![]() The site has a narrow entrance which opens out to the car park and requires delivery lorries to enter and turn around safely before exiting. Special ground stabilisation proposed by ABG was used to prepare the subbase (See ABG Stabilisation Devour Mill Case Study). ![]() This meant no natural infiltration of rainwater was possible. In addition a root barrier geomembrane was required to prevent growth up through the car park. The water table remained high, even at some distance from the river. Initially a series of buried SuDS tanks were specified to take the rainfall run-off from the site which would require additional excavation and backfill. The client also required the car park to look as natural as possible. Part of the planning consent for the project was to provide a SuDS compliant attenuation and a regulated flow outlet from the site into the River Holme. A large car park was planned, with landscaping along the river blending into the beautiful surroundings. The restaurant expects a large number of customers from the area and further afield. ![]() lies Devour”…the opening description for the redevelopment of a historic abandoned mill in the Thongsbridge area of Holmfirth as a new restaurant and cookery school. “Nestled in the picturesque and historic Holme Valley, a stone’s throw away from the cobbled streets of Holmfirth and flanked between ancient woodland and the gentle ebb and flow of the river Holme….
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