A CAMPAIGN group said it would be lodging objections to plans for a new 'leisure retreat' on Roanhead. 

There are already controversial proposals for 233 lodges at Roanhead by developer ILM Group.

Now a new application submitted by Queensland Country Park Ltd for 23 holiday lodges, 10 glamping pods, 24 caravan/motorhome pitches, a facilities building, an amenity block and a booking office has been submitted.

The applicant distances itself from plans for the Roanhead Lodge Resort and adds in the planning documents that this application does not include any on site bar, restaurant, café, indoor sports facilities or any indoor events/meeting areas.

Nonetheless, Claire Gould, from Save Roanhead, said: "With thousands of strong objections from the public and major organisations against the controversial Roanhead resort, which hasn’t been given approval, it’s madness that another plan has appeared now.

"Our members have already begun submitting their strong objections to Westmorland and Furness Council."

She added: "Roanhead is inappropriate for any holiday park and it would be morally wrong to allow any developer to endanger this special place by bringing thousands of people to trample, litter and pollute." 

The planning documents said the applicant "merely wishes to provide eco-friendly lodge accommodation and touring caravan facilities, of appropriate scale, for visitors and local people wishing to enjoy the unique experience and tranquillity associated with Roanhead and this part of the Cumbrian coastline.”

The design and access statement said the site would have a maximum capacity of 208 bedspaces and therefore expects to attract approximately 6,000 to 9,000 guests per year.

According to the proposals there will be direct employment benefits and further indirect employment benefits for the local economy from visitors wishing to visit Barrow, Dalton and Askam. 

Plans add: “Although the applicant is not claiming a substantial quantum of job creation benefits, the positive socio-economic impacts, together with the substantial biodiversity net gain generated by improvements to the applicant’s wider land ownership, will more than offset the limited on-site ecological impacts, and the wider landscape and visual impacts that have been identified."

A petition titled ‘Save Roanhead from Developers’ has nearly 8,500 signatures, and the campaign group said that it would come out with another statement once it has had the chance to discuss the details of the new application.