Housing

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 [...]

Saga set to turn Cheriton Parc into 31 residential units

July 18, 2021 // 3 Comments

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 [...]

The Stodmarsh moratorium holding up 40,000 homes across East Kent

July 11, 2021 // 5 Comments

It will take “a very large financial number” to fix the Stodmarsh phosporus & nitrogen issue, say Natural England in a meeting held on Wednesday 2nd December, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

Only the little people pay tax

June 6, 2021 // 0 Comments

So it has begun. One can now register one’s interest in purchasing a flat at the the under construction Folkestone seafront development opposite the Leas lift, owned by [...]

Bats, badgers, threatened species & lethal levels of contamination on former officers mess, Hawkinge

May 17, 2021 // 4 Comments

In 2015, Tom Goldsmith set up a petition on Change.org which gained 407 signatures. The title of the petition was: Say No to the development on the Hawkinge officers Mess and [...]

Folkestone & Hythe District Council buy Ship Street site twice

April 15, 2021 // 4 Comments

Updated: 17/04/21 @08:42 On the 20th October 2019, Kentonline Folkestone section declared that Folkestone & Hythe District Council had bought the former Gasworks site at [...]

Housing Ombudsman issues call for evidence for an investigation into social landlords’ approach to ‘damp and mould’.

April 14, 2021 // 3 Comments

“The mental and social health effects of dampness and mould should not be underestimated. Damage to decoration from mould or damp staining and the smells associated [...]

Biodiversity on Royal Miltary Canal has increased for last 15 years

April 10, 2021 // 6 Comments

Twelve years prior to declaring a Climate & Ecological Emergency, in 2019, Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s Cabinet [then known as Shepway Distrct [...]

Princes Parade: £50,000 Planning Consultancy Support Contract

April 7, 2021 // 2 Comments

On the 24th March Folkestone & Hythe District Council placed an advert for another contract for Princes Parade. The expression of interest for this contract ends today [...]

Lethal levels of arsenic present on former Officers Mess Aerodrome Road Hawkinge site.

April 1, 2021 // 7 Comments

Updated: 01/04/21 @20:27 Land at the Former Officers Mess, Elvington Lane, Aerodrome Road Hawkinge purchased by Pentland Homes on 01/12/2020 for £2.5 million, according to [...]

Otterpool Park Update: A consultation & a lack of transparency regarding the LLP

March 24, 2021 // 2 Comments

On Friday 26th March 2021, Otterpool Park LLP will hold two virtual public information and consultation events on phase one of Otterpool Park, which includes the town centre. [...]

It’s NOT all about Princes Parade

March 24, 2021 // 6 Comments

This is a guest post Like many of you, I read posts on Facebook and of late, I’ve seen a lot about Princes Parade. Those who are promoting it, pushing it across [...]

A Rewd Development for Hythe?

March 21, 2021 // 0 Comments

Back in September 2018, we reported that Rewd Ltd had bought the Smiths Medical site in Hythe, better known to many as the former Portex factory. Tomorrow, (Tuesday 23rd) [...]

Holbrook Griffith Developments propose 54 homes on Barrack Hill site in Hythe.

March 9, 2021 // 11 Comments

From Princes Parade in the East to Martello Lakes in the west, Hythe like other towns and villages in the district, is an area where developers like to build. Otterpool Park [...]

The Irony of Princes Parade

March 7, 2021 // 5 Comments

Isn’t life ironic! The Cabinet member responsible for the Environment at Folkestone & Hythe District Council has had to resort to sending in a Freedom of [...]

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

February 16, 2021 // 6 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

A sequel with a burger by the sea.

December 14, 2020 // 3 Comments

So three applications before the planning committee tonight Dec 15th. One is a sequel, another is for a well know burger chain and last is an application by a local Tory [...]

Homelessness: Credit where it is due.

December 3, 2020 // 1 Comment

One has to say well done, congratulations and thank you to those who have worked on Report Number: C/20/54 – draft Homelessness Prevention Strategy 2020/25. Adrian [...]

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