The formal consultation with Shepway continues, but Shepway's web site is very difficult to negotiate through. For help and tips on how to respond to the consultation please use the advice on the Save Princes Parade web site:
saveprincesparade.org/local-plan-consultation-issues-options/
I have to say it took me a few attempts before I managed to post my comments, so I put together an "idiot's guide" (mainly for my own use:because I'm an idiot!)
You can read the full consultation document and respond to it using Shepways portal here:
shepway-consult.objective.co.uk/portal
There is more information including an executive summary, alternative ways to submit your views and details of when & where you can discuss the consultation with Shepway staff here:
shepway.gov.uk/content/view/200313/206/
There is a strict 6 week consultation period so please make sure you respond by 11 March 2015.
If you click on the link above, kindly provided by Sal K it takes you to:
Consultation Home >
The consultation on Princes Parade is in:
Places and Policy Local Plan > Click on the title and you will go to:
Places and Policies Local Plan: Issues and Options Consultation
Once you get there
Click on Read and comment on the document
Look at the Panel on the left hand side and click on Section 12 Community
This takes you to a Large Table and it is Policy No. C9 the concerns the Princes Parade Development
The is a tab on the bottom to read add comments, click the tab and you are then in the right place.
It then tells you to:
In order to complete this form you must first log in or register if you have not yet done so already.
This only takes a few minutes, once your registered youre ready to write your comments. Best of luck with it. This is our last chance of stopping Shepway at this stage, if they suceed in the consultation, it will become increasingly difficult to stop any development on Princes Parade.
Thank you for signing the petition No Development on Prince's Parade, can you help spread the word by forwarding the link below to your friends?
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no-development-on-prince-s-parade
This is part of my site The 'Gerald that I built in a fury of excitement when I first came to Folkestone in approximately '04. I'd been a regular visitor for a few years before that so I am technically one of those Down From Londons you get now. The site used to be a lot more dynamic with a gig calendar and voting for best venues and things, and I know it was a handy reference for others who were thinking of moving here. Now I've moved out of Folkestone again (though only a couple of miles) it doesn't get as much attention as it used to. Ironic really as Folkestone itself is becoming the exciting place we knew it was just about to. I am not Gerald BTW, this comes from a fake newspaper in an episode of Brasseye or something, the Portsmouth Gerald, and how there is a local newspaper here called the Folkestone Herald. Puns like this are great aren't they? Do contact me if you have anything to offer, email anythign @ this domain, or try @folkestone or @pauly on Twitter.