Holiday park to install 'adventure nets'

The adventure nets will be built on what is currently a golf course

A holiday park has been given permission to install "adventure nets", aimed at letting people play safely among some of the trees on site.

The nets at Center Parcs Longleat Forest in Wiltshire will be set on steel columns and connected to 3m-tall tree houses.

Wiltshire Council approved the plans, with the nets set to be constructed on what is currently a golf course.

The application stated some of the rest of the golf course would be "restored and planted with native species."

A Wiltshire Council case officer said the nets would not look out of place among the trees

Center Parcs' application said it was "the ideal woodland setting for guests to embrace the natural environment".

"This proposal has been thoughtfully designed to ensure the layout of the adventure nets structure and material choices are sympathetic to its surroundings, with minimal impact to the existing woodland environment, it added.

The case officer report from the council agreed the intended high-level walkway would not look out of place, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

"The design is aimed at blending in with the trees and allowing guest users to more fully appreciate the surrounding trees," they said.

The council, which approved the plans on 23 January, said the project was a "welcomed attraction to the holiday park".

Plans also stated a crane would be used to carry out the work, but that visitors should see little disruption.