National Planning Policy Framework

Historic England Says Scrap 291 Homes Beside Hythe’s Royal Military Canal

October 7, 2026 // 0 Comments

Historic England has delivered an unusually blunt warning over Planning Application 26/1290/FH for up to 291 homes at the Hythe Imperial Hotel and golf course beside the [...]

Draft NPPF 2025 Explained: What’s Changed Since 2024 and What It Means for Planning Decisions, Housing Numbers and the Green Belt

December 24, 2025 // 0 Comments

Yes — we know you love it. We know you wanted it under the Christmas tree. And the Government, in the spirit of festive excess, has delivered: a brand-new Draft National [...]

Council Temporary Accommodation costs at highest levels ever

January 22, 2025 // 0 Comments

The reality of the figures published by Folkestone & Hythe District Council in their payment to suppliers data shows incontrovertibly the cost of housing people in [...]

Folkestone Harbour & Seafront Development: How did we get here.

April 20, 2024 // 1 Comment

The hoha around the seafront development continues. Regardless of where one stands on the issue of the Folkestone Harbour & Seafront being developed, one must look back [...]

Part 2 – Princess Royal ‘evidence of deliberate neglect’ emerges

March 1, 2022 // 6 Comments

The Outline Demolition Plan prepared by Harding Bond, dated 10th August 2016 and referred to in the Fairhurst Report in the latest application 22/0109/FH to demolish the [...]

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 Seafront Development: The Trees Are All Gone

April 13, 2021 // 3 Comments

It would seem once again that site activity within the Seafront Development area has raised both eyebrows and concerns. If you didn’t visit the area at the right moment, [...]

“Technical Issues” prevented Tontine Street Viability Assessment from being published says Council

November 6, 2020 // 3 Comments

In Feb 2019, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government published a new and revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) At Para 57 of the new and revised [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Release the unredacted Viability Assessment

October 8, 2020 // 2 Comments

While transparency reduces corruption, good governance goes beyond transparency in achieving openness. Openness means involving residents and other stakeholders in the [...]

Where’s The Money & Where’s The Data?

July 13, 2020 // 1 Comment

One man’s transparency is another’s humiliation; and once again Folkestone & Hythe District Council humiliate themselves for NOT being transparent. According to the [...]

The Long Read: That motion and a little about financial viability assessments.

April 16, 2018 // 1 Comment

At last Thursday’s (12th April) extraordinary Hythe Town Council meeting at Hythe Town Council, agenda item 4 was to discuss Planning Application Y17/1042/SH – [...]

SDC draft consultation Places & Policies Local Plan open for comments

February 14, 2018 // 0 Comments

So the draft consultation Places & Policies Local Plan local is now open for you to comment on (closes March 5th 2018). Shepway District Council’s (SDC) draft [...]

David v Goliath A Judicial Review Part 2

January 30, 2018 // 2 Comments

Updated: 10.20am Shepway District Council instructed the boutique law firm of Solicitors – Linda S Russell (pictured) who specialise in planning and property in their [...]

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