Prince Parade has been saved – and to celebrate the achievement by campaigners and thousands of local residents Folkestone’s Tower Theatre is putting on an evening of music, theatre and comedy hosted by popular local musician, Jack Pound. It takes place on Friday December 1st at 7.30pm Tickets are still available and cost just £10 …
This is the ambition of the Council which has committed to abandoning the plans for developing this contaminated site and is looking into what needs to be done to allow the removal of the hoardings and allowing public access once more. Using funds from the existing Princes Parade implementation budget, it is planned to commission …
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At the first full council meeting of the newly elected administration held on Wednesday 21st June Councillor Jackie Meade reflected the impatience of the people of the district when she asked Council Leader Jim Martin, “When will the hideous hoardings be removed?” Not yet, as Jim Martin explained, “Following the ground investigations carried out for …
At the first meeting of the new Folkestone and Hythe District Council administration held on Wednesday 24th May, newly elected council leader, Jim Martin announced that while there are a number of obstacles to remove… Princes Parade is saved! The main opposition parties at Folkestone District Council had vowed that if they could get enough …
Following the elections on 4th May, the Green Party became the biggest group on Folkestone & Hythe District Council with 11 councillors. On 24th May, Green and Liberal Democrat councillors formed an administration and Cllr Jim Martin became the Leader of the district council. Councillor Jim Martin posted this update on the Folkestone Green Party …
The struggle to prevent the development of Princes Parade has been a long one. At a rowdy and emotional meeting at Seabrook Hall about twelve years ago council representatives tried to justify developing the Princes Parade seafront and the local residents were angry. Some had to fight their way into the packed meeting and didn’t …
A New Hope for Princes Parade! After incredible performances by the Green Party and Labour in the May the fourth elections there will be a new administration and another opportunity to end this costly and unwelcome scheme! The political landscape has changed! Before the local elections on May 4th this year there was a feeling …
In February 2023 Council Leader David Monk received a written offer from a developer to acquire the Princes Parade site and deliver the leisure centre, housing and commercial aspects of the development subject to the variation of the S106 for the leisure centre. The report C/22/88 covers the details albeit with the developer name and …
On 24th October 2022 F&HDC published a report referring to the proposed development of Princes Parade (C/22/56 dated 1 Nov 2022) – which concluded that because of the deteriorating national economic situation particularly in the the leisure, energy and financial markets the council is unable to deliver the project within existing budget and recommended to …
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A transcript of the meeting to determine the outcome to planning application Y17/1042/SH – Housing and a leisure centre on the land at Princes Parade In attendance at conference on 16th August 2018: Councillors Clive Goddard (Chairman), Miss Susie Govett, Len Laws, Michael Lyons, Philip Martin, David Owen (in place of Alan Ewart-James), Dick Pascoe, …