Paul, it has been explained that the stately houses along Folkestone Road were expected to be bought up by respectable Londoners with the arrival of high speed rail at London Priory - I mean Dover Priory.
Instead, members of local government are now admitting that this did not come to be, that there plans were a myth, and past and present governments in London are being blamed, although the local mea culpa does seem left out of this. After all, it's always easier to blame the higher ranking government
Instead, it is emerging that houses in Dover have been halved and quartered into basement and attic compounds, with bed-swaps for people on different shifts (see Folkestone Road thread, Saxon Road thread).
Local councillors are now publicly admitting the expected arrival of well-to-do Londoners did not materialise.
The wealthy Londoners who are waiting to relocate to Dover to villas with ample garden on the limited White Cliffs is a fantasy, a myth. The dosh is not there. The economy is bust.
Forget it, mate
