Folkestone & Hythe District Council

Covid outbreak at Napier Barracks “ongoing” says Public Health England

March 1, 2021 // 0 Comments

According to Public Health England (PHE) the outbreak of Covid 19 at Napier Barracks began on 14th January 2021 and remains ongoing. In January there were 178 positive [...]

Council award £2.5 million pound contract to BAM Construction to begin development of Princes Parade Liesure Centre

February 20, 2021 // 2 Comments

On the 13th Nov 2019, the Princes Parade Business Plan went before Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s Cabinet. The Business Plan was set out in Report Number [...]

Hypocrisy by District and Kent County Cllrs over Council Tax

February 18, 2021 // 3 Comments

For those of you not aware, Council tax debt is the most common debt seen by Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) advisers. The CAB estimated in the first 3 months of Coronavirus, [...]

FHDC look set to have highest Council Tax in Kent for eighteenth year in a row

February 17, 2021 // 1 Comment

On the 24 February 2021, Report A/20/08 will go before Folkestone & Hythe District Council Full Council at 7pm. This report concludes the budget setting process for [...]

Abramovich’s lieutenants issue s21 eviction notices to tenants at Marlbrough Court, Hythe.

February 16, 2021 // 5 Comments

On the 25th Sept 2018, we made it clear Pensand House and Marlborough Court, South Rd, Hythe was purchased by Roman Abramovich, via a complicated offshore arrangement back in [...]

Otterpool Park & Quinn Estates interest in Sellindge grows

February 13, 2021 // 1 Comment

Plans to progress Otterpool Park to a revised planning application has been underway for quite some time. As revealed by the bloggers at slurry.org.uk last [...]

Another Lie by Cllr David Drury Monk?

February 3, 2021 // 10 Comments

Why does Council leader David Monk (pictured) lie to his fellow councillors and the residents of the district either by design or accident? Here’s a very recent example: [...]

Yet Another Visionary Plan for Folkestone Town Centre

February 1, 2021 // 1 Comment

Following the announcement of a “visionary” Place Plan in October 2020, Folkestone & Hythe District Council have just revealed that We Made That LLP have been awarded [...]

Folkestone Seafront Development gets curiouser and curiouser says Alice

January 29, 2021 // 8 Comments

Updated 05/02/21 07:10am Here’s a curious thing. The reserved matters planning application for the first building (Plot B) of the Folkestone Seafront Development [...]

Covid-19 Grant Fraud at the Grand as Council demands its money back

January 28, 2021 // 11 Comments

BREAKING NEWS: Following an FOI request first made on May 3rd 2020 and a full eight months late, the Council has conceded that it received applications for COVID-19 grants [...]

The charmed lives of Cllr Ray Field & Cllr Clive Goddard

January 24, 2021 // 8 Comments

Have Cllr Ray Field (Ind – Harbour Ward) and Cllr Clive Goddard (Con – Wallend & Denge Marsh) broken the Council’s Code of Conduct by knowingly or [...]

Council refusing to lift ban to allow disabled individual to be vaccinated at Civic Centre

January 21, 2021 // 6 Comments

Updated 09:42 on 22/01/21 Public authorities such as Folkestone & Hythe District Council must consider your right to life when making decisions that might put you in [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Council envisage £193m profit.

January 13, 2021 // 2 Comments

Updated @18:50 13/01/21 The Council have released the Business Plan for its Otterpool Park Garden Town project, where up to 8,500 homes might be built, if planning permission [...]

‘Should’ve gone to Specsavers’

January 5, 2021 // 3 Comments

The Local Government Transparency Code sets out the minimum data that Folkestone & Hythe District Council should be publishing, the frequency it should be published and [...]

Southern Way: Another developer says he’s poor and can’t afford affordable housing

January 3, 2021 // 2 Comments

It is quite possible that Folkestone & Hythe District Council are learning from their mistakes, as they have again reopened a planning consultation for Southern Way [...]