Plans to turn golf course into caravan park

Those behind the plans said the golf course had been struggling due to competition

Plans have been lodged to turn a struggling golf course into a caravan park.

Harry Ward has applied to Cumberland Council for the change of use of the site at Brayton Park in Aspatria, Cumbria.

Plans would involve installing 213 caravans on the land currently used for the nine-hole facility and surrounding grassland, with 21 caravans already on site.

Planning documents submitted on Mr Ward's behalf said the golf course had been struggling due to competition from other facilities nearby.

"The golf facility has been underperforming for many years, with popularity and customer numbers continuing to depreciate," documents said.

They added the course's financial viability was "in doubt".

"The existing holiday lodge element of the landholding has been economically outperforming the golf facility since inception."

The site includes about 111 acres (45 hectares) of land and is just over a mile (2km) east of Aspatria, reports the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

It is surrounded by agricultural fields, woodland and a lake.