A planning application for retrospective decorative signage on a bar frontage in Tenby has been refused by local councillors, with one labelling it ‘garish and cheap’ looking.

Members of Tenby town council discussed the application submitted by Mrs. Andrea Richards, of Bar 10, St. George Street, at their meeting on Tuesday night.

Clr. Mrs. Tish Rossiter told her colleagues that she thought that the signage looked ‘dreadful’.

“Another retrospective application for the town! It looks dreadful - cheap, nasty and garish - not what a nice building like that needs,” she said.

Her colleague Clr. Tony Brown pointed out that the application wording stated that the signage was meant to be a ‘fashionable addition’ which was ‘fun and interesting’ and not permanently fixed to the building.

Correspondence received from Tenby Civic Society’s planning committee stated that they welcomed the frontage design - stating that they feel the fascia is unusual, which helps give the premises an identity, and can be regarded as ‘discretely exotic’.

When put the the vote, the majority of town councillors elected to refuse the application, with their recommendations to be passed onto the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority.

It’s not the first time that local councillors have been left ’nun’ too impressed by signage plans in Tenby.

Around 10 years ago plans to hang a suggestive-looking wall sign on the front of a proposed new hotel, bar and restaurant to be named ’The Convent’ in the town were refused, after councillors were left concerned about the proposed wall-mounted sign, which depicted an image of a nun which members felt was a little provocative for the former convent building!

Members labelled the signage (pictured) ’inappropriate’ and felt it was in ’very poor taste’ - although Clr. Trevor Hallett tried to lighten discussions by joking that he felt the matter was a ’storm in a D-cup!’