A holiday park wants to build a flood protection system to help protect the site and secure its future. Avison Young has been appointed by Away Resorts Limited to submit a planning application for its Barmouth Bay holiday park, Tal-y-bont, Gwynedd.

The park has 240 static caravans, a reception building, an indoor swimming pool, an adventure playground and a sports field. It is one of 27 parks in the UK owned by Away Resorts.

The chain wants to erect a flood protection wall along the northern boundary of the site and partly along the northeast boundary, next to the Ysgethin River. The wall is approximately 204m with approximately 48m of localized ground elevation along the northeast corner of the site.

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The Natural Resources Wales development advice map shows that the northern part of the park is in zone C2. Several caravans face the river here and are subject to regular flooding from the river.

The flood defense would prevent overflow during river events from 1 to 100 years and tidal events from 1 to 1000 years.

A planning statement from Avison Young said: “The local coastal area of ​​the park is rural and characterized by an agricultural economy. However, due to the high quality of the surrounding environment, the area is highly dependent on tourism.

“In particular, holiday villages on the coast, such as Barmouth Bay Holiday Park, are a major contributor to the tourist trade. Given the steady increase since 2013 in visitors to the national park and an increase in stays in unserviced accommodation such as as caravans, it is essential to maintain and improve the existing stock of holiday accommodation to meet demand in the region and in the wider national park context.

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“Floods across the UK, both coastal and inland, have become more frequent, widespread and more costly. This is a major cause for concern for stakeholders and planning policy alike. aims to keep development away from sites that are considered most at risk from flooding.

“However, existing sites are now more susceptible to flooding in one form or another. Due to the location of the site, riverine flooding from the Ysgethin River entering the park has become more frequent, discouraging operator and caravan owners to upgrade their caravans to the higher quality accommodation to which Away Resorts is moving its parks.

“Due to the increasing frequency and intensity of flooding in the park, the proposed flood protection works are considered essential to ensure the long-term viability and success of the business. important to the local economy through the provision of accommodation and leisure to tourists, with spin-off economic activity in the surrounding areas creating many jobs on and off site.

“A reliable flood defense would protect park assets, encourage housing upgrades in affected areas of the park, and ensure its modernization and long-term financial viability. This would therefore lead to positive impacts on the local economy. These impacts are considered to be beneficial, irreversible, long-term, significant to the region and for these reasons outweigh any negligible harm identified.”

The plans have been submitted to the Snowdonia National Park Authority.