DGAP-Media / 21.09.2021 / 08:00

Holmes Investment Properties Plc

("HIP" or "the Company")

Contracts Exchanged on Stanley Park Golf Course

Key Highlights

- 21st Century redeveloped golf offering.

- Flagship venue for David Lloyd's new leisure venture, Adrenalin World.

- New holiday lodge development.

- Total of £45m GBP development.

- Improved accessibility to green space for Blackpool Residents

- Approximately 150 jobs created across the site.

- Major tourist destination for North West England

- Plan to capture the expected surge in UK based holidays in the future

Holmes Investment Properties Plc (Berlin: J16), the UK property investment company focused on the leisure sector, is pleased to announce that Blackpool Borough Council and UKAP (Blackpool) Holdings Limited ("UKAP"), a wholly owned subsidiary, have exchanged contracts on a six year lease over the land known as Stanley Park Golf Course. The Agreement for Lease that, subject to planning consent being approved, and subsequent construction of the adventure park, lodge development and redevelopment of the golf course respectively will provide UKAP (Blackpool) Holdings Limited with new leases of 175 years, has also been executed.

Prior to HIP submitting a planning application, there will be an extensive pre-application consultation on the plans where the public can view the proposals and provide feedback to the project team. The public consultation will comprise resident notices to properties within the local area, meetings with local groups, a public exhibition and a consultation website with an online survey. The professional team is led by internationally renowned design practice Ryder Architecture (www.ryderarchitecture.com) and project managed by Paragon Building Consultancy (www.paragonbc.co.uk). The public consultation will be launched in late October.

In the meantime UKAP have set up a facility to register for further information and notifications when the public consultation launches by going to www.ukapblackpoolconsultation.co.uk

Michael Simmonds, CEO of Holmes Investment Properties Plc said; "We are very pleased to be moving forward with the project at Stanley Park Golf Course and look forward to sharing our exciting plans with the public in the coming weeks to create a unique new leisure destination for Blackpool"

HIP will now continue the process on the Adrenalin World site and the development of the golf course. Further applications will follow for the future development of the golf clubhouse facilities and the extensive lodge development.

Enquiries:

HIP Plc - Yellow Jersey PR
Charles Goodwin +44 (0) 7747 788 221
hip@yellowjerseypr.com

Blackpool Council +44 (0) 1253 477273
Jenny Bollington
Jenny.bollington@blackpool.gov.uk

Notes to Editors

Holmes Investment Properties Plc

Holmes Investment Properties Plc (Berlin: J16) - www.hipplc.com - a UK property investment company focused on the leisure sector, listed on the Berlin Stock Exchange in 2011. HIP plans to work with leisure operators to source plots of land, acquire sites under option agreements, gain planning consents, build the leisure centre site to the operator's specification and maximise their returns, against a pre-agreed long-term lease with an agreed yield.

As the leisure market continues to grow, along with the number of leisure centres in the UK, HIP intends to partner with fast growing companies, aiming to develop a minimum of 12 leisure centres over the next 5-6 years, significantly enhancing the Company's balance sheet.



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Language: English
Company: Holmes Investment Properties PLC
85 Great Portland Street, London
W1W 7LT London
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 (0) 203 858 7790
E-mail: contact@hipplc.com
Internet: www.hipplc.com
ISIN: GB00B61DTR94
WKN: A1H654
Listed: Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin
EQS News ID: 1234733

 
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