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  1. Published on: 05/04/2019 06:34 AMReported by: roving-eye
    Many seaside towns and coastal communities are in desperate need of improvements to transport, housing and broadband. Better access to further and higher education for young people in seaside towns is needed too. These are key conclusions of a report by the House of Lords Select Committee on Regenerating Seaside Towns, The future of seaside towns, published today.


    Committee Chairman
    The Chairman of the Committee, Lord Bassam of Brighton, said:
    “For too long, seaside towns have been neglected. They suffer from issues rooted in the decline of their core industries, most notably domestic tourism, but also in fishing, shipbuilding and port activity, and from their location at the ‘end of the line’. The potential impact of Brexit on these towns, particularly the hospitality sector, also remains an open question.
    “A single solution to their economic and social challenges doesn’t exist. What is needed is a package of strategic initiatives and interventions where national and local government work together to address issues such as transport, housing, post-school education and high-speed broadband.
    “Places like Brighton and Bournemouth have shown that ‘the seaside’ can successfully reinvent itself. The Committee is confident that if our recommendations are pursued seaside towns can once again become prosperous and desirable places to live in and visit.”
    Recommendations included in the report
    The main findings and conclusions from the report include:

    • The challenges of peripherality in coastal areas can be overcome by improving digital connectivity. The Government should promote initiatives to support digital connectivity in coastal communities specifically. It should engage with local authorities, Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) and businesses in remote coastal communities to understand how better digital connectivity, such as high-speed broadband, can be delivered.
    • Limited access to education, particularly to FE and HE institutions, is severely curtailing opportunities and denting aspirations for young people in some coastal areas. The Government needs to facilitate partnership working between the FE and HE sectors, and local business and industry, in coastal and other isolated areas.
    • Poor-quality housing is a significant problem for many seaside towns. The Committee recommends a package of measures for housing to help tackle perverse financial incentives to offer poor accommodation, ease the pressures on inspection and enforcement regimes, and to support more regeneration of existing housing.
    • Inadequate transport connectivity is holding back many coastal communities. The Government should prioritise improvements to the coastal transport network when it takes decisions on planning and investment. This should be informed by a detailed review of the coastal transport network.
    • Many seaside towns feel left behind by national strategies aimed at increasing economic growth and productivity. Local Industrial Strategies present a key opportunity for renewed focus on addressing the skills gaps, low-wage economies and aspiration challenges faced by many coastal communities. As LEPs develop these strategies, the Committee recommends that they are given a specific requirement to consider the needs of deprived seaside towns and communities.
    • The UK Shared Prosperity Fund, which is set to replace EU funding after Brexit, is an important opportunity to help support coastal business development, and to tackle deprivation in coastal communities. The Government must be clear about how coastal areas will benefit from the Fund. The Fund should prioritise solutions for areas where there has been persistent deprivation, including disadvantaged coastal communities.
    • The Coastal Communities Fund is viewed as too small scale to support sustainable regeneration. The Government should review the Fund’s effectiveness. If it is making a positive impact, then it should continue with it and increase the Fund’s resources.
    • The Committee strongly supports the Grimsby town deal, involving a strategic approach between national and local government, and LEPS. The Committee recommends that the Government should secure town deals with other coastal towns. Given that issues relating to housing and deprivation in Blackpool are well-recognised as being some of the most significant in the country, the Committee recommends a town deal is secured with Blackpool first.
    • A variant of Enterprise Zones designated specifically for coastal areas could offer seaside towns a package of placed-based interventions. This could support long term, sustainable change. The Committee recommends that new Enterprise Zones be created in coastal locations, and that the support offered should be tailored to meet the specific needs of seaside towns.
    • Some towns have boosted regeneration by cultivating their local creative industries. The Committee supports this arts-led regeneration and wishes to see other towns diversifying their economies and enhancing their local cultural assets in this way.

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  3. thediscovolante says:05/04/2019 04:33 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by roving-eye View Post
    Many seaside towns and coastal communities are in desperate need of improvements to transport, housing and broadband. Better access to further and higher education for young people in seaside towns is needed too. These are key conclusions of a report by the House of Lords Select Committee on Regenerating Seaside Towns, The future of seaside towns, published today.


    Committee Chairman
    The Chairman of the Committee, Lord Bassam of Brighton, said:
    “For too long, seaside towns have been neglected. They suffer from issues rooted in the decline of their core industries, most notably domestic tourism, but also in fishing, shipbuilding and port activity, and from their location at the ‘end of the line’. The potential impact of Brexit on these towns, particularly the hospitality sector, also remains an open question.
    “A single solution to their economic and social challenges doesn’t exist. What is needed is a package of strategic initiatives and interventions where national and local government work together to address issues such as transport, housing, post-school education and high-speed broadband.
    “Places like Brighton and Bournemouth have shown that ‘the seaside’ can successfully reinvent itself. The Committee is confident that if our recommendations are pursued seaside towns can once again become prosperous and desirable places to live in and visit.”
    Recommendations included in the report
    The main findings and conclusions from the report include:

    • The challenges of peripherality in coastal areas can be overcome by improving digital connectivity. The Government should promote initiatives to support digital connectivity in coastal communities specifically. It should engage with local authorities, Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) and businesses in remote coastal communities to understand how better digital connectivity, such as high-speed broadband, can be delivered.
    • Limited access to education, particularly to FE and HE institutions, is severely curtailing opportunities and denting aspirations for young people in some coastal areas. The Government needs to facilitate partnership working between the FE and HE sectors, and local business and industry, in coastal and other isolated areas.
    • Poor-quality housing is a significant problem for many seaside towns. The Committee recommends a package of measures for housing to help tackle perverse financial incentives to offer poor accommodation, ease the pressures on inspection and enforcement regimes, and to support more regeneration of existing housing.
    • Inadequate transport connectivity is holding back many coastal communities. The Government should prioritise improvements to the coastal transport network when it takes decisions on planning and investment. This should be informed by a detailed review of the coastal transport network.
    • Many seaside towns feel left behind by national strategies aimed at increasing economic growth and productivity. Local Industrial Strategies present a key opportunity for renewed focus on addressing the skills gaps, low-wage economies and aspiration challenges faced by many coastal communities. As LEPs develop these strategies, the Committee recommends that they are given a specific requirement to consider the needs of deprived seaside towns and communities.
    • The UK Shared Prosperity Fund, which is set to replace EU funding after Brexit, is an important opportunity to help support coastal business development, and to tackle deprivation in coastal communities. The Government must be clear about how coastal areas will benefit from the Fund. The Fund should prioritise solutions for areas where there has been persistent deprivation, including disadvantaged coastal communities.
    • The Coastal Communities Fund is viewed as too small scale to support sustainable regeneration. The Government should review the Fund’s effectiveness. If it is making a positive impact, then it should continue with it and increase the Fund’s resources.
    • The Committee strongly supports the Grimsby town deal, involving a strategic approach between national and local government, and LEPS. The Committee recommends that the Government should secure town deals with other coastal towns. Given that issues relating to housing and deprivation in Blackpool are well-recognised as being some of the most significant in the country, the Committee recommends a town deal is secured with Blackpool first.
    • A variant of Enterprise Zones designated specifically for coastal areas could offer seaside towns a package of placed-based interventions. This could support long term, sustainable change. The Committee recommends that new Enterprise Zones be created in coastal locations, and that the support offered should be tailored to meet the specific needs of seaside towns.
    • Some towns have boosted regeneration by cultivating their local creative industries. The Committee supports this arts-led regeneration and wishes to see other towns diversifying their economies and enhancing their local cultural assets in this way.

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    i would love to visit the town centre,,but there is no where to park for free,,until i can i will stay away...
    i

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  5. salus.populi says:05/04/2019 05:19 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by thediscovolante View Post
    i would love to visit the town centre,,but there is no where to park for free,,until i can i will stay away...
    i
    Can't love it that much then if it's not worth a small parking fee.

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  7. paulollie says:05/04/2019 07:32 PM
    Agree, parking fees..... If you can afford a car you can afford to park. Not many towns or cities in the UK nor anywhere else leave parking free.

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  9. paulollie says:05/04/2019 07:33 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by thediscovolante View Post
    i would love to visit the town centre,,but there is no where to park for free,,until i can i will stay away...
    i
    Please stop embedding the whole bloody report

  10. PENTHOUSEJOE says:05/04/2019 09:38 PM
    I go whitby, Scarborough,Bridlington regular.plus other towns. They all have parking charges. But there traffic wardens are not so aggressive in issuing tickets. Makes all the difference.

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  12. Alikado says:06/04/2019 08:52 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by thediscovolante View Post
    i would love to visit the town centre,,but there is no where to park for free,,until i can i will stay away...
    i
    There are several places to park for free, next you'll be asking for your petrol money to get to town.

  13. hja says:06/04/2019 12:20 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Alikado View Post
    There are several places to park for free, next you'll be asking for your petrol money to get to town.
    Southport could reinvent itself if it got support from the body that passes as a Council. It stands no chance. There’s money for a run down shopping centre but come on a seaside town no chance.

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  15. chrismatt. says:06/04/2019 01:30 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by PENTHOUSEJOE View Post
    I go whitby, Scarborough,Bridlington regular.plus other towns. They all have parking charges. But there traffic wardens are not so aggressive in issuing tickets. Makes all the difference.
    The council that runs these towns actually invests in them. They have well maintained town centres, their beaches are cleaned, their public gardens are maintained. Their council values what they have! What a pity Sefton cannot replicate this in Southport!

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  17. mike1979 says:06/04/2019 01:56 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by hja View Post
    Southport could reinvent itself if it got support from the body that passes as a Council. It stands no chance. There’s money for a run down shopping centre but come on a seaside town no chance.
    The 12 million towards the Atkinson and 4 million towards the market came directly from council funds.

    The purchase of the shopping centre, which was originally sold by the council to pay for Southport's new sea defence wall, did not come direct from council funds. It is a loan/mortgage which is covered by the rental income, and leaves a surplus of cash.

    So not sure what your statement means.

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