As expected the council have published proposed plans to turn the prom into a car park, to replace parking lost to the hotel. They plan take away one third (1.8m) of the pavement to allow up to 70 herring bone parking space. The plan is just to move the kerb further in and rip out the excess paving stones, disrupting the current red squares.

Other enhancements to the prom include reducing the available road with by 1.8m, a 20mph speed limit and traffic calming measures including raised tables at junctions. It's not safe to speed in a car park.

They have justified the change as "A number of residents have expressed a desire for increased car parking in the area. There is an opportunity to increase the parking provision on South Parade if a reduction to the width of the current promenade pavement is made." Yet are replacing a 173 space car park with a hotel, total spin?

There's an exhibition on from the 1st to the 14th of Sept in the concourse (press announcement?), where you can fill in a survey form. They are not asking for opinions on the hotel, but I would advise writing on it "I _object_ to the hotel", or mark it if you are still in favour.

Dee lane and south parade http://www.wirral.gov.uk/LGCL/100006/200079/823/content_0002507.html
West kirby http://www.wirral.gov.uk/LGCL/100006/200079/823/content_0002509.html

There is not much about the hotel on the web site, is something going on it's gone very quiet? Have CI found out underground parking and hotels are not compatible with high flood risk areas? Do the numbers add up? Can they get credit?

odd that the new plans for the lake seawall, to increase it's height, coincide with the need to add extra flood protection for the flood zone that includes the carpark and hence the plans for the hotel. Does the wall need rebuilding??

I don't think that the plans for the lake wall will make any difference to the flood zone, its only being raise by 15cm.

The environmental agency and the councils own web site state that development should not take place high risk flood areas, especially hotels.