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A FORMER sailing club will be sold off to pay for a controversial community centre plan, amid fears the site could be used for homes. Castle Point Council bosses are hoping to sell the land of Chapman Sands Sailing Club, Eastern Esplanade, Canvey to fund the new £5million Paddocks Community Centre and replace the existing centre in Long Road on the island. But campaigners, former club bosses and opposition councillors have hit out at the Tory-led council. Bill Gosnold, secretary of the now closed club which run for 52 years, said he’s disappointed. He said: “It feels like this council just wants to destroy communities at a time when we should be pulling together.
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