Plans for a dinghy park on Tenby's North Walk were given the thumbs up by the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park last week.
Although the plan was opposed by Tenby Town Council on public safety grounds and the fact that it would "have a detrimental impact on the environment," development control officer, Mrs. Cathy Milner, reminded members of the Park's development control committee that conditional approval had already been granted "for a much bigger scheme."
"That application was later withdrawn and this application by Pembrokeshire County Council has come before us as an alternative," she explained.
"This is a reduced scheme which would provide some 26 spaces along the upper part of the North Walk."
The scheme would also see the two existing concrete shelters being removed and replaced with a new shelter further along the promenade.
In addition to the town council objection, a private objection had also been received which claimed the "dinghies would look messy and untidy and do nothing to enhance the surroundings."
Mrs. Milner commented that there was nothing unusual with dinghies being stored along a sea-front and felt that this was "a far more sympathetic solution to the problem of boat storage than that previously submitted."
She added that both of the town's county councillors, Mickey Folland and Michael Williams, supported the scheme.
"We have no problem with this, there will be railings and fencing for security and we can't agree with either of the objectors," she said.
"It's a perfectly reasonable scheme."