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’.
View the plans
You can view the plans on the council’s planning register (25/00112/FUL).
The public consultation runs until 9th March and a decision is expected by 1st April 2025.
This article is from the BBC’s LDRS (Local Democracy Reporter Service) scheme, which News OnTheWight is taking part in. Some alterations and additions may have been made by OnTheWight. Ed
