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Bid To Construct Boat Store On Picturesque Island Seafront Met With Opposition

A bid to construct a wooden boat store unit on a picturesque Isle of Wight seafront is facing parish council opposition.

Nettlestone and Seaview Parish Council objected to Timothy Lyle’s planning application for a four metre by eight metre garage at The Esplanade in Seaview.

The local authority cited a ‘destruction of green space’ and the ‘overdevelopment of an area’ next to woodland.

In a letter to the Isle of Wight Council, Mr Lyle wrote:

“I am proposing a simple wooden garage unit (which is a little higher than a normal garage to allow for the storage of boats upright and to provide a small mezzanine sail storage area) similar to those boathouses placed on this site by my mother in the past but have since rotted away.

“All surveyed trees are to be retained within the scheme and there is no clearance required for this proposal.”

Referencing an Ecological Statement submitted for a neighbouring unit, he said the application site offers ‘little ecological integrity’.

County Hall’s public consultation on the application finishes on March 7 and a decision is expected on April 1.
 

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