Very well said Scott. See the SBO website for how to get involved and support.

Craig Higson wrote:

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So, shockingly the East Riding Council approved the centre today. Shocking because the re submitted plans had hardly changed From those unanimously refused last time. Personally I believe this will ruin the place and I have made the decision that I will not contribute to YWT in any way from now on, and will be giving this carbuncle a wide berth on my future visits.

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The news was disappointing indeed, and once again sound scientific advice, a fragile ecosystem and the concerns of the community have been ignored in favour of profit and gain. However, we all will, and should, continue to visit Spurn and now direct ALL of our support to the bird observatory. It is them who continuously strive to improve Spurn for ecological gain above anything else, in turn maintaining its unique and wild landscape that draws us, and the birds, back there time and time again. It is them who offers unrivalled support year after year to birders of all ages and abilities, and have taken countless birders (of my generation in particular) under its wing, making us feel eternally welcome.
So despite this injustice, lets make sure we don't let the YWT 'ruin' Spurn and instead iscolate them by contributing to the continued growth of arguably the best and most forward thinking bird observatory in Britain, at our greatest mainland birding site!

-- Edited by Scott Reid on Friday 27th of January 2017 06:26:01 PM

So, shockingly the East Riding Council approved the centre today. Shocking because the re submitted plans had hardly changed From those unanimously refused last time. Personally I believe this will ruin the place and I have made the decision that I will not contribute to YWT in any way from now on, and will be giving this carbuncle a wide berth on my future visits.

That's right John - location not principle is the issue.

-- Edited by Craig Higson on Thursday 10th of November 2016 10:01:25 PM

My understanding (hope I've got this right) is that the location rather than the concept, including a car park, is the really big objection, right at the pinch-point of the migration route

www.spurnbirdobservatory.co.uk/blog/post.php

The location is after the Bluebell: most of the fields E of the road, the big hedge where the recent Radde's was, the small car park, and all the bushes before the gate
See the "map" tab on the following:

newplanningaccess.eastriding.gov.uk/newplanningaccess/applicationDetails.do

Given the coastal erosion, it seems a pretty stupid location anyway

Just wanted to bump this up again.

Because the East Riding Council decided to refuse YWT permission, they have decided to resubmit with, as far as I can see no significant changes. Who knows why! Anyway there is very little time left to object to this - Friday 11th November is the deadline. Please consider registering an objection if that's how you feel.

It's probably worth saying that most locals, and me too, are not against a VC, just one in the proposed location!

A Google for East Riding planning portal will get you where you need to go, assuming it's working which it hasn't been recently.

-- Edited by Craig Higson on Wednesday 9th of November 2016 04:26:34 PM

I'm not going to say whether people should object or not. A visit to the Spurn Bird Obs page will tell you all you need to know. Have a look and if you feel strongly enough about what this might do to one of the best sites in the UK then you might want to take action.