Dover News - March 2017

Dover District Council has secured two hectares of land at Honeywood Parkway in Whitfield for the new £26m Dover District Leisure Centre. A planning application is expected to be submitted later this month.

Council Tax levels for 2017/18 were confirmed at a meeting of Full Council last night. Dover District Council has confirmed that the district council part of the Council Tax bill for a Band D property will be £177.39, an increase of 2.87%.

Kent Police is appealing for information after a woman in her 80s reported being robbed on her doorstep. The incident happened as the victim, who uses a walking trolley, returned to her home in Maison Dieu Road, Dover, between 5.15pm and 6pm on Friday 24 February 2017.

Dover District Council's Cabinet has decided to update the Local Plan to better reflect current economic conditions and to bring it into line with the latest planning guidance. Dover was one of the first local authorities in Kent to develop a Local Plan with its Core Strategy adopted in 2010.

Local community groups and charitable organisations have received a cash injection thanks to the Kent Police Property Fund. The money is raised through the sale of lost property and each year several worthwhile ventures all over the county receive funds to support their good work.

Dover District Council has joined with the Kent Dementia Action Alliance to help make the district more dementia friendly - and local businesses and community organisations are being invited to get involved by coming along to specially organised -

Canterbury, Dover, Shepway and Thanet councils will each meet next Wednesday to consider the next steps around the creation of a new single council in East Kent.

Detectives investigating a series of pub burglaries in the Dover area have released a CCTV image of a man who may be able to assist them.

As the sun rose over Dover this morning, the majestic Saga Pearl II cruise ship glided into the historic Port of Dover Cruise Terminal One marking the commencement of the 2017 cruise season.

Dover District Council has issued an invitation to tender for an operator of its proposed new £26m Dover District Leisure Centre on a 2.1ha site in Whitfield.

A planning application for a new £26m Dover District Leisure Centre has been submitted. The new leisure centre is proposed on a 2.1ha site in Whitfield to replace the existing 40 year old Dover Leisure Centre.

A man who admitted causing serious injury by dangerous driving following a head-on collision in Dover has been jailed. Thomas John Armstrong was driving a Proton Savvy the wrong way down Frith Road in the early hours of Monday 21 November 2016 when it was in collision with a Nissan Juke.

Plans to create a new single council for East Kent are to be put on hold following a vote by Shepway District Council last night. The four East Kent councils each considered the findings of an independent report, which explored replacing the existing four local authorities with a new single East Kent council.

Dover District Council has announced it is stepping up its commitment to crack down on littering and dog fouling, by working in partnership with a private enforcement company.

A 16 year old boy has been arrested in connection with an assault that took place in Dover on Tuesday.