Reuben Brothers

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 [...]

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: 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 [...]

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 [...]

Otterpool Park Update: It’s Official. Folkestone & Hythe District Council Now Own The Racecourse

July 3, 2020 // 2 Comments

Updated: 26/10/20 @12:40 It’s official. Folkestone & Hythe District Council now own Folkestone racecourse, according to the land registry. The deal has taken close [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Council set up two new companies to deliver the project and land registry docs show deal to buy racecourse still not completed.

April 30, 2020 // 2 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council have set up two companies which will look after the delivery of the 10,000 homes Otterpool Park development. The first company [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Council purchase racecourse for £26.2m, while spreading fake news across the district

February 6, 2020 // 1 Comment

Folkestone & Hythe District Council, have agreed on a price of £26.2 million to purchase Folkestone racecourse land from the Reuben Brothers company – Cozumel [...]

Cllrs Under Criminal Investigation By Kent Police for Leaking Commercially Sensitive Information

January 19, 2020 // 5 Comments

Exclusive A handful of Folkestone & Hythe District Cllrs are under criminal investigation by Kent Police; for leaking the commercially sensitive information about how [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Govt award £580,000 of funding for Otterpool Park

January 14, 2020 // 1 Comment

£580,000 worth of government cash has been allocated to deliver up to 10,000 homes at Otterpool Park, the Government have announced this morning. This fresh cash, announced [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Council Offer £25 million to purchase Racecourse from Reuben Brothers

January 11, 2020 // 3 Comments

Exclusive Folkestone & Hythe District Council have received a valuation of between £22 – 36 million pounds for the land owned by the Reuben Brothers company, [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Council Make £26 million Offer To Buy Reuben Brothers Land

January 5, 2020 // 4 Comments

Exclusive Folkestone & Hythe District Council Corporate Director for Place and Commercial – John Bunnett (pictured), was in Nov 2019 given the green light to begin [...]

Otterpool Park update: Council spends £5.1 million on property in 2019

December 6, 2019 // 2 Comments

At the annual MIPIM property conference in Cannes in March of this year, the Department for International Trade (DIT) revealed the investment opportunity – Otterpool [...]

Otterpool Park Update. Council need £100 million to deliver project

November 13, 2019 // 3 Comments

Report Number C/19/23 which goes before Folkestone & Hythe District Council Cabinet on the 20th Nov 2019, makes the case that cabinet should recommend to Council that [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Ten Cllrs Champion High Quality Outcomes for Reuben Brothers & Council

November 3, 2019 // 6 Comments

Ten district Cllrs from all parties met behind closed doors at the inaugural Otterpool Park Working Group (OPWG), on the 7th Oct 2019. They were there to discuss how they [...]

Otterpool Park update

September 29, 2019 // 2 Comments

The Otterpool Park land assembly continues at pace. This time it is Cozumel Estates Ltd BVI the Council’s co-developer partner who have been in the market to purchase [...]

F&HDC know the price of everything and the value of nothing

July 10, 2019 // 0 Comments

It’s absolutely phenomenal. The value of Princes Parade, Hythe has risen dramatically. In March 2018, the land was worth a maximum of £80,000. After Princes Parade [...]

“Confused.com”

April 23, 2019 // 1 Comment

I am confused. The Folkestone & Hythe Labour Party have stated on the record that their policy towards Princes Parade & Otterpool Park is: Labour are opposed to the [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Some flesh on the bones.

March 15, 2019 // 4 Comments

EXCLUSIVE – updated 17:00 The joint developers of the Otterpool Park master-plan – Folkestone & Hythe District Council & Cozumel Estates BVI – [...]

Otterpool Park Update:

February 28, 2019 // 3 Comments

In early December 2018 we informed you the Folkestone & Hythe District Council purchased The Willows within the Otterpool Park Boundary, on the A20 between Barrow Hill [...]

Otterpool Park to come before planning by end of February

February 20, 2019 // 1 Comment

Cllr David Monk (pictured) at this evening’s full council – 20th Feb 2019 – announced that an outline planning application for 8,500 homes to be constructed [...]

Otterpool Park Update: £1.25 million, a £90 grand contract and registering a right of way.

February 14, 2019 // 2 Comments

We revealed in our last Otterpool Park post two days ago, the overall amount of money for the Otterpool Park development will be circa £2.8 billion. It’s nice to [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Council have signed two option to purchase land agreements with Sellindge farmers & Price Brothers signed option with Cozumel Estates.

September 27, 2018 // 3 Comments

EXCLUSIVE: Updated 17:30 Sat 29th Sept The Shepwayvox Team can reveal that Folkestone & Hythe District Council (F&HDC) have signed two option to purchase agreements [...]

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