Argyll and Bute Council wants to sell a prime stretch of Helensburgh’s waterfront for a supermarket. This is Common Good land, a space that belongs to the whole town: the pier, the skate park, the pool, the free parking, open ground for events. It’s been ours for well over a century. Sell it and it’s gone for good. The public consultation closes at midday on 10 August.

A few years ago, we asked the town what it wanted on this ground. The needs of young people came up again and again: not enough for them to do, nowhere to go, how we need to put them first. The waterfront is a space for everyone in Helensburgh, but no one has more at stake than the young people who’ll live with this decision the longest.

A group of Helensburgh teenagers share their views for the future of the waterfront and why they don’t want a supermarket, and pick up film-making skills in the process.

Huge thanks to Carina NicHaouchine, Emma Henderson and Cove Park for supporting this project.