The future of Tenby's former lifeboat station could be decided at a public inquiry after an application to demolish it was 'called-in' by the National Assembly for Wales. Members of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority's development management committee were told last week that the Assembly's Minister for Culture, Welsh Language and Sport, had concluded that the proposed demolition by the RNLI may not be 'fully justified' thereby conflicting with national policy and circular guidance. "This may mean that a public inquiry will be held, but at this time we do not know whether this will be the case or, if it is, when such an inquiry would be held," members were informed in a report. At a meeting in January, Park planners advised CADW that they had no objections to listed building consent being granted for the demolition of the station, its slipway and access walkway. However, there were mixed feelings over its future. While Tenby Civic Society supported the proposal and Tenby Town Council had no objections, opposition was received from the Victorian Society, who did not believe that the necessary justification had been provided. The boathouse, built in 1905, became redundant last June when a new state-of-the-art station, constructed on the site of the Old Victoria Pier, was officially opened to house the first ever Tamar Class lifeboat to go on station in Britain, the Haydn Miller.
