Comment

Representation ID: 1717

Received: 08/07/2008

The PAs do not lay out a strong picture of the facilities available for young people in the town. While ageing population is acknowledged, the relatively high proportion of young poepl & their specific needs are neglected. There are several issues: increased student accommodation need, town centre youth provision, a seafront adapted to include & welcome their use of facilities. It is interesting that whilst consulting 2 opportunities have arisen: an adventure playground (+ existing play area overhaul) & a new build youth centre. Existing strategy has not prepared the town well for such offers & this strategy iwth its vague commitments & forked tongue rhetoric does little to address this. This documents should already be helping us to identifiy sites for these & other facilities. Personally, i hope a maturing community sector will be able to contribute decisively on these issues. How does this document achieve anything more that pitting locales against one another to grab an opportunity as it comes, because there is so little to offer, & what is seems so uncertain to be a priority?