Shepway District Council – ShepwayVox Dissent is not a Crime

A little bit of history about development on Folkestone harbour arm

February 13, 2025 // 0 Comments

Thirty six years ago Sea Containers Property Services Ltd– ultimately owned in the offshore tax haven of Bermuda at the time, made a planning application for housing, and a [...]

Evidence emerges of non-fire compliant doors in Folkestone & Hythe DC social housing

May 23, 2023 // 3 Comments

More than a 100 fire doors in properties owned by Folkestone & Hythe District Council from Lydd to Lyminge are non compliant according to a fire safety expert of more [...]

SAGA Enbrook site intended for future housing.

February 7, 2023 // 4 Comments

Updated: 08/02/23 @ 17:55 No doubt you’ve heard, and possibly read, SAGA is to close its Kent headquarters at Enbrook (Sandgate) due to the changes in working [...]

Is Operation Brock “illegal”?

October 6, 2022 // 2 Comments

Updated 06.10.22 @18:08 Again and again and again. The issue of traffic jams blocking up the M20 and local roads has gone on for more than two decades, and regardless of who [...]

Part 1 – Oportunitas Limited incorporated unlawfully and unconstitutionally

September 11, 2022 // 0 Comments

Oportunitas Ltd is a Housing & Regeneration Company, which begun life as long ago as 18 Dec 2013. It was first discussed at Cabinet in Report C-13-58. From the outset, [...]

Biodiversity on Royal Miltary Canal has increased for last 15 years

April 10, 2021 // 6 Comments

Twelve years prior to declaring a Climate & Ecological Emergency, in 2019, Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s Cabinet [then known as Shepway Distrct [...]

Learning from mistakes

April 6, 2021 // 5 Comments

We the Shepway Vox Team get it wrong sometimes. When we do we like to be open about our mistakes, and if necessary apologise. This is one of those ocassions where we need to [...]

The Great Saga Sell Off

December 24, 2020 // 7 Comments

Updated 29/12/20 @08:40 For legal reasons we could not bring you the posts we wanted to today. So instead we offer you this. Since the announcement of Sir Roger De Haan [...]

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 [...]

Council’s Charity want half a million for 120 Beach Huts angers tenants

November 19, 2019 // 1 Comment

The lease for the Folkestone beach huts was made between the Council and Peter Kemp in 1997, when the Lib Dems ruled the universe known as Shepway District, now Folkestone [...]

Folkestone: A step too far?

February 15, 2019 // 2 Comments

Love or loathe it, the Arch in Folkestone at the town end of the Leas has caused controversy from the moment it was born. For those of you who do not remember the arch [...]

History of Pensand House & Marlborough Court

December 26, 2018 // 1 Comment

It begins back in 1987, the year Rick Astley’s – Never Gonna Give You Up remained at No 1 for five weeks. On the 29th May 1987 a charge for a mortgage was raised from [...]

A Grand History

December 12, 2018 // 5 Comments

Between April 1981 and September 1981 the residents of the Grand made six written requests for a summary of costs for service charges to Michael Stainer (pictured circa [...]

A Victory for the Public Interest.

October 31, 2018 // 6 Comments

EXCLUSIVE Our public face sent his Environmental Information Request to the Council on the 6th Jan 2017. Yesterday 31st Oct 2018, the First Tier Tribunal (General [...]

The Horn Street Stench.

October 6, 2018 // 3 Comments

On March 24th 2015 Shepwayvox was born. It was said in the very first post, by the solitary member and writer at that time who is now, our public face, somewhere down the [...]

Record Breakers 2

April 20, 2018 // 0 Comments

Temporary Staff Costs at Folkestone & Hythe District Council have broken the million pound barrier for the first time ever. In the financial year 2017/18 they reached, [...]

Here we go again: Another nuclear burial ground?

April 11, 2018 // 3 Comments

First of all and this is very important, Don’t Panic. Folkestone & Hythe District Council (FHDC) have requested further information from the The Department for [...]

Some Nuns, a Porn Baron and Folkestone & Hythe District Council

April 9, 2018 // 6 Comments

How are a bunch of Nuns, a former Porn Baron and Folkestone & Hythe District Council [FHDC] related to each other? Land, that’s what links them. The nuns are the [...]

Incompetence? You decide.

March 31, 2018 // 6 Comments

In late November 2017 we brought you a story about the theft of a Car Park Pay and Display machine in SDC’s High Knocke Car Park. An FoI request made by our public face [...]

Congratulations Dr Priest.

March 29, 2018 // 0 Comments

Dr Susan Priest has been elected by Shepway District Council as the new Head of Paid Services and the Returning Officer (The Chief Executive). The vote was unanimous. Dr [...]

Do you need the money Sir Roger?

March 27, 2018 // 4 Comments

This evening at the Civic Centre Shepway District Council – soon to be Folkestone & Hythe District Council – Overview & Scrutiny Committee will meet [...]

Just for the record Alistair

March 25, 2018 // 3 Comments

So it is adieu to the Chief Executive Alistair Stewart (Head of Paid Services) of Shepway District Council, with a £184,000 redundancy package. He’s laughing all the [...]

Alistair’s £184,000 golden goodbye

March 24, 2018 // 6 Comments

So long, farewell Auf Wiedersehen, goodbye to Mr Alistair Stewart Chief Executive of Shepway District Council, on the 31st March. When Mr Stewart drives of into the sunset [...]

Otterpool Park update – Oh the irony.

March 18, 2018 // 1 Comment

On Thursday September 14th 2017 at 9.30am, 17 people gathered at 2 Marsham St London, the home of the Department for Housing, Communities and Local Government. The 17 [...]

Otterpool Park update

March 16, 2018 // 0 Comments

It is now known that the Otterpool Park Masterplan will come before Cabinet on March 28th for their approval. Furthermore, between May & July 2018 Consultations, [...]

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