Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered on 17 May 2018.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will set out all land owned by the Forestry Commission where development has been granted for holiday centres or associated tourist developments.
Listed below are the sites on land managed by the Forestry Commission where there have been the most significant visitor developments. Many of these are long standing and where required the necessary planning consents are in place. The sites where planning permission has been granted and work has not started or is in progress are noted.
Forestry Commission Visitor Centres
Bedgebury National Pinetum and Forest
Bolderwood Car Park and Visitor Site
Cannock Chase Forest
Delamere Forest – consent granted - redevelopment pending
Grizedale
Haldon Forest Park – consent granted - redevelopment pending
Hicks Lodge
High Lodge Thetford Forest
Kielder Castle Visitor Centre
Kielder Water and Forest Park
Rosliston Forest
Sherwood Pines
Thames Chase Forest Centre & Broadfields
Wendover - consent granted – redevelopment underway
Whinlatter
Wyre
Forest Holidays Cabin Sites
Keldy, North Yorkshire
Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire
Thorpe Forest, Norfolk
Blackwood Forest, Hampshire
Deerpark, Cornwall
Delamere Forest - Consent granted - development pending
Camping in the Forest Campsites
Hollands Wood, New Forest
Aldridge Hill, New Forest
Ashurst, New Forest
Denny Wood, New Forest
Holmsley, New Forest
Longbeech, New Forest
Matley Wood, New Forest
Ocknell, New Forest
Roundhill, New Forest
Setthorns, New Forest
Postern Hill, Savernake
Bracelands, Forest of Dean
Christchurch, Forest of Dean
Sherwood Forest – under development
Third Party Developments (not listed above)
Matlock, cabin site
Rosliston, cabin development with Local Authority
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