Visualisation - Proposed lakeside lodges

Waterside Holiday Resort, Bodmin

The site had been a holiday park for over 20 years, consisting of 69 holiday lodges with a pool and cafe. We were appointed by the new owners in the summer of 2017 to develop a masterplan, lead the design team and manage the project.

The brief was to significantly increase the quality and quantity of accommodation, increase on-site leisure opportunities and improve dining options. The new facilities were designed to include a 25m swimming pool, leisure pool with slides and water features, gym and fitness studios, indoor climbing centre and multi-use sports barn, 280 seat wedding and conference venue, enlarged restaurant & bar, shop, business bureau, cinema, boutique spa hotel with private pool, sports pitches and site wide landscaping. The main buildings are designed to echo a group of farm buildings, arranged around a courtyard ‘plaza’ fronting onto the main lake.

After a rigorous analysis of the site, 118 new lodges were proposed. These were conceived as a series of zones, each with its own character – which led to a form and style specific to each zone. These include floating water lodges on one of the lakes, single storey grass roofed lodges on the lower, flatter part of the site, and elevated treetop lodges on the edge of the woodland.

By working closely with Cornwall Council planning department from the outset and demonstrating a clear understanding of the site, its history and opportunities, we were able to secure full planning permission for all of the proposed development within a single application, within the 3 month period, (with no S106 contributions) and under delegated powers.