28% of all Households in the district are claiming Council Tax Reduction
Figures revealed by Folkestone & Hythe District Council Cabinet Member, Tim Prater, make it clear that 28% of chargeable households for Council tax are in receipt of [...]
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Folkestone & Hythe District Council have more than £204,000 in unpaid HGV PCNs, equivalent to ten Council jobs
Updated 22:45 27/07/20 Between April 2017 and March 2020, Folkestone & Hythe District Council have failed to collect £204,074 in unpaid Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) for [...]
£40,000 Pay Rise For Failing Chief Exec of Folkestone & Hythe District Council
She says she understands the importance of transparency and is able to discharge responsibilities to the highest standards of probity. Dr Susan Priest, the Chief Executive of [...]
Oh what a tangled web Folkestone & Hythe District Council weave…
On the 24th Feb 2020 Cllr Lesley Whybrow (Green) made it known via her twitter feed the following: On Thursday the 27th Feb 2020 Folkestone & Hythe District Council [...]
How a doctor who has never seen you can say you’re fit enough to sleep on the streets of Kent
Judges have warned councils against relying on the firm’s advice and overturned decisions determined by its assessments, calling them “irrational” and “tainted” and [...]
The Chosen One Has Been Found
In a month’s time Folkestone & Hythe District Council will welcome into its ranks a new Director of Place. They will receive up to £116,000 with a relocation [...]
Congratulations – Folkestone & Hythe District Council For Setting Yet Another Record
They’ve done it and with two months to spare. We said they would, we knew they would and they didn’t let us down. Folkestone & Hythe District Council have [...]
Princes Parade Judicial Review Costs Rise by £10,500
On Valentine’s Day we informed you Folkestone & Hythe District Council had spent £24,126 on defending the Judicial Review regarding Princes Parade. Yesterday the [...]
More Issues With Landlord Gas Safety Records
It’s been just under four months since Gas Call Services took over the gas heating and hot water repairs and maintenance and once again issues with Landlord Gas Safety [...]
Is Airbnb A Problem in Kent?
There are just over 800,000 homes in Kent, housing a population of approx 1.6 million people. The number of Airbnb’s in Kent is 5,059 which is 0.63% of all the homes in [...]
Closet Tory Betrays Princes Parade
Updated: 11:10am 20/02/20 Last night at full Council another opportunity to stop Princes Parade presented itself. Cllr Tim Prater’s amendment (see video below) [...]
Council Tax Set to Rise By £74 On Band D Property
Tomorrow (19/02/20), Folkestone & Hythe District Council will set its Council tax rate for 2020/21. It will come as no surprise to many of you that Council tax will rise. [...]
Council Spend Twenty Four Thousand on Princes Parade Judicial Review To Date
Other peoples money, who doesn’t like spending other peoples money? So far the Council have spent a little over £24,000 with Attwell Solicitors, who are defending the [...]
Cllr Clive Goddard “relieved” he will NOT be charged for Electoral Violations
Exclusive In Oct 2019 and Jan 2020 we brought you posts about Cllr Clive Goddard (Con) (pictured), Cllr for Walland & Denge Marsh and whether he would be charged for [...]
Consultation hardly a resounding success
Not one of the four Councils of East Kent, Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone & Hythe, and Thanet received more than seventeen percent support from tenants and leaseholders [...]
Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s website does not adhere to GDPR on consent
It doesn’t surprise us, and by now it should NOT surprise you either. An investigation by the BBC Shared Data Unit proves beyond all reasonable doubt that Folkestone [...]
Otterpool Park Update: Council purchase racecourse for £26.2m, while spreading fake news across the district
Folkestone & Hythe District Council, have agreed on a price of £26.2 million to purchase Folkestone racecourse land from the Reuben Brothers company – Cozumel [...]
Hythe Anxiety
As can be seen in Private Eye Magazine, Page 16, Rotten Boroughs, Issue No 1515 7th Feb – 20 Feb 2020 We’d like to say thank you to the person/s who sent this to [...]
Cllr Ian Meyers Steps Down From Cabinet
Cllr David Monk (Con), Leader of Folkestone & Hythe District Council has asked Cllr Ian Meyers (UKIP) – Romney Marsh Ward to step down from the Cabinet. No [...]
54 Kent County Councillors fail to disclose their election expenses.
54 out of 81 Kent County Councillors are currently committing a criminal offence. This is equivalent to two-thirds of the KCC chamber (66.66%). This has been the case since [...]
Will Cllr Lesley Whybrow Release The Council’s Emissions Data?
Cllrs Lesley Whybrow (Green) and Tim Prater (Lib Dem) have accepted offers to join Cllr David Monk’s Cabinet. This elevation to a Cabinet position will bring with it a [...]
“We’re Making It Up As We Go Along”
In the last few days, the four Chief Exec’s of Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone & Hythe & Thanet Councils have been meeting with East Kent Housing staff. The four [...]
Tories Dump The Monk
Updated: @11.50am – Feb 12 2022 So the local Tory party has dumped the Monk. In a selection battle for the 2021 KCC County Elections, Cllr Monk (pictured below left) [...]
John “Buy Me A Car” Bunnett
John Bunnett (pictured) is currently Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s Corporate Director for Otterpool Park. He is the man who is able to spend the £100 [...]
Otterpool Park Update: Westenhanger Station Expansion
They haven’t told them and they haven’t told you, but then again that’s just par for the course. Once again Folkestone & Hythe District Council have [...]