Princes Parade

Princes Parade: Council confirm no contract with Sunningdale House Developments Ltd

July 1, 2022 // 3 Comments

Cllr Lesley Whybrow, Cabinet member for the Environment at Folkestone & Hythe District Council has confirmed that Sunningdale House Developments Ltd (SHDL) do NOT have a [...]

Princes Parade: Sunningdale House Developments filleted accounts

June 30, 2022 // 3 Comments

Princes Parade situated in Hythe, Kent, is a site of 7.4 hectares (18 acres) on this land, Folkestone & Hythe District Council wish to build a Leisure Centre and 150 [...]

Princes Parade: Sunningdale House Developments has ‘acquired’ Princes Parade & Hythe Pool site

June 25, 2022 // 4 Comments

David Richard Pownceby (pictured) has held or holds directorships in 97 companies. Companies House shows that he is, or has resided in 68 companies as a director, person of [...]

More bent council contracts? You decide.

May 15, 2022 // 2 Comments

Is it incompetence, fraud, stupidity or something else? How can contracts begin before they are even awarded? The answer of course is they can’t, as this would be a [...]

Princes Parade update: Costs rise 655% between 2014 and 2022

March 27, 2022 // 3 Comments

In January 2014 there was a review of a New Leisure Centre at Princes Parade, undertaken by Strategic Leisure Limited, for and on behalf of our Council. In May 2014, the [...]

Interest payments on Council debt costs to rise by 88% in 2022/23.

February 20, 2022 // 1 Comment

Folkestone & Hythe District Council, like all other Council’s can only borrow against future revenue streams, as legislation prohibits borrowing against capital [...]

Overview & Scrutiny can ‘follow the council pound’ to discover where the £88 million in borrowing will come from.

February 18, 2022 // 2 Comments

The Council’s Overview & Scrutiny Committee (OSC) has long been the lion which never roared. The OSC can go on site visits, conduct public surveys, hold public [...]

Council needs to borrow £88 million to push forward projects, but fail to explain from where the money will come

February 10, 2022 // 1 Comment

According to data released by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities [DLHC] the amount of borrowing by Folkestone & Hythe District Council had been [...]

Have the Council found a Magic Money Tree for their five development projects?

January 24, 2022 // 3 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council five development projects, are all subject to rising inflation, higher borrowing costs, and supply chain issues, which means costs [...]

Princes Parade: Stopping Up Order Documents released by Planning Inspector & Secretary of State

January 20, 2022 // 1 Comment

So the campaign to prevent the stopping up order of the road which will run behind the land at Princes Parade, led by KCC Cllrs Rory Love OBE and Andy Weatherhead was [...]

Council recommend Freedom Leisure to run controversial Princes Parade Leisure Centre

January 19, 2022 // 0 Comments

Updated @18:43 19/01/22 The Council have announced who their preferred operator could be for the Leisure Centre which might be built on Princes Parade. Report Number:C/21/75, [...]

Can you trust this man?

November 25, 2021 // 9 Comments

As you know Cllr David Monk – Leader of Folkestone & Hythe District Council – has got a new occupation as an Occupational Therapist and Director of K B [...]

Princes Parade Update: Costs, Contracts & Vindictive Behaviour by FHDC

November 14, 2021 // 0 Comments

On the 6 August 2018, Lesley Whybrow (pictured), before she became an elected Cllr, sent a Freedom of Information Request to the Council, relating to Princes Parade, where [...]

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity in Folkestone & Hythe District Council.

October 28, 2021 // 1 Comment

One does not have to do anything to make Folkestone & Hythe District Council look stupid or incompetent, they are quite capable of doing that all on their own. For those [...]

Council short changed town and parish councils & ignore due process and pay policy

September 30, 2021 // 1 Comment

“She’s a fcuking menace” is how one senior council officer described the Chief Executive of Folkestone & Hythe District Council, Dr Susan Priest [...]

Princes Parade Update: Council seeks Leisure Centre Operator for 10 year £23 million contract

August 26, 2021 // 5 Comments

On the 23 August, Folkestone & Hythe District Council, let it be known they are seeking to procure the services of a suitable, experienced operator in the leisure [...]

Cllr Rory Love’s application for Public Inquiry into stopping up road at Princes Parade accepted

August 18, 2021 // 3 Comments

Kent County Council Cllr Rory Love OBE (Con) (pictured) & Andy Weatherhead (Con) petition application for a public inquiry into the stopping up of the road at Princes [...]

Princes Parade Update: Badger Sett & Ecological matters set to go before Planning on 24th August.

August 17, 2021 // 2 Comments

What with the Save Princes Parade Group continuing to keep up the pressure on Folkestone & Hythe District Council with a demonstration on Sunday the 15 August, we note [...]

Further budget cuts at KCC will mean more inflation busting Council Tax increases

August 6, 2021 // 1 Comment

Like night follows day, like sunshine follows rain, the raising of Council Tax bills in Feb 2022 across all Kent district councils is inevitable due to KCC looking to plug a [...]

Council purchase more than £75 million pounds of land & property in last 5 years.

August 2, 2021 // 8 Comments

Between Jan 2015 and July 2021, Folkestone & Hythe District Council and it’s company Oportunitas Ltd have purchased seventy three pieces of land and/or property, [...]

Princes Parade: Power Corruption & Lies?

July 20, 2021 // 8 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council led by Dr Susan Priest, are in a mess, the Veolia Waste Contract Fiasco, Broken Links preventing inspection of accounts and [...]

Save Princes Parade Campaign missed glaring opportunity to win Judicial Review

June 15, 2021 // 14 Comments

One has to wonder about the ability of some of those involved in the Save Princes Parade Campaign. It’s clear they missed an opportunity that was so glaringly obvious, [...]

Senior Council Officers and Cllrs rewarded handsomely for losing public purse tens of thousands of pounds

May 19, 2021 // 4 Comments

Between them they have lost the public purse tens of thousands of pounds and failed to keep the publication scheme up to date. The publication scheme aims to make the maximum [...]

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 [...]

And yes, they get paid well to respond badly to information requests

April 25, 2021 // 7 Comments

Updated: 27/04/21 – @ 10:16 Make ’em laugh, Make ’em laugh. Don’t you know everyone wants to laugh? (Ha ha!). We and our public face – who is [...]

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