Plans for best log cabin park in country given go ahead at picturesque spot in North Yorkshire
The site will be able to accommodate 120 people off the A171
12:31, 12 MAY 2021
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A proposal to create the best log cabin park in the country at a former sawmill has been given the go-ahead after numerous measures to offset concerns were agreed.
A holidays lodges plan near Cloughton has been approved A PROPOSAL to create “the best log cabin park in the country” at a former sawmill has been given the go-ahead after numerous measures to offset concerns were agreed. Cloughton Wood Lodges Limited was granted approval to start building accommodation for up to 120 people off the A171 near Cloughton after members of the North York Moors National Park Authority visited the site to view potential issues. A meeting of the authority heard applicant John Purcell argue the proposal for 15 three, four and five-bedroom lodges was a vast improvement on another lodge scheme approved at the 83-acre site several years ago.
A holidays lodges plan near Cloughton has been approved A PROPOSAL to create “the best log cabin park in the country” at a former sawmill has been given the go-ahead after numerous measures to offset concerns were agreed. Cloughton Wood Lodges Limited was granted approval to start building accommodation for up to 120 people off the A171 near Cloughton after members of the North York Moors National Park Authority visited the site to view potential issues. A meeting of the authority heard applicant John Purcell argue the proposal for 15 three, four and five-bedroom lodges was a vast improvement on another lodge scheme approved at the 83-acre site several years ago.
With hotels closed, holidays abroad postponed and a year of on-off lockdown restrictions, campervan and motorhome sales have boomed as ‘staycations’ have become the norm.
According to the National Caravan Council, there are 225,000 motorhomes in Britain and sales have tripled since 2000. Earlier this year the Mail reported that in the pandemic sales rose further, with dealers reporting shortages.
But not everyone wants to shell out for a fully kitted out ‘palace on wheels’. Many are opting for a DIY alternative instead.
They are a long way from the ancient, battered vans seen in Nomadland, which swept the Oscars last month and documents the lives of America’s itinerant older workforce. These British ‘nomads’ have snapped up former delivery vans and converted them into travelling homes offering mod-cons from luxury kitchens to king-size beds even home cinemas.
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