Thank you, Jason.
It's obvious that the current architects have little interest in following the Design Brief. The Owners of the site want a 200 bedroom hotel, whilst the Brief states that the site could only accommodate a 50 bedroom hotel if sympathetically designed. In my view, the Architect is completely unsuited to such a project and a more conservation minded Architect (such as Donald Anstell & Associates) needs to be appointed instead for this scheme to ever have any chance of progressing to the Planning Permission stage.
I'm reassured that the comprehensive design brief means that an inappropriate design will never be allowed. Also, in the unlikely event of the council approving an inappropriate design, the decision would immediately be called in by CADW/WG to prevent it ever being built.
I'm also pleased to see that one of my long standing ideas has been mentioned, namely the idea of redeveloping the entire landward end of the Pier to clear the area of the various tatty buildings and arcade, in essence recreating the original spacious layout of the Pier Entrance when the Pavilion was built. This would obviously need to be a joint venture between the Pavilion site's owner and Six Piers Ltd, which is an optimistic idea, to say the least!
As the Report says:
"There is a risk that the current architect currently engaged by the owner will persist with his current inappropriate concept design and that further unsuitable development proposals may continue to be submitted. Cadw have cautioned against settling for inappropriate schemes for this site. An unsuitable development, once constructed will impact on the area and wider town for years to come. Cadw advised that the site should demand a development solution of extreme sensitivity and high quality."
Indeed....
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