Holiday park can expand despite objections
The plans for more bases for static caravans at the park were approved on Friday
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A holiday park can add more than 50 bases for static caravans despite more than 150 objections.
Haven Leisure's application for its Primrose Valley Holiday Park in Filey were approved by North Yorkshire Council.
Objections, including one from Filey Town Council, cited concerns about loss of green spaces, lack of public transport, visual impact, flooding risk and increased traffic.
​Council planning officers said the proposal would deliver "high-quality static caravan holiday accommodation" and would help meet the needs of the tourism industry.
​The scale of the scheme had been reduced from 74 proposed caravan bases and the boundaries of the holiday park will not be expanded.
​Each of the 58 caravan pitches will have two car parking spaces, which will be constructed adjacent to the individual pitches, while vehicular access to the new development will be created by extending the existing internal road layout.
​Existing caravan owners and visitors said there were "already insufficient facilities on site for holiday makers" and that they were worried about an "increase in traffic at the main park and at the entrance and exit".
Others mentioned the site was already "overdeveloped" and additional caravans would lead to a loss of "view, privacy and increased noise".
According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, another added: ​"Parking in general for the whole holiday village is already inadequate and the park is already overcrowded."
'Visual concerns'
​Earlier this year, six new static caravans were approved at the park despite dozens of objections.
​Council planning officers said: ​"This application does not extend the boundaries of the existing holiday park, and with this in mind, the proposal does not amount to a significant material intensification of use of the site."
​Filey Town Council said it objected to the plan over concerns about "visual impact, concerns about flooding, highways impact, loss of green space and insufficient public transport".
​North Yorkshire Council said the objections were noted.
"However, a big portion of issues raised concern the management of the park in general and other development proposals at the park."
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