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This 26 Acre woodland started out as an old Tanyard and over time the woodland became neglected and overgrown with self setting trees making the woodland very dark and causing the wildlife to leave their habitats.
Years later, Derbyshire County Council imposed a protection order on the site due to the fact that it was an historic woodland.
In 1997, the site owner succeeded to secure planning consent for a caraven site following an appeal on a previously refused application.
In 2004, Architectural Building Design Services were engaged by the new land owner to prepare suitable drawings and designs to commence the transformation of this dark and derelict protected woodland into a tourism facility for tourists to stay whilst visiting the heart of the Amber Valley (visiting the beautiful Derbyshire Countryside and thriving historic market towns and World Heritage sites).
ABDS had a long list of 30 strict planning conditions to discharge, as well as ensuring the new buildings and facilities complimented the woodland and everything was in-keeping.
The previous land owner had used the woodland for tipping which left the whole woodland in poor condition with many heaps of hazardous waste material, litter and fly tipping scattered around the site.
One of the first jobs was to carefully clear the waste materials without damaging the protected trees and tree root systems as well as working with Derbyshire County Council in thinning the woodland to allow more natural light as well as nature back into the woodland.
ABDS was involved with the planning and layout of the site including the following:
Leisure and tourism development design across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire has to answer its setting first: these are buildings people visit for the surroundings, with public access and seasonal build programmes to design around. Have a look at more Leisure & Tourism projects, or find out how a planning application works for a scheme like this.