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Center Parcs Woburn Forest (formerly Center Parcs Warren Wood) is the newest holiday village of Center Parcs UK, located on the outskirts of Flitwick and Ampthill in Bedfordshire in the UK. It commenced operation in July 2014.
In December 2004, Center Parcs announced that it had identified a location for a fifth UK site, at Warren Wood near Flitwick, Bedfordshire. It would be seeking planning permission and had already completed the signing of a lease on the land from its owner, the Duke of Bedford. The project was at first expected to cost approximately £160 million, including the construction of accommodation, indoor and outdoor facilities, sub-tropical swimming complex, restaurants and a spa but this has since risen to £230m.
Planning permission for this build was initially refused by Mid Bedfordshire District Council on the grounds that the project breached policy safeguarding Metropolitan Green Belt land. The company appealed against the decision, and the inspector hearing the appeal recommended that the Council's decision be upheld. However, Secretary of State Hazel Blears overruled the inspector's advice. She acknowledged that the scheme breached both local and national policies on safeguarding Green Belt, but argued that "in this particular case, the economic and employment benefits of the proposal, when taken together with the ecological and biodiversity benefits... constitute very special circumstances and are sufficient to clearly outweigh the harm to Green Belt".
Before Center Parcs could start construction, there were a number of planning conditions that had to be satisfied, most notably the improvement of local road junctions to allow smooth access to the Village. They also had to submit a local employment strategy, local purchasing policy and a forest and ecology management plan.
The planning permission has been approved for the development.
This represents final approval of the detailed designs of buildings and landscape as well as local sourcing, employment strategies and green travel plan. The next stage of the project will be the construction of a new roundabout, as well as the diversion of the public rights of way that cross the site.
The site will be slightly smaller than its other four sites at 375 acres (1.52 km2). It will include:
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