Wycombe Snowdome suffers setback
Tuesday 09 June 2009
Plans for Britain’s seventh indoor snow centre at High Wycombe near London have been rejected by the local council.
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Plans for the High Wycombe Snowdome
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Work on Wycombe Snowdome was approved and had been due to commence last autumn for a proposed opening in later this year.
However, so far no work has taken place on the derelict site. Most of the buildings there were destroyed by fire in 2005, although the artificial surface ski slopes, which are now overgrown, survived largely unscathed.
Permission for the £10m, 110m long indoor snow slope and ice rink was granted by the local council In December 2007 but a revised plan submitted this spring which included increasing the width of the building covering the slope and adding new party rooms above the ice rink, have been rejected.
Martin Smith, managing director of Snowdome UK, said the company is now rethinking its plans which would be privately funded and generate 90 jobs. He told local media that he believed the majority of the local population remained in favour of the indoor snow centre proposal and that the options included re-submitting revised plans or giving up the attempt and moving to a different location.
Paul Wells, spokesman for Wycombe District Council, told thisislocallondon.com, “We are committed to promoting the leisure and employment facilities in the district. However, we are unable to comment on specific applications.”
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