Plans to transform Bentham Country Club in Gloucestershire into a £7million climbing facility have been approved by Tewkesbury Borough Council.
The project will see the redevelopment of the six-acre site, close to the A46 between Cheltenham and Gloucester, into an indoor and outdoor adventure activity centre with "glamping" and short-stay accommodation.
The company behind the planned 270 Climbing Park said it would become a “great attraction” for the region and could create around 60 jobs.
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Work is set to begin by early Summer this year with the site due to open in 2022.
Facilities at the activity centre will include Olympic standard speed climbing walls, soft-play areas for children, an artificial caving system, a gym and two café areas.
The redevelopment will see the current site’s two mostly white domes replaced with a new sports dome, which the project's directors said would be “more sympathetic” to the surrounding Cotswolds countryside.
The new dome will house multi-activity courts for a variety of sports and will also include an international-standard bouldering competition wall.
A director of the 270 Climbing Park project David Stevens said that approval of the plans had been “a long time coming, but we wanted to create something special.”
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Tewkesbury Borough Council’s head of development services, Sandra Ford said that the council was looking forward to the centre’s “prosperous future.”
Ms Ford added that she was "particularly pleased" the redevelopment of the brownfield site had been designed with its AONB setting in mind.
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Ms Ford said: “I'm delighted that planning permission for the redevelopment of the Bentham Country Park site has been granted, subject to a few conditions.
“This gives the green light to what will be an outstanding new climbing and activity centre, to be enjoyed by all, regardless of age or ability.
“270 Climbing Park will be a wonderful addition to our existing leisure provision, not only benefiting the health and wellbeing of our residents, but also creating jobs, increasing tourism and bringing economic benefit to the borough.”