Bouverie Place to be sold to new investor
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 [...]
Folkestone
How Do We Feel About Where We Live?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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, [...]
Clients & Employees of The Grand owed hundreds of thousands in upaid wages and refunds
Updated: 04/06/22 @08:39 Prof Victor Klinkinhoffer B.TECH MC (aka) Robert Graham Moss (pictured), and director of five companies, of which four are registered to the address [...]
More court cases for Michael Stainer yet to come.
July 8th, the day Michael Stainer will be sentenced for cheating the public revenue and fraud by false representation of £473,097, after a two week trial at Southwark Crown [...]
Michael Stainer guilty of ripping off staff and to be sentenced on July 8.
Michael Stainer [74] who cheated his employees and the taxman out of £473,097.07 while running The Grand is facing jail. Michael Stainer (pictured), 74, trousered the [...]
Stainer Trial – Jury retires after 14 days of evidence
After 14 days of deliberations in the case of The Queen v Doris & Michael Stainer (pictured below), the jury have retired to consider the evidence. In all seven witnesses [...]
Will the 7 Parish Councils who received £130,000 of CIL money allow residents to have input into how it’s spent?
The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) is a planning charge, introduced by the Planning Act 2008, as a tool for local authorities in England and Wales to help deliver [...]
Start Me Up
Four years ago, the former Silver Spring site sat empty. The Herald ran a story about how the derelict Silver Spring site in Folkestone will look after much needed [...]
Princess Royal called in to planning as ‘evidence of neglect’ is confirmed by Council
‘evidence of neglect‘, objections from The Victorian Society, KCC Archaeology, CPRE Historic Buildings Committee, and Save Britain’s Heritage as well as a [...]
Have your say: Folkestone Place Plan 6th April
What does a Town Centre for the future look like? Ask your mum, dad, grandkids, grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins, and you’ll have a lot of commonalities and lot [...]
F51: An illuminating application
Folkestone is still an art school, according to Creative Folkestone. With so many forms of art prominent in the town, that may very well be the case. However, it would seem [...]
F51 Folkestone – A Tale of Two Narratives
A charitable trust/foundation can be set up by anyone who has decided that they want to contribute some of their assets or income for charitable causes. The trust is governed [...]
Brief Leas Pavilion update
Over the last few days, our public face managed to catch up with Olivier Daelemans (pictured), the owner, and developer of the Leas Pavilion – Folkestone, about how the [...]