Members of Somerset County Council (SCC) voted unanimously to approve the plans. King Ina Academy currently uses the playing field, but will no longer have use for it once the new school is finished. The school has been leasing the field from Somerset County Council, who are planning to sell the it to raise money towards the new school. However, residents in Somerton asked Somerton Town Council if anything could be done to save the field, as there are not many green spaces in the town. So Margaret Chambers, who is now chair of the Kirkham Street Field Community Trust, held a public meeting in March 2019, during which around 500 people agreed to save the field.