Summerland car park plans rejected

An application for temporary parking on the former Summerland site has been rejected.

Planning Committee chair Rob Callister told the hearing he was ‘surprised’ the application had been brought forward as it ‘breaches’ roughly five departmental policies.

The Department of Infrastructure application was for 32 spaces, a decrease from the previously approved scheme in 2019 which was for 58.

This application also had provision for two disabled parking spaces and would only last for 18 months.

A number of reasons for refusal included its potential to reduce the overall development size of the Summerland site and detrimental impact on any future development.

It was also agreed the application was against a Council of Ministers policy and failed to meet the land use and designation under the Area Plan for the East.