Port of Dover Marina – now open!
Dover Marina Photo: Port of Dover – The new Marina, now taking pride of place on Dover’s revitalised waterfront, will become home to over 160 yachts and small leisure boats…
Folkestone and Hythe MP blames French border authorities for Roundhill Tunnel closure
Otterpool Park On 4th April I spoke at the meeting of the Folkestone and District Council planning committee in favour of the outline planning application for the Otterpool Park garden…
New town for Folkestone with 8,500 homes begins planning route
A new ‘garden town’ near Lympne is set to be created between Hythe and Sellindge after outline planning permission was granted by Folkestone and Hythe District Council last night (4…
Ashford £250 million Film Studios project plans gather pace
Ashford International Studios at Newtown Works CGI Image Credit – Quinn Estates – Plans are gathering pace to deliver an exciting film studios-led £250m investment and regeneration project, Ashford Borough…
15,000 patient Whitfield Medical Centre given the nod
An artist’s impression of how the surgery will look. Image credit: Corstorphine & Wright architects A two-storey medical centre in Whitfield which will accommodate 15,000 patients has been approved by…
Folkestone and Hythe MP’s fillip from budget over SMNRs
Constituency matters… a weekly column by the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe, Damian Collins 25 March 2023 Budget Last week the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt used…
Kent Police release statement on future of Sutton Road Maidstone HQ
The Kent Police HQ Image: Google The statement by Kent Chief Constable Tim Smith and PCC Matthew Scott says: “Following a review of the Kent Police estate, a decision was…
17th-century Jacobean Manor building in Ashford undergoes stunning restaurant transformation
Hollaway Studio, the award-winning London and Kent-based practice, has used sympathetic and considered design to transform the restaurant of the newly opened Grade II listed Boys Hall in Ashford, Kent.…
Brexit ‘Banksy’ in Dover set to return in Bench Street plan
As plans ramp up to breathe new life into Bench Street, at a long-term derelict town centre site, Dover District Council (DDC) is set to demolish three properties it owns…
Rethink on plans for Thanet Way Tunnel
Amendments have been made to plans to carry out essential maintenance at the Chestfield Tunnel on the Thanet Way. Kent County Council (KCC) has decided to postpone the carriageway reconstruction…