The lodges will be rented for up to �1,600 a week

Wooden "lodges" on wheels will be offered from �250,000 each at Whitsand Caravan Park in south-east Cornwall.

The lodges will be rented for up to �1,600 a week at the park, which is demolishing its 90 static caravans - rented for about �140 a week.

Plans for the 73 Scandinavian-style lodges - with up to four bedrooms, satellite TV and en-suite showers - are now with Caradon District Council.

'More fashionable'

Owner Rob Wintle said the aim was to attract "broadly professional people with higher disposable incomes" to the newly named Whitsand Bay Lodge Park.

The 90 static caravans will be removed

A lodge can pass as a caravan for planning regulations as long as it is not more than 20ft by 60ft and can be transported in no more than two sections.

It does not even have to have wheels, although the lodges will have them, hidden behind wooden boards.

Mr Wintle said: "Cornwall is becoming more fashionable and people will pay for quality accommodation as long as the situation is right.

"We have a lot of caravan parks in Cornwall, but we lack top-end quality accommodation.

"The price may well put some people off, but we will continue to have pitches for touring caravans and camping."

Whitsand is attempting to head upmarket

Mr Wintle will also have to persuade English Heritage because the site is an ancient monument.

The caravans that are currently on site look over some of the most stunning scenery the region has to offer with Dartmoor to the north and the cliffs and beaches to the south.

But the lodges, which are being marketed at well-heeled second homers looking for an investment, will be out of reach of most people in the area where incomes are 30% below the national average.

Mr Wintle, said: "There is a massive demand for second homes in the area, and we will be relieving some of that pressure.