Thanks for your feedback boys and girls. In answer to the points raised. The pound is about 8 miles long. There is no adjacent housing below or near to the embankment, just open fields. 100 boats with liveaboards would be severe, especially for the quite a few people with disabilities. The depths vary but under our boat it's about 5 ft and my partner is disabled. I appreciate that stop planks warp, rot, weather etc especially if left uncovered, I still would like the marina to have them on site, properly protected from the elements, tested periodically say every 6-12 months, and replaced or altered if necessary. It would also give the staff and nearby liveaboards some practice deploying them, a bit like a fire drill. Yes maybe I'm paranoid but for the extortionate mooring fees they're charging it's the least they could/should do 🙂
