Land

Otterpool Park Update: The Reuben Brothers Mystery and our Public Rights of Way

February 1, 2022 // 0 Comments

Wherever you travel in Sellindge [Kent] you find land earmarked for development, being developed, or land banking by one of these four companies. Cozumel Estates Gladman [...]

Council purchase more than £75 million pounds of land & property in last 5 years.

August 2, 2021 // 8 Comments

Between Jan 2015 and July 2021, Folkestone & Hythe District Council and it’s company Oportunitas Ltd have purchased seventy three pieces of land and/or property, [...]

Another Reprieve for Folkestone Indoor Bowls Club

March 13, 2021 // 0 Comments

Once again Folkestone Indoor Bowls Club (FIBC) owned by Folkestone & Hythe District Council has managed to escape displacement from it’s current site on Cheriton [...]

He’s a very naughty boy!

November 23, 2020 // 6 Comments

Updated 08:20 25/11/20 And who is a very naughty boy… yep it’s Leo Livingston Griggs (pictured). The local Tory party donor has like others fallen foul of GDPR, [...]

Otterpool Park Update: £800 million profit for Otterpool Park Development

October 10, 2020 // 1 Comment

Given all the documents available in the public domain regarding the Otterpool Park development, even the redacted Viability Assessment, it’s clear Folkestone & [...]

Otterpool Park Update

May 26, 2020 // 0 Comments

Tomorrow the Cabinet will meet to discuss report Report Number C/20/02 -which makes recommendations about the Otterpool Park Delivery Vehicle, how it will be structured and [...]

Watchdog to examine Kent Councils £373 Million Property Investment Spree

May 1, 2020 // 1 Comment

With the world concentrating it’s attention on the Covid-19 pandemic other issues are, understandably, passing unnoticed. One of these issues is the announcement by [...]

We counted them all out and We counted them all back

January 22, 2020 // 2 Comments

At last night’s Overview & Scrutiny Committee, agenda item four was Report C/19/63 Proposed Disposal of Fernfield Lane Hawkinge. Fernfield Lane is owned by FHDC and [...]

Cllrs Under Criminal Investigation By Kent Police for Leaking Commercially Sensitive Information

January 19, 2020 // 5 Comments

Exclusive A handful of Folkestone & Hythe District Cllrs are under criminal investigation by Kent Police; for leaking the commercially sensitive information about how [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Council Offer £25 million to purchase Racecourse from Reuben Brothers

January 11, 2020 // 3 Comments

Exclusive Folkestone & Hythe District Council have received a valuation of between £22 – 36 million pounds for the land owned by the Reuben Brothers company, [...]

Biggins Wood: Hollow Promises

January 7, 2020 // 4 Comments

Four years on since the Council purchased the Biggins Wood site, not a single house has been built on the site. The Council have, we believe, bought a pig in a poke. On the [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Council Make £26 million Offer To Buy Reuben Brothers Land

January 5, 2020 // 4 Comments

Exclusive Folkestone & Hythe District Council Corporate Director for Place and Commercial – John Bunnett (pictured), was in Nov 2019 given the green light to begin [...]

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 [...]

Otterpool Park Update

August 29, 2019 // 1 Comment

Folkestone & Hythe District Council since 2015 have purchased in excess of £30 million pounds worth of property. Some of it at their Otterpool Park development between [...]

The most popular site in Britain- Part 3

March 19, 2019 // 0 Comments

The land shaded in orange below is owned by Canterbury City Council (CCC). This land is on the south east side of Stuppington Lane, Canterbury. It is a crucial piece of land [...]

Folkestone & Hythe DC to purchase Connect 38 Ashford, Kent

March 9, 2019 // 6 Comments

Updated 18:50 Sunday 10th March On Wednesday 13th at 5pm the Folkestone & Hythe District Council Cabinet (F&HDC) will meet at the Civic Centre. Agenda Item 11 & [...]

Folkestone & Hythe DC: Selling off the family silver at pace.

March 7, 2019 // 0 Comments

Between 2016 and 2018 Folkestone & Hythe District Council have sold 48 parcels of land/property and raised £1,588,985. “The sale of assets is common with individuals [...]

£93 Million of land and property sold by Kent Councils

March 5, 2019 // 2 Comments

Our 12 District Councils and Kent County Council have sold £93 million pounds worth of land or property during the period 2014 – 2018. The number of properties pieces [...]

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 [...]

Peter Principle alive & well at East Kent Hospital University Foundation Trust

November 17, 2018 // 3 Comments

The Peter principle is alive and well at East Kent Hospital University Foundation Trust. If for one moment one believes that the proposal for a new Hospital at [...]

Otterpool Park Update: £18.9 million for land/property acquisitions

November 10, 2018 // 3 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council Cabinet meeting on the 14th Nov will recommend to full council that it borrows an additional £10 million (the annual interest [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Council have signed two option to purchase land agreements with Sellindge farmers & Price Brothers signed option with Cozumel Estates.

September 27, 2018 // 3 Comments

EXCLUSIVE: Updated 17:30 Sat 29th Sept The Shepwayvox Team can reveal that Folkestone & Hythe District Council (F&HDC) have signed two option to purchase agreements [...]

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Otterpool Park Update: The Reuben Brothers Mystery and our Public Rights of Way

Council purchase more than £75 million pounds of land & property in last 5 years.

Another Reprieve for Folkestone Indoor Bowls Club

Otterpool Park Update: £800 million profit for Otterpool Park Development

Otterpool Park Update

Watchdog to examine Kent Councils £373 Million Property Investment Spree

We counted them all out and We counted them all back

Cllrs Under Criminal Investigation By Kent Police for Leaking Commercially Sensitive Information

Otterpool Park Update: Council Offer £25 million to purchase Racecourse from Reuben Brothers

Biggins Wood: Hollow Promises

Otterpool Park Update: Council Make £26 million Offer To Buy Reuben Brothers Land

Otterpool Park update

Otterpool Park Update

The most popular site in Britain- Part 3

Folkestone & Hythe DC to purchase Connect 38 Ashford, Kent

Folkestone & Hythe DC: Selling off the family silver at pace.

£93 Million of land and property sold by Kent Councils

Bagging a bargain by undue influence?

Peter Principle alive & well at East Kent Hospital University Foundation Trust

Otterpool Park Update: £18.9 million for land/property acquisitions

Otterpool Park Update: Council have signed two option to purchase land agreements with Sellindge farmers & Price Brothers signed option with Cozumel Estates.

Fraud? We’ll leave you decide that.

Land banking by the 11 largest housebuilders in Kent.

Yours for a Million or more – No:2