Hazelgrove Caravan Park Saltburn by the Sea

Welcome to the Hazelgrove Caravan Holiday Park Blog Site, this site is for the use of anyone who wishes to comment on the Hazelgrove Caravan Holiday Park and it's new Licence Holder Tingdene Parks Ltd.  Hazelgrove Caravan Holiday Park was established circa 1950s and is situated on 8 acres of Land which was originally granted as a gift to the inhabitants of Saltburn by Lord Zetland in circa 1896, This in turn became the first "Free Park" in Saltburn and was entrusted to the then Council of the day, the land to this day has a number of existing covenants attached to it, the main one being is that the land is used for leisure purposes only.  At it's inception as a caravan park Hazelgrove was run by the local council, it was then transferred via a lease to Robert Traves and then passed hands again through the original lease to Lido Leisure Ltd. From the 1950s onwards it has always been a Holiday Park, from those pioneering days of weird and wonderful touring caravans through to static holiday caravans which are now the mainstay with touring facilities removed a number of years ago. Currently on the Hazelgrove Caravan Holiday Park are persons who have been coming here since their childhood and are now themselves pensioners. However late in 2009 the Park was sold to a company called Tingdene Parks Ltd, who are currently developing the park to accomodate 50 Residential Caravans which are being marketed as "Park Homes", and to create a semi retirement / retirement village for the over 45s. These Park Homes which range from £95K to £180K are approximately 40 foot by 20 foot in dimension.  By installing 50 of these homes virtually half the park will be taken up on land that was bequethed for leisure purposes to the inhabitants of Saltburn.  Much consternation has been caused by this delevelopment, not only to the current Owner Occupiers of Holiday Homes but to residents of Saltburn and the Saltburn Civic Society, which has been widely circulated in the local press and the "Talk of the Town, Saltburns own local publication.  According to these sources Tingdene Parks Ltd have refused or declined to comment on what appears to be a growing unrest.  It is known that the local Trading Standards Office has had to intervene on a number of issues involving current Owner Occupiers of holiday caravans and that this has now been esculated to include their colleuges visiting Tingdene's head office in Northampton.  In another twist the current Owner Occupiers of holiday caravans at Hazelgrove with support from a number of sources, including, the local M.P. Mr.Tom Blenkinsop, Trading Standards, Local Councillors, Local Radio stations and the local press, have felt compelled to organise themselves into a self help group, designed to protect themselves from what appears to be an arrogant company who are upsetting what used to be a happy holiday park. Sources from within the group say that this new company does not want to communicate despite previous requests for face to face meetings, instead Tingdene Parks Ltd say that any concerns should be put in writing and sent to the controlling Director Mr. Ian Collier.  However it would appear that replies received have been considered ambiguous and the concerns largely remain intact and those on the receiving end feel that Tingdene Parks Ltd Public Relations leave a lot to be desired. The self help group which is in its infancy hope to develop a dialouge with Tingdene Parks Ltd whilst working closely with the local M.P.s office and the local Trading Standards.