Restaurant, shops and beach terrace - the £750,000 plans for Bournemouth seafront (From Thisisdorset)
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Restaurant, shops and beach terrace - the £750,000 plans for Bournemouth seafront
9:02am Friday 11th January 2013 in Latest By Melanie Vass
PLAN: An artists’ impression of the proposed Durley Chine scheme. Picture: Studio Four Architects
BOURNEMOUTH seafront is set for a new restaurant, beach terrace, shops, kiosks and toilets under plans submitted to the council.
The proposals would see a new two-storey restaurant built at Durley Chine, which will be open all year round and will have a first floor terrace to maximise sea views across to Studland and Swanage.
There would also be a beach terrace on the south side of the promenade, providing extra facilities for the thousands of people who flock to Bournemouth’s beaches during the summer.
And the plans also include a takeaway kiosk, ice cream kiosk, office, beach shop, beach office and disabled and unisex toilets.
The proposals have been submitted by businessman Rob Shearman, who has run a catering outlet at Durley Chine since 2000. The proposed redevelopment will replace his current kiosks, storage sheds and six adjacent beach huts.
If successful, he will run the restaurant and shop while the council will manage the public toilets and beach office. Existing accommodation provided for a local fisherman will be relocated to another council facility along the seafront.
Rob said: “Over the last 12 years that I have been here, we have built up a good customer base and we would just like to offer a much better facility, an all-year-round facility.
“Even the new beach shop will be open in the winter so that beach hut users will be able to get newspapers and milk.
“At the moment we are very weather dependent as we have no indoor facilities. We would like to enhance that so that people can come down even in winter and get a breakfast or a cup of coffee and sit and watch the sea.”
The project is anticipated to cost around £750,000.
If planning permission is granted, work will start in the winter, with the aim of being finished by summer 2014.
Comments(32)
Dr Strangelove
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9:23am Fri 11 Jan 13
saynomore
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9:30am Fri 11 Jan 13
Old Colonial
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9:37am Fri 11 Jan 13
Redgolfer wrote:Private, not council funded. Keep calm!
What !!!, NO picture house or Surf Reef cannot be the Councils idea but it looks like they are spending OUR MONEY AGAIN to lease out to a lucky punter.
ajj-dorset
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9:44am Fri 11 Jan 13
Mr Shearman has put forward the proposal and I can see the business opportunity for him in having improved facilities, but I dont see listed anywhere how the costs will be shared out?
Hard to tell if this is just someone putting out their blue-sky thinking, a serious worked out plan, another swindle along the lines of the reef or just poor reporting?
Arthur Maureen
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9:51am Fri 11 Jan 13
jeebuscripes
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10:29am Fri 11 Jan 13
tricky1007
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10:37am Fri 11 Jan 13
John T
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10:47am Fri 11 Jan 13
Dr Strangelove wrote:The artist's impression has already blocked out any such views with an imaginary range of hills in the background. At least, top level customers may be compensated for this by a view of wind sails in the sunset.
Just what we need and you will get a much better view of the wind farm.
Chriswood
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11:03am Fri 11 Jan 13
jeebuscripes wrote:I'm sorry your life revolves around alcohol.
It looks good. I'm guessing £5 pints of Peroni.
jeebuscripes
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11:26am Fri 11 Jan 13
Chriswood wrote:I'm sorry I've had the displeasure to cross your sanctimonious path.
jeebuscripes wrote:I'm sorry your life revolves around alcohol.
It looks good. I'm guessing £5 pints of Peroni.
You are going to get a very sore arse sitting on that high horse of yours.
Couchy125
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11:50am Fri 11 Jan 13
tricky1007 wrote:Yes. Lets keep the swillers out. Somewhere to relax without the idiots about. I'm up for that.
hopefully £5 pints of Peroni, would be nice for Bournemouth to have a place that does not attract the '£1 shot' brigade. Its not always about drinking to get drunk. I am sure the coffee will be cheap enough!
Linguist
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11:52am Fri 11 Jan 13
H2o-hara
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12:33pm Fri 11 Jan 13
retry69
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12:42pm Fri 11 Jan 13
saynomore wrote:Totally agree Bournemouth will not change its reputation of being full of moaners and groaners until these muppets move out,they sit there and every attempt at improvements gets condemned with the boring usual remarks.
Oh goody something else for the professional moaners to gripe about it must be blocking a " View" of something,I see they have started already in the above posts,sad people.
kingstonpaul
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12:58pm Fri 11 Jan 13
But why does the fisherman have to move? He's a local treasure, and has been for many years. I hope it's not because he might block the view of the wind farm.
BmthNewshound
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1:02pm Fri 11 Jan 13
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The proposed development is on public owned land. Is this just another one of Beesleys dodgy deals to hand over OUR town to private developers ? How much is Rob Shearman paying the Council for leasing this prime site ?.
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The Council should be required to publish details of all of its commercial leasing arrangements.
muscliffman
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1:04pm Fri 11 Jan 13
We also get a modern artist's impression, this makes a nice change from the kids and their crayons versions.
My only concern is the age profile illustrated here suggests that nobody over thirty will be welcome! A wee bit ageist and unrealistic if I may observe.
Bohemia
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1:16pm Fri 11 Jan 13
Linguist wrote:The picture is a bit unclear without an explanation. It looks like the building is on the east side of the chine where the pub is. But actually you're looking at the promenade (the "sea and hills" beyond is actually the Durley Inn). The proposed building is L-shaped on the west corner of the chine with the restaurant along the seafront and the office/toilets along the chine.
What happens to the very popular pub that is ALREADY there?
I'm actually assuming and hoping that the council pay for the building as we should be retaining ownership of it, as long as it's competitively tendered, and I have no problem with a commercial operator as they do a much better job right along the seafront with some excellent outlets than the council could.
Linguist
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2:20pm Fri 11 Jan 13
Bohemia wrote:Looks to me as if the illustration is made as if looking from where the telephone box now is (to me).
Linguist wrote:The picture is a bit unclear without an explanation. It looks like the building is on the east side of the chine where the pub is. But actually you're looking at the promenade (the "sea and hills" beyond is actually the Durley Inn). The proposed building is L-shaped on the west corner of the chine with the restaurant along the seafront and the office/toilets along the chine.
What happens to the very popular pub that is ALREADY there?
I'm actually assuming and hoping that the council pay for the building as we should be retaining ownership of it, as long as it's competitively tendered, and I have no problem with a commercial operator as they do a much better job right along the seafront with some excellent outlets than the council could.
Which would mean ON the site of where the Durley Inn now is.
Bohemia
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3:01pm Fri 11 Jan 13
Linguist wrote:I wasn't trading guesses with you. Have a look at the application docs:
Bohemia wrote:Looks to me as if the illustration is made as if looking from where the telephone box now is (to me).
Linguist wrote:The picture is a bit unclear without an explanation. It looks like the building is on the east side of the chine where the pub is. But actually you're looking at the promenade (the "sea and hills" beyond is actually the Durley Inn). The proposed building is L-shaped on the west corner of the chine with the restaurant along the seafront and the office/toilets along the chine.
What happens to the very popular pub that is ALREADY there?
I'm actually assuming and hoping that the council pay for the building as we should be retaining ownership of it, as long as it's competitively tendered, and I have no problem with a commercial operator as they do a much better job right along the seafront with some excellent outlets than the council could.
Which would mean ON the site of where the Durley Inn now is.
http://planning.bour
nemouth.gov.uk/Realt
imeRegister/plandisp
.aspx?recno=82029
Click on "Associated Documents" an then the site plans.
spooki
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3:03pm Fri 11 Jan 13
jeebuscripes wrote:Why is it that when someone who doesn't have to drink alcohol to have a good time comments on a drinker, you say they're sanctimonious and on a 'high horse'? I don't drink soft drinks in bars anyway because the prices are way overpriced. I'd rather go somewhere with my friends where I can actually hear what they're saying!
Chriswood wrote:I'm sorry I've had the displeasure to cross your sanctimonious path.
jeebuscripes wrote:I'm sorry your life revolves around alcohol.
It looks good. I'm guessing £5 pints of Peroni.
You are going to get a very sore arse sitting on that high horse of yours.
I'm thinking the fact that you reply with insults shows the better person...
Bohemia
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3:22pm Fri 11 Jan 13
spooki wrote:Couldn't disagree with your more. The first comment isn't necessarily about drinking, it succintly illustrates the likely high prices (which will probably include yoursoft drinks). So C's reply isn't merely a comment, it's a wide-of-the-mark insult that get's a reasonable response IMHO.
jeebuscripes wrote:Why is it that when someone who doesn't have to drink alcohol to have a good time comments on a drinker, you say they're sanctimonious and on a 'high horse'? I don't drink soft drinks in bars anyway because the prices are way overpriced. I'd rather go somewhere with my friends where I can actually hear what they're saying!
Chriswood wrote:I'm sorry I've had the displeasure to cross your sanctimonious path.
jeebuscripes wrote:I'm sorry your life revolves around alcohol.
It looks good. I'm guessing £5 pints of Peroni.
You are going to get a very sore arse sitting on that high horse of yours.
I'm thinking the fact that you reply with insults shows the better person...
bottomsup
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4:06pm Fri 11 Jan 13
bbird
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6:31pm Fri 11 Jan 13
hrothgar
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7:18pm Fri 11 Jan 13
Seafrontseagirl
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7:44pm Fri 11 Jan 13
Bournefre
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8:35pm Fri 11 Jan 13
Bournefre
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10:03pm Fri 11 Jan 13
Linguist wrote:The "swillers" will have to go elsewhere for their "£1 shots" and "offers such as buy one get one free".
What happens to the very popular pub that is ALREADY there?
winton50
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11:00am Sat 12 Jan 13
Not only will it block the tremendous views of the ocean it will also encourage asylum seeking foreign cyclists to ride without lights at high speed down the prom.
I suspect that there is the same sort of shoddy deal going on that occurred with the IMAX and the surf Reef. I bet it was dreamed up by a councillor looking at **** on his laptop.
All of this could be solved if we just stopped cars parking on the pavement, cyclists going through red lights, removed all the speed cameras, lifted the speed limit on the Wessex Way to 150mph and reduced parking charges in the town centre.
I blame Jimmy Saville and the airshow.
you can't get a decent cup of tea in town nowadays and the coppers all look so young...
saynomore
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11:07am Sat 12 Jan 13
Richard 1976
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4:42pm Sat 12 Jan 13
Redgolfer says...
9:14am Fri 11 Jan 13