Cliff stabilisation work going to plan (From Southend Standard)

Went passed there the other day and was gladdened to see the work going ahead.

Wait for the moaners & wingers to complain that the path is blocked or thier view is blocked.

Just been looking at the plans for the museum, have to sat its a very impresive project, sad to see people are against something that Southend could be very very proud of.

Good to see the work progressing, make you wonder of people are moaning about the works currently going on would they moan even more had nothing been done and another much bigger slip took their homes.

Ten years late! Our cliff gardens should have been stabilised after the slippage.

Everyone wanted to see the cliffs open for our enjoyment, not neglected by a council more interested in design awards than natural green spaces.

rhowes wrote:
Ten years late! Our cliff gardens should have been stabilised after the slippage.

Everyone wanted to see the cliffs open for our enjoyment, not neglected by a council more interested in design awards than natural green spaces.

Spare us please it is good news for a change.

Long time overdue but great to see. Icing on the cake would be to see The Bandstand put back in it's original location.

"ESSENTIAL work to stabilise the cliffs on Southend seafront will be finished in the New Year". Following the performance, of Birse Civils, (a Balfour Beatty company), at Sadlers Farm "finished in the New Year" could well mean December 31st.

rhowes wrote:
Ten years late! Our cliff gardens should have been stabilised after the slippage.

Everyone wanted to see the cliffs open for our enjoyment, not neglected by a council more interested in design awards than natural green spaces.

We can kiss goodbye to all the green space along Western Esplanade now the creeping cancer of development has started. This is the beginning of the death of Southend seafront. In ten years time it'll be as attractive as Victoria Avenue.

As a qualified Geologist I have to say that auger is seriously impressive.

Biggest screw I've ever seen in all my days. ;0)

aduksquack wrote:

rhowes wrote: Ten years late! Our cliff gardens should have been stabilised after the slippage. Everyone wanted to see the cliffs open for our enjoyment, not neglected by a council more interested in design awards than natural green spaces.

We can kiss goodbye to all the green space along Western Esplanade now the creeping cancer of development has started. This is the beginning of the death of Southend seafront. In ten years time it'll be as attractive as Victoria Avenue.

How do you work that out?

The only planning application I have seen is the proposal for a museum built in to the cliffs, with grass over the top.

Even though the museum has been given approval, it will not open the flood gates to other developments.
The council as the land owner can block any developers that come along.

As I said I have only just seen the plans but from what is available on line the building would be sunk into the cliffs and grassed over, what is so wrong with that, paths will be laid over the top as well, surely such a facility would be good for Southend.

I will Google a bit more and see what more I can find, unless you are able to supply links?

aduksquack wrote:

rhowes wrote: Ten years late! Our cliff gardens should have been stabilised after the slippage. Everyone wanted to see the cliffs open for our enjoyment, not neglected by a council more interested in design awards than natural green spaces.

We can kiss goodbye to all the green space along Western Esplanade now the creeping cancer of development has started. This is the beginning of the death of Southend seafront. In ten years time it'll be as attractive as Victoria Avenue.

here we go again, one story about the cliff & you have to go on about the whole cliffs going each & every time.

I bet you would love every building in Southend to be flattend & grass & trees planted & we all live in tents or out at sea.

Joe Wildman wrote:

aduksquack wrote:

rhowes wrote: Ten years late! Our cliff gardens should have been stabilised after the slippage. Everyone wanted to see the cliffs open for our enjoyment, not neglected by a council more interested in design awards than natural green spaces.

We can kiss goodbye to all the green space along Western Esplanade now the creeping cancer of development has started. This is the beginning of the death of Southend seafront. In ten years time it'll be as attractive as Victoria Avenue.

How do you work that out?

The only planning application I have seen is the proposal for a museum built in to the cliffs, with grass over the top.

Even though the museum has been given approval, it will not open the flood gates to other developments.
The council as the land owner can block any developers that come along.

As I said I have only just seen the plans but from what is available on line the building would be sunk into the cliffs and grassed over, what is so wrong with that, paths will be laid over the top as well, surely such a facility would be good for Southend.

I will Google a bit more and see what more I can find, unless you are able to supply links?

Take a look at the Westcliff/Chalkwell end of the seafront. One block of flats got planning permission, now it's a whole line of fugly blocks of flats, and all the original character of the area has been destroyed.

If you think that won't happen to the Cliffs then you're living in cloud cuckoo land.

Ps, when have Southend council EVER blocked a planning application for a major project?

Answer: Never.

aduksquack wrote:
Ps, when have Southend council EVER blocked a planning application for a major project? Answer: Never.

Rollercoater at the end of the pier was withdrawn. if that counts.

Max Impact wrote:

aduksquack wrote:
Ps, when have Southend council EVER blocked a planning application for a major project? Answer: Never.

Rollercoater at the end of the pier was withdrawn. if that counts.

It wasn't withdrawn. No-one asked for planning permission. It was just one proposal among several in a consultation on what to do with the pier.

aduksquack wrote:

Max Impact wrote:

aduksquack wrote: Ps, when have Southend council EVER blocked a planning application for a major project? Answer: Never.

Rollercoater at the end of the pier was withdrawn. if that counts.

It wasn't withdrawn. No-one asked for planning permission. It was just one proposal among several in a consultation on what to do with the pier.

Acording to Southend Timeline it was given planning approval.

http://www.southendt
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