The future of 'Wales's most photographed tin shed' will be back in the spotlight next week. Members of Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority's development management committee are to discuss a proposal submitted by the RNLI for the demolition of the old boathouse, slipway and access walkway off Castle Hill on Wednesday.

Part of the visual identity and townscape of Tenby, the Grade II listed lifeboat station has appeared on most holiday snaps of Tenby and has featured on many promotional posters and television travel shows, but now it has reached the end of its lifespan. Although opinions are divided as to whether the building should be retained or lost, planners are being recommended to advise CADW that there be no objections to listed building consent being granted for its demolition, since the boathouse existed for the essential purpose of launching the lifeboat and for no other reason and has now served its purpose due to the evolution and modernisation of the lifeboat now used.

A new state-of-the-art lifeboat station to house the first ever Tyne Class lifeboat to go on station in Britain, the Haydn Miller, was constucted to the east of the old boathouse on the site of the old Victoria Pier and was officially opened in June of last year.

An application for demolition was submitted in 2002 at the same time as the one for the erection of a replacement station, but it was felt that consideration of the proposal should not be undertaken until the replacement boathouse had been constructed.