Bid to build 40 holiday lodges at angling spot

Plans have been put forward for 40 holiday lodges at a angling spot. They would occupy a nine-acre site around Upton Bishop Fishing Lakes east of Ross-on-Wye, which already has a brick-built fishing lodge.

The application is by Dinmore Leisure of Hope under Dinmore near Leominster, an established dealer in caravans and mobile homes. The pre-assembled single-storey lodges would be classed as caravans for planning purposes, so would not be considered permanent structures – though they would be in use year-round.

The firm originally wanted 56 lodges at the site, but lowered the figure after pre-application advice from Herefordshire Council and specialist consultants, leaving “generous” space around each lodge. And while the focus of the development would be the fishing lake, guests would be drawn to the area’s many other attractions, the application says.

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Finished in muted colours, the proposed lodges “will cause little if any discernible effect” on the wider area, an accompanying landscape and visual appraisal concludes. A transport technical report meanwhile demonstrates that the extra traffic from the lodges an be absorbed safely by the local highway network. The existing entrance to the field will be widened to improve visibility.

Comments on the application can be made until November 21.