Town councillor’s plea for lighthouses

Whitby Gazette - 

A bid is being made to save Whitby’s lighthouses and the Town Council is going to be asked to step in.

Whitby Town Councillor Ian Havelock will raise the issue at the next full council meeting on Tuesday evening.

He hopes the town council will be able to highlight the plight of the light houses and ultimately would like to see them both, which are owned by Scarborough Borough Council (SBC), brought back into public use.

He said: “I am raising it for publicity purposes. The town council could make the public aware of it and shame the responsible body into at the very least a site meeting.”

Coun Havelock says he has already approached English Heritage and SBC about a local group or organisation taking over the maintenance and running of them.

He said: “I have been in touch with English Heritage, they are saying it is grade two listed so they will not commit too many resources to either a survey of its condition or what I suggested.

“SBC have officers over here on a regular basis, they don’t have to make that extra journey and we could meet on site and have a discussion about what should and could be done. They are steadfastly refusing to do anything.

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