Soakaway pits are created in the proposed project area. The results will be used to inform future proposals.
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Mapping out the proposal
We've been working closely with conservation experts and architects to find the right solution that will bring benefits to both wildlife and people at Victoria Road.
This map image shows where the dune restoration work would happen and the proposed location for the replacement car park, further in land.
Benefits for nature and people at Victoria Road
If our planning application is successful, this conservation work will provide long-lasting benefits for people and wildlife, restoring Formby’s sand dunes to their natural state and making them more dynamic, re-invigorating the natural processes needed to protect and bring new life to the dunes, and re-connecting important sand dune habitats, creating space for wildlife to thrive.
This proposal also includes the removal of unsightly and potentially hazardous rubble on the beach, creating a safer, more beautiful area for wildlife and visitors to enjoy. We are proposing to repurpose the majority of this rubble in the construction of a replacement car park at Victoria Road, avoiding the many thousands of lorry movements through Formby that would be required if we moved the rubble off the site.
While we are proposing that we will remove the existing Victoria Road car park, the replacement car park would provide better laid out, more defined car parking spaces, making parking more efficient and improving traffic flow on and off the site. We would maintain the number of visitor car parking spaces in the long term – in the current car park, around 1/3 of spaces have been reclaimed by nature since the 1980s due to the natural movement of the sand dunes.