A cash-strapped council has been urged to drop the asking price of its new beach huts as almost 75% remain unsold months after going on the market. Canterbury City Council (CCC) has built 30 bespoke shacks on Herne Bay seafront and is selling them for £30,000 each in a bid to bolster its dwindling coffers. It won planning permission for the project in 2021 and said it anticipated a “high level of demand” for the huts on the East Cliff promenade, with more than 1,000 people expressing an interest in owning one. But with just eight sold since May, CCC has been accused of erecting them in an unde…
