A PROPOSAL for a major facelift to a holiday park in Port Carlisle has moved a step closer after planners gave the green light for the application to go ahead without an environmental impact assessment.
The owners of Glendale Holiday Park have lodged the plans with Cumberland Council, which has deemed the proposal to have insufficient impact on the Solway Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty to warrant the submission of the assessment alongside any forthcoming application.
The plans involve the construction of an all-new central facilities building, which would contain an indoor swimming pool area, a gymnasium and changing facilities, reception and site shop, sales suites, offices, and toilets.
Alongside the new building, a new caravan sales and showground area would be created, along with secure cycle parking, car parking, and 'extensive hard and soft landscaping'.
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The project would involve the replacement of an existing leisure building, and the relocation and upgrade of a sewage treatment plant on the site.
A children's playground would be removed to accommodate the new showground.
The planning report refers to the proximity of the development to Hadrian's Wall.
It says: "The proposed showground lies immediately adjacent to the scheduled monument protecting Hadrian’s Wall vallum, which forms part of the Roman Frontiers World Heritage Site, upon which there is some potential for Roman remains extending beyond the boundary of the scheduled monument, which may be of significance.
"It is considered that any unknown buried archaeological assets can be satisfactorily addressed through appropriate surveys and investigations prior to and during excavations."
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