The site accommodates caravans and motorhomes
OPERATORS of a caravan park have applied to expand by almost 50 per cent to build on its popularity which has surpassed original expectations.
Barnard Castle Caravan Club’s site along Lartington Lane was given permission to extend into an adjoining field in 2013 but it lapsed before the new pitches could be built.
Now the Caravan and Motorhome Club is asking county planners for renewed permission to provide an additional 31 pitches, ten of which will be serviced.
The site was initially developed in 2010 at a cost of £1.7million and offers 76 pitches. At the time, the club estimated an occupancy rate of 80 per cent would generate £500,000 in off-site spending in Teesdale each year.