How will this affect my property value?

[Peppapig23]

Planning permission is being sought to do landscaping work for 44 static caravans in a disused field near me. The boundary of this field is about 100 metres away from my house and it is intended as holiday caravans. I’m anticipating extra traffic, etc but they are also proposing to build a play park so I can see the positives of additional recreational space where it is currently lacking. My neighbours want to object. Any thoughts?

I’d object on the basis of traffic and noise (would hate a play park within earshot)

It’s rural so nothing around here. I’ve got kids so play park would benefit us

If it's a holiday park there is likely to be restrictions on who can use the play area. I'd object and petition the council for a public play area.

The affect on your property value will be negative. How much is anyone's guess. Probably not a drastic difference.
I would be more concerned about the future prospects for selling though - from the perspective that fewer potential buyers will be interested. You should be objecting imo.

The majority of the 'value' in your property is defined by the price of money, not the bricks and mortar or surrounding features. Such is the nature of the extreme monetary largesse of the last 20-30 years.

I wouldn’t be counting on you actually gaining access to the facilities on offer at the business use site, so don’t let that motivate you too much.

I'd be wary that is is for a permanent traveller site. Then you would never be able to sell.for any amount.

I’m not sure but I don’t you can object on potential loss of value to your homes.

i’d be concerned about facilities such as water, sewerage, etc. Also is it a green belt area. Detrimental to views etc.

Are the roads suitable for increased traffic etc?

I was thinking the same thing! I’d object.

The play park and any other facilities will be for people paying to rent a caravan, I don’t think you’d necessarily get access.

The extra traffic and noise that close would bother me, I’d object.

If it is this then your objections will fall on deaf ears and will take serious legal proceedings to attempt to overturn it.

Are you in a holiday area?

40 caravans is small for a holiday park. It sounds like more the size of a residential caravan park.

Do you know who the land owners/ developers are? I'd be trying to find out a bit more about them.

A 40 caravan holiday park 100m away probably wouldn't be particularly disruptive to you. I imagine winter months would be quiet. If it's a residential site though that would be all year round with possibly businesses being run from the site too.

Sadly your kids probably won't be allowed in a private play park.

@Peppapig23 I would also be pissed off at the amount of rubbish and scrap metal left lying around travellers sites! and everyone would also have to lock away everything of any value at all in their garden or it will be away!! that is if the planning application is passed! you must object! the problem might be that travellers (if it is for them) apparently have more rights than householders nowadays!! we have one a few miles out of our village. years ago we were offered that site for building a house. we couldnt get planning permission so farmer sold to a traveller and just brought all his friends on! with their van which then became statics. the law in scotland meant that the council were unable to refuse planning permission!!

This is one of the tricks developers use to get permission to build. Of course they’d never get permission to build on a green field. So they propose a caravan park or a campsite etc. Hey presto, the land is no longer a green field site. Legally it’s now classed as brown field. The developer waits a couple of years then applies to build the housing estate or factory or whatever they wanted to build in the first place, which is much more likely to be approved now it’s a brown field site. I would oppose this application very strongly.

Yep, this is what I was thinking too.

Echo everyone else who thinks traveller site, object as strongly as you can.