The Birchwood Lakes development will consist of;

• Up to 158 holiday accommodation units
• A 40 bedroom hotel and spa
• The creation of areas of diverse landscape and habitat
• A range of indoor and outdoor sports, leisure and recreation facilities, reception, management, maintenance and ancillary facilities
• Vehicle access using existing junctions
• Water bodies, landscape and habitat creation and management, integrated with the surface water management and sustainable drainage measures
• On-site private roads, vehicle parking, footpaths and cycle routes
• Management of existing ecology and landscape
• Incorporation of public rights of way

The application site covers an area of some 63 hectares. It is centred on the former Venn Quarry minerals site.