Council turns down Ramsgate slipways planning application

Sorry if this is fairly old news to some people, I only just found out today and I don’t think anyone else has mentioned it.

They have turned down both the application to demolish and the one to develop.

This leads one with the question of what happens to the site now? The terms of the lease are that the site is used as a boat repair yard however the new owner of part of this yard is a property developer.

With sites like The Eagle Café on the end of the east pier, council owned, presumably leased by them under a lease stipulating that it is used as a café, but disused for a number of years I think this is one that may need watching.

The last thing we need in Ramsgate at the moment is a derelict boatyard.