Former American Adventure Theme Park site for sale – after planning permission granted for potential hotel and garden centre
A mixed-use development could be build on a former theme park site – including a hotel and restaurant, a garden centre, a neighbourhood centre and more.
A 114-acre site in Shipley, Heanor, formerly occupied by a famous American Adventure Theme Park, has been listed for sale by Estate agent Barnsdales.
The listing published by Barnsdales on a property portal Right Move reads: “Situated at the heart of the Shipley Country Park this site comprises a major mixed use development incorporating a hotel, retirement village, a variety of housing, light industry, leisure and offices. The site incorporates a 30 acre lake which is a focus of the site and the overall development increasing its links to the greater area of the Shipley Country Park.”
The land has been divided into smaller plots of land, with each of them receiving separate planning permissions and advertised separately.
Plot C has been designated with a planning consent for a Hotel and Restaurant while Plot D has received a permission for a Garden Centre, Leisure, Training, Assembly, or Health & Care use.
Planning consent for a Neighbourhood Centre was granted to Plot B1, while permission for ‘business use’ was given to Plot E.
The site, which hosted American Adventure Theme Park for 19 years, has remained vacant for 17 years since 2007. In July 2012 it was announced that a project to redevelop the land into ‘housing, offices and leisure facilities’ had been given the green light.
Harron Homes and Avant Homes have built housing estates on part of the site and are continuing developing out their sites at Shipley Lakeside.