A SOMERSET holiday resort has applied for an opinion from planners on whether it could install up to 160 static caravans on a golf course.
Unity Beach Resort – Brean Leisure Park Ltd – has requested an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Screening Opinion for a change of use of part of the Brean Country Club course to that of a caravan park.
It would see the current site extended – and comes after a previous application to develop the golf course and install up to 85 static caravans to the south of this plot was withdrawn.
“The applicant is considering stationing around 150 to 160 static holiday caravans on the site, which would function as an extension to the existing operational holiday park,” the plans said.
“Along with the stationing of caravans, the development would include ancillary infrastructure such as the creation of hardstanding bases, laying of service/utility corridors, vehicular roadways, car parking, pedestrian/cycle paths and landscaping.
“Access would be gained via the existing holiday park, with a new roadway entering from the south-west corner of the proposed development site off Richard’s Way.”
An EIA is requested by developers ahead of a formal planning application, to establish if further investigation of environmental impact is required, subject to planning rules.
As part of the screening application, the applicant outlines details of their intended proposal – as the resort has in this case.
For more details on the scheme, log on to somerset.gov.uk and search application reference 06/26/00001.
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Have we not got enough caravans. Re-inrate the full 18 hole golf course and stop thus over population of caravans. The access road is already room busy in the summer and extra q59 caravans will not be beneficial to the residents. Come on council start thinking of the locals for a change
Would there be a concern about the electricity requirement and the effect on surrounding homes and businesses?