Council to plough ahead with chalet demolition

SCARBOROUGH COUNCIL has said that plans to demolish a number of listed beach chalets on the resort’s South Bay will go ahead before the summer season begins.

The chalets, which sit below the Clock Cafe, have been cordoned off following the collapse of retaining wall in March last year, which left them leaning at a 45-degree angle. In November, the chalets collapsed further and the council’s chief executive, Jim Dillon, took the decision to move forward with the demolition, rather than waiting for listed building consent that was not expected to be granted until May.

Now, in an update to be given to councillors at a Full Council meeting next month, the cabinet member for major projects, Coun Mike Cockerill said it was likely that the chalets will be demolished by summer.

In a newly-published report, released ahead of the meeting, he wrote: “The council’s consultant is still designing the stabilisation solution to be implemented following the planned demolition of the chalets.

“Once the solution is confirmed we hope to be able to commence the demolition without further delay, and we still anticipate that the chalets will be removed prior to the summer season.

“As the stabilisation design has not been finalised I am unable to give a timescale for its construction.”