News: Revised plans for Rotherham country park café
An updated planning application has been submitted for a café refurbishment project and outdoor landscaping at a country park in Rotherham.
Securing money from the Government's Levelling Up Fund (LUF), £19.9m was awarded for a number of connected projects which aim to build a new leisure industry that responds to the challenges of economic recovery and health and well-being.
A £2.5m improvement plan for Thrybergh Country Park moved a step closer last year after plans for a new café building were approved but in July this year, Rotherham Council's cabinet approved a new way forward which meant that there is a "reduced scope" for the Thrybergh scheme where a brand new café building has been scrapped and replaced by a refurbished café and outside space.
Following market testing, the project required "revised budgets as a result of the impact of inflation and the volatile national and international construction market."
The new scheme has been given a budget of £789,873 and new plans, drawn up by the council's design and projects team, are for the refurbishment and alteration of the existing café building, and revised level access arrangements with the creation of a new ramped entrance and landing.
The development also includes increasing the size of an existing outdoor seating/terrace area, with associated hard and soft landscaping works. Fixed external canopies to accommodate covered seating for visitors of the café and country park could also be added.
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The application explains: "The proposed development seeks to improve the existing lakeside café and outdoor terrace/seating provision. The existing café is well established in the country park, and has been operating since 1995, and offers an ancillary function to users of the park.
"However, the existing café is outdated and limited in terms of its size and offering. It currently provides seating for up to 50 people, yet primarily serves takeaway food due to the existing seating being contained primarily in the conservatory, which provides a hot and unpleasant environment in the summer and is cold in the winter. The existing café building also provides a limited external seating area, which fails to fully take advantage of the attractive lakeside setting that the site occupies.
"The proposed alterations to the existing café would look to address the thermal envelope issues with the conservatory. By instating a new insulated flat roof to meet current regulations and replace/alter the existing glazing arrangement to create a habitable space and prevent the current heat gain/loss experienced with the existing conservatory glazing."
A new entrance would be to the lakeside with booth seating inside to make more efficient use of space. The new café design provides up to 60 covers internally, whilst the outdoor terrace will provide space for up to 100 covers externally.
As the development aims to improve the attractiveness of the country park as a destination for outdoor recreation, it is not considered to be inappropriate development in the Green Belt.
Plans conclude: "The upgraded café will significantly enhance the ancillary facilities supporting the overall function of the country park and will positively align with the key objective set out within the LPA's [Rotherham Council's] Cultural Strategy (2019- 2016) of improving facilities at the Country Park.
"The proposed development will also enhance the attractiveness of the country park as a destination for outdoor recreation and will clearly support the LPA's stated goal "enable everyone to get active, get creative and get outdoors, more often.""
Work on an £8,854,198 project at Rother Valley Country Park recently got underway.
Images: Google Maps /RMBC
Securing money from the Government's Levelling Up Fund (LUF), £19.9m was awarded for a number of connected projects which aim to build a new leisure industry that responds to the challenges of economic recovery and health and well-being.
A £2.5m improvement plan for Thrybergh Country Park moved a step closer last year after plans for a new café building were approved but in July this year, Rotherham Council's cabinet approved a new way forward which meant that there is a "reduced scope" for the Thrybergh scheme where a brand new café building has been scrapped and replaced by a refurbished café and outside space.
Following market testing, the project required "revised budgets as a result of the impact of inflation and the volatile national and international construction market."
The new scheme has been given a budget of £789,873 and new plans, drawn up by the council's design and projects team, are for the refurbishment and alteration of the existing café building, and revised level access arrangements with the creation of a new ramped entrance and landing.
The development also includes increasing the size of an existing outdoor seating/terrace area, with associated hard and soft landscaping works. Fixed external canopies to accommodate covered seating for visitors of the café and country park could also be added.
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The application explains: "The proposed development seeks to improve the existing lakeside café and outdoor terrace/seating provision. The existing café is well established in the country park, and has been operating since 1995, and offers an ancillary function to users of the park.
"However, the existing café is outdated and limited in terms of its size and offering. It currently provides seating for up to 50 people, yet primarily serves takeaway food due to the existing seating being contained primarily in the conservatory, which provides a hot and unpleasant environment in the summer and is cold in the winter. The existing café building also provides a limited external seating area, which fails to fully take advantage of the attractive lakeside setting that the site occupies.
"The proposed alterations to the existing café would look to address the thermal envelope issues with the conservatory. By instating a new insulated flat roof to meet current regulations and replace/alter the existing glazing arrangement to create a habitable space and prevent the current heat gain/loss experienced with the existing conservatory glazing."
A new entrance would be to the lakeside with booth seating inside to make more efficient use of space. The new café design provides up to 60 covers internally, whilst the outdoor terrace will provide space for up to 100 covers externally.
Plans conclude: "The upgraded café will significantly enhance the ancillary facilities supporting the overall function of the country park and will positively align with the key objective set out within the LPA's [Rotherham Council's] Cultural Strategy (2019- 2016) of improving facilities at the Country Park.
"The proposed development will also enhance the attractiveness of the country park as a destination for outdoor recreation and will clearly support the LPA's stated goal "enable everyone to get active, get creative and get outdoors, more often.""
Work on an £8,854,198 project at Rother Valley Country Park recently got underway.
Images: Google Maps /RMBC
22 comments:
Strange that millions of pounds can be found for useless cycle lanes, but not to carry out the full original proposed scheme here! Yes it’s from different budgets, but it’s not been done for decades & we are left with 2nd best again!
It's because it's Thrybergh. If it had a different postcode it would have been passed without question.
Both of you need to grow up
What a silly thing to say. Thrybergh gets as much investment as anywhere else.
‘ Both of you need to grow up’
On yer bike!
What do you mean, "because it's Thrybergh? I have lived there all my life, it's a great place.
Daft 'apeth
I walk round TCP daily and am looking forward to the new facilities. I think they will be a big improvement.
Daft 'apeth- Grow up
Given the large number of people who walk dogs round the park it would be good if there were cafe facilities which catered for dog owners.
Yes, I think RMBC are missing a trick there.
Stop bigging up your posts by agreeing with yourself
Is it true that they're putting a cycle lane round the lake?
Dog owners can sit on the terrace whilst those who prefer to eat without dogs can sit inside so the councils plan covers everyone
The Terrace in summer, should we ever have one, is quite nice. Most of the time it is not fit enough to sit down and eat outside. I am not suggesting that the sight of a dog inside should for one minute put you off your sausage sandwiches, but a separate area for dog owners would be a sensible option. Presumably you would prefer anyone with children to also sit on the terrace?
No just dogs. It is not hygienic to have dogs inside of a food establishment.
Fortunately for dog owners there are a lot of food and drink establishments in Rotherham who disagree, including Fica, Steptoes, Costa, The Ministry, Wentworth Woodhouse, Wentworth Garden Centre, Rockingham Arms, the George and Dragon and the Golden Ball
I would imagine that a substantial proportion of the people who visit TCP are dog walkers, so there should certainly be better provision for them.
Personally I would have no objection to dogs being allowed inside the cafe. Just so long as they didn't bring their owners with them.
Wouldn't be surprised to hear that the council was planning to have dog walking lanes.
They'd be barking to do that
That's a cavalier sort of thing to say.
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