It's a popular aspect of the business
Owners of a surf school at Croyde are seeking planning permission to keep their roof-top sauna.
They are also applying to North Devon Council for retrospective consent after installing decking and a balustrade around the structure.
In planning documents it says that the mobile sauna was so popular that it was moved permanently to the top of its building at Baggy Point, and fencing was made more secure.
The site previously had seating for the food and drink element of the business with a surrounding post and netting fence.
Agents PLL on behalf of applicant Damon Beveridge said as the surf school and hire business went from strength-to-strength under the current owners, demand for a sauna grew and a mobile one was acquired.
The decking did not materially raise the roof height and the timber fence is the same height as the previous fence, they said.
They added that the amenity of neighbours would not be an issue as there would likely be fewer people on the roof than when it was a seating area.
The sauna complemented an established tourism and leisure business and enhanced its year round appeal, they said
North Devon Council will decide on the application in due course.
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