The Friends of the Tropicana (FOOT) have launched a new website letting people know about the latest developments on the Tropicana development.
FOOT is an independent, non-party political campaign which wants the Henry Boot plans stopped. Find out more by visiting their website.
When are the views of the masses going to be listened to! The revised plans may look attractive but unfortunately the site is wrong. How hard is it to understand the words WE JUST WANT A POOL AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES! We have hotels aplenty, we have a cinema, we have restaurants. YES to bowling alley, YES to swimming pool, NO to huge hotel and NO to car park taking up our beach lawn space. Its a beautiful building I have to agree but on the beach in Weston-super-Mare? Why does it all come down to profit because it seems that unless the hotel, restaurants, cinema is included it’s not worth doing. This has been going on too long. If we let the beach lawns be turned into a car park that will open the flood gates for other projects in the future. Our beach lawns are beautiful how they are and I, for one, will not let them be dug up to be replaced by concrete just so people can park right outside! If the plans were for a car park under the beach lawns, and then everything was replaced as it is that might be a different matter. North Somerset Council - LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE, thats what you were elected for.
I wonder if there is a conspiracy about the Council metings to review the plans for the Tropicana?
1. 15000+ signed petition objections seems to be being disregarded.
2. The whole of the council are not allowed to vote. Why not?
3. When phoning the Council some how been told that only a few people have objected. Well my wife and I have both emailed objections and they have not been included on the site. We have since forwarded our objections again but still no acknowledgement or inclusion. How many more “against objections” have been filtered out?
What conclusion should we come to about our Council’s willingness to listen to the residents of Weston? Is it an already “done deal”? Have the public consulatations been a charade to give the impression of democracy?
I await the council’s response - but not holding my breath!
Roger Jones - Clifton Road