A decision is expected shortly approving plans to create a new £400million integrated all-weather, year-round leisure, health, sport and education destination on the edge of the 550 square mile Peak District National Park. The project – Peak Resort - will include 250 holiday lodges, hotel and apart-hotel accommodation. The project, which has been in the pipeline for more than 20 years, is planned on a reclaimed opencast site at the Birchall Estate near Chesterfield in Derbyshire.

The 300 acre site, which already includes a golf course and areas of woodland and open countryside, will be at the leading edge of eco-technology. The centrepiece will be a futuristic Ecodome building providing indoor climate controlled water sports, a spa, covered lawn games and a sports medical centre.

Details:  www.chesterfield.co.uk