Bank backs holiday park

A FAMILY has created a holiday park of timber-clad lodges in Old Langho, Lancashire with the support of a six-figure loan from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking.

The Ribble Valley View park was developed by siblings Philip Simpson, Robert Simpson and Helen Sharples, and their cousin Ian Simpson.

Planning permission was granted for 19 lodges on the site in December 2010 and the team approached Lloyds for the loan to begin the ground works and build the first six holiday homes.

The project was also supported by the Rural Development Programme for England, part financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development. They have already sold 14 of the lodges.

Philip Simpson said: “Old Langho is a beautiful spot and the surrounding market towns and countryside are popular with holidaymakers. We’ve run a beef and dairy farm in this area for many years, but we had been looking for opportunities to start a new business venture together for some time.

“After discussion, we felt that the area needed a top class lodge park rather than another caravan site, and the land that we already owned was ideally located just off the Old Langho Road, a few minutes’ drive from the A59.”

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