Huge water and adventure park to open just an hour from Greater Manchester
A new water sports park and leisure facility will be opening just an hour away from Greater Manchester after planning permission has been. The development – on the edge of the River Ribble and close to Preston Marina – will involve a radical revamp of the existing Trax Motor Centre site and will offer sports including canoeing, stand-up paddle boarding and water-skiing.
The latest planning approval comes after the green light was given to a four-storey education centre on the site back in November 2021. That structure – known as the Pioneer Tec Building – will be the base from which some of the new facilities are managed and will also include residential accommodation for up to 25 youngsters, as well as a café and shop.
However, Cllr Stephen Thompson was concerned that it would have an impact on what he described as a “very sensitive environmental site” nearby – a reference to the Ribble Estuary Site of Special Scientific Interest . He also questioned whether screening was being proposed along the riverside edge of the development, because of that area’s use by migrating birds.
Across the application site, dozens of trees and groups of trees have been highlighted for removal as they have “limited life potential” and are “not realistically retainable”, councillors were told. However, the landscaping plans include the planting of 51 trees, 3,600 shrubs and just over a thousand marginal aquatic plants, along with the creation of a reed bed and areas to be seeded with a wildflower mix.
Ski Slope The slope will be 12 metres high at its western end dropping to the existing ground level to the east – and 95 metres long in total. It will have a gradient of 11 degrees. The facility will be created using inert material imported onto the site and formed into the shape of the slope.
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