Planning Applications for Luxury Lodge Developments, Park Homes and Holiday Parks
Full site plans, masterplanning, site design and planning applications - new sites and expansion
Fytche-Taylor: Your Premier Partner in Leisure Planning Success
"Transform your vision into reality with Fytche-Taylor, the industry leader in leisure planning. We’ve empowered top-tier leisure resorts, holiday parks, and park home sites to thrive through strategic growth and investment. Our unmatched expertise delivers exceptional results, securing planning permissions, navigating complex constraints, and unlocking new opportunities. Connect with us today for expert guidance to expand your site or create a stunning new holiday destination!"
Oliver Fytche-Taylor
Managing Director
Elevate Your Leisure Vision with Fytche-Taylor Planning Ltd: As sector specialists in lodge developments, park homes, and holiday accommodation, Fytche-Taylor Planning Ltd delivers unparalleled planning application and site design support for major projects and investments.
Our expert team manages every detail—from crafting and submitting your planning application to liaising with local authorities on your behalf. With a proven track record, we excel in securing approvals, modifying planning conditions, lifting occupancy restrictions, and extending park operating seasons. Partner with us to bring your project to life!
For more details including FAQs relating to lodge and park home sites read on, or click here to contact us for planning advice.
Our professional services for leisure developments include:
Planning applications and full design for Lodges and Holiday Lets - full project support with planning applications
Apply to vary conditions - increase the months you can open or remove occupancy restrictions
Support for developing a robust business case
Full site design, including drainage and highways improvements
Conversion of outbuildings and redundant land and premises - including rural and farm diversification
Full management of Flood Risk Assessments, Heritage Appraisals, Ecological Surveys and other technical reports
New sports venues
Extensions to sports clubs and the design of new facilities
Outdoor events and specialist attractions
Full Architectural Plans (and all architecture work including Measured Building Surveys and Concept Design Sketches)
CASE STUDY: Fytche-Taylor Drives Success with Back-to-Back Planning Wins
Fytche-Taylor has transformed a beloved park with two major planning triumphs! First, we secured full approval for luxurious holiday lodges, serene fishing ponds, and significant ecological enhancements.
Next, we clinched permission for state-of-the-art visitor facilities, renewable energy solutions, and a warden’s lodge—fueling an impressive £1.2m expansion.
Trust Fytche-Taylor to elevate your leisure project with unmatched expertise and results!. See more...
"Fytche-Taylor Planning are second to none in their knowledge and understanding of the leisure sector and the planning requirements for new lodges - We're so happy with the excellent service and professional guidance provided throughout, Thank you!"
Why work with us? Our previous clients have included individual park and lodge owners through to leading leisure sites and sports venues, plus some of the country’s largest award-winning residential retirement parks. All of them have used our services to help grow their businesses and increase their portfolio of properties.
As part of one of our most recent and ambitious projects, we secured planning permission for a stunning new luxury golfer's lodge development at Lincoln Golf Centre. Having used the services of a different consultant with dire consequences, Fytche-Taylor Planning were appointed - we are pleased to confirm that we gained full planning consent on the first attempt.
All your development needs covered in one place - In addition to designing full sites or park extensions, Fytche-Taylor Planning work collaboratively with a range of professional third-party specialists, allowing us to offer a single point of contact for our clients whilst we put the full planning application together and manage all additional technical or site-specific requirements. This includes preparing the necessary reports to address matters such as flood risk, landscaping schemes, highways and traffic modelling, site evacuation plans, protected species surveys and heritage reports. We are also able to provide 3D profiling and aerial photography to help bring your ideas and plans to life! Contact Us for assistance (opens in new tab)
We have been privileged to work with a range of local leisure providers, holiday parks and sports clubs, including most recently the prestigious Lincoln Golf Course, Lincolnshire Airsoft Club and a range of local visitor accommodation providers such as the stunning Lock Lodges near Lincoln.
In addition, we regularly provide professional services to a range of leisure businesses and holiday accommodation owners to help expand existing facilities and create new high-quality provision, including permanent holiday cottages or lodges. We have a superb track record in securing planning permission for a variety of projects, including conversions and short term lets; both new build and the regeneration of existing buildings.
PARK HOMES AND LODGES - PLANNING SPECIALISTS FOR NEW AND GROWING PARKS - FAQS
Knowing the opportunities and restrictions
Planning is complex, and putting together a successful planning application requires time, investment and specialist knowledge. Getting the right people behind your project from the start is therefore incredibly important - and this is where we can help!
For instance, whilst many lodge developments typically have the appearance of a self-contained single storey building or wood cabin elevated from the ground, and despite looking distinctly different from a caravan, in planning terms most park homes and lodges qualify as caravans, as defined in the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act.
This broadly applies to any lodge built on a chassis base which is then assembled and manoeuvred into position on site. This requires a specific approach when it comes to putting the planning application together that is different from other forms of development, such as building permanent buildings or homes.
Thinking of adding Fishing, Nature Walk or Bird Sanctuary?
If you want to compliment your new lodges or park home site with water features, fishing lakes or extensive landscaping, all of these could trigger additional planning requirements too. Fear not - with our extensive experience in water feature design we have this aspect covered too.
Is a holiday lodge a caravan? This is What the Legislation Says…
Section 29 (1) of the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 defines a caravan as: “… Any structure designed or adapted for human habitation which is capable of being moved from one place to another (whether being towed, or by being transported on a motor vehicle or trailer) and any motor vehicle so designed or adapted but does not include: (A) Any railway rolling stock which is for the time being on rails forming part of a system, or (B) Any tent”
Is size limited? The caravan definition doesn’t just apply to single lodge units that are effectively ‘one piece’ – but can also be applied to much larger twin lodges that are built as separate parts and assembled together on site. Section 13 (1) of the Caravan Sites Act 1968, which deals with twin-unit caravans. Section 13 (1) provides that: “A structure designed or adapted for human habitation which:
(A) Is composed of not more than two sections separately constructed and designed to be assembled on a site by means of bolts, clamps and other devices; and
(B) Is, when assembled, physically capable of being moved by road from one place to another (whether being towed, or by being transported on a motor vehicle or trailer), shall not be treated as not being (or have been) a caravan within the means of Part 1 of the Caravan Sites Control of Development Act 1960 by reason only that it cannot lawfully be moved on a highway when assembled”.
What is allowed? To meet the current definition of caravan, the regulations state (last updated in 2006) that:
(a) Length (exclusive of any drawbar) 20m (65.6FT)
(b) Width: 6.8m (22.3ft)
(c) Overall height (measured internally from the floor at the lowest level to the ceiling at the highest level) 3.05m (10ft)
All structures classed as caravans must be movable in one whole unit when assembled. It is not necessary for a caravan to be towed, only that it is capable of being moved by road, if required.
