New beach huts for Shoebury's East Beach (From Echo)
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New beach huts for Shoebury's East Beach
9:00pm Tuesday 12th March 2013 in News
A computer generated image of the new beach huts
FIFTEEN new beach huts will be built in Shoebury.
Southend Council has been granted planning permission - the last hurdle it had to clear - for the grand project on East Beach.
Chiefs have earmarked about £120,000 to build the huts, which they then hope to sell to beach-lovers for a substantial profit.
However, the scheme was nearly derailed by a concerted campaign which argued the new huts could not be reached by people in wheelchairs.
Speaking at the development control committee meeting at which planning permission was granted, Mike Assenheim, an Independent councillor for Shoebury, said: “These huts simply should not go ahead until this issue has been resolved.
“We have to do more to ensure people with disabilities are able to access them.
“To not have access is stopping them from even considering whether they would like to buy one of these huts.”
However, Roger Hadley, a Tory councillor for Shoebury, disagreed.
The huts will be built on a concrete strip at the head of the beach which was the foundation for a row of similar huts 30 years ago.
Mr Hadley said: “Beach huts have already been on that site, so it makes no sense to say they shouldn’t go back there.
“As it is, that concrete is a real eyesore and is rarely used by anybody.
“Let’s just get on with doing this and remedying that issue.”
Comments(12)
asbo in a coma
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9:54pm Tue 12 Mar 13
Carnabackable
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10:40pm Tue 12 Mar 13
echoforum
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11:24pm Tue 12 Mar 13
These huts are tucked away thus ideal for trashing ..just watch!!!!!!!
emcee
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11:48pm Tue 12 Mar 13
What this is really saying is that they hope to sell to rich mugs who the council can see coming. It will be interesting to see how much they will sell for (or how much people will be willing to pay).
It is also an admission that the plan was for the council to make a quick few quid over that of the improvement of the leisure use of East Beach, all along.
Shoebury_Cyclist
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8:05am Wed 13 Mar 13
Clearly Mr Hadley never visits Eastbeach. That area is one of the busiest parts of Eastbeach all year round.
Cosmo Spring
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10:21am Wed 13 Mar 13
nking shacks for the local ne'er do wells....
siddymint
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5:50pm Wed 13 Mar 13
Somthing is not correct?
Chazmondo
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8:53am Thu 14 Mar 13
siddymint wrote:Yeah......your spelling !
No one has asked why where the beach huts removed , why if there is a good profit havn't they been replaced before.
Somthing is not correct?
They are not going to make these huts at a loss.....They may cost around 1500 to erect and they sell for far much more but hey...............id
iots will buy them so supply in demand !!
Chazmondo
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8:55am Thu 14 Mar 13
Baker-Boy
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1:40pm Thu 14 Mar 13
Shoebury_Cyclist wrote:all in the eye of the beholder
Roger Hadley said: "As it is, that concrete is a real eyesore and is rarely used by anybody." Clearly Mr Hadley never visits Eastbeach. That area is one of the busiest parts of Eastbeach all year round.
Shoebury Voice
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3:19pm Sun 31 Mar 13
southendfanman says...
9:49pm Tue 12 Mar 13
s.co.uk/ See the youtube videos http://youtu.be/R_fp
Wupk0v4
You could even make the beach huts out of concrete canvas and they will last forever and be water proof and fire proof http://youtu.be/vv3S
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