A BREAN holiday park has submitted plans to “upgrade” its site by introducing 30 luxury caravan units to one of its fields. 

Southfield Farm Caravan Park, located on Weston Road, is a five-minute walk from Brean beach and has pitches for static and touring caravans. 

There are currently 48 static caravans and 142 touring pitches within the field included in this planning application (Field E). 

If permission is granted, the luxury caravans would replace 58 plots for touring caravans. They would be available for holiday and short-let use.

This would result in a total of 162 units in Field E, which is within the 200 permitted units allowed by the caravan park's licence.

The changes would “address customer demand and provide comparable competition with other holiday parks”.

Sedgemoor District Council registered the application on December 5 and is welcoming comments until January 31.

The planning application says: “The existing park has developed over a long period of time and parts of the site have now become outdated.

“This project will provide a much-improved experience in keeping with newer standards and customer requirements.

“This application seeks to upgrade the use of the touring part of the site to luxury static caravan use, whilst not exceeding the currently permitted maximum number of units, i.e. currently up to 200.

“The informal and attractive layout of the caravan units proposed will provide higher quality accommodation and will enhance the accommodation on offer at Southfield Farm Caravan Park holiday resort.”

Each static caravan would have parking space for two cars and bicycles. The size of the units will vary depanding on the number of bedroom and styles. 

Access to the development site would be gained from an existing internal private road within the holiday park. The main public access to the park would be unchanged.

A new internal roadway within the application site would be constructed off the existing internal road into the proposed site.

A new fence structure would enclose gas storage tanks and a refuse collection point for guests staying in the static caravans.

The development site is predominantly grassland in a flat and level field with no landscaping features besides perimeter hedgerows.

These plans have the application number 06/22/00024. They can be viewed on Sedgemoor District Council's online planning portal.