The planning application for the Tropicana site on Weston-super-Mare seafront has been approved by North Somerset Council.
The plans have been unanimously approved at a council meeting tonight (21 February). This report, made before the decision was known, explains the plans for the site as well as possible complications.
A planning application for the Tropicana site on Weston-super-Mare seafront has been approved by North Somerset Council. Trop (WsM) Ltd's outline application was unanimously approved by the council's South Area Committee at its meeting this evening (February 21).
However, even though South Area has approved the plans, this does not mean the scheme will automatically go ahead. The site is owned by the council. Therefore, the applicant still requires landowner's consent from the council before any development can take place.
– Cllr Tony Lake, the council's executive member responsible for asset managementAlthough the council owns the site, it has not put in this planning application. Anybody can put in a planning application for someone else's land but, even if they have planning permission, they can't go ahead with it unless they have the landowner's consent. The council has two hats here - one as the planning authority and one as the landowner. The planning application has to be considered purely on planning grounds. The deliverability of a scheme is not a consideration when granting planning permission. But these are matters we do take into account when considering landowner's consent.