Green light for fairytale-themed accommodation at Alton Towers
![](https://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/images/277401_379306.jpg)
The UK’s Alton Towers Resort has been given planning approval to build new themed accommodation on site. Based around fairytales, development of The Enchanted Village will start later this year, with opening scheduled for spring 2015.
Located in woodland next to the Alton Towers Hotel, the “fairytale hideaway” will include 120 lodges and five luxury treehouses, as well as children’s play areas and a themed restaurant. Nichols Brown Webber will serve as the architect for the project.
Approval was granted by Staffordshire Moorlands Planning Committee, with some conditions placed such as the need to preserve various historical features of the Deer Park which sits alongside the site.
Mark Kerrigan, development director at Alton Towers Resort, said the new accommodation was aimed at further enhancing the Merlin Entertainments-operated park’s position as a short break destination.
The cost of the project was not revealed, but Kerrigan said the development represented a “significant capital investment”.
Plans for the lodge development were originally submitted in March 2014 – although a previous application was withdrawn in 2013.
![](https://www.sportsmanagement.co.uk/images/SMlogoSmall.jpg)
Swim Manager
General Manager
General Manager
Swim Teacher
Customer Service Advisor
Sports Facility Manager - LSBU Active
Team Leader
Fitness Motivator
Swim Teacher
Duty Manager (Dry)
Head of Operations
Senior Leisure Officer
Swimming Teacher
Swimming Teacher
Company profile
![Company profile: We Work Well Inc Company profile: We Work Well Inc](https://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/images/dir/38096_627145.png)
Featured Supplier
![Altrafit introduces custom functional fitness equipment at Third Space
Altrafit introduces custom functional fitness equipment at Third Space](http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/images/2024/THUMB353527_44838_406906.jpg)
Property & Tenders
Company: Jersey War Tunnels
Company: Savills
Company: Cotswold Lakes Trust
Company: Knight Frank
Company: Belvoir Castle