Ramsey Town Commissioners are seeking permission for an unusual feature: three changing huts by the seaside.

The local authority has applied (20/00310/B) for three temporary huts on Mooragh Promenade, Ramsey.

The huts, a staple of any Victorian seaside town, would be erected adjacent to Hope Street from April to September each year.

Fixed to the walkway, the huts would be for people wishing to change before and after using the town’s north shore beach.

Designed to bring a spot of colour to the promenade, the wooden huts would have yellow, blue and pink inward opening doors.

In total, they would be 3.1m in length for all three units when placed together, 1.8m deep and 2.15m high with a 60cm peaked roof on top.

The commissioners said in support documents for the application that they plan to store the huts throughout the winter to avoid the worst of the Manx weather.

The application added: ’As we are included in weather alerts from the Isle of Man Met Office, any possible risk of unusual weather or tidal issues that may crop up over the summer months and cause an issue, again would be mitigated by way of our staff removing the huts to storage if required beforehand.’

As the area is susceptible to flooding, the local authority was also required to submit a flood risk assessment which backed up the plans by the commissioners to remove the huts as and when required.

The town’s north shore has a beach with both sandy and stoney areas and, further up the coast, forms part of the area of special scientific interest where the rare Isle of Man cabbage was first located.

The town’s north beach also starts the sweeping coastal path north of the town.