CAMPAIGNERS hoping to thwart a 450-lodge development at Roanhead said they are reading an application for a screening option for a new holiday park in 'every detail.'
The Save Roanhead campaigners have so far been focused on an application for the £100m lodge development with sports and leisure facilities at Roanhead farm. The decision date for this application has not been determined.
However proposals have been lodged on behalf of Queensland Country Park Limited to Westmorland and Furness Council for a ‘screening opinion’ on a plan for new eco-lodges and caravan pitches adjacent to the proposed initial site.
This is to determine whether an environmental impact assessment is necessary for the construction of a ‘low impact, sustainable, leisure retreat’ on the land at Roanhead, off Hawthwaite Lane.
The proposed holiday park would consist of 40 touring caravan/motorhome/camper pitches, reception facilities, a small shop, toilets, showers, 62 carbon-neutral eco-lodges and a car park with capacity for approximately 50 vehicles.
Claire Gould, a member of Save Roanhead from Developers, said: "We're reading our way through the Queensland scoping documents very carefully. From day one our group has been “Save Roanhead from Developers” - plural - because we have been aware of Queensland Country Park Ltd. Now we need to understand every detail of their plans so we can respond in the right way to both proposed holiday parks.
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"We’ll issue a statement in the near future."
ILM group, the developers behind the Roanhead Lodge resort, said the development would generate 279 jobs, with 50 per cent of workers coming directly from Barrow.
It claims that it will bring nearly £200 million to the local economy over its first decade in business.
The request for a screening option submitted to the council for the Queensland application said: "It is the intention to maximise the use of all the site resources to make the development as sustainable as possible without the need for additional infrastructure."
It said that less than 20 per cent of the application site, excluding the lake, will be given to new development.
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