Folkestone

Council propose parking charges in Folkestone, Hythe & New Romney high streets to plug £18.5m deficit

November 7, 2023 // 5 Comments

And due to the Tory profligacy under former leader David Monk, the new Green led administration are proposing motorists pay nearly £400,000 per year, for parking in the town [...]

More contract irregularities even under new Green led administration

November 4, 2023 // 1 Comment

Who cares, who really cares? It is not as if we can say our Cllrs care. They are all too often reactive to situations, not proactive. Under the old regime we wrote frequently [...]

New Green led Council abandons election pledge to build more affordable Council homes

October 24, 2023 // 7 Comments

The Council are looking to sell land once earmarked for 30 Council homes at Highview Moat Farm Rd Folkestone, to a private developer, meaning only 7 homes will be [...]

Where’s the s106 money and the affordable housing Mr Pownceby?

August 14, 2023 // 2 Comments

On the 3 May 2016, Y15/1154/SH came before the planning committee. The applicant was David Pownceby, of Development House Limited. At the time he was the secretary of the [...]

Folkestone harbour arm place shaping consultation, make your views known

July 20, 2023 // 23 Comments

On the 18 July 2023, the local press ran the story about the New Folkestone harbour arm designs. This article has caused a storm of comments across social media, but the [...]

Council frustrated over lack of movement on new health centre

July 15, 2023 // 3 Comments

On March 12th 2020, the council announced it had successfully agreed terms to purchase the former Debenhams store – now Folca. On the 15th May 2020, Folkestone & [...]

Queens House Folkestone: The only occupants are the pigeons

July 11, 2023 // 1 Comment

Once a place of hustle and bustle where social workers helped put the world to rights for their clients, the building now stands silent. No shuffling of feet, no noise except [...]

Part 2: Sir Roger De Haan – Is he or isn’t he gentrifying Folkestone?

July 4, 2023 // 8 Comments

When we left part 1, HS1 had arrived (2009). But before moving forward in time, we must go back in time to 2007, when Sir Roger’s company Folkestone Harbour Nominee (1) [...]

Part 1: Sir Roger De Haan – Is he or isn’t he gentrifying Folkestone?

July 2, 2023 // 5 Comments

“Anybody normal who had the opportunity to retire having sold Saga for one and half billion pounds in 2004, most normal people would have left and run a million miles [...]

A vote for Rylands is a vote to help local Folkestone charities

May 2, 2023 // 1 Comment

At the beginning of my campaign I promised to donate my Councillor allowance to local Folkestone based charities, if elected. The charities who I would donate to, if elected, [...]

A Vote for Rylands on May 4 is a vote for action, not gimmicks

April 11, 2023 // 2 Comments

I care about our environment, whether it is Princes Parade, Otterpool, our air, our rivers, or our seas. I care so much, I am taking Southern Water to tribunal to discover [...]

Bouverie Place to be sold to new investor

February 27, 2023 // 0 Comments

Bouverie Place, currently owned by CCP III SHOPPING FOLKESTONE S.A.R.L., registered in the offshore tax jurisdiction of Luxembourg, is to be sold to a new investor. Bouverie [...]

How Do We Feel About Where We Live?

January 26, 2023 // 1 Comment

On Saturday 28 Jan, between 14:00 – 16:30, the New Folkestone Society is holding a free community conversation in the Church Hall of the Cornerstone Centre (former [...]

Successful £20m Levelling Up Fund bid by Folkestone & Hythe District Council

January 19, 2023 // 8 Comments

Updated 19.01.23 @ 17:20 Just four days ago we wrote about the Council’s £20m Levelling Up Fund bid. It was announced yesterday 18/01/2023, that the bid had been [...]

Overview & Scrutiny: Retrofitting, Housing, Fuel Poverty and a dash of hypocrisy

January 18, 2023 // 0 Comments

Housing, housing, housing, it’s all about housing. On the agenda at the Overview & Scrutiny Committee held on the 17 Jan 2023 was Retrofitting Council homes in the [...]

Council not using data matching to spot possible tenancy fraud claim Council sources

January 10, 2023 // 5 Comments

Just a look at three Council owned addresses throws up anomalies about tenants and companies registered at Council owned properties; which highlight possible tenancy fraud. [...]

Council to press on with controversial Princes Parade redevelopment

December 16, 2022 // 1 Comment

Members should note however that there is a critical path which would need to be followed and this does not allow for any slippage, delay, or process frustration. Ever since [...]

The Bonker’s Architect gives his veiws on F51

November 12, 2022 // 1 Comment

It has created discussions not just locally, or nationally, but internationally. Love it, or loathe it, F51 is now a part of the urban landscape of Folkestone. It was [...]

A Bonkers Architect and Sir Roger De Haan’s take on the Regeneration of Folkestone

November 9, 2022 // 8 Comments

Last night – 09.11.22 – at Wards Hotel, Folkestone, Sir Roger De Haan (pictured) gave a talk about the regeneration of Folkestone at the AGM of Go Folkestone. He [...]

Ship Street – no return on investment for 40 – 60 years

September 20, 2022 // 2 Comments

In 2017, the council admitted their “proposal to purchase the land at Ship Street, is not one that will generate a substantial commercial return for the Council and there [...]

Michael Stainer makes surprise call to Old Timer’s Rally from behind bars

August 30, 2022 // 17 Comments

Yes he was there, if not in body, most definitely in voice, and heard by hundreds of people. At around 3pm yesterday at the Old Timer’s rally, on The Leas, Folkestone, [...]

Cost of Living Crisis: “October frightens the sh*t outta me

August 18, 2022 // 4 Comments

Jane stands silently looking out across the English channel , while above her brooding clouds gather and seagulls head for shelter. Her faced etched with worry and concern, [...]

More shenanigans at The Grand

July 23, 2022 // 2 Comments

Two wrongs do make a right so they say. Now Michael Stainer is safely ensconced in one of Her Majesty’s Prison’s, as he was found guilty of two counts of cheating [...]

Leas Pavillion crumbles, while money for development flows in from offshore company

July 17, 2022 // 2 Comments

As parts of the Leas Pavillion, Folkestone, begin to crumble unexpectedly, the developer, Olivier Georges Jacques Daelemans, is lucky that work is under way to protect and [...]

Michael Stainer sentenced to three years

July 7, 2022 // 9 Comments

Updated 07.07.22 @16:00 Today at Southwark Crown Court, July 7th 2022, sentencing of the disgraced ex-chartered accountant, Michael Stainer (pictured below) has taken place, [...]

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