i was looking at the FLAG Website earlier today to see what it was saying about the proposed Pier Pavilion application. Amongst all the comments was a bit about the restaurants. In it it quoted some of the conditions in the application, chapter and verse and in it I read that if the developer cannot find suitable occupiers for the restaurants then the developer reserves the right to convert the space for the restaurants into apartments.
Now if that doesn't show you how untrustworthy these developers are then nothing will.
I've looked again for it but can't find the article so I can't quote the exact details but I do know what I've read.
Anwyl's application for the Penmorfa Hotel site is obvious in it's blatant deception but this one is more underhand and sneaky
Planning permission doesn't work like that though, Hugo. Any change of use from the agreed permission would require a completely new Planning Application. And does anyone seriously believe that restaurants in a prime position like that wouldn't be let immediately?
FLAG say that:
"FLAG would like to see the site developed as a major attraction for the town, a modern day Pavilion for the benefit of the local people and hundreds of thousands of tourists that visit. By moving forward with a sympathetic development that will attract new tourism and a younger demographic, its future will be secured for many years to come. And with it the town’s continuing prosperity."Well, yes. That would be fantastic. But the problem is that no developer wants to do that. In 20+ years, the only proposals that have come forward are for a very large hotel or the current proposed development. There's nothing else on offer, sadly.
And let me ask this question...where were all the people now talking about how wonderful the old Pavilion was, when it was left rotting away for 10 years? I was there at that time working next door on the Pier in the early 90s and I used to spend the odd lunch break with a hammer and nails, trying to seal up doors and windows in the Pavilion to prevent vandals getting in to destroy the building. If only all the people who are so vociferous now had banded together then, we could have saved the original building and still have it in use today.