RESIDENTS have voted two to one against maintaining a clothing optional status at a nude beach in Werribee South.

The council received 31 submissions regarding its review of Campbells Cove’s clothing optional status, with the majority voting for beach users to suit up on the sand.

Council director of infrastructure Nerina DiLorenzo said only 10 were in favour of it remaining a nude beach.

The other 21 were against it. But a spokesman for Solar West, a nude swimming group which has members that use the beach, said a clothing optional beach close to the city was needed.

He said it was the only nude beach in Victoria which was wheelchair accessible so if it was stripped of its status, disabled people would not be able to access a nude beach.

Ms DiLorenzo said a report would be prepared for a council meeting and councillors would decide whether to remove the clothing optional status.