Some of the occupants who have had their cabins in Weymouth, Dorset, for up to 50 years have been left devastated after being told their licences were not being renewed.
Councillor Nick Ireland has defended claims that he breached the Dorset Council’s code of conduct over planning application for Weymouth Bay Sea Swimmers former chalet building Chalet picture: Finnbarr Webster DORSET Council Lib Dem group leader Cllr Nick Ireland has defended claims that he breached the council’s code of conduct. He appeared at a panel hearing in County Hall on Wednesday to answer an allegation that his email to members of a planning committee, asking for an application to be rejected, should not have happened. He also made social media posts about the application. The case concerns a planning application in October 2019 to make changes to a chalet building at Greenhill which was used previously by the RNLI and then Weymouth Bay Sea Swimmers until the Greenhill Chalet Trust took back their possession of the building.