Object

Representation ID: 1982

Received: 20/01/2016

Respondent: Mrs Lise Hodgson

OS8 - Placing a cinema that close to the beach is a waste of valuable land. A cinema will not attract more people to the town. I do not know anyone who has ever decided to go on holiday somewhere because there is a cinema. If the Council wants another cinema in the town an area further inland would be far more appropriate.

Once you are inside a cinema you are not going to spend a lot of money in the area. In the SCAAP the Council says they want to create an area where people want to live, but who would want to live in a place where they have to look out on a cinema instead of beautiful sea views. The Council's plans are completely devaluing our homes and destroying our enjoyment of them.

If the Council really wanted to do the best for this area, (which I am beginning to doubt) instead of destroying it as at present, a series of restaurants and cafes with green areas in between would be more in keeping with a seaside town, perhaps with a large underground car park. That would attract people and get them to spend money in the area. Once you are inside a cinema you are not going to spend a lot of money in the area.