Council's £125,000 beach huts removed after sitting unused for eight years

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Council's £125,000 beach huts removed after sitting unused for eight years.

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A set of timber beach huts that cost a council £125,000 of public money to construct are now being dismantled after not being used for eight years.Cornwall Council erected the huts at Par Sands near St Austell in 2018, as part of a broader regeneration scheme for the area.Originally designed to serve as rental units, not a single letting has ever taken place among any of the huts - cited as the key reason for their removal.The council has confirmed the structures will be transported away for refurbishment, before being redeployed at other sites after unsuccessful attempts to secure an operator willing to manage them.

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He said: "Sadly, £125,000 of taxpayers' money has been wasted by Cornwall Council."Mr Wilson expressed frustration over repeated efforts to bring the huts into active use having amounted to nothing.

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B: A set of timber beach huts that cost a council £125,000 of public money to construct are now being dismantled after not being used for eight years.Cornwall Council erected the huts at Par Sands near St Austell in 2018, as part of a broader regeneration scheme for the area.Originally designed to serve as rental units, not a single letting has ever taken place among any of the huts - cited as the key reason for their removal.The council has confirmed the structures will be transported away for refurbishment, before being redeployed at other sites after unsuccessful attempts to secure an operator willing to manage them.