Susan Carey

Council’s Property Development Company Otterpool Park request a further £80m

April 13, 2023 // 7 Comments

Perhaps Cllr Susan Carey was right after all when she said we should sell Otterpool Park in February 2023. I say that as the company set up to deliver the Otterpool Project, [...]

Council look to sell Princes Parade to Property Developer & possibly Otterpool Park as well

February 16, 2023 // 6 Comments

“Do what ever it takes to make it stack up” Cllr Martin was of Course refering to Princes Parade at the Overview & Scrutiny Committee on Valentines Day. He [...]

Fly-tipping in Folkestone & Hythe District rises 52%, the highest in Kent

January 31, 2023 // 3 Comments

The number of recorded fly-tipping incidents between 2020/21 and 2021/22, across the Folkestone & Hythe District has grown by 52%, according to the latest statistics [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Hidden Agenda’s and Fair Value

October 12, 2022 // 1 Comment

Ever since the first piece of land was purchased by the Council at Otterpool, in Dec 2015, for £5m from the Champney Brothers, the fair value of the land has risen by 540%, [...]

It’s official: We have the highest council tax in Kent for the nineteenth year in a row.

March 31, 2022 // 0 Comments

Cllr Susan Carey (Con) got it wrong. The figures as published by the Ministry of Levelling Up Housing and Communities [MLUHC], on the 30 March 2022, once again, Folkestone [...]

Tory Cllr Susan Carey lies and spreads misinformation as fact about Council Tax

February 24, 2022 // 4 Comments

Ever since we, The Shepway Vox TEAM, first informed you that residents of Folkestone & Hythe District Council have had the highest council tax in Kent since 2004/05, many [...]

Kent County Council’s LED streetlights decimating moth numbers

September 12, 2021 // 0 Comments

“Eco-friendly” LED streetlights produce even worse light pollution for insects than the traditional sodium bulbs they are replacing, a study has found. The study is the [...]

Broadband slowly improving across the district

May 15, 2021 // 0 Comments

Once again the latest data released by Ofcom for Broadband connectivity and speeds across our area shows a very mixed bag. It shows that Hawkinge for instance has 38.4% [...]

Learning from mistakes

April 6, 2021 // 5 Comments

We the Shepway Vox Team get it wrong sometimes. When we do we like to be open about our mistakes, and if necessary apologise. This is one of those ocassions where we need to [...]

Liberal Democrats forget they are responsible for residents having Highest Council Tax in Kent

March 3, 2021 // 1 Comment

So on the 24th Feb 2021, Folkestone & Hythe District Council voted to raise the district part of Council Tax by 1.99%. This means band per band our Council has the [...]

Animal Carcasses, Clinical Waste & Green Waste Amongst the 3.3% Fly Tipping Increase in Kent.

March 15, 2020 // 1 Comment

More rubbish than ever is being dumped illegally across Kent. Figures published by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) reveal there has been [...]

Tories Dump The Monk

January 29, 2020 // 4 Comments

Updated: @11.50am – Feb 12 2022 So the local Tory party has dumped the Monk. In a selection battle for the 2021 KCC County Elections, Cllr Monk (pictured below left) [...]

Are 16 Folkestone & Hythe District Councillors abusing their position?

October 26, 2019 // 5 Comments

Could you be persuaded there is a legitimate interest, and it is in the public interest, or any value to the public or any section of the public, for Folkestone & Hythe [...]

Councillors fail to disclose their election expenses.

September 15, 2019 // 7 Comments

Nineteen out of thirty Folkestone & Hythe District Council Councillors are currently committing a criminal offence. Three are in a grey area, and the other seven are [...]

KCC trough feeding Cllrs receive £2 million in Allowances & Expenses

June 19, 2019 // 0 Comments

The trough feeders at Kent County Council all 81 elected Councillors have cost the Kent ratepayer nearly £2 million pounds in allowances & expenses for 2018/19. Below [...]

Your councillors allowances & expenses Apr 17 – Mar 18

May 9, 2018 // 3 Comments

Once again for the third time in four years there are anomalies in our Cllrs allowances & expenses. The people who are responsible for ensuring Folkestone & Hythe [...]

Cllr Susan Joan Carey

November 23, 2017 // 1 Comment

Cllr Susan Carey (pictured) was first elected to Shepway District Council (SDC) in 1999 for the then seat of Saltwood & Newington. She won the seat with 240 votes gaining [...]

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