Parking

Council’s on street car parking financial modelling proposal for raising money to plug £18m deficit, doesn’t add up.

November 15, 2023 // 0 Comments

Is it a U-turn or even a partial U-turn on the parking fiasco engulfing the new Green led Folkestone & Hythe District Council. When we last reported on this issue, on the [...]

Is the pot calling the kettle black?

November 14, 2023 // 0 Comments

Pot and kettle spring to mind. Since May 2023, the Greens & Lib Dems have formed a minority coalition, while being supported by Labour. Prior to the Greens leading [...]

Council propose parking charges in Folkestone, Hythe & New Romney high streets to plug £18.5m deficit

November 7, 2023 // 5 Comments

And due to the Tory profligacy under former leader David Monk, the new Green led administration are proposing motorists pay nearly £400,000 per year, for parking in the town [...]

Facts and Solutions to help small and start up businesses in our district.

April 7, 2023 // 4 Comments

We need a thriving district. We need a business friendly environment. We need to help businesses come here, and local start up businesses to thrive here. We need to help them [...]

Part 42: Even more Financial Irregularities

January 20, 2023 // 6 Comments

There are many residents who have expressed concern about Folkestone & Hythe District Council, spending the successful £20m Levelling Up Fund money they were awarded on [...]

From top to bottom, is the council rotten?

June 4, 2022 // 3 Comments

When an organisation such as Folkestone & Hythe District Council, fails to manage and curtail ‘financial irregularities’, ‘contract [...]

The Long Read: The Leas Pavillion – The Way Forward

October 4, 2020 // 9 Comments

Following on from “The Long Read: Is our Heritage for Ransom?” we, the Friends of the Leas Pavilion, would like to let people see how things are from our point of view [...]

Council’s On Street Parking Contract lost £600,000 in five of the last seven financial years

August 19, 2020 // 6 Comments

Here’s a shocker – for five out of the last seven financial years, On Street parking has NOT made money for Folkestone & Hythe District Council (FHDC). In [...]

Procedure to introduce a Controlled Parking Zone

June 14, 2019 // 0 Comments

On Tuesday 16/04/2019 the Overview & Scrutiny Committee met at the Civic Centre. On the agenda was the Call-in Report – Reconsideration of Decision 18/076. Officer [...]

4 NHS Trusts in Kent earn nearly £10 million from parking charges

December 27, 2018 // 0 Comments

Analysis of data published by NHS Digital in October shows that NHS trusts in Kent have made nearly £10 million in 2017-18 from parking. This does not include penalty [...]

Folkestone & Hythe District Council lose more than £130,000 in unpaid HGV PCNs

December 17, 2018 // 3 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council have failed to collect £130,643 in unpaid Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) for HGVs parked unlawfully across the district in the last [...]

Controlled Parking Zones

October 7, 2018 // 3 Comments

This is a Guest Post – the opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of the Shepwayvox Team There’s no doubt that parking can be a problem in [...]

Damian Collins MP Expenses 2016/17

November 27, 2017 // 6 Comments

Since May 2010 – to March 31st 2017, Damian Collins, MP for Folkestone & Hythe has cost the public purse £1,144,586 according to IPSA. The average amount he has [...]

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