A Consultation, A Trip to The Gulf and Other News About Otterpool Park
The Otterpool Park Collaboration Board have met 13 times between Aug 16 – Sept 17. They met to discuss and develop the Otterpol Masterplan through its timetable; which [...]
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Shepway District Council Temporary Staff Costs Soar by 63%.
Shepway District Council costs for Temporary Staff between April – Sept 16/17 was £379,679. For the same period in 17/18 Temporary staff costs have significantly risen [...]
There is Money In Misery.
Shepway District Council (SDC) have spent more on B & B accommodation in the first six months of 17/18 (Apr – Sept), than they have since they begun publishing [...]
Otterpool Park Consultation & An Update.
Last night at the Overview & Scrutiny Committee, our public face sat alone in the public gallery, while Cllrs received a briefing about Otterpool Park. They were given [...]
Something Is Rotten In The District Of Shepway. Part 2
On the 30th Oct 2015, we brought you the post “Something Is Rotten In the Borough Of Shepway” which was about the purchase of the property – 15 Grace Hill, [...]
How To Investigate Companies.
Would you like to learn how to ‘Investigate a Company’? Would you like to learn about Shepway District Council’s company Oportunitas, Cozumel Estates, MF & L Ltd [...]
It Looks Like Bullshit, It Smells Like Bullshit, It Must Be…
Dorothy Rowe (pictured) is a psychologist. She has written a number of books and for a while was a contributor to Saga Magazine. One of her books is entitled “Why We [...]
The Long Read: Money Laundering & Tax Evasion In Shepway.
Tax Evasion, Money Laundering & Bankruptcy Fraud are not things one would normally believe happen in Shepway, that happens elsewhere, not here, but alas it does happen [...]
Feasible Yes, But Will It Happen?
Nestled at the entrance to the Hythe end of Dymchurch sits New Beach Caravan Park. The site is owned by Park Holidays UK Ltd. To get to the ultimate UK company who owns Park [...]
A Judicial Review of Planning Application Y16/0623/SH
It begins where a lot of planning applications begin, that is with the pre-application advice one can receive from Shepway District Council; The pre-application advice for [...]
Fake News & A Lie By Damian Collins MP.
We asked the question earlier this month whether or not Damian Collins MP (pictured) had lied regarding the transfer of 1,500 patients to other GP Surgeries. Damian placed [...]
Breaking News: SDC Jeremy Chambers Made Redundant.
Exclusive Breaking News Jeremy Chambers (pictured) Corporate Director – Strategic Operations at Shepway District Council (SDC) has taken redundancy due to a reshuffle [...]
Has Damian Collins MP Lied?
Folkestone East Family Practice (FEFP) had 4824 patients as of Jan 2017. As of the 1st Nov 2017, FEFP will be closed. These patients will need to be moved to other GP [...]
Ship Street Part 2
Shepway District Council have now put up the information regarding the special meetings of the Overview & Scrutiny Committee and the Cabinet, on Wednesday 27th Sept 2017, [...]
Shepway District Council Have Made An Offer To Purchase Former Gaswork’s Site at Ship Street, Folkestone.
Ship Street Former Gaswork Site (pictured below) is under offer and features on the National Grid Property Portal website. The agent is BNP Paribas. From sources within [...]
Sir Roger’s £5 Million & A Lack of Transparency.
What comes first, the chicken or the egg? But seriously, what does come first when you are applying for money from a government quango? Your business case for the money, or [...]
Information Is Born Free, But Everywhere Is In Chains.
Information is born free, but everywhere is in chains. On the 15th Dec 2016 Dr Susan Priest,(pictured) Corporate Director at Shepway District Council (SDC) used urgency [...]
Second Homes, Public Money & A Little Bit About Art.
The Folkestone Triennial is called “Double Edge”, as in “double edged sword“, so says the Curator, Lewis Biggs (pictured) The duality he speaks about [...]
Silence & Contradiction.
Shepway District Council (SDC) Overview & Scrutiny Committee on Tuesday 12th Sept 2017 will scrutinise the proposal to be put to SDC Cabinet the next day, that SDC [...]
Otterpool Park Update.
On the 4th July 2017 Sajid Javid (pictured) Secretary of State for the Department of Communities & Local Government (DCLG) announced, that £2.3 billion of funding via [...]
Yours For A Million Or More.
The number of known million pound properties in Shepway has accelerated considerably in the last few years. The first known million pound property in Shepway – Lympne [...]
The Long Read: The White Lion Pub, Cheriton. Application Y16/0439/SH
The former White Lion Pub in Cheriton (pictured) is owned by Kenty County Homes Ltd, according to the Land Registry, Title Deed. The price is not stated but it is known it [...]
Free FOI Seminar Saturday 16th Sept 2017.
How many toilet rolls are used by Shepway District Council each year? How many accidents have there been in SDC’s toilets? What is Cllr David Monk’s weight? And [...]
The Long Read: Cozumel Estates Limited a British Virgin Island Company.
After more than a 7,000 mile journey and a little over 30 hours in the air to visit the British Virgin Islands (a known offshore tax haven) we can reveal a little more about [...]
A Grand Result.
What was a Grand Day out has now officially become a Grand result for the thirty resident of The Grand who have obtained formal recognition of the Association of Residents in [...]