Christina Ewbank, who is the chief executive of the town's Chamber of Commerce, said: "The town is hugely reliant on tourists - the seafront is beautiful and the pier is an important part of that.
That's the experience of new towns such as Stevenage and Milton Keynes, argues Kate Henderson, chief executive of the Town and Country Planning Association.
Kate Henderson is chief executive of the Town and Country Planning Association.
One dissenting voice, though, is Nick Watkins, the chief executive of Swindon Town.
"Resources came late," said Frank P. Petrone, chief executive of the Town of Huntington and a former official with the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Kate Henderson is the chief executive of the Town and Country Planning Association This article is part of the Guardian's #bigenergydebate series.
"It seriously undermines the ability to create decent homes," says Kate Henderson, chief executive of the Town and Country Planning Association.
Kate Henderson, Chief Executive of the Town and Country Planning Association said "The cancellation of the policy marks the end of any benchmark for building the high quality, sustainable homes that we so desperately need".
"When you put it like that it is farcical," said John Harris, the chief executive of Macclesfield Town, who is disappointed the Conference club were not selected for live coverage of their home tie against Wigan Athletic.
Hugh Ellis, interim chief executive of the Town and Country Planning Association, says planning for schools is in "chaos", with free schools "just sticking up buildings which may or may not be appropriate for educational purposes".
