A £75 MILLION master plan to radically reshape the West End of Morecambe has run into a spot of bother...

More than 300 residents turned out to discuss the proposed Morecambe Action Plan at a meeting at the resort's Platform.

And many of them were far from happy with the scheme that aims to drag the resort's neglected West End towards a bright new future.

Residents were angry that homes would fall to the bulldozers, that they may be forced to move for other areas to be 'remodelled' and that apartments were proposed on the promenade close to The Battery.

And as a result of the pro-tests, Lancaster City Council's overview and scrutiny committee 'called in' the blueprint for discussion at a meeting last night (Wednes-day).

Cllr James Airey told the Citizen this week it was clear local people were concerned about the plan and did not feel that they had been properly consulted on it.

"We have to look at the draft and give people the oppor-tunity to have a look at it again. Some people do not really know what is going on," he says.

"A lot of people have been in the community for gene-rations. They have put a great deal of investment into their homes and for them to be swept aside is crazy. We don't want to stop regeneration but we do want to see the local community involved."

It was back in September that the city council unveiled its masterplan, aiming to revamp the West End by creating better buildings and a brighter environment.

The plan, which was drawn up by a consultant team, envisaged a new St Martin's College campus on the former Frontierland site, apartments lining the coast at the Battery, more children's play areas and green open spaces.

But it said that breathing new life into the area would come at a cost - with 63 homes in areas including Regent Road and Chatsworth Road earmarked to be bulldozed.

More than 100 more houses on Clarendon Road East, Devonshire Road, Sefton Road and Stanley Road were due to be 'remodelled' as part of the five-year scheme.

The council's director for regeneration John Donnellon called it an 'exciting vision' for the future.

He recognized that some people would be disappointed but said the council had to look at the wider picture.