Shepway District Council – Page 6 – ShepwayVox Dissent is not a Crime

Have Shepway District Council Bought A Pig In A Poke for £1.5 million? You decide.

May 28, 2017 // 2 Comments

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

May 24, 2017 // 1 Comment

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.

May 21, 2017 // 4 Comments

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.

May 19, 2017 // 3 Comments

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?

May 12, 2017 // 2 Comments

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.

May 7, 2017 // 1 Comment

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

May 3, 2017 // 2 Comments

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?

April 30, 2017 // 1 Comment

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.

April 26, 2017 // 5 Comments

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 [...]

Shepway District Council’s Empty Homes Scandal.

April 23, 2017 // 4 Comments

Yesterday over 500 people gathered in Hythe to demonstrate against the concreting over of Shepway. Yet what stood out to me were two ladies, with placards telling us [...]

When the Facts Change, I Change My Mind. What Do You Do?

April 21, 2017 // 1 Comment

“When the facts change, I change my mind” said John Maynard Keynes. Well the facts have changed. What we thought we knew about the Otterpool Park development has [...]

Cllr David Drury Monk’s Lie About Otterpool Park.

March 31, 2017 // 6 Comments

On the 22nd June 2016, The Looker published an interview with Cllr David Drury Monk where he is quoted as saying about Otterpool Park : ‘I am really excited by this [...]

Cllr “Dodgy David” Monk & A Planning Application. You Decide.

March 29, 2017 // 9 Comments

On Febuary 28th 2017 at the civic centre Cllrs met to vote on planning issues. One of the planning applications to be decided upon that evening was Y16/0623/SH: Little [...]

The Long Read: Princes Parade & Dubious Contracts. You Decide.

March 26, 2017 // 5 Comments

It has been reported to the Shepwayvox Team from both internal and external sources that Shepway District Council’s policy and procedures as laid down in their contract [...]

Where’s the Money? Where’s the Report?

March 24, 2017 // 6 Comments

Shepway District Council’s on street parking has only ever made a surplus twice since 2008/09. It’s off street parking since 2013/14 has made SDC £1,373,000. [...]

Shepway District Council Councillors Expenses & Allowances, April 1st 2012 – Dec 31st 2016.

March 22, 2017 // 3 Comments

We have followed on from the theme of all KCC Cllrs expenses & allowances with all Shepway District Council Cllrs expenses and allowances claims for April 1st 2012 [...]

Otterpool Park Update

March 19, 2017 // 3 Comments

Arcadis Consulting (UK) Ltd , formerly Hyder Consulting (UK) Ltd are the Masterplanning and Project Management Team chosen to bring together the masterplan for Otterpool [...]

Abuse of Power by Shepway District Council. You decide.

March 3, 2017 // 2 Comments

On Tuesday March 7th Shepway District Council’s elected Cabinet will convene to discuss Otterpool Park behind closed doors. We believe that SDC are acting beyond [...]

SDC pay £1.5 Million to a Convicted Criminal for 10 Acres of Land.

February 25, 2017 // 5 Comments

Adrian Kirby (Pictured) a former UK waste disposal operator and onetime member of the prestigious Guards Polo Club who illegally conspired to spy on his environmental [...]

All For The Sake of Profit

February 24, 2017 // 1 Comment

“We do not play politics with pensions” said Cllr Susan Carey (pictured) at full council on Wednesday 22nd February. Cllr Carey was responding to a question put [...]

SDC Made £2.6 million in Six Years from Parking Charge Notices.

February 22, 2017 // 1 Comment

Have you ever got a parking charge notice (PCN) (pictured)? Have you paid it within the week and got the 50% discount? Have you fought it and won or lost? Our Public face has [...]

” Probably Carcinogenic to Humans.”

February 16, 2017 // 1 Comment

The World Health Organisation says it probably causes cancer in humans. It has been banned outright in countries as diverse as the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, [...]

Council Pays Tax Dodgers Thousands

February 12, 2017 // 2 Comments

Shepway District Council (SDC) continue to use HR Go a temporary staff recruitment agency based in West Terrace (pictured); which is alleged by The Guardian to be involved, [...]

Japanese Knotweed & Princes Parade

February 6, 2017 // 3 Comments

Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica) (pictured) is one of the most invasive species in the world. Japanese Knotweed is a real thug as it spreads rapidly. The Environment [...]

We Don’t Believe You Any More

February 4, 2017 // 2 Comments

This is an antidote – not a perfect one – to the alternative facts being spun by Shepway District Council about Otterpool Park, The Lorry Park, Princes Parade, [...]

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