Author: Lesley

We’ve been in touch a local resident (a former management consultant) who is working on a detailed and independent appraisal of all three potential sites for the pool. He has promised us a copy of his report for the website when it’s finished but it sounds like Nickoll’s Quarry is coming out as the best for all sorts of reasons but in particular for financial reasons. Interesting.

Join us for a leisurely walk around Princes Parade on 16th August, a discussion about the Council’s proposals to develop the site, a chat about contamination, piling, flooding and mains services, with just a discreet word about sewers! – Start at 10.00am from the White Tram Stop on Princes Parade.

Despite the decisions by Cabinet and Hythe Town Council,Shepway have still got to get their proposals adopted into the local plan. The site options will be consulted on this November, the draft plan in July 2015 with the examination in public being Jan 2016.

Good turnout in the “public gallery”” at the Hythe Town Council meeting last night – thank you. Unfortunately the council voted ( 7 for, 4 abstentions) to support the development at the east end of Prince’s Parade despite Jeremy Chambers admitting during his presentation that the financial projections are still “high level”. HTC only has a consultative role though.

Put one of our posters in your window.

A recent Freedom of Information request has revealed that the cost of the PR company employed by Shepway District Council was £35000. Is this a good use of public money?

Hythe Town Council will rather belatedly be discussing their views on Princes Parade on 3 July 6.45 at Hythe Town Hall. Be there.

Shepway’s latest press release claims that 79% of the people filling out the questionaire at last week’s event fully or partly support the project. However only 94 of the 170 visitors filled out a form (40 fully supporting, 34 generally supporting). At the Seabrook event 145 of the 320 visitors filled out a form with 56 people fully or partly supporting the scheme and 88 people opposing the scheme. To put these figures into prospective Hythe has a population of about 15000 . Our online petition has 596 signatures and we got another 500 or so on paper.
You can still sign our online petition if you haven’t already done so.

The next exhibition (hosted by Shepway’s PR company so not a consultation whatever they may say) will be at the South Road Sports Pavilion on Thurs June 5 11 -7pm.

In today’s Herald Shepway admits that  “Figures are indicative only” and “ At this stage it was never the intention to show every level of cost.”