The Long Read: Hythe Tennis Club no planning permission for car park extension
When is a turning area for vehicles not a turning area for vehicles? When it’s a “car park extension”. On 22 March, Hythe Lawn Tennis Club put up [...]
Planning
Princes Parade: £50,000 Planning Consultancy Support Contract
On the 24th March Folkestone & Hythe District Council placed an advert for another contract for Princes Parade. The expression of interest for this contract ends today [...]
Otterpool Park Update: A consultation & a lack of transparency regarding the LLP
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. [...]
A Rewd Development for Hythe?
Back in September 2018, we reported that Rewd Ltd had bought the Smiths Medical site in Hythe, better known to many as the former Portex factory. Tomorrow, (Tuesday 23rd) [...]
Folkestone Seafront Development gets curiouser and curiouser says Alice
Updated 05/02/21 07:10am Here’s a curious thing. The reserved matters planning application for the first building (Plot B) of the Folkestone Seafront Development [...]
Southern Way: Another developer says he’s poor and can’t afford affordable housing
It is quite possible that Folkestone & Hythe District Council are learning from their mistakes, as they have again reopened a planning consultation for Southern Way [...]
A sequel with a burger by the sea.
So three applications before the planning committee tonight Dec 15th. One is a sequel, another is for a well know burger chain and last is an application by a local Tory [...]
Hythe Town Council’s £50,000 deficit and the failed double glazing salesman wins Princes Parade battle
It’s got messy, but then there always was the possibility it would. The Save Princes Parade has lost its latest and last appeal, while Hythe Town Council’s [...]
Otterpool Park Update: Is It For Profit?
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 [...]
Folkestone & Hythe District Council Planning department IS bad for your health.
Planning and Planning Decisions have long excited passions, so much so that one applicant who failed to get permission from Folkestone & Hythe District Council [...]
The Long Read: 52-54 Guildhall Street and other tales of “Technical Issues”
Following our ‘more tales of the unexpected’ piece in September, which briefly mentioned the gap in the streetscape at 52-54 Guildhall Street owned by Brian James Parry [...]
He’s a very naughty boy!
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, [...]
Tontine Street: Further issues emerge with planning application
The first law of holes states: “if you find yourself in a hole, stop digging“. Unfortunately, Folkestone & Hythe District Council Planning department do not [...]
Cheriton Sports Ground: Running on Water?
You may remember an application being submitted by Folkestone Running Club during Christmas 2018 to build a running track on Cheriton Sports Ground. Running Track – [...]
Council release largely unredacted Otterpool Park Viability Assessment
It’s done! It’s official, Folkestone & Hythe District Council have unredacted vast swathes of information contained within the Otterpool Financial Viability [...]
Planning permission for 86-88 Tontine Street was unlawful
Last night (20th Oct) six Cllrs stuck two fingers up to the courts, as did planning officers of Folkestone & Hythe District Council. Cllrs considered planning application [...]
The Long Read: The Leas Pavillion – The Way Forward
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 [...]
Otterpool Park Update: More property purchased
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 [...]
The Long Read: Is our heritage for ransom?
Updated 03/10/20 @9:48 After a decade of neglect and uncertainty and a 5-year campaign by Friends of the Leas Pavilion (FLP), the Leas Pavilion is finally looking set to be [...]
Cllr Goddard Recuses Himself & Other Planning Matters
So, Cllr Clive Goddard, Chairman of Folkestone & Hythe Planning Committee recused himself and did not vote on either of the planning applications related to the Royal [...]
Is Cllr Clive Goddard committing a criminal offence?
It is simple, so so simple yet he has failed to comply. A discosable pecuniary interest (DPI) is set out in Chapter 7 of the Localism Act 2011 and in the secondary [...]
Kingston Homes want to develop The land on the north side of Station Rd, Hythe, Kent
Kingston Homes have made public a document seeking consultation with the public (As of Aug 2020) for the development of the land on the north side of Station Road, Hythe, [...]
Something is Rotten in the District of Folkestone & Hythe
There’s more to this than meets the eye. Yes the facts surrounding the Leo Griggs Royal Victoria Site gets murkier. Not only has the site been closed by the Health [...]
The Long Read: Planning excites passion.
Planning has always been the hottest of all local government topics. It’s the one most likely to stir the passions of local people and yet no sooner have those passions [...]
Exclusive: Kent County Council’s response to Govt Free port Consultation revealed
The Shepwayvox Team have managed to get hold of Kent County Council’s response to the Government’s consultation on a proposed new Free port policy. It can be [...]