Shepway Green Party

Green cabinet member Stephen Scoffham’s clean-air blind spot in Folkestone & Hythe: no PM2.5/PM10 monitoring, no Smoke Control Areas

December 2, 2025 // 0 Comments

A familiar winter scene in Folkestone & Hythe is the smell of smoke hanging in the still air — sometimes cosy, sometimes cloying, sometimes downright intrusive. [...]

Green-Led Folkestone & Hythe Council Falling Short on Climate Action

October 15, 2025 // 0 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council has joined the call for Westminster to pass the Climate and Nature Bill. That is welcome symbolism. But the council’s own climate [...]

Hythe Tops UK Wood Burner Pollution Charts: Green Party Accused of Environmental Hypocrisy

July 31, 2025 // 4 Comments

A recent investigation by the ShepwayVox team has revealed that Hythe—one of the Green Party’s strongholds in Folkestone & Hythe District—has the highest [...]

Green Hypocrisy: Hythe Tops Charts for Wood Burner Pollution

April 18, 2025 // 3 Comments

New analysis from University College London has laid bare a sharp hypocrisy at the heart of Folkestone & Hythe District: Hythe, the political stronghold of the Shepway [...]

Seven-Year Wait for Affordable Homes, But Finally They Arrive

March 9, 2025 // 1 Comment

After a mere seven-year wait, the Council has finally managed to get their hands on a whopping nine affordable homes and five shared ownership properties on the land at [...]

Green led Council – Supported By Lib Dems & Reform – Deepen Residents Suffering

March 6, 2025 // 3 Comments

The situation facing residents of Folkestone & Hythe District led by Cllr Jim Martin (pictured) and his Green led administration is nothing short of a disgrace. A closer [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Proposed Solar Farm company will milk profit from sunshine and send it to one of the most notable tax havens in the world

February 8, 2025 // 0 Comments

Making money from Solar energy is big business. Folkestone & Hythe Cabinet on Wednesday 12 February, will discuss the approval and recommendations to accept SNRG Ltd as [...]

Budget: Green & Lib Dem Councillors deliver above inflation price rises and the highest Council Tax in Kent

February 29, 2024 // 6 Comments

So the Greens have set their first budget, with the help of the Lib Dems. The vote to implement their budget on Wednesday 28 February 2024, at Full Council was: 13 For [...]

Is the pot calling the kettle black?

November 14, 2023 // 0 Comments

Pot and kettle spring to mind. Since May 2023, the Greens & Lib Dems have formed a minority coalition, while being supported by Labour. Prior to the Greens leading [...]

New Green led Council abandons election pledge to build more affordable Council homes

October 24, 2023 // 7 Comments

The Council are looking to sell land once earmarked for 30 Council homes at Highview Moat Farm Rd Folkestone, to a private developer, meaning only 7 homes will be [...]

Green led FHDC is failing to comply with Environmental Protection Act 1990 says auditor.

September 6, 2023 // 3 Comments

Updated: 8 Sept 2023 @10:25am Damning evidence in an independent Audit report concludes that Folkestone & Hythe District Council, a Green led council, is failing in its [...]

Otterpool Park update: Amnesia strikes Cllrs

June 20, 2023 // 6 Comments

There are moments when Cllrs suffer from amnesia. In fact, they sometimes invent facts which hold no truth in reality whatsoever. One such example is Cllr Jennifer [...]

High Knocke Dymchurch, do we need the 132 homes given there is “massive oversupply” of housing, says leader of the Council

May 29, 2023 // 2 Comments

This is the story, or rather the continuation of the story about the planning application for 132 Homes at High Knocke Dymchurch. This application is set to go before the [...]

Princes Parade saved, but Council deficit magically increases by £2m.

May 25, 2023 // 21 Comments

Before we begin our report by our public face, who attended the Annual General Meeting of Folkestone & Hythe District Council meeting last night, 24 May 2023, which saw [...]

To be or not to be, that is the question.

May 15, 2023 // 2 Comments

It was often said of the last Tory led administration of Folkestone & Hythe District Council, they did things to us, rather than with us. But will this new administration [...]

Climate & Ecological Emergency motion was not referred to committee or priced,

May 12, 2023 // 8 Comments

How much has it cost? Well the honest answer is nobody knows, as it was never priced. Nor did the Council’s Overview & Scrutiny Committee discuss the best way [...]

Otterpool Park Update: A brief history of the political parties stance on the development

May 10, 2023 // 13 Comments

It is funny how political parties are prepared to do spectacular u-turns. This is true of all parties at national and local level. Regarding the Otterpool Park [...]

Irony & Solutions

April 28, 2023 // 1 Comment

Saying one thing and doing another is something our local Tories are good at. Let me explain, Recently I received a Tory leaflet through my door, as I suspect have many of [...]

Domestos: We’re 99.9% sure Folkestone & Hythe residents will have highest council tax for twentieth year in a row.

January 12, 2023 // 4 Comments

It’s like Domestos, we can only be 99.9% certain that Folkestone & Hythe District Council will have the highest Council Tax of any district in Kent for the [...]

Biggins Wood receives £1.15 Grant funding but questions remain

October 22, 2021 // 1 Comment

Dr Susan Priest said the land at Biggins Wood – Cheriton was “contaminated“. Andy Jarrett said the land at Biggins Wood – Cheriton was [...]

Historic England to take no action against Cllrs for unauthorised works on Royal Military Canal

July 16, 2021 // 1 Comment

On March 19th we informed you that Shepway Green Party Cllrs were under investigation by Historic England, for committing an offence which breached s2 of the Ancient [...]

Yes, No, Yes, No, and that’s official.

May 25, 2021 // 4 Comments

According to a member of the public and the Cabinet Member for the Environment, Cllr Lesley Whybrow (Green), Folkestone & Hythe District Council have allegedly sprayed [...]

More double faults served up at Hythe Lawn Tennis Club

May 11, 2021 // 6 Comments

Following our Long Read last month detailing a ‘turning circle’ installed by Hythe Lawn Tennis Club without planning permission, Folkestone & Hythe District Council [...]

Ex Mayor gets Dick out.

May 7, 2021 // 6 Comments

Ex Mayor of Folkestone Cllr Jackie Meade (Lab) May 2019/May20 ousted incumbent Kent County Council Tory Cllr Dick Pascoe, and took the Folkestone East seat in the KCC [...]

Good journalism changes things

April 30, 2021 // 2 Comments

They give the impression of being in office but not in power. Both of them sit on Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s cabinet; and both receive allowances in [...]

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