Morecambe's £17 million Frontierland redevelopment given green light

Plans worth £17 million to redevelop Frontierland in Morecambe have been approved by city councillors, according to BBC.

The defunct theme park, which was was opened in 1987, has been derelict since its closure in 2000.

The proposal for a new retail and leisure park submitted by landowners WM Morrisons in partnership with Opus Land North also includes a hotel and pub.

The Polo Tower, a remnant of the theme park, will be demolished under the redevelopment.

Designer Wayne Hemingway, who is from the resort, said: “The landscape and spaces should be places that people want to linger, to sit and take in the views and the air… and be inviting, even when it’s blowing a gale.

“The public domain they are showing is so vague and lacking in detail it could end up just looking like a windswept carbuncle; very much like the current Morrisons area is now.”

Lancaster City Council approved the planning application and it will now go to the Secretary of State for final approval.

A previous scheme to build a factory outlet on the site fell through, shortly after Frontierland closed.

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