Penrhos Leisure Village up for grabs

Consented for 500 holiday lodges in 2016; traded in early 2025. Now, an administrator has tasked LSH with finding a buyer for the 324-acre Anglesey development opportunity.

CG&Co has instructed Lambert Smith Hampton to sell what is billed as a “landmark coastal development opportunity” off London Road, close to Holyhead.

CG&Co is acting in its role as joint administrator of DJC Leisure Ltd, a vehicle used by directors of Seventy Ninth Group to acquire the Penrhos site last year, shortly before the business ran into serious trouble. With a police investigation ongoing, a number of associated companies entered administration last April.

As reported by Place North West, the majority of those businesses were put into stewardship of Quantuma. The Penrhos project effectively stands alone here as CG&Co looks for the best exit it can in the circumstances.

The asset is described as adjacent to Penrhos Coastal Park, “offering stunning natural surroundings and direct access to one of Anglesey’s most cherished landscapes”.

There is an extant planning consent for up to 500 leisure units. As outlined by LSH, Penrhos Leisure Village is “supported by a detailed planning strategy and an assembled project team, the opportunity is primed for securing reserved matters consent and delivering a large-scale leisure scheme”. The majority of the condition work has been discharged already, according to the particulars.

The 324 acres of freehold land includes 15 existing houses, cottages, and former farm buildings.

LSH is seeking offers for the development site as a whole or in defined parcels aligned with title ownership, with comprehensive bid proposals sought to acquire the freehold interest.

Land & Lakes (Anglesey) Ltd, part of the Cumbrian land and property powerhouse Kingmoor Park Properties, had secured the site’s outline consent in April 2016.

At that time and since, opposition to development of the site has been present, with concerns from those protesting including access to the coastal path. However, an appeal in 2024 to have the consent annulled was thrown out by the High Court.

Both the leader and chief executive of Anglesey Council went on record following the 2025 sale to spell out how the authority sees the site as a key development opportunity if carried out in a “sensitive and inclusive manner” in leader Cllr Gary Pritchard’s words.