CHANGES could be made at an Isle of Wight sailing club.
Sea View Yacht Club wants to put shipping containers in its dinghy park and also run a seasonal outside bar.
At its base on the Esplanade, the yacht club is seeking permission to build a temporary wooden building, acting as a bar, on its outside deck, which would only be used from Easter until September.
Agents on behalf of the club, Plan Research, say the location of the structure has been carefully chosen to be sensitive to its surroundings.
The agents say members prefer to have the opportunity to sit outside due to ongoing Covid health concerns and the club has been looking at ways it can provide services, including hot and cold drinks provision, outdoors.
At its Duver Road dinghy park the club is looking to get retrospective permission for boat storage racks it has installed, after being told by the council they required planning permission.
It is also looking to install four shipping containers for education use.
As the popularity of the club's Seaview Schools Sailing Project increases, the club believes it would be safer, and the children would have more time sailing, if the lessons could be run from the dinghy park.
The project offers free sailing tuition to Year 5 pupils in primary schools on the Island, encouraging children to sail and develop skills.
The containers would be added to the dinghy park to act as a changing room and storage space.
You can view the two plans, 22/00663/FUL (dinghy park) and 22/00744/FUL (bar), on the IW Council's planning register. Comments can be submitted until November 18.
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