Lake District planners are to visit White Cross Bay caravan site, on the shores of Windermere, to assess the impact of a scheme to replace existing timber jetties with floating pontoon ones in the southern marina.

While there they will also look at floating plastic pontoons that have already been positioned in the marina on the north side of the bay, where they have replaced timber jetties.

The development control committee had refused that application on the grounds that the pontoon jetties "would result in injury to the visual amenities of the locality by reason of their design and materials".

But an appeal was lodged against that decision, and the appeal was allowed, although the inspector applied a condition that the colour should be changed to one agreed (dark brown).

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