Work to begin next week on Folkestone’s Folca building
Works to bring the Folca building in Folkestone back into use are due to start next week from Monday 6 March. Folca will be separated into two parts: the Edwardian…
Folkestone and Hythe MP ‘reassured’ Saga is planning to move back to district in near future
Constituency matters… a weekly column by the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe, Damian Collins 2 March 2023 ‘Poor’ water quality on bathing beach On 1 March I met…
Transformation of 17th Century Gothic Billiards Room in Dover
The Grade II Listed Billiards Room at Kearsney Abbey has been fully restored and is available for event hire A Grade II Listed former Billiards Room at one of Kent’s…
New cross channel ferry route from Ramsgate could be unlocked!
Cabinet members at Thanet District Council are to consider a report at their meeting on Thursday 2 March which recommends that the council begins a procurement exercise, calling for expressions…
Have a say on proposed new Dover Creative Centre
Artist impression of how the creative centre could look Local residents and businesses are invited to view and comment on proposals for the Dover Creative Centre to be built in…
Derelict Folkestone Gasworks plan should include affordable homes – say residents
A second public engagement event focusing on the future of the derelict Ship Street gasworks site is to be held next month. Folkestone & Hythe District Council – which took…
Port digs deep to keep noise down for piling work on new marina
There was a fantastic response to the temporary usage of the new Outer Marina last summer and, as the appeal of the wider waterfront continues to build, the Port is…
MP pressing for urgent repairs on Deal’s Art Deco Regent building
The Regent shortly before it closed 14-years-ago Dover & Deal MP, Natalie Elphicke, this week visited the Regent building on Deal’s seafront amid residents’ concerns about the familiar Art Deco…
Monk on the right track
Council leader Cllr David Monk opens up land in Folkestone – Photo: FHDC – Work has begun on a new road opening up 10 acres of land in Folkestone for…
Whitfield urban expansion soars
Whitfield expansion from the air – Photo: Dover District Council – Twelve bird-themed street names have been approved by Dover District Council as the Whitfield urban expansion takes off. Building…