Traffic fears as beach popular with Lancashire visitors set for car park changes
Traffic fears have been raised after a beach popular with Lancashire visitors is set to undergo major car parking changes.
The matter is due to be discussed at a meeting of the borough’s planning committee next week. The report adds that the extent of the new car park, to be constructed closer to Victoria Road, is currently unclear and will depend on the amount of rubble removed from the existing site but is likely to be no more than 237 spaces.Several objections have been lodged against the plans.
Objections were also raised over vehicle access to Freshfields caravan site with sits near the site. Planning officers said that while the proposed car park would be on greenbelt land, it would not have a “detrimental impact”, citing screening that would be provided by surrounding woodland and stating the encroachment on greenbelt would be “balanced” by the removal of the existing dune car park.
In order to address the potential additional traffic problems on Victoria Road, which can get very congested during the busy summer months, a car park management plan was recommended as a condition for planning permission being granted with signs to be placed on Formby Bypass to alert people to car park capacity. Over 560 trees would be felled to build the new car park, with the applicant stating it could replace the trees on a one to one ratio to ensure no tree loss overall.
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