The Sandgate Parish Planning Committee unanimously objected to the first stage of the Shorncliffe Barracks development on Tuesday night. The grounds for objecting, which were based upon a discussion document produced by Planning Committee Chair Gary Fuller, were:
Two more pictures from Sandgate High Street this morning, demonstrating why Sandgate needs Shepway Council to follow others in using seagull proof bags for waste collections for those without wheelie bins.
ongoing: Your Country Calls exhibition, Folkestone Town Hall Until 6th: Hythe Festival Week - The Great War Centenary 5th: World Naked Bike Ride - Folkestone 6th: Community Village Fete, Folkestone Sports Centre 6th: Great Raft Race, Royal Military Canal, Hythe 6th: Lorraine Lucas & The Troubled Family Unit live at Kipps Ale House 6th: Bayle Music Classical Concert, St Eanswythes Church, Folkestone 11th-20th: JAM Multi-Arts Festival, various venues, Romney Marsh 11th: Anja McCloskey live at Googies Art Café, Rendezvous Street 13th: Whitstable Brass Band, The Leas Bandstand 16th-20th: War & Peace Revival, Folkestone Racecourse, Westenhanger 17th: Charlie Larkin, celebrity chef night - Googies Art Café Rendezvous Street 17th: Live In The Living Room summer tour, The Harp Restrung, Grace Hill 19th: Live Music Day - The Chambers, Cheriton Place 19th/20th: Mermaid Festival, Sunny Sands Beach 20th: Maidstone Win Symphony, The Leas Bandstand 21st: Never Forget Commemoration, The Marsh Academy, New Romney 25t
An evening of remembrance, reflection and commemoration for the local community. All welcome.
Sandgate Councillor Tim Prater has asked Shepway District Council to look into the use of Seagull proof bags for rubbish collections in areas using bin bags. Areas with bin bag rather than wheelie bin collection are often strewn with rubbish on waste collection days as the seagulls attack bags before they are collected.
Sandgate Parish Council will be considering the planning application submitted to SDC by Taylor Wimpey for the Shorncliffe Garrison site at its Planning Committee meeting on Tuesday 17th June at 7pm. Members of the public are welcome to attend any Sandgate Parish Council Planning Committee meeting.
The Gurkha Peace Foundation is organising a charity Gurkha Walk this Sunday 15th June 2014. The distance will be 13 miles in memory of 13 Gurkha VCs.
Police Contact Points are held each day from Monday to Friday on a rolling two-week schedule. The police vans stop at mainly rural locations for an hour each visit, enabling residents to drop by and speak to a PCSO about any policing concerns or local issues.
KCC Trading Standards is warning consumers to not buy cheap chargers as they may not be made to the same EU and UK safety standards as genuine chargers.
Sunday 1st: The Leas Village Fete
A new business will be opening in Sandgate next Monday 19th May at 2pm - all are welcome to go along!
There seems to be more trouble for the Step Short Arch project. During construction works on site, BIG problems have been discovered with drains that the project was planning to use, with water from those drains not passing down the drains as expected by instead leaking out of the cliff face below the Leas.
