Newbury Town Council objects to converting Faraday Road into open recreational space
“Sport is clearly a much better use of the ground rather than general recreation
Jonathan Ashby
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NEWBURY Town Council has objected to plans to convert the disused Faraday Road football ground into a public recreational space.
Conservative-run West Berkshire Council (WBC) wants to convert the ground – which has stood empty since Newbury Football Club was evicted in July 2018 – into an open space, while also demolishing the now dilapidated clubhouse at a cost of £191,000.
More pay-and-display parking spaces would be installed, and the open space will remain until the district council gets the go-ahead to redevelop the London Road Industrial Estate.
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London Road Industrial Estate has been earmarked for a major redevelopment ANOTHER £345,000 of taxpayers’ cash must be spent before West Berkshire Council can apply for planning permission to redevelop London Road Industrial Estate. That’s according to a council report, which says it will need to pay consultants £300,000 to “progress the scheme through to a planning application” and spend £45,000 on assessing the feasibility of the redevelopment. On December 17, the council’s executive team is expected to sign off that investment and press ahead with the project, which has been in the pipeline since 2003. The council, which has opted to redevelop the 27.5 acre Newbury site in phases, wants to begin construction in two years and complete the project by 2030.