Wirral’s “Sail” hotel crashes on the rocks
Plans for a new boutique hotel in West Kirby have been sunk by local councillors.
The Sail Boutique hotel and sailing training school would have brought inwards investment in excess of £5million to the area and created up to 50 jobs but the plans capsized when they were brought before Wirral’s Cabinet last Thursday.
Carpenter Investments were selected as the preferred developer for the scheme in 2007 but the project was hit by local opposition, criticism of the designs and a concern over the loss of public parking spaces at Dee Lane.
Council officers who have been working with Carpenter recommended to councillors that they confirm their continued support for the project, but the Cabinet instead took the wind out of the developer’s sails and killed the project off.
The Wirral Globe quotes Cllr Gerry Ellis, who represents the Hoylake ward, as telling the meeting:
“This scheme will bring total traffic chaos to West Kirby because of the number of people wanting to use the hotel and therefore using up spaces.
“I have supported every development for the town and I would love to see a hotel in West Kirby but just not here. The council is currently undertaking a consultation with the public about services and what they think.
