Plans for a holiday park near a South Cumbrian nature reserve have been withdrawn by its developers.
Queensland Country Park wanted to build 19 lodges and create 22 motorhome pitches on land to the north of Hawthwaite Lane.
The proposal was for a site next to land earmarked for a separate controversial holiday development by ILM Group for around 450 holiday lodges.
Queensland Country Park’s development would have attracted between 6,000 and 9,000 visitors a year, its original application said.
But people living nearby opposed both applications. The Save Roanhead group was set up in opposition to the ILM Group development and it also spoke out against the Queensland plans.
Speaking to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, Clive Welch, of Save Roanhead, said: “Our campaign team was heartened to see that local developer Queensland has done the right thing and withdrawn its planning application for a controversial holiday park at Roanhead.
“In the face of overwhelming opposition from conservation and landscape organisations and local councils they probably had no choice.
“On behalf of our 10,000-plus strong petition and 4,800 Facebook members we would like to thank them for this.”
Objections were also raised by the National Trust, Cumbria Wildlife Trust, Cumbria GeoConservation Group and the RSPB.
The RSPB said the applicant completely failed to adequately address the impact of the development on Natterjack toads, an endangered species that breeds along the Roanhead coastline.
