Sir Roger De Haan

Saga Sells Acromas Underwriter to Ageas: The 20-Year Insurance Partnership Explained

February 15, 2026 // 2 Comments

For years, Saga has sold insurance under its familiar brand to Britain’s over-50s. But behind the scenes, it was also carrying the most complicated part of the insurance [...]

KCC Leaders Meet Sir Roger De Haan in Folkestone: What’s on the Public Record?

December 10, 2025 // 1 Comment

A set of photographs posted online by Cllr John Baker (Reform UK, Kent County Council) shows a small delegation meeting in Folkestone with Sir Roger De Haan, followed by what [...]

Folkestone Harbour: Deprivation Endures Despite Regeneration

October 31, 2025 // 2 Comments

Folkestone’s waterfront has been remade with panache: the derelict Harbour Arm became a promenade of bars and food stalls; a boardwalk curls along the beach; the first [...]

Folkestone Harbour Development Approved Despite Legal Failures on Equality Law

June 17, 2025 // 5 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s planning committee has approved the major seafront development—without a single councillor raising, mentioning, or addressing [...]

Folkestone Harbour’s Second Bite at the Cherry: Revised Development Plans Return to Planning Committee

June 9, 2025 // 4 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council Planning Committee will once again consider major redevelopment proposals for the town’s historic harbour area, with a fresh [...]

Folkestone Sports Centre Saved by Philanthropic Donation by Sir Roger De Haan

May 8, 2025 // 2 Comments

Funds donated by Sir Roger De Haan (pictured), the well known philanthropist has passed on money to The Sports Trust to save the much loved Folkestone Sports Centre, how much [...]

A little bit of history about development on Folkestone harbour arm

February 13, 2025 // 0 Comments

Thirty six years ago Sea Containers Property Services Ltd– ultimately owned in the offshore tax haven of Bermuda at the time, made a planning application for housing, and a [...]

‘Ongoing public access’ to Folkestone harbour arm threatened if 410 new homes not built

February 1, 2025 // 0 Comments

Updated 12/02/25 @ 12:52 Sir Roger De Haan, a man who is “uncompromising when he sets his mind to something“, has via his company and agent, resubmitted revised [...]

De Haan loses reserved matters application 24/0505/FH

January 21, 2025 // 0 Comments

It has long been the case that local planning authorities must give reasons for refusing planning permission or imposing conditions. This is because there is a statutory [...]

Have your say on controversial Harbour & Seafront Development Plots F, G & H

April 24, 2024 // 2 Comments

Like it or loathe it, the reserved matters application for the design, scale and layout of the plans for the development of plots F, G and H of the Folkestone Harbour & [...]

Harbour & Seafront Development: Work on Plot A, C1 and D1 can begin

April 23, 2024 // 6 Comments

So it continues. Plot A, C1 and D1 of the Folkestone Harbour Seafront Development have permission to begin. On the 19 March 2024, Savills for and on behalf of their client [...]

Harmless? Taking Pebbles & Other Material from the beach is illegal.

February 24, 2024 // 0 Comments

The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble. Blaise Pascal Hands up if you’ve ever taken pebbles from a beach. All year [...]

Sir Roger De Haan & Lady Alison De Haan increase their donations to Tory Party by a further £50,000

February 19, 2024 // 2 Comments

On the 30 June 2021, we reported on the Public Consultations in July for reserved matters application for further development on Folkestone Seafront At that time we reported: [...]

De Haan Harbour charm offensive spins “positive response” to new heights.

November 27, 2023 // 3 Comments

“He says the modified design had a positive response from the local civic groups.” This is the last sentence in an article by The Independent about Sir Roger De [...]

Folkestone harbour arm place shaping consultation, make your views known

July 20, 2023 // 23 Comments

On the 18 July 2023, the local press ran the story about the New Folkestone harbour arm designs. This article has caused a storm of comments across social media, but the [...]

Part 3: Sir Roger De Haan – Is he or isn’t he gentrifying Folkestone?

July 6, 2023 // 5 Comments

Updated: 9 July @ 12:15 In 2001 & 2004, Nick Ewbank (pictured) then Director of the Metropole Arts Centre and later the Artistic Director / Trustee, of the The Creative [...]

Part 2: Sir Roger De Haan – Is he or isn’t he gentrifying Folkestone?

July 4, 2023 // 8 Comments

When we left part 1, HS1 had arrived (2009). But before moving forward in time, we must go back in time to 2007, when Sir Roger’s company Folkestone Harbour Nominee (1) [...]

Part 1: Sir Roger De Haan – Is he or isn’t he gentrifying Folkestone?

July 2, 2023 // 5 Comments

“Anybody normal who had the opportunity to retire having sold Saga for one and half billion pounds in 2004, most normal people would have left and run a million miles [...]

A vote for Rylands is a vote to protect your heritage

April 30, 2023 // 6 Comments

Heritage has the power to stir people’s souls, guide human responses, and galvanize public opinion. Understanding and preserving our past has forever been integral to our [...]

SAGA Enbrook site intended for future housing.

February 7, 2023 // 4 Comments

Updated: 08/02/23 @ 17:55 No doubt you’ve heard, and possibly read, SAGA is to close its Kent headquarters at Enbrook (Sandgate) due to the changes in working [...]

Is Sunningdale House Developments Ltd in financial difficulty?

January 6, 2023 // 5 Comments

Update Jan 6 @15:12 Update – At 14:00 today, ninety minutes after we published our report, Sunningdale have filed accounts with Companies House. They are not currently [...]

The Bonker’s Architect gives his veiws on F51

November 12, 2022 // 1 Comment

It has created discussions not just locally, or nationally, but internationally. Love it, or loathe it, F51 is now a part of the urban landscape of Folkestone. It was [...]

A Bonkers Architect and Sir Roger De Haan’s take on the Regeneration of Folkestone

November 9, 2022 // 8 Comments

Last night – 09.11.22 – at Wards Hotel, Folkestone, Sir Roger De Haan (pictured) gave a talk about the regeneration of Folkestone at the AGM of Go Folkestone. He [...]

Princess Royal called in to planning as ‘evidence of neglect’ is confirmed by Council

April 2, 2022 // 2 Comments

‘evidence of neglect‘, objections from The Victorian Society, KCC Archaeology, CPRE Historic Buildings Committee, and Save Britain’s Heritage as well as a [...]

F51: An illuminating application

March 30, 2022 // 0 Comments

Folkestone is still an art school, according to Creative Folkestone. With so many forms of art prominent in the town, that may very well be the case. However, it would seem [...]

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