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Sport England objects to Sports Hub plan at Newbury Rugby Club’s Monks Lane ground

https://www.newburytoday.co.uk/news/41k-a-year-to-rent-pitch-from-monks-lane-rugby-club-9221511/

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The proposed development is for a single storey sports pavilion building and car park providing facilities and social space to support a proposed artificial turf pitch, F2(C). The proposed artificial turf pitch forms part of this application and includes fencing, storage, spectator seating and artificial lighting. The building will provide approximately 400m² of internal floor space of use class F2(B)

Newbury Rugby Football Club, Monks Lane, Newbury, West Berkshire, RG14 7RW

https://publicaccess.westberks.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=QYCHBRRD09N00&activeTab=summary

For more information about the proposals, details, plans, consultation, correspondence and objections see the Documents tab > View associated documents and scroll down…

Newbury Town Council’s application to renew the Faraday Road Football Ground as an Asset of Community Value (ACV) was approved by West Berkshire Council on the 20th of September.

https://www.newbury.gov.uk/news/faraday-road-football-ground-renewed-as-an-asset-of-community-value/

meanwhile…

West Berkshire Council withdraws its Faraday Road planning application to “demolish the ‘former’ clubhouse, create additional car parking on the site and to enable the temporary opening of the sports and recreation space whilst redevelopment plans were drawn up” and is to open temporary public sports and recreation space at the site by the end of the year.

http://info.westberks.gov.uk/article/38557/Withdrawal-of-Faraday-Road-Planning-Application

Newbury Town Council says plans for sports hub will limit Newbury FC ambitions

https://www.newburytoday.co.uk/news/newbury-town-council-says-plans-for-sports-hub-will-limit-ne-9215997/

Monks Lane sports hub parking concerns

https://www.newburytoday.co.uk/news/monks-lane-sports-hub-prompts-parking-row-9216231/

Newbury sports and recreation space to open at the former Faraday Road football ground

https://www.newburytoday.co.uk/news/latest-developments-at-faraday-road-football-ground-9219862/

Political football as council argues over future of Faraday Road

https://www.newburytoday.co.uk/news/political-football-as-council-is-split-over-use-of-farraday-9214180/

Political football row over Faraday Road and Monks Lane

https://www.newburytoday.co.uk/news/political-football-row-over-sports-provision-in-newbury-9214221/

First look of new Newbury football ground – as West Berkshire Council demolishes Faraday Road clubhouse

https://www.newburytoday.co.uk/news/first-images-of-new-football-ground-released-9213549/

WBC news

First look at new Newbury Sports Hub
Planning application submitted for exciting new facility

https://info.westberks.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=38468

Demolition begins following sports ground fire
Demolition of unsafe building starts following fire at Faraday Road sports pitch.

https://info.westberks.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=38469

Newbury Today news

Newbury’s Faraday Road football ground clubhouse being demolished following fire

https://www.newburytoday.co.uk/news/football-clubhouse-demolished-following-fire-9213244/

Newbury’s Faraday Road football ground fire ‘almost inevitable’, say campaigners

https://www.newburytoday.co.uk/news/faraday-road-fire-almost-inevitable-9212774/