Jim Martin

Council Leader Jim Martin Accused of Lying About £21m Princess Parade Offer

June 18, 2025 // 9 Comments

At a full meeting of Folkestone & Hythe District Council on 26 February 2025, Cllr Jenny Hollingsbee (Con) rose to ask a pointed supplementary question to Council Leader [...]

Bronze Age Burial Site Discovered at Sellindge Housing Development

June 6, 2025 // 1 Comment

Sellindge development unearths Bronze Age burial mounds – planners vow to preserve them in a new public park In late 2016, a local developer quietly began laying the [...]

FOLCA 1 Faces Sale, FOLCA 2 Chosen for New Town Centre Health Hub

May 16, 2025 // 1 Comment

What began as a flagship regeneration project for Folkestone town centre has unravelled into a divided legacy of half-funded ambitions and fading civic promises. The FOLCA [...]

Otterpool Park: “on the cusp of moving into much welcomed delivery”

April 26, 2025 // 3 Comments

“Otterpool Park has been in gestation for a very long time, but we are now on the cusp of moving into much welcomed delivery” ~ Dr Susan Priest, 22 April 2025, [...]

Council appoint consultant to market Ship Street site, to find suitable development partner

April 24, 2025 // 0 Comments

A flagship plan to transform Folkestone’s long-derelict Ship Street gasworks into new housing is under intense scrutiny amid mounting costs and protracted delays. An [...]

Folkestone & Hythe District Council to Retain Cabinet System Pending Final Ratification

April 9, 2025 // 2 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council has received ministerial consent to retain its existing Leader and Cabinet governance structure—reversing a previously agreed plan [...]

Princes Parade: A Financial Dunkirk Of His Own Making!

March 19, 2025 // 0 Comments

The air in the Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s chamber was thick—thicker than the Channel’s infamous fog, a suffocating mix of bureaucratic inertia, impending [...]

Seven-Year Wait for Affordable Homes, But Finally They Arrive

March 9, 2025 // 1 Comment

After a mere seven-year wait, the Council has finally managed to get their hands on a whopping nine affordable homes and five shared ownership properties on the land at [...]

Council Officers’ Gourmet Adventures: A Masterclass in Sarcasm and Procurement Card Etiquette

March 7, 2025 // 0 Comments

Ah, the life of a council officer—where the pursuit of “approved duties” apparently includes indulging in the finest culinary delights, all on the taxpayer’s [...]

Forgetfulness And a Slap Up Meal On Taxpayers’ money in Harrogate

March 6, 2025 // 0 Comments

You’ve seen it, you’ve heard it, and believe it you must—because this is the kind of nonsense that makes your blood boil. At the full council meeting on February 26th, [...]

Green led Council – Supported By Lib Dems & Reform – Deepen Residents Suffering

March 6, 2025 // 3 Comments

The situation facing residents of Folkestone & Hythe District led by Cllr Jim Martin (pictured) and his Green led administration is nothing short of a disgrace. A closer [...]

Princes Parade: A £21m offer and no guarantee it won’t be in next local plan.

February 27, 2025 // 0 Comments

“Is the Leader aware that, to my understanding, there is currently an offer on the table for Princes Parade amounting to £21 million?” asked Cllr Jenny [...]

“Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac,” and Cllr Jim Martin loves it.

February 25, 2025 // 3 Comments

“If you want to find out what a man is to the bottom, give him power,” said Robert Ingersoll. In May 2023, this adage was put to the test when Cllr Jim Martin was [...]

A Peculiar Case of Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s Procurement Practices

February 18, 2025 // 0 Comments

Updated 14:05 on 19/02/2025 How Can Six Contracts Start, End, and Then Be Awarded? A Peculiar Case of Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s Procurement Practices In [...]

Otterpool Park update: Council approve deal with SNRG Ltd who has no operational experience of solar farms in the UK

February 13, 2025 // 1 Comment

Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s Cabinet last night approved the recommendations in Report Number C/24/68 to allow SNRG Ltd, to be the solar park provider at [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Proposed Solar Farm company will milk profit from sunshine and send it to one of the most notable tax havens in the world

February 8, 2025 // 0 Comments

Making money from Solar energy is big business. Folkestone & Hythe Cabinet on Wednesday 12 February, will discuss the approval and recommendations to accept SNRG Ltd as [...]

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Jim Martin

Council Leader Jim Martin Accused of Lying About £21m Princess Parade Offer

Bronze Age Burial Site Discovered at Sellindge Housing Development

FOLCA 1 Faces Sale, FOLCA 2 Chosen for New Town Centre Health Hub

Otterpool Park: “on the cusp of moving into much welcomed delivery”

Council appoint consultant to market Ship Street site, to find suitable development partner

Folkestone & Hythe District Council to Retain Cabinet System Pending Final Ratification

Princes Parade: A Financial Dunkirk Of His Own Making!

Seven-Year Wait for Affordable Homes, But Finally They Arrive

Council Officers’ Gourmet Adventures: A Masterclass in Sarcasm and Procurement Card Etiquette

Forgetfulness And a Slap Up Meal On Taxpayers’ money in Harrogate

Green led Council – Supported By Lib Dems & Reform – Deepen Residents Suffering

Princes Parade: A £21m offer and no guarantee it won’t be in next local plan.

“Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac,” and Cllr Jim Martin loves it.

A Peculiar Case of Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s Procurement Practices

Otterpool Park update: Council approve deal with SNRG Ltd who has no operational experience of solar farms in the UK

Otterpool Park Update: Proposed Solar Farm company will milk profit from sunshine and send it to one of the most notable tax havens in the world

Otterpool Park: Public Consultation Wastewater Treatement Works to be held on 3 December

Otterpool Park: Council propose another collaboration agreement with Homes England

Otterpool Park Update: Council still sorting its sh*t out

Budget: Green & Lib Dem Councillors deliver above inflation price rises and the highest Council Tax in Kent

Princes Parade: What did they know and when did they know it?

Update Otterpool Park: Financial return is the primary purpose, it’s not ancillary

£1.3m of council contract irregularities emerge between Apr 2023 and Sept 2023

Rubbish Council proposes reduction of litter bins and street cleaning in Folkestone & Hythe

Council withdraw car parking charging proposals for Folkestone, Sandgate, Hythe & New Romney High Streets.