Plans to build 12 beach huts on one of Kent’s most-photographed beauty spots have sparked a fierce public backlash.
Canterbury City Council had an initial bid to build 20 of the wooden shacks in Tankerton, near Whitstable, rejected in September following almost 100 objections.
But the authority has returned with a new proposal for 12 huts on a site further along the picturesque seafront slopes.
The council, which has been hit hard financially by the pandemic, is looking to cash in on the growing staycation market.
But residents have blasted the proposals, fearing the new huts will destroy valuable open space and could spark an increase in anti-social behaviour.
Peers Carter, 75, says he is at the “point of desperation” with the city council, which he accuses of ignoring residents’ concerns and having no “aesthetic taste or respect” for the slopes.
“Again and again, we have to point out that the slopes are a national asset and the original covenant promised there would be no alterations to its space and…
