School in £1m sports field deal? (From Daily Echo)
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School in £1m sports field deal?
6:00am Friday 26th October 2012 in News
Swanmore College
A HAMPSHIRE SCHOOL could get more than £1m of investment if sports pitches are handed over to developers.
Hampshire County Council is considering swapping an existing sports pitch at Swanmore College of Technology, Swanmore, for another nearby field owned by Linden Homes.
The council would get £1.1m for the sale of the sports pitch, which it would use to transformthe new field into an all-weather floodlit synthetic turf pitch, as well as a full-size grass rugby pitch.
Linden Homes is applying to build 75 homes on the existing Swanmore College sports pitch.
The scheme relies on both the homes proposals and the changes to the new field getting planning permission.
Council leader Ken Thornber said: “Following the London 2012 Games, these pitches would help to build on that Olympic legacy and provide the college’s 1,251 pupils with enhanced sporting facilities.
“If both schemes receive planning permission, this would also allow proceeds from the sale of the land for housing to be reinvested into the college buildings.”
If given the go ahead the work could be completed by the end of 2013.
Comments(4)
skeptik
says...
6:48am Fri 26 Oct 12
loosehead
says...
7:35am Fri 26 Oct 12
nedscrumpo wrote:If that's the case maybe the council should be squeezing them for an even better deal as the council owns all the trump cards?
Might that be anything to do with the fact that the Linden Homes plot is under the gaze of electricity pylons and the massive cables they'd have to build under?
what else does the college/area need ?
get what you can from them !
Linesman
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10:37am Fri 26 Oct 12
loosehead wrote:As it often happens that sales take place, but proposed developments that they are supposed to fund do not move from the drawing board, I think that Linden Homes should pay for the new sports facility before they can start building the 75 new homes, a third of which should be affordable housing.
nedscrumpo wrote:If that's the case maybe the council should be squeezing them for an even better deal as the council owns all the trump cards?
Might that be anything to do with the fact that the Linden Homes plot is under the gaze of electricity pylons and the massive cables they'd have to build under?
what else does the college/area need ?
get what you can from them !
nedscrumpo says...
6:23am Fri 26 Oct 12