A proposal for a five-star luxury lodge at the edge of Sutton on the Forest in Yorkshire, near Easingwold, has been submitted by Yorkshire-based developer Luxury Lodge Group.

The £12m (US$18m, €16m) Forest Lakes development plans to feature 46 eco-friendly wooden lodges, a spa, clubhouse, brasserie, delicatessen and village store. If plans go ahead, the site will open by 2016.

Developer Luxury Lodge Group, which also plans to manage the facility of freehold lodges, has spent more than two years conducting ecological, wildlife, transport and pollution studies prior to applying for permission to start work on the project. The scheme is set to create 124 jobs in the local area, including 44 on the Forest Lakes site, according to The Business Desk.

Harrogate-based design firm Aspect Architecture led the design of the parkland project. “The proposal is a new take on a luxury second home or holiday accommodation and it will bring lasting benefits to the local economy, as well as new facilities to residents who already live here,” said James Elliott of Aspect Architecture. “We have tried to ensure we understand what the planners want to see in a scheme that is sensitive to the environment, the green belt and the local economy.”

Meanwhile, another spa is being planned in the Yorkshire region at the Coniston Estate and is set to open in Q4 of 2015.