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Quality Glamping Cabins and BBQ Huts Beautifully Designed Holiday Accommodation INTRODUCING THE ECO BOX - Available as a 25m 2 , 35m 2 or 52m 2 structure, Smart Eco Living unique one bedroom Eco Box is superbly designed for glamping sites, fishing lakes, hotels and other accommodation venues requiring added luxury space. 01430 644 449 / 07572 999 979 / sales@smartecoliving.co.uk www.smartecoliving.co.uk Finman Sleeper Cabin For all year round bookings, upgrade your bell tent or yurt to a Finman Sleeper cabin. Available in 4m, 5m and 6m diameters. They are assembled on site so perfect for hard to reach locations. EN-SUITE AVAILABLE • OFF-GRID OR ECO OPTIONS BESPOKE SOLUTIONS • FULLY INSULATED AND HEATING OPTIONS 01389 887205 info@logspan.com www.logspan.com 30 WWW.OPENAIRBUSINESS.COM
GLAMPSITES CASE STUDY The Roost Luxury Glamping Two bespoke cabins welcoming couples to a rewilded piece of Gloucestershire With a quest to increase biodiversity on her land, Lorraine Robinson counts the arrival of frogspawn on her previously dilapidated site as one of her proudest moments in her enterprise’s development so far. We talk to Lorraine about horseshoe bats, sorting rubbish and doing things solo. What’s your back story – your life before glamping? Tourism is in my blood! I opened a holiday cottage in 2006 and a camping and caravan park in 2007. After a divorce I found myself with a 2.5 acre meadow, a wealth of ideas and a drive to do something new. What made you decide to start offering glamping accommodation? At the touring park we had become aware of a new trend called glamping in 2011 and set about designing and building our own pods. By the time I was ready to start my new venture the glamping market had grown and evolved in a big way and I decided I wanted to create some unique, luxurious timber cabins to tap into the luxury end of glamping. The process was a fairly long one with my first planning meeting in September 2016. I didn’t open to guests until December 2019. How did you research your business before entering it? I really enjoyed the research stage – I visited other glamping businesses, attended trade shows and spoke to some very knowledgeable people. Tell us about your location and site The Roost is a 2.5 acre meadow flanked by ancient woodland with direct access to many beautiful walks, including the Gloucestershire Way, and some great tracks for bike riding. I knew the site was just perfect for glamping. The development of the site had to be handled very sensitively due to our being located within an SSAC for the rare horseshoe bat. Strict controls are in place to control any night time light spill from the cabins. How did you tackle getting planning? Planning permission is usually the most difficult and challenging part of any glamping development. I first met with planners, who were very enthusiastic and supportive of my plans, in September 2016 but, once planning was submitted, it got quite difficult to meet all the biodiversity and sustainability criteria. Because we are near a major European maternity roost for horseshoe bats, I had to designate half the meadow into a ‘bat mitigation area’. This area was where I originally planned to put the cabins so I had to re-plan the site and bring the cabins into a different part of the meadow. WWW.OPENAIRBUSINESS.COM 31
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