PLANS to build a major holiday village on the banks of the Lancaster Canal at Tewitfield are still on the cards after councillors re-approved the scheme.
Outline planning permission for 57 holiday units, shop, restaurant and a fitness centre on land just south of the Longlands Hotel was originally granted in 1997, along with full planning permission for a marina and six more holiday units.
But because the finer details of the 57-unit scheme have not been submitted within the three-year period as required, applicants Barry Robinson Leisure Ltd, which owns the Longlands Hotel at Tewitfield, re-applied to Lancaster City Council for planning consent to be renewed for a further two years.
A spokesman for the company told the Gazette they were pleased the application had been renewed, and they did intend going ahead with the project, but were waiting for a definite date from British Waterways on when work would start on restoring the Northern Reaches of the canal before they started work on the marina and holiday village.
For full details see this week's Gazette.
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