Toilets at 1 of the Isle of Wight’s most picturesque spots could soon be upgraded after revised plans were submitted to the Isle of Wight Council.
The plans to demolish the toilets and build new ones at the National Trust’s Hanover Point car park at Compton Bay, on the Military Road, have been recently revised after concerns were raised about the size of the building, proposed picnic tables and the size of the car park.
The original plans were submitted in December last year, as previously reported by Island Echo.
Now, the building’s footprint has been reduced – removing a bin storage area – and the picnic tables removed, allowing for a bigger space for people who may not be able to get down to the beach to bring their own chairs and blankets.
The National Trust has said the current toilet facilities are at the end of their maintainable life and the new toilet blocks would be a modular design so they can be dismantled and moved easily when it is necessary due to coastal erosion. It is thought the land on which the car park and the toilets currently sit will have vanished in 25 years.
ERMC has said the site will have few unnaturally occurring materials although some concrete may be required for building foundations, and screw piles are also being investigated to mitigate long-term erosion. The roof of the toilet block could feature solar panels and a sedum, green roof.
If the new toilets are approved, the old ones will remain in use until the new block is completed.
The car park could have enough parking spaces for 235 to 255 vehicles and is looking to improve the flow of cars.
Height restriction bars are also proposed in 2 places to stop large motorhomes coming into the car park and staying overnight as the National Trust has a no overnight parking policy.
The new plans have also removed any treatment works on highway verges the National Trust would have carried out. The trust said it is still looking to find a solution to improve the safety of the entrance and exit to the site, by dealing with people parking on the verges, but it may now come under a separate application.
You can view the revised plans, 22/02195/FUL, on the Isle of Wight Council’s planning register. Comments can be made until 10th November.
I suppose more pay to use toilets
It is no wonder persons p*ss up walls and sh*t in bushes
Who wants to keep paying for an act of human nature,
don’t the council get enough money from everyone in the form of
Business Rates, Council Tax and Parking charges etc!
Wow new toilets at Compton but you won’t be able to get to them as the road will have eroded and disappeared before you know it!
Good point Fred
This council are a shower of excrement. Just get on with your jobs and stop agonising over every trivial decision. No wonder they can’t even consider the big decisions. Can we please just get rid of them and hand over control to central government. They make my blood boil!
You can spend a pretty penny on toilets, but you won’t pay to save the absolutely vital military road? WTF are these unelected fools thinking? Please enlighten me to the point that in my world I’m obviously missing?
I believe the National Trust are paying for the toilets.
Couple of little points you may have missed.
First of all, the toilets are being built by the National Trust while the road is the responsibility of the Council. Two different bodies.
Secondly, the national trust is a charity, while the Councillors making the decision over the road ARE elected.
This is National Trust land.
Nothing at all to do with the Council.
Yep,
But why would you expect that little fact to stop the regular IE mouth-breathers having one of their collective frothy-mouthed rants.
how are you going to get there if the council let the other part of the road collapse into the sea, the national trust is reluctant for them to move the road further in land
Somewhere to pee as you look out to sea, at where the road used to be.
Better put wheels on it so it can be moved away from the Cliff Edge !