Sandgate Planning Updates
Shepway District Council have notified Sandgate Parish Council of the following updates:
14 Jun 2012
Folkestone Town Centre set to benefit from £1.3m Heritage Lottery Fund Support
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced earmarked support totalling £15.9m for the regeneration of 12 city and town centres stretching from Falkirk to Folkestone.
14 Jun 2012
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Open to all residents: Sandgate's new Petanque Terrain!
Sandgate Parish Council has recently taken a lease on the Military Road Recreation Area, with responsilbility to maintaining and improving the park passing to the Parish Council from shepway District Council.
14 Jun 2012
Road resurfacing works across Shepway
A series of road resurfacing works will be taking place across Folkestone, Sandgate, Hythe and Lydd over the next few weeks.
14 Jun 2012
Success for Anti-Dog Fouling Campaigners
Shepway District Council has announced that it is entering into a contract with external contractors - XFOR Local Authority Services Ltd - to control littering and dog fouling offences in the district.
14 Jun 2012
Meeting on The Marsh to discuss its future
A public meeting to discuss plans for the future of Romney Marsh will be held on Thursday 21 June.
14 Jun 2012
I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream, For Ice Cream... [Warning: May Contain Stick]
Kent Trading Standards is advising consumers of a product recall by R&R Ice Cream Ltd. The recall is a precautionary measure as three varieties of its multipack Chokablok ice cream sticks, purchased from Tesco and One Stop stores may contain fragments of broken lolly stick.
14 Jun 2012
Folkestone MP Collins Tops Kent Expenses List
Local press reports have unearthed that Folkestone and Hythe MP Damian Collins claimed £38,276 expenses in ONE year. Those claims make Damian Collins the highest-claiming MP in Kent and amongst the highest claiming MPs in the the country.
28 May 2012
Nuclear Dumping Consultation Shows Contempt for Local Residents
I have to say that I am completely horrified at the contempt shown by Tory run Shepway Council for local residents.
GFPCSV
23 May 2012
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