accidentally release Covid Grant data
Curiosity killed the cat – Anon Honestly you would have thought they’d learnt by now, but no. Folkestone & Hythe District Council have committed another faux [...]
Veolia Fiasco: What a Waste.
No they didn’t see it. Yes they should have seen it, but it was for some inexplicable reason withheld from them. How do the Councillors who sit on the Task & Finish [...]
Princes Parade Update: Council seeks Leisure Centre Operator for 10 year £23 million contract
On the 23 August, Folkestone & Hythe District Council, let it be known they are seeking to procure the services of a suitable, experienced operator in the leisure [...]
Sandbanks – New Romney: Are local Tories ‘in hock’ to developers via their donations?
Sandbanks planning application was successful at last night’s Planning Committee. However, it’s clear the closeness of the developer Leo Griggs with members of [...]
Dangerous Pavements and Rampant Weeds blighting our beautiful district
“Appearance Matters” so said Cllr David Monk (Con), Leader of Folkestone & Hythe District Council at a full council meeting on the 19 Sept 2018. Since then he [...]
Cllr Rory Love’s application for Public Inquiry into stopping up road at Princes Parade accepted
Kent County Council Cllr Rory Love OBE (Con) (pictured) & Andy Weatherhead (Con) petition application for a public inquiry into the stopping up of the road at Princes [...]
Leo Griggs in discussions to sell flats at Sandbanks – New Romney – to Council
On the 15th Dec 2020, planning application 20/0690/FH – Sandbanks, Coast Road, Littlestone, New Romney, went before the planning committee. The applicant was Leo Griggs [...]
Princes Parade Update: Badger Sett & Ecological matters set to go before Planning on 24th August.
What with the Save Princes Parade Group continuing to keep up the pressure on Folkestone & Hythe District Council with a demonstration on Sunday the 15 August, we note [...]
On Street Parking contract loses £1.1 million in eight of the last ten years
On and off street parking in the Folkestone & Hythe District is always a bone of contention. In the last ten financial years (Apr 1 – March 31) Folkestone & [...]
Council purchase more than £75 million pounds of land & property in last 5 years.
Between Jan 2015 and July 2021, Folkestone & Hythe District Council and it’s company Oportunitas Ltd have purchased seventy three pieces of land and/or property, [...]
Council’s benefit algorithm is secretive, unevidenced, incredibly invasive and more likely than not discriminatory and unlawful
Artificial intelligence (AI) systems and algorithmic decision-making are mainstays of every sector of the global economy. From search engine recommendations and advertising [...]
Good News: Significant strides made by Council making Council housing safe for tenants
It’s not often we are able to tell you Folkestone & Hythe District Council are getting something right. But this is one of those rare moments to let you know that [...]
In the beginning nine Cabinet Members created the £40 million Veolia Waste Contract Fiasco
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.
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?
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
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 [...]