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Caravanners fear new owners will force them out of beloved park

Prices could be going up at a popular Scottish caravan park

by Tom Lowenstein

Residents at a Scottish caravan park have expressed concern that they could be forced off the site if its new owners hike up prices.

The Silver Sands park in Lossiemouth, Moray along with its sister site, Riverview in Forres have both been taken over by Lifestyle Living, STV has reported.

Living Lifestyle owner and chairman Tony Barney concluded the purchase this week and when discussing the deal said that the Moray park represented a “potential five-star development”.

Following a statement announcing the purchase on the Silver Sands website, some of the caravan owners on the site have expressed anxiety about the future, with fears that prices would rise beyond affordable levels.

Speaking to STV, one site regular said: “We can only wait and see what his proposals are for the site, but if he repeats what has happened here and at other sites in the past then we might be in deep trouble.”