LIQUID DEATH FREE

Stuart Marston, managing director of Liquid Leisure Windsor, said to the BBC's Local Democracy Reporting Service ahead of the hearing that he feared the park could close. The planning row was set to be subject to a four day inquiry by the planning inspectorate in March this year.īut it was postponed after the inspector, who was due to attend the water park as part of the inquiry, fell ill with Covid. The council say this is because the addition of the water park and its use as a party venue had deviated from its planning permission for water-skiing and windsurfing. We brought it to management, who apologised and gave us a voucher to come back.Įarlier this year bosses of the aqua park flagged that they were 'deeply worried' that it would have to shut - with 300 jobs at risk - due to a planning row with the council.Īccording to the Maidenhead Advertiser, Liquid Leisure was served with an enforcement notice in December 2020, requiring the park to remove most of the buildings on the site amid claims they had breached planning rules. She told MailOnline: 'I'm convinced she would have drowned if me and my husband weren't watching. Today, previous visitors to the site told MailOnline how they flagged safety concerns about the park months before Saturday's incident.Ī mother-of-two said her daughter fell between two inflatables, with her head stuck in the water as she got wedged by her life jacket, 'almost a year to the day'. Police are now investigating her death, which is currently being treated as unexplained. Tragically the victim, named by witnesses as Kyra, was found at 5.10pm and taken to Wexham Park Hospital – but could not be saved. She was at the site to take part in the aqua assault course with friends for a birthday party.Īs many as 40 people, including members of the public, are believed to have dived into the water as part of a frantic rescue mission. Meanwhile, witnesses today recalled how the water park was thrown into 'chaos' on Saturday after the 11-year-old girl was reported missing.

But it was postponed at short notice due to the inspector falling ill with Covid. The inquiry, which could ultimately result in the Total Wipeout-style inflatable course being forced to shut, was due to take place in March. The park, which the council says has permission for water-skiing and windsurfing and not as an 'aqua theme park', is currently awaiting a four-day public inquiry over the row. It comes as it has emerged that the water park is in the midst of a row with local planning chiefs who say parts of the site, including the aqua assault course, do not have currently have the correct planning permission. Speaking about Saturday's tragedy, one parent, who claimed her daughter got stuck head-down in the water between two inflatables during an incident 12-months ago, today told MailOnline: 'This (the girl who died) could have been my daughter'.

LIQUID DEATH FREE

Parents have today revealed how they raised safety fears about a water park where an 11-year-old died up to a year before Saturday's tragic incident.Ĭoncerned customers say they contacted Liquid Leisure, near Datchet, Berkshire, almost exactly a year ago to flag their concerns about the water park - only to be offered free tickets to come again.

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Berkshire Police are now investigating the 11-year-old's death, which is currently being treated as unexplained.She was found at 5.10pm following frantic search and taken to Wexham Park Hospital - but could not be saved.Fun became 'complete chaos' as mother began screaming her name at 3.40pm after her hour-long session.She was taking part in an hour-long inflatable assault course session at the water park in Berkshire at 3pm.Victim, named by witnesses as Kyra, was enjoying aqua park party with friends at Liquid Leisure on Saturday.'This could have been my daughter': Parents claim they raised fears over safety of water park where 11-year-old girl died up to YEAR AGO - as it emerges council tried to shut down 'unauthorised' inflatable course

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