otterpool park

Otterpool Park Update: East Stour river pollution puts brakes on Garden Town

July 13, 2021 // 4 Comments

Back in Oct 2020, the Stodmarsh phosphorus and nitrogen issue meant Folkestone & Hythe District Council had a planning log jam of 133 homes as a result of the updated [...]

Otterpool Park update: Borrowing, hidden soft market testing and a Dodgy man in charge

July 4, 2021 // 4 Comments

To purchase Folkestone racecourse site from the Reuben Brothers for £25 million; which included Monk’s private fishing lake, the council borrowed the money, but [...]

Ask your local Parish, Town, District County council to put heat pumps under playing fields and parks

May 8, 2021 // 0 Comments

One of the things which has come out of the pandemic is how important nature is to us all. Our green spaces have provided us with places to relax and enjoy nature at close [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Council rename Otterpool – Tebbit Town – as everyone will be on their bike

April 13, 2021 // 4 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council last night voted unanimously to change the name of the £2.9 billion Otterpool Park Garden Town to – Tebbit Town – as [...]

Otterpool Park Update: A consultation & a lack of transparency regarding the LLP

March 24, 2021 // 2 Comments

On Friday 26th March 2021, Otterpool Park LLP will hold two virtual public information and consultation events on phase one of Otterpool Park, which includes the town centre. [...]

Holbrook Griffith Developments propose 54 homes on Barrack Hill site in Hythe.

March 9, 2021 // 11 Comments

From Princes Parade in the East to Martello Lakes in the west, Hythe like other towns and villages in the district, is an area where developers like to build. Otterpool Park [...]

Stodmarsh water quality issue unresolved and puts handbrake on housing development in East Kent.

March 5, 2021 // 1 Comment

Back in July 2020 Natural England issued advice to Ashford, Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone & Hythe, Maidstone and Thanet Councils under the catchy title of – [...]

Folkestone & Hythe District Council could cut millions from its costs without cutting services

March 4, 2021 // 6 Comments

In Oct 2020, Folkestone & Hythe District Council caused dismay among local residents by announcing it would consider spending millions on a new office at Otterpool Park. [...]

Otterpool Park & Quinn Estates interest in Sellindge grows

February 13, 2021 // 1 Comment

Plans to progress Otterpool Park to a revised planning application has been underway for quite some time. As revealed by the bloggers at slurry.org.uk last [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Is It For Profit?

December 2, 2020 // 4 Comments

The fundamentals of using a Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) to deliver Otterpool, is to make it tax efficient and allow the greatest return to to the council for building [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Draft Otterpool Park Business Plan raises more questions than it answers

November 26, 2020 // 1 Comment

The Draft – Otterpool Park Business Plan is a very badly assembled document. It is a low quality document for such a high-value project (£2.7 billon). The person [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Council project £193 million profit for Otterpool

November 24, 2020 // 0 Comments

In a 54 page document, Folkestone & Hythe District Council have set out the Draft – Otterpool Park Business Plan for discussion by the Overview & Scrutiny [...]

Part 1: What do we know about John Bunnett, the man responsible for the £2.7bn Otterpool Park development

November 16, 2020 // 5 Comments

John Bunnett is the man charged with delivering the £2.7bn project we know as Otterpool Park. This development is anticipated to deliver 8,500 homes, in the first phase with [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Super fiscally attractive development designed for London overspill.

November 14, 2020 // 1 Comment

In 2010, Arena Leisure PLC who owned Folkestone Racecourse put forward the following document: The economic benefits of the redevelopment of Folkestone Racecourse The [...]

Inheritance, not work, will become the main route for home ownership in our district

November 12, 2020 // 1 Comment

In early January 2018, LUC published the Proposed Submission Sustainability Appraisal Report – Non-Technical Summary – for Folkestone & Hythe District Council. At [...]

Otterpool Park Update: The Elephant in the Room

November 3, 2020 // 4 Comments

The Otterpool Park Financial Viability Assessment (VA) assumes the development to be 100% debt financed. So having taken the time to look at the VA, and also get the views of [...]

Council release largely unredacted Otterpool Park Viability Assessment

October 28, 2020 // 1 Comment

It’s done! It’s official, Folkestone & Hythe District Council have unredacted vast swathes of information contained within the Otterpool Financial Viability [...]

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: 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 [...]

No Go or Go decision to be made in Jan 2021 on new Civic Centre at Otterpool Park

October 8, 2020 // 1 Comment

The Chief Exec of Folkestone & Hythe District Council – Dr Susan Priest, made it clear that the discussion around a new civic centre at Otterpool Park was to give [...]

Cllrs to consider potential new civic centre at Otterpool Park

October 5, 2020 // 1 Comment

Updated 06/10/20 @14:10 Location, Location, Location and the location for a potential new civic centre at Otterpool Park is to be considered by Cllrs on the Overview & [...]

Otterpool Park Update: More property purchased

September 27, 2020 // 1 Comment

While the covid-19 virus has risen and fallen and risen again, those charged with keeping Otterpool Park Garden Town – where up to 10,000 homes may be built if planning [...]

Folkestone & Hythe District Council issue £6.2 million worth of contracts bypassing normal tendering processes

August 9, 2020 // 9 Comments

£6.2 million pounds worth of contracts in 2019/20 were issued by Folkestone & Hythe District Council, using waivers and citing urgency and expediency. In total, 49 [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Land Assemby for Otterpool Park cost £37.7 million to date

August 6, 2020 // 2 Comments

On the 4th Feb 2020 it was announced Cllr Ian Meyers (UKIP) had stepped down from his Cabinet position “to allow him more time to care for family members.” [...]

Cllr Monk’s Private Fishing Lake Reaches Private Eye Magazine Courtesy of The Shepwayvox Team

July 30, 2020 // 1 Comment

Once again the Shepwayvox Team have manged to reach the coveted pages of this week’s Private Eye Magazine (No 1527, 31 July – 13 Aug 2020 page 21). This time [...]

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