A Scarborough holiday park has seen its expansion plans go down the drain after local planning chiefs rejected its proposals.
The award-winning Flower of May Holiday Park in North Yorkshire has submitted an application to expand the number of caravan pitches onto its nine-hole golf course, while relocating its camping area.
Unfortunately for bosses at the site, planning chiefs at Scarborough Council dismissed their application over fears that it would put too much stress on the drainage system, the Filey and Hunmanby Mercury reported.
Planners also claimed that more caravans at the park would have a detrimental visual impact on the area.
In its report on the application, Scarborough Council said: “The development is not essential within the open countryside and will detract from its open, expansive, landscape character, due to the introduction of tents on the highest part of the golf course.”
A neighbour who was opposed to the park’s plans said the proposals needed to be ripped up to prevent the “creeping encroachment” towards the village, the local newspaper added.
The Flower of May Holiday Park has been graded as a five-star holiday park by Enjoy England and has previously won the AA five-pennant Holiday Park of the Year award.
