Park home site residents brand new improvements work to site a 'money making scheme'

Residents say plans to expand Penwortham residential park will result in land "bulldozed and ruined" and swatches of their green space vanishing.

But millionaire businessman and site owner Alfie Best and his company Wyldecrest Parks, who are the largest holiday home operator in the UK say they are "making improvements to the park and adding value to the homes" after ploughing more than £1 million into the site.

Since they took over the Penwortham estate two years ago, owner Alfie Best has said they have been "upgrading the park for the first time in years" by adding a handful of new park homes to the site, along with a range of improvements such as resurfacing the road and fixing faulty water pipes.

Yet those living on the site have formed together to make a residents association in a bid to combat issues they claim have not been resolved, such as drainage and flooding issues.

The Post previously reported on the £1.2 million investment made into the park by Wyldecrest in 2019, which saw residents on-site worry about local wildlife and whether the company had the correct development permission.

Former Penwortham Mayor Melvyn Gardner, who lives on Park Way with wife Dorothy, said: "From our point of view, we don't think they care about us residents. They frequently make changes without consulting us and they don't respond when we try and contact them about our concerns.

"They have ripped up our green in the centre of the park and put homes on there and they have dug into embankments for more land which has meant trees have now started coming down and falling into the park.