Macclesfield: a luxurious country hotel wants to offer glamping accommodation during the summer season.

Mottram Hall Hotel has applied to Cheshire East Council for listed building consent for the glamping tents between May and September each year.

Glamping is a more comfortable and luxurious form of camping.

A design and access statement submitted with the application on behalf of the hotel at Mottram St Andrew states: "There are three types of glamping accommodation together with a Tipee food and drink unit and a chill out/pamper tent.

"The glamping accommodation will be located within the grounds to the east of the main hall."

The area will cover 660 sqm. of floorspace on the site of the Grade II* listed building, built in 1750.

The planning document continues: "The approach has been to set the accommodation with a reasonable amount of space between each unit.

"Although food and  drink and pamper units would be immediately available, all the other facilities of the health resort would be available to the guests."

According to the application, the single storey glamping units would be small in scale and size and set in the grounds of the hall.

They would be partially screened from the main hall.

"There would be no adverse impact on the soft landscaping at the resort," states the report, adding the units are all high quality.

The application, number 21/3399M, can be viewed on the Cheshire East website and members of the public have until September 9 to submit comments.

Alternatively, you can click this link to view the planning application in the borough council ward of Prestbury / Mottram St. Andrew.

The application will be decided by a planning officer under delegated authority.

The targeted decision date is September 30 2021.

You can learn more about the Wilmslow Road Spa and Hotel here.

It was designated listed status in 1952.

Macclesfield: what do you make of the plans for glamping at the four-star hotel?

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