Hello from Brompton Lakes. I’m delighted to be posting this, the first of many blogs about the project. In a way, the fact that I’m now telling you this story is something of a milestone. A sign, if you like, that we’ve progressed from the initial concept, through planning & design and are now talking about something very real.
You’ll be able to read about Brompton Lakes in detail at http://www.bromptonlakes.co.uk/
once the website is officially launched in September but in the meantime I’m going to keep you up-to-date with this online diary.
You’ll be able to read about Brompton Lakes in detail at http://www.bromptonlakes.co.uk/
once the website is officially launched in September but in the meantime I’m going to keep you up-to-date with this online diary.It all started back in the early summer of 2007 when I was chatting to a good friend of mine, Clive Simpson. Clive happened to mention he had some land for sale down by the river Swale near Easby and, on further investigation, this turned out to be a rather attractive location with two carp ponds open for day fishermen. I fell in love with the place as soon as I saw it. I began to imagine the potential of such a beautiful location and whilst chewing over the possibilities, was introduced to Simon Spence, who had previously developed a successful eco lodge development and who obviously had some design flair and a deep rooted interest in all things eco.
And so the idea of a lodge retreat was born. During the weeks that followed we took the time to visit holiday lodge parks throughout Yorkshire and The Lake District. Our over riding impression was that most were simply pre-assembled factory made static caravans with various degrees of cladding to make them more attractive – a million miles away from our vision for Brompton Lakes.
And so the idea of a lodge retreat was born. During the weeks that followed we took the time to visit holiday lodge parks throughout Yorkshire and The Lake District. Our over riding impression was that most were simply pre-assembled factory made static caravans with various degrees of cladding to make them more attractive – a million miles away from our vision for Brompton Lakes.
We spent many hours talking about the possibility of turning the land at Easby into a lodge development with a difference and eventually I decided to take the plunge, buy it and apply for planning permission. From the very beginning we knew that this was by no means a straight forward build project and it was going to take a lot of work to realise the dream.
The process of applying for planning permission was an enlightening experience, in some respects frustrating beyond belief but I’ll tell you more about that next time. . .
The process of applying for planning permission was an enlightening experience, in some respects frustrating beyond belief but I’ll tell you more about that next time. . .
