Do Shepway District Council Own Oportunitas Ltd? Maybe Not.
In an FOI request made by our public face to Shepway District Council (SDC), the response was a little strange. The request was simple: Please provide me with all [...]
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The Otterpool Spin
Andy Jarratt, (pictured) Head of Strategic Development Projects at Shepway district Council was interviewed on Radio Kent, broadcast 15 June 2017 about the possible Otterpool [...]
Risks Which Cannot Be Sensibly Ignored.
Risk is a clear and present danger. There is a risk that Shepway District Council (sdc) have bought a pig in a poke with regards to Biggins Wood (Cheriton) There is a risk [...]
The Long Read: Biggins Wood Site Part 2 – Profit Before Risk?
At full council on Wednesday 14th June 2017, Cllr Mary Lawes (pictured) asked the following question to Cllr Clive Goddard, Chairman of the Planning & Licensing Committee [...]
Otterpool Park Update
So Shepway District Council have announced the dates for the next series of community engagement sessions for Otterpool Park will take place between the Thursday 22nd and [...]
Shepway District Council’s Draft Statement of Accounts 16/17 Is A Mixed Bag.
Naughty, naughty, Shepway District Council (SDC) has been naughty. The annual inspection_of the Accounts 2016-2017 where you the members of the public can inspect the [...]
The Long Read: Biggins Wood Site – Cheriton – Part 1
Two geo-technical reports regarding the Biggins Wood site (Cheriton) – owned by Shepway District Council (SDC) have been produced. The first in Oct 2010 and the [...]
Private landlords get more than £6.7 million in housing benefit from taxpayer, says Shepway District Council.
Housing, it’s all about housing. Shepway District Council wish to allow 26,292 new houses to be built in the district between now and 2030/35. That’s a 54% [...]
19 Castle Hill Avenue Part 3
Oportunitas Ltd a company 100% owned by Shepway District Council, has as you may or may not know, purchased 19 Castle Hill Avenue for £1.2 million pounds on the 19th May [...]
Y16/0866/SH Redlynch House, Hythe. How Does It End?
On April 26th our Public Face, brought you the the blog post below (while standing for election for KCC). Today at the Planning & Licensing Committee (7pm) we’ll [...]
Have Shepway District Council Bought A Pig In A Poke for £1.5 million? You decide.
Shepway District Council (SDC) purchased the Biggins Wood brownfield site in Cheriton for £1.5 million from Biggins Wood Homes Limited (ultimate owner Ravensbourne [...]
19 Castle Hill Avenue Part 2
A little over a year ago, the Shepwayvox Team brought you a story about 19 Castle Hill Avenue, (pictured) we informed you that Shepway District Council (SDC) had invested [...]
An Open Assault On Democracy By Damian Collins & His Party.
On 26 May 2016: Damian Collins MP (pictured) voted in favour of repealing the Human Rights Act 1998. Damian is one of candidates standing for election in the [...]
£102 million pounds of Unaudited Accounts & A £17k Pay Rise for the Chief Executive.
The Chief Executive of Shepway District Council (SDC), Mr. Alistair Stewart (pictured) earned – minus extras such as pensions payments – the following between [...]
Otterpool Park, Who Is Paying the Bills?
Simon & David Reuben dropped to No 3 in the Sunday Times Rich List 2017. However, their £14 billion pound fortune did rise by £900 million since 2016. It is a strange [...]
SDC Plugging the Funding Gap with Property Investments.
Oportunitas Ltd purchased 82 and 84 Leyburne Road Dover Kent CT16 1SH (pictured) for the sum of £810,000 according to the land registry on Dec 21st 2016. Shepway [...]
Business Rates & Council Tax Issues In Shepway
When the Roger De Haan Charitable Trust (RDHCT) and the Creative Foundation (CF) have problems paying their Council Tax, then you know something is wrong (it was [...]
What the hell else have they got to offer people?
In the fortnight after Prince Harry announced that he had suffered from mental health problems it’s emerged that Shepway has an above the average anti-depressant [...]
Dodgy Dave At It Again? I’ll Leave You To Decide That.
Geoff Miles (pictured) – co-owner Maidstone TV Studio & Chair of the Kent & Medway Economic Partnership, was according to the KM Kent Business the fourth most [...]