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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 [...]
Shepway Green Party
Use the Clean Air Act 1993 to study air pollution and child asthma link in our district
Air pollution does NOT discriminate. We all need to breathe. Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s Air Quality Report 2020 states: Air pollution is associated [...]
£8,640 Investigation into Cllr is waste of money as Code of Conduct is toothless tiger.
On May 6th 2021, the electorate in the Folkestone & Hythe District are being asked to attend a local polling station to vote for one of twenty four candidates, standing [...]
Biodiversity on Royal Miltary Canal has increased for last 15 years
Twelve years prior to declaring a Climate & Ecological Emergency, in 2019, Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s Cabinet [then known as Shepway Distrct [...]
How Princes Parade & Otterpool Park can educate us all.
The Clean Air Act 1993 is an amazing piece of legislation. It’s under utilised by those on our Council, who could use it to much greater effect to educate and inform us [...]
Shepway Green Party Cllrs under active investigation for breaking the law
Updated 20/01/21 @09:55 Historic England have began an investigation into elected Shepway Green Party Cllrs Jim Martin, Lesley Whybrow, and Georgina Treloar, who sit on [...]
Council & Cabinet Member for the Environment fail to consult on Carbon Action Plan
On May 2nd 2019, one felt that a new dawn had arrived in local politics within our district when six Labour Cllrs, five Green Cllrs and two Lib Dems were elected to the [...]
Shepway Green Party misinformation about Royal Military Canal
Updated: 17/03/21 @08:40 Charles Dickens put it most aptly when he said “Now, what I want is Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted [...]
Folkestone & Hythe District Council breaking Environmental Law
New evidence has emerged which shows Folkestone & Hythe District Council are in clear breach of environmental law and in particular the Environmental Permitting (England [...]
Actions must speak louder than words if we are to protect our wonderful environment.
On the 2nd May 2019, residents of the district elected five members of the Shepway Green Party. This is a party which alleges to be committed to improving our environment [...]
The Irony of Princes Parade
Isn’t life ironic! The Cabinet member responsible for the Environment at Folkestone & Hythe District Council has had to resort to sending in a Freedom of [...]
Council award £2.5 million pound contract to BAM Construction to begin development of Princes Parade Liesure Centre
On the 13th Nov 2019, the Princes Parade Business Plan went before Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s Cabinet. The Business Plan was set out in Report Number [...]
Abramovich’s lieutenants issue s21 eviction notices to tenants at Marlbrough Court, Hythe.
On the 25th Sept 2018, we made it clear Pensand House and Marlborough Court, South Rd, Hythe was purchased by Roman Abramovich, via a complicated offshore arrangement back in [...]
Greenie grumbler to step down at next KCC election
On Thursday 2nd May 2013, Martin Edward Whybrow (Green) (pictured) was elected with 1,659 votes to Kent County Council Hythe Ward. He beat Cllr David Drury Monk (Con) who [...]
Hythe Town Council’s £50,000 deficit and the failed double glazing salesman wins Princes Parade battle
It’s got messy, but then there always was the possibility it would. The Save Princes Parade has lost its latest and last appeal, while Hythe Town Council’s [...]
Napier Barracks Welcome Meeting: Council Officers march with “right wing extremist organisations”
Kent Refugee Action Network, who organised the welcome meeting for asylum seekers at Napier Barracks, Folkestone, today the 17th Oct, was attended by 200 plus people. They [...]
No Go or Go decision to be made in Jan 2021 on new Civic Centre at Otterpool Park
The Chief Exec of Folkestone & Hythe District Council – Dr Susan Priest, made it clear that the discussion around a new civic centre at Otterpool Park was to give [...]
Princes Parade: Will Oaklands Surgery get that £151,200 CIL money?
Updated 23/09/20 Regardless of one’s personal position on Princes Parade, one thing should be perfectly clear and that’s the cost of the legal fees spent by [...]
Where is the 2020 Air Quality Report?
So the 2019 Air Quality report has been released. This though informs us about the air quality in 2018. However, we ask Folkestone & Hythe District Council, and the [...]
Raw sewage flowed into our rivers in 2019 and Shepway Green Party remain silent.
Yesterday, The Shepway Green Party announced that Cllr Rebecca Tamsin Shoob (Green Party) (pictured) has accepted a place on the Ottepool Park LLP In 2019/20 Cllr Shoob [...]
Shepway Green Party Flatter to Deceive
On the 12th June 2020, The Shepway Green Party stated on their website the following: We cannot stop Otterpool and it would be dishonest to pretend that we could. Indeed, the [...]
Otterpool Park Update: Cllr Jim Martin “Shocked” Council appoint Tibbalds using a waiver for phase 1 of the Otterpool Park, at a cost of £120,000.
At a behind closed doors meeting of the Otterpool Working Group in April, an officer of the Council let slip that Tibbalds had been appointed as consultants to prepare [...]
Changes afoot to Overview & Scrutiny are decided behind closed doors continuing the lack of Openness & Transparency.
We have long said the effectiveness of the Overview & Scrutiny Committee (O&S) has been unacceptable and that it has been the lion which never roared. It has been a [...]
Felled By Silence
Updated 24th May with full response from landowner which can be found here ⇒ Willow Wood Response On the 21st May 2019 the Forestry Commission (FC) granted permission to [...]
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.
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 [...]