SHB reject our petition and Egremont loses her mooring in Salcombe

On Monday 16th July at 13.30, I presented our petition to Salcombe Harbour Board (and earlier that morning, to Councillor Julian Brazil and the other Board members via email). The Egremont Trust and a local resident also made representations. Salcombe Harbour Board then had two options: to vote to withdraw and reallocate Egremont’s mooring immediately, or to defer the decision until September to research further; deferring would have given the Board the chance to consider our petition. This option was not chosen. Instead they voted to immediately withdraw Egremont’s mooring. My impression from the pre-prepared written statements which many members of the Board read out to confirm their reasoning was that the decision had firmly and unanimously been made prior to the meeting. It strongly appeared that the Board did not consider our petition persuasive or relevant, although Chair Julian Brazil did thank me for recollecting the “emotional side” (at the meeting, I read aloud the petition comment posted by Alex Hannaford). Thank you for joining over 1,033 Egremont supporters in trying to persuade Salcombe Harbour Board to do the right thing. I’m afraid in the end, it wasn’t possible on this occasion. But we have conducted a respectful campaign full of positivity and energy, and I thank you all for your human input. I’m sorry it was, in the end this time, disregarded. Please keep monitoring your change.org emails whilst all supporters of Egremont re-group and decide what course of action to take next. I would really encourage anyone with ideas to follow them up by volunteering to help: email Richard.martin@egremonttrust.org.uk or contact me via change.org. All contributions welcome but please help by taking ownership of your ideas. Very many thanks for all your support. Stephanie Danby – Tuesday 17th July 2018 via change.org