The Caravan Club has scrapped plans to help former Olympic sprinter Sally Gunnell to create a giant caravan park on her parents’ land in East London for the London 2012 Games.
Local campaign groups put up a tough resistance to the controversial plans, which could have led to 1,300 caravans being housed on the site, and they appear to have won, the Epping Forest Guardian reports.
Around 600 letters of objection were sent to the local council, with fears raised for increased traffic levels in the region next summer.
A spokeswoman for the Caravan Club said that it had never faced such strong local opposition to a caravan site in its 104-year history.
“It has become apparent that many Chigwell residents are in opposition to the plans for the temporary site. It was never the intention to cause such concern to residents and the club is surprised and saddened by the depth of sentiment,” she said.
The Caravan Club added that the Gunnells have been notified of this decision.
