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Thanet Council fail at housing

Written by Matt B · first published 19/03/2010
Thanet District Council's (TDC) housing provision is no-where near good enough according to recent reports.

TDC Ranked 65th out of a total of 67 (second from bottom) for all councils in this area when it comes to providing affordable housing according to the Shelter Housing League Table.

The 2009 requirement for affordable housing was 1,544 homes but Thanet District Council planned to provide just 70 homes and managed of that only 63. Using a fairly standard 10% confidence interval we can authoritatively say that TDC made no actual difference having failed to significantly act on the need.

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Can the Turner Centre save Thanet?

Written by Matt B · first published 12/03/2010
Yes, but is it art? This is the question being asked right now. Not just of the Fulton "walk" that nobody showed up for but the entire Turner centre itself.



I would love to say that a lot of people are asking it but the "important" event in question appears to have been under (or un) advertised the audience allegedly being mostly or all press ganged students. This is not quite the hordes of art fans we were told to expect.

So how exactly do semi-secret "art" events of questionable quality help to regenerate Thanet? I sat down and did a little maths*.

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High Speed Rail - Gold or Glib?

Written by Matt B · first published 10/03/2010
Have you had a chance to use the rail services that link us to London since the high speed link started? Or have you used the high speed link itself? What were your experiences?

BBC News - New Kent rail service 'too early to judge'

A government minister says it is too early to judge the success of high-speed trains to London in a parliamentary debate.

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Thanet News Round Up

Written by Matt B · first published 09/03/2010
While I deal with a lot of personal "stuff" and am not in any real state to report here is a round up of what is going on in Thanet.

BBC News - Parents protest at Ramsgate children's home plan

Parents demonstrate against plans to turn offices in Kent into a residential children's home for up boys aged between 11 and 18.



The debate on TDC managing to web cast meetings (at last) takes an odd turn in which the printed media come in for a lashing from a Conservative Party councillor.

BIGNEWS MARGATE: No apology for Tory Boy Simon Moore suggest you try Thanet Times

Just your everyday reporting and commenting on the news from Tony sees (TDC Councillor) Simon Moores accuse Thanet Gazette or the Thanet Times of being factually unreliable.



Some more fires (what a supprise). Apparently this one is suspicious.

Former hotel goes up in flames

More than 40 firefighters have been called to a former hotel in Margate that has gone up in flames. Crews were called to the building on Sweyn Roadjust after 5am today (Saturday). Several floors and the roof of the building, which was being converted intoflats,havecaught light.

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Complaints about lorries parking in Ramsgate

Written by Matt B · first published 02/03/2010
TDC, it seems, have not been making any friends recently when they closed the lorry park to make repairs caused by the recent ice. This story is covered in thisiskent.co.uk.

Complaints about lorries parking in Ramsgate

​THANET council has been flooded with complaints about lorries parking on Ramsgate’s Undercliff while repairs are made to the nearby port...

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