Statutory Nuisance

Kent Councils’ Environmental Health Powers on Sewage: Who to Contact and What They Can Do

March 16, 2026 // 2 Comments

Yesterday, we looked at What Powers Does Kent’s Director of Public Health Have Over Sewage Pollution. Today, in the final part of this public health series, we turn to the [...]

Stodmarsh Sewage Crisis: Southern Water, Otterpool Park and East Kent

March 10, 2026 // 2 Comments

At Canterbury’s scrutiny committee on 4 March (from1hr 46m 44s onwards), Stodmarsh kept popping up like the blinking red light on a dashboard that everyone hopes belongs to [...]

Hamstreet Sewage Scandal: Why FHDC Failed to Act While Ashford Investigated

March 8, 2026 // 2 Comments

Residents raised a serious complaint about suspected foul contamination moving from Hamstreet towards Hythe and the sea. One council replied with site visits, [...]

East Kent Sewage Pollution: Southern Water, Five Councils and the Statutory Nuisance Law

March 3, 2026 // 2 Comments

We’re The Shepway Vox Team, and over the past few weeks we’ve watched the same pattern play out again and again. Residents complain that sewage-contaminated discharges [...]

Neighbour’s Cat Keeps Sh*tting in My Garden? High Court Says It Can Be a Statutory Nuisance (Get Video Evidence)

January 5, 2026 // 1 Comment

There are few phrases more likely to unite a nation than “cats have a right to roam”. And few more likely to start a neighbourhood cold war than “your cat has used my [...]

Vermin scupper Sir Roger De Haan’s planning permission on The Stade

March 23, 2022 // 1 Comment

On July 2021, we wrote the post ‘Folkestone Harbour & Seafront Development Company pitches up on The Stade without Planning Permission‘, who wanted and did [...]

Every Breath We Take

June 26, 2020 // 1 Comment

Updated: 10:15 am 26/06/20 Air pollution does NOT discriminate. We all need to breathe. All lives matter. Nobody needs to be saying: “I Can’t Breathe” due to [...]

Here We Go Again: Gas Safety Issues At East Kent Housing

June 22, 2020 // 4 Comments

Updated 17:00 22/06/20 More sources than the 57 varieties of Heinz have stepped forward and informed the Shepwayvox Team that as of 1st June 2020 there were well in excess [...]

Folkestone Seafront Development Causes Yet More Controversy

June 6, 2020 // 1 Comment

Sir Roger De Haan’s Folkestone Seafront Development has over the years caused a lot of controversy. Cllrs were refused sight of the legal advice the Council had [...]

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