A new luxury glamping site offering 'sunset views' could be coming to a Fenland town under new plans.
A planning application submitted to Fenland District Council seeks permission for three glamping pods, two shepherds huts and five touring caravan pitches.
The plans also seek to remove an existing toilet block and covert an existing storage room into an Air B&B unit.
The proposed site would be housed on land belonging to Fenland Wind and Airsports Centre on Cross Road in March.
According to a design and access statement submitted on behalf of the applicants, each pod will include its own parking space and garden area.
The statement read: "At Big Skies Glamping we aim to produce an unrivalled high end luxury glamping experience in the East Anglia area offering luxury furnished accommodation including king or super king size beds, luxury linen, furnishings and fittings.
"Full inhouse quality kitchens and cooking facilities, luxury walk-in oversized shower enclosures, with toilet and hand basin in the private ensuite washing facilities.
"The pod lounge area leads out through the large double glazed arched side entrance double doors onto an outdoor private decked seating area with privacy screening each end.
It added: "The decking will have a dining table and chairs along with recliner sunbeds and at the other end of the decking a luxury hot tub leading onto a large outdoor private grassed area."
Currently awaiting consideration, the application said the site will bring "more revenue" into March, with the majority of the glamping pods powered by solar energy.
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The applicants claim that customers are "prepared to pay for extra luxury" and that the site could "fill the gap" in the market for Cambridgeshire and Norfolk.
The proposed site would be "tucked away strategically" at the bottom of the airfield, 300 metres away to the west of Cross Road, and would employ locally.
The statement added: "Once the glamping site is up and running, we will also be able to employ long-term members of staff into the new Big Skies Glamping business, with staff being required in the on-site catering kitchen, cleaners and house maids to clean, launder and service the pods and shepherds huts on a full-time basis.
"We will also be employing local builders, plumbers, and electricians for the new toilet block and caravan pitches and local groundworkers and landscapers to lay out and setup the new development as well as a maintenance person for the upkeep of the additional hedging, wildflower meadow areas and grass cutting as well as pod and shepherds hut maintenance."
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