And adds the following comment:

“Visual comment on the plans for the watersports centre. If it is built on the same side of the road as the lifeboat station, with the new road running behind it, then present users of the seafront carpark will be pushed further back to the recently closed Arnold Palmer putting course. That means a longer trek to the beach carrying everything. If EDDC have their way, they plan to invite a huge number of extra visitors to the area, which will mean more people, more cars overall and possible congestion on the road into Exmouth.

Many years ago, a teacher from Exmouth Community College asked if a youth club could be set up in “La Cuisine”- the old cafe at the open air swimming pool. This idea was repeatedly quashed as it would bring “boy racers’ and gangs of youngsters to the sea front and the residents would not like it. How ironic that the same council are now welcoming a huge development which will have massive implications for the appearance and use of the seafront with alcohol, litter, noise, coming and going as they seek to develop the “Nightime economy.”

Beware residents- you have seen nothing yet ! Franksy”