Rudding Park in Yorkshire is to embark on a development project to create a new five-star country club within the 300-acre estate.

Planning has been submitted to North Yorkshire Council for the new development, which is part of a wider plan that has been evolving since 2004.

The proposal includes the creation of a tennis facility, country club and a family facility, which will be rolled out in three phases. The development will require 75 extra staff and add £14m to the value of the local economy. 

Rudding Park managing director Peter Banks said that the idea is to have a ‘five-star country club in Yorkshire’ that will add ‘at least £7m to turnover’ when complete.

He said: “The investment since the plan was formulated has been £21m, and we are expecting this new development to cost somewhere between £30-£40m. As with everything we do, our growth is organic as we need to borrow money on the open market and of course repay it. We are not a ‘trophy asset’ property, everything we do is sensibly and commercially considered.

Existing facilities on the property include a 90-bedroom hotel, the Clocktower Brasserie and a luxury spa, a Fred Hawtree designed 18-hole golf course, which first opened in 1995, and the 6-hole academy course. Accommodation is also offered in a range of luxury 2- and 3-bedroom lakeside lodges.

North Yorkshire Council will make a decision on the proposal at a later date.