Its undeveloped urban West Beach is Whitstable’s prime tourist attraction, but that is now threatened if the Whitstable Oyster Fishery Company (WOFC) obtains planning permission to build a restaurant. That would set a major precedent as there are no buildings at all on it. It is part of the Swale Site of Special Scientific Interest, a protected Open Space and lies within the Whitstable Conservation Area.

To read the developer’s case, visit www.canterbury.gov.uk > Planning Applications > Application Number = CA//10/02148.

To read the case for opposing it, visitwww.whitstablebeachcampaign.org,which was set up to safeguard Whitstable's beaches for the enjoyment of the public by protection against commercial development.

Please sign this petition to show your support against this planning application in particular and commercial development of Whitstable's beaches in general.

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