The proposed transition of the Southview Leisure Park on Burgh Road in Skegness to a park for caravan use throughout the year has been met with opposition.
At present the site, which is owned by Park Resorts Ltd, is open to tourers for ten months annually.
However, the owners are keen to see the rules changed and applied to East Lindsey District Council to remove the condition preventing caravans from being lived in on the site at any time between 6 January and the end of February, the East Coast Target reports.
But councillors have this week moved to reject the proposals, with many concerned at the flood risk and impact on local amenities that the all-year-round occupation would have.
Other local officials felt that the area could become difficult to control, while also putting a strain on local services operating in the region.
“How would they police that?” councillor Jim Carpenter asked the news provider.
“There are people who live there ten months already who move to holiday lets for the two months the site is closed so obviously they would become 12-monthly residents so it wouldn’t be a holiday park.”
Despite this opposition, Park Resorts Ltd did receive council support to begin making improvements to the existing facilities at the leisure complex.
A number of proposals for improvements to caravan parks have gained official backing over the last week, with the Cloak Farm site in Aberdeenshire among those to receive approval for site extension plans.
