Pitch scheme withdrawn
The facility on Sutton Road would have been for a five-a-side facility with fencing, floodlights, footpath and grass bund,
But the planning application by applicant A Talton, in conjunction with Ashfield Rugby Union Football Club, the owners, has now been withdrawn.
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Hide AdThe applicant had been in consultation with the locality team at Ashfield District Council, regarding the sports facility, which had initially included a netball court.
The locality team advised there was no requirement for netball in the Ashfield catchment and that proposal would become a “white elephant”.
However, no one from the council was available to comment on the reasons why the planning application had been withdrawn.