It’s 2019 and The Fountain Inn at Seabrook is packed. There is standing room only but the people haven’t come to see live music or football. They have come to witness one of the most important...

The hoardings have gone and the new fencing that has been put up is neat and discrete – however there’s still a lot of rubbish left over – including some large metal panels, concrete blocks and plastic...

Although the hoardings have come down the land is still contaminated from its time as an unregulated landfill – one of the reasons why it was unsuitable for development! The new fencing is low and...

The hoardings at Princes Parade are now being dismantled with the intention that they will be put to use at the council’s Otterpool Park development.The work is expected to take two to three weeks...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...