Lightwater Valley: Theme Park set to create 'glamping pod' resort on site a year on from The Ultimate closure - once longest rollercoaster in the world - video Dailymotion

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A ‘glamping pod’ resort is set to be created at Lightwater Valley theme park in North Yorkshire after plans were given the green light, the Yorkshire Post can reveal.

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00:00 The Glamping Pod Resort is set to be created at Lightwater Valley Theme Park in North Yorkshire

00:06 after plans were given the green light the Yorkshire Post can reveal this morning.

00:10 The theme park announced the closure of the famous roller coaster The Ultimate in early

00:14 2023. The Ultimate delighted thousands of visitors to Ripon Theme Park since it opened

00:19 in 1991. Then the longest roller coaster in the world, it became so beloved among enthusiasts

00:25 that it was recreated in the video game Roller Coaster Tycoon. The Ultimate never reopened

00:29 after the coronavirus lockdown. A year on, plans now look to be in place to create a

00:34 set of 31 glamping pods on site. In January 2013, planning permission was granted for

00:40 the change of use of land to allow the siting of 106 holiday units. However, a recent planning

00:46 application was submitted to change the plans for the north east of the site from lodges

00:50 to glamping pods, smaller in size and with less environmental impact. The glamping site

00:55 is set to be pedestrian access only. The pods are considerably smaller in size than the

01:00 lodges and the application stated replacing the highways with footpaths reduces the overall

01:05 impact of the scheme. The application has now been given the green light by the planning

01:09 authorities and more details of the scheme are set to be released later this month.

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Lightwater Valley: Theme Park set to create 'glamping pod' resort on site a year on from The Ultimate closure - once longest rollercoaster in the world

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