New Marina in Holyhead

[Seven Spades]

According to the BBC a new 500 berth marina has just been given provisional planing consent for Holyhead against considerable local objections. Personally I don't think that have anything to worry about because it will bring more bsinesss, employment and add value to the area.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-18329906

However I bet some here will not be please to see their low cost moorings replaced. If you have laid your own moorings in that area will they have to buy you out to get you out of their way?

 

[GrahamM376]

The plans I saw a couple of years ago weren't just for a new marina, it was going to be a complete new development from the coastguard station along to the breakwater and included relocation of the boatyard and (I think) the sailing club.

Stenna own the harbour and only used to allow 3 organisations to lay moorings - the club, Stuart and A N Other. Rumour had it that they wanted to buy out the existing marina but, as they still had a few years on their lease, they refused to sell.

 

[ridgy]

All becomes clear.
When I left Holyhead sailing club a couple of years ago it had become a permanent feature of the annual report that Stena were refusing to discuss the future of the mooring lease.

I can see the residents point. The only local beneficiary is likely to be Tesco.

 

[savageseadog]

The problem for the residents is that the green strip along the promenade is to have a load of flats, cafe's etc built to make the development viable. I've no problem with investment and redevelopment but it would be a bit like building on Plymouth Hoe in my opinion. The better option would have been to develop the land adjacent to the breakwater towards the existing marina.

 

[garvellachs]

Holyhead Marina

It looks as if the new marina will have a proper defence against NE winds. The problem with the existing site is its vulnerability to winds blowing across the harbour, which cause damage and I think make people reluctant to take up berths there. I would expect a better-defended marina to be more popular.

 

[Juggler7823]

According to the BBC a new 500 berth marina has just been given provisional planing consent for Holyhead against considerable local objections. Personally I don't think that have anything to worry about because it will bring more bsinesss, employment and add value to the area.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-18329906

However I bet some here will not be please to see their low cost moorings replaced. If you have laid your own moorings in that area will they have to buy you out to get you out of their way?

This will easily become another white elephant like that unfinished marina, housing and shops complex just across the water at Greystones, Ireland