2008-10-02UTC12:39:12Some details from this week's Herald about Gate 28According to the Folkestone Herald:It's under new ownership because Roger DeHaan sold the freehold, hmm why would he do that? I wonder if it's because Jimmy Godden has been buying up properties on the same street.The same owner owns the Gate Inn in H... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11609/Some+details+from+this+week%27s+Herald+about+Gate+28"><img alt="Some details from this week's Herald about Gate 28" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3188/2725960260_6eba34a516_m.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11609/Some+details+from+this+week%27s+Herald+about+Gate+28">Rated 5.03/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-04-11UTC10:12:47RE: Poor Jimmy GoddenI am so pleased that someone is concerned about Mr Godden's spate of bad luck, I am sure that Jimmy will appreciate this community spirit - after all Mr Godden has always had the towns' best interests at heart. It is good to know that there is one de... 2008-04-09UTC08:29:13Poor Jimmy GoddenI do feel sorry for Jimmy Godden as it appears that anything he owns seems to catch fire. I mean it's wasn't so long ago that some b****** set fire to another property that he owned (Mr B's Arcade on Margate seafront), burning it to the ground. Then ... 2008-01-04UTC11:13:59RE: Whole lot of interesting detail there, though you do sound a bit bitterThe "Euphoria" just sounded like a gay bar, when in fact it was just another rough Folkestone dive.I'm not bitter about anything, just don't want people wasting their hopes and cash on this money pit.Five changes of name in six years is never good. P... 2007-12-30UTC11:42:03When will they learn?The Three Mackerel is now for sale for £85k - why why why? - that is just for the leasehold business, not the property! Don't prospective buyers actually look at the books? Season and (Cllr) Tim were a lovely, media-savvy couple, but couldn't make i... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/10796/When+will+they+learn%3F"><img alt="When will they learn?" src="http://static.flickr.com/46/125207980_7462933961_m_d.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/10796/When+will+they+learn%3F">Rated 3.71/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-08-03UTC09:48:24Try and get a local paperThere's very little info online actually, www.lcrhq.co.uk might have info on the high speed rail link, AFAIK still not due until the end of 2009, and that's not allowing for any new postponements. I made the move from London with all this in mind tho... 2007-08-03UTC08:08:28High Speed Rail LinkJust wondering whether you could let me know the best sources for getting to know more about:a) The hiogh speed train linkb) The squabbles between Godden and Dehaan over the seafrontI'm from Folkestone originally and looking to pick up 1 or 2 investm... 2006-12-01UTC12:24:22UpdatesTravel update: twenty minutes late today, eitehr track circuit failure, or track surface failure, I was a bit too asleep to hear it. How can the surface fail? Must have been circuit. Why couldn't it have been another ten mins delay, taking us into re... 2006-12-01UTC10:51:40It's a dealBeen too busy with work, so missed if this was in the Herald or not, but according to ickent Mr DeHann and Mr Godden have done a deal for the seafront land! This is great! I think!ROGER De Haan and Jimmy Godden have done a deal for the seafront at Fo... 2006-11-21UTC11:00:00The Ship Innis the landlord phil godden<br /> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/9763/The+Ship+Inn">Rated 4.78/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-10-13UTC07:11:27Trent developments are bypassing the councilThey're going direct to the government for their building certificate, so the council have missed their chance to approve or reject Trent and Godden's plans...2006-06-01UTC11:25:24RE: Jimmy goddenjust someone wondering what was said about the Godman2006-06-01UTC11:24:20RE: No casino for Folkestone seafrontTHANK GOD! That Linda bird is an idiot. A Casino would have brought only more poverty and deprivation - and would have made it more likely that the council would go for the Jimmy Godden tower plan. We don't want that!2006-05-30UTC07:45:27RE: Jimmy goddeneh? what was here and why has it been deleted?2006-05-24UTC12:41:10Jimmy godden[deleted just in case]. [deleted just in case]. [also deleted just in case].2006-05-09UTC06:06:33RE: Godden will sell the land quite happily thoughhow do you know he'd sell it quite happily? I suspect he has a contract with Trent Developments now...2006-05-08UTC03:14:28Roger De Haan's plans for the townI lived in Folkestone for the first 21 years of my life and then left to study up north 11 years ago and never moved back. All of my family still live in the town so I visit regularly a few times every year. It may be my 'rose tinted specs' view of... 2006-05-08UTC08:44:27Godden will sell the land quite happily thoughSo no need for that, he wants full market rate for it though, and now it has planning permission that's a lot more than when it did not. Who would set the price for the compulsory purchase?I see there is another compulsory purchase (or maybe even a c... 2006-05-07UTC07:11:15RE: I couldn't find mention of this in the paperHa! The guy from Trent would say that wouldn't he?Actually, if the council accept the D'Haan/Foster designs as the masterplan for the area, then Godden/Trent will be forced to build according to the plan - or have their land compulsorily purchased so... 2006-05-07UTC06:04:30I couldn't find mention of this in the paperThe only one who I saw suggesting both plans was the answer, was the chap from Trent Developments. I would have thought some sort of compromise was the only way forward though, unless someone buys Godden's land off him.... 2006-05-07UTC10:46:04Council want both D'Haan's plans AND Goddens?I hear Shepway council want both D'Haan's plans AND Goddens to go forward - even though D'Haan has made it quite clear that his plans require the ground rent on the flats on Godden's land to support the marina... AND despire the fact that Godden's pl... 2006-04-10UTC04:40:34Is there already a casino?I went past "Luxor Casino Bingo" near Tontine Street at the weekend, is it just bingo, or is it really a casino? Doesn't seem likely.Personally I wouldn't be too worried about a casino being in the area, is there any reason to be?Guessing the casino ... 2006-04-06UTC12:39:19We get to vote, in today's HeraldWhose plans do we want, Mr DeHaan's or Mr Godden's. I'm sure the council will be taking this newspaper survey into account...2006-04-05UTC10:19:06RE: Folkestone HarbourDe Haan told me probably about 6-7 years...<br /><br />But it all depends on the council throwing out Jimmy Godden's planning application.2006-04-04UTC08:46:08SOS FolkestoneOn a technical level, I don't like www.sosfolkestone.info but that could be just me being a nerd. They do have a little forum there with a lot more activity than this one, and some more info on Roger Dehaan's masterplan for Folkestone, including some... 2006-04-04UTC12:23:39RE: Folkestone HarbourI saw them! they look amazing!www.sosfolkestone.info - there are some details and pictures here.BUT if we want it to happen we have got to let the council know that the local people OPPOSE GODDENS PLANS and APPROVE DE HAAN'S PLANS - otherwise we'll b... 2006-04-04UTC12:21:14I saw them! they look amazing!http://www.sosfolkestone.info/ - there are some details and pictures here.BUT if we want it to happen we have got to let the council know that the local people OPPOSE GODDENS PLANS and APPROVE DE HAAN'S PLANS - otherwise we'll be saddled with a slum ... 2006-03-22UTC04:23:22RE: Ferry godmotherSee also this... (assuming it's not the same article as the one you've posted). A sticking point for the ferry service would seem to be the harbour development. Roger de Haan is presenting his nice middle-class Norman Foster project in the near futur...