The Grand’s empty chair
Yet again, leaseholders of the Grand turned up in numbers at Folkestone Magistrates Court on January 31st for the third and final day of the Property Tribunal hearing. They [...]
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The Long Read: Otterpool Park Update.
Shepway District Council in report C-17-76 – Delivering Otterpool Park – make it clear at Para 1.3 that there is now a 3rd major party interested in securing [...]
David Wimble – land of make believe – Part 3
Thank you, to each and every one of you who wrote to the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) about David Wimble‘s (pictured) claim that the Looker website online [...]
Secrets breed mistrust Sir Roger.
Secrecy can be a nasty practice with people often keeping secrets for all the wrong reasons. Secrets breed mistrust. Today we understand a representative or representatives [...]
David v Goliath. A Judicial Review.
On Thursday the 25th January at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, at The Queen’s Bench Planning Division, an application for a judicial review will be heard [...]
Something is rotten in the district of Shepway – Part 3
Updated: 18 Feb 2018 – see end of post for update Cllr Peter Gane (pictured) spoke against it, local resident Mr Gordon Banks spoke against it and Shepway District [...]
The silence of the Stainers?
Updated May 18 2021 @ 09:10am We understand that the witness statements in the forthcoming case between Mr & Mrs Stainer (pictured) and David Hammond of CR Childs of [...]
Shepway District Council to consider selling Folkestone Indoor Bowls Site.
Shepway District Council (SDC) are considering selling off Folkestone Indoor Bowls Centre on Cheriton Road Folkestone. It is understood that two offers to purchase the site [...]
£3.6 Million set aside for more land at Otterpool.
According to documents released at the Overview and Scrutiny Committee (page 78) last night, Tuesday 16th Jan, a further £3,675,000 has been set aside for land [...]
£971,000 And Rising
It’s like watching a car crash happen in slow motion. The Bed & Breakfast Figures are creeping ever so slowly towards breaking the £1 million pound barrier for the [...]
GP Patient Numbers Grow & Where’s The Money From the Developments?
The events which led up to the closure of the Folkestone East Family Practice (FEFP) (pictured) was a realisation that the practice was struggling to cope with the volume of [...]
Mr Stainer’s “Talent for Telling Stories”
Xmas is always a busy time for Michael Stainer (pictured below), quite apart from making sure the Grand provides its usual range of activities for the festive season. As the [...]
Speculative Discussions.
Channel Ports Ltd & Stop 24 are in ongoing speculative discussions about extending the Lorry Park at Stop 24 by another 300 places. It currently has space for 200 [...]
What We Mean When We Say “The Council”
After 3 years of writing about Shepway District Council and its policies and plans we thought it might be useful to say what we mean when we say “the Council“. [...]
Otterpool Park Update
It would appear that the Otterpool Park development has now been given a planning application number. Y17/0183/SH received pre-planning application advice from Shepway [...]
Money, Money, Money
I work all night I work all day to pay the bills I have to pay, ain’t it sad And still there never seems to be, a single penny left for me, that’s too bad; so say [...]
Cost & Usage of Shepway Libraries April 14 – Mar 17
Over the next couple of months KCC will be looking at ways of reducing their budget by £76.4 million. It is clear that Libraries, like all other areas KCC fund may have to [...]
Rough Sleepers, B & B Costs and that lie by Cllr David Monk.
So it’s a record Shepway District Council should not be proud of. The number of rough sleepers has hit their highest levels ever in the district. This was announced at [...]
The Lion Which Never Roared
Between April – June 17, One in Five calls from the public went unanswered by Shepway District Council (SDC). In other words 20% of SDC’s customers were not [...]
The Long Read: Could Computer Algorithms & Robots Run SDC More Effectively & Efficiently?
At the start of April 2016 Shepway District Council (SDC) employed 385 people; by March 2017 this had slightly reduced to 374. SDC will soon be in a position where it will [...]
New Car Parking Charges Deferred
Cllr Rory Love (pictured) was first elected in May 1987 for the Folkestone Harvey Ward. He was elected with 1001 votes, on a turnout of 41.5%. Cllr Love is currently Cllr for [...]
UPDATED:Clear As Mud
Why is nothing easy when it comes to local councils and especially parking. We could have easily splashed the headline: Shepway District Council make £691,000 from Parking. [...]
Proposal To Increase Car Parking Charges Across Shepway.
All too often the public are treated as “Cash Cows” when it comes to parking charges. Responsibility for Car Parking & Charges in Shepway belongs to Andy [...]
Pimping Otterpool Park @ Kent Construction Expo 2017.
In our last post we informed you that the total funding to SDC from central Government to date, amounts to £1,250,000. Paid over three tranches: £750,000, £345,000 and [...]
Saga & The Paradise Papers
Saga, the UK travel and insurance company for the over-50s have made 100 people redundant, according to Kentonline. At Jan 31st 2016 Saga’s pre-tax profits rose [...]