PLANS to expand a marina near Ratcliffe-on-Soar have been resubmitted to Notts County Council.
The plans for Redhill Marina would double the number of boats moored at the site from about 250 to 553.
However, this is a reduction on the 632 previously planned.
The original plans were submitted last March but were withdrawn before a decision was made.
The new proposals also have 72 fewer parking spaces – with a total of 244 being offered. Three fields would be dug up to create the extension.
There would also be a main facilities building with offices, showers and toilets, laundry facilities, a cafe and staff accommodation.
The plans would also involve a "habitat creation area" being developed in the south-western corner of the site for wildflower and wetland planting.
Notts County Council will have the final say over planning permission but Rushcliffe borough councillors are to debate the plans at a meeting tomorrow.
Rushcliffe officials have recommended that the borough council objects to the plans.
Their report states: "The proposed marina would represent unjustified and inappropriate development in the green belt. It would result in a detrimental impact on the character and appearance of the green belt by the way of size and appearance of the site and dominance of access roads and car parking areas."
But marina boss Richard Morley said the plans would create ten new jobs and free up 1.3km of river, which currently has boats moored on it.
"The boats will be a lot safer," he said.
"They will not be in the main river channel.
"We've been operating at Redhill since 1970.
"This application will give more ecology and marshes to the area."
He also argued that the marina was one of the most sustainable in the area, being close to East Midlands Parkway Station, the M1 and the main East Midlands waterway junction.
Chris Meyer, 59, who lives on a boat at Redhill, said boat owners were more vulnerable to the rising waters when moored along the river.
"I live here because of the rural tranquility," he said.
"I get herons and kingfishers on my roof, it's a lovely place. But it would be nice to have a more modern marina – twice lately we've been waterlogged for a week and been stuck on the boats."
