Wyldecrest Parks
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Headquarters | West Thurrock, Grays, UK |
Area served | UK including England, Wales & Scotland |
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Website | www |
Wyldecrest Parks [1] is a mobile home park company in the United Kingdom, operating about 91 parks including seven holiday parks.[2][failed verification][3][4][5]
In June 2021, Wyldecrest was fined £100,000 and ordered to pay a further £11,000 in legal fees after it was found by Oxford Magistrates Court to have breached two planning enforcement notices. The company had previously been ordered to remove improvements to a green belt site at Bayworth Mobile Home Park, near Abingdon-on-Thames, which only had permission to be used as a car park.[6][7]
History
The company was founded in 1991 with the purchase of Lakeview Park in Romford, Essex by its present chairman Alfie Best.[citation needed] It was originally based in Rainham, Essex but later moved its headquarters to West Thurrock, Essex. Wyldecrest Park is a residential mobile home park brand,[8][9] and Wyldecrest Holiday Park is a sub- brand which focuses on the holiday parks including a golf course.[10]
The company operates a charity called the Wyldecrest Charitable Trust.[11]
In October 2011, Wyldecrest Parks owner Alfie Best, voluntarily accepted a police caution for an alleged physical assault on one of his residents at Scatterdells Park, Bovingdon.[12] The resident was protesting alterations to the park. She later pressed charges, with police offering Best either a caution or go to court.[13]
In December 2018, Wyldecrest Parks was ordered by Havering Council to demolish dwellings which they had built at the Lakeview Park property near Romford after it was revealed that the development was on greenbelt land and lacked planning permission as it was outside of the park's licensed area. Some residents had paid up to £280,000.[14][15]
In March 2019, Wyldecrest Parks was shortlisted as a finalist for the RESI 2019 awards, in the category of "Retirement Living Operator of the Year".[16]
In 2019, Wyldecrest Parks was awarded Leading Residential & Holiday Park Operator 2019 - UK by Global Business Insight Awards.[citation needed]
Wyldecrest Parks has recently acquired Tranquility Park in Woolacombe.[citation needed]
In February 2021, Private Eye reported that Wyldecrest Parks had lost a third appeal in a legal battle with a 77 year old resident over inflated site charges for electricity where it was claimed that the company was charging over three times the average daily domestic tariff.[17][18]
References
- ^ "Penwortham retirement park under new ownership". Blog Preston. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
- ^ "Park homes". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
- ^ Jolley, Ben. "Wyldecrest Parks opens new site, Bush Pastures Park, in Fordham, Cambridgeshire". Ely Standard.
- ^ "Our Residential Parks - Wyldecrest". Wyldecrest Residential Parks. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
- ^ "About Us - Wyldecrest". Wyldecrest Residential Parks. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
- ^ Krasteva, Gergana (8 June 2021). "Company fined £100K for illegal built on Green Belt". Oxford Mail. Osney Mead, Oxford: Newsquest. Archived from the original on 14 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- ^ "Latest News - Company given substantial fine for unlawful mobile home". Vale of White Horse District Council. Wantage: Vale of White Horse District Council. 12 May 2021. Archived from the original on 14 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- ^ "Award success for Wyldecrest Parks". Thurrock Gazette. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
- ^ Duggan, Joe (2015-10-19). "Wyldecrest Parks bags prestigious London business award". Olive Press News Spain. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
- ^ "Delight as golf club saved from closure". Worcester News. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
- ^ "Park and holiday home operator launches its own charity". Horncastle News. 15 July 2018.
- ^ "House of Commons - Communities and Local Government Committee: Written submission from the Wyldecrest Parks Residents Association Alliance". publications.parliament.uk.
- ^ House of Commons, Communities and Local Government Committee (20 Jun 2012). "Monday, 19 March 2012". Park Homes: First report of session 2012-13. Vol. 2. Westminster: Stationery Office. pp. 55–56. ISBN 9780215045607. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ Penman, Andrew (13 December 2018). "Families face homeless as 'gipsy king' development had no planning permission". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ Coleman, Liam (13 December 2018). "Romford residents who paid more than £200,000 for their mobile homes demand money back after they were built illegally". Romford Recorder. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ Devaney, Katie. "RESI Awards 2019". resiawards.com. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
- ^ "Park home Victories". Private Eye. No. #1539. London: Pressdram Ltd. 4 February 2021. p. 40.
- ^ HM Courts & Tribunals Service (22 February 2021). First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) - CHI/00HE/PHC/2019/0013 & CHI/00HE/PHI/2019/0200 (PDF) (Report). Her Majesty's Stationery Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
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