John Collier

Sandbanks – New Romney: Are local Tories ‘in hock’ to developers via their donations?

August 25, 2021 // 6 Comments

Sandbanks planning application was successful at last night’s Planning Committee. However, it’s clear the closeness of the developer Leo Griggs with members of [...]

Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s £40 million pound waste contract fiasco

June 4, 2021 // 4 Comments

It’s a £40 million pound fiasco. For the second time in less than six weeks Folkestone & Hythe District Council have been forced to apologise for the poor service [...]

The local developer being helped along by the public purse

May 3, 2021 // 4 Comments

Over the last six years, one developer more than any other has come to epitomise the cosyiness that leads many to think/believe our planning system and committee is fixed in [...]

Good journalism changes things

April 30, 2021 // 2 Comments

They give the impression of being in office but not in power. Both of them sit on Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s cabinet; and both receive allowances in [...]

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 [...]

The Long Read: Is our heritage for ransom?

September 27, 2020 // 0 Comments

Updated 03/10/20 @9:48 After a decade of neglect and uncertainty and a 5-year campaign by Friends of the Leas Pavilion (FLP), the Leas Pavilion is finally looking set to be [...]

Cllr Goddard Recuses Himself & Other Planning Matters

September 23, 2020 // 2 Comments

So, Cllr Clive Goddard, Chairman of Folkestone & Hythe Planning Committee recused himself and did not vote on either of the planning applications related to the Royal [...]

Images Emerge of Cllr Clive Goddard Working on RVH Site owned by Leo Griggs.

September 18, 2020 // 8 Comments

Updated 18:12 – 18/09/20 Images have emerged of Cllr Clive Goddard – the Chairman of the Planning Committee at Folkestone & Hythe District Council, working on [...]

Are 16 Folkestone & Hythe District Councillors abusing their position?

October 26, 2019 // 5 Comments

Could you be persuaded there is a legitimate interest, and it is in the public interest, or any value to the public or any section of the public, for Folkestone & Hythe [...]

Otterpool Park update

September 29, 2019 // 2 Comments

The Otterpool Park land assembly continues at pace. This time it is Cozumel Estates Ltd BVI the Council’s co-developer partner who have been in the market to purchase [...]

Time to go follow the money

July 5, 2019 // 2 Comments

While the Councils of East Kent publish reports on how rubbish East Kent Housing were at administering the P & R Installation Company Ltd contract, let’s not lose [...]

Local Tories Landlord, Ray Johnson, says closure of Debenhams will not be a disaster.

May 2, 2019 // 3 Comments

Ray Johnson (pictured) for those of you who do not know, is Chairman of the Folkestone Town Team who mentioned that the closure of Debenhams would not be a disaster. [...]

Bagging a bargain by undue influence?

March 2, 2019 // 7 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council (FHDC) offered a number of residents of Shorncliffe Crescent (pictured below) the chance to buy small parcels of land at the end of [...]

The Long Read: Horn Street Stench, Part 2

November 25, 2018 // 4 Comments

Since we brought you Part 1 of The Horn Street Stench in early October 2018, more details about raw sewage backing up in toilets and baths and [...]

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