The potential overhaul has come in for criticism from a group of residents
The councillor overseeing controversial plans for a radical revamp of Preston’s Ashton Park says he has not ruled out a rethink of the project.
But he also warned that any wholesale changes could have consequences for other aspects of the Ashton Park vision – as well as for separate schemes for which the authority has received Levelling Up funding, including a replacement for the long-closed Old Tram Bridge in Avenham Park. But James says that campaigners have since found government guidance which shows that Levelling Up Fund projects are permitted to be revised – in some cases without even needing government approval. In advice seen by the LDRS, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities says that by making a so-called “project adjustment request”, councils can seek permission from the government to change “outputs, outcomes delivery” in relation to schemes for which they have been given grant money.
“We just want to knock the 3G pitch on the head. With the sports hub pavilion, it’s not that we don’t want it, we just don’t want it in the middle of the park – and neither do we want the new car park there either. As for the 3G pitch, he claimed that it would be better suited to Moor Park, which, along with Waverley Park, is also receiving a tranche of Levelling Up funding to enhance its own sports and leisure areas.
“The idea of the whole scheme is that the money raised from the proposed astroturf pitch and the café in the sports pavilion will help pay for the maintenance of the park itself, the new grass football pitches and also of the . The final proposal is likely to go before the next meeting of the full council in December and would also then require the green light from the city council’s own independent planning committee.
“The government could just say a blanket ‘no’. And does that put the other park in jeopardy? Does it even put the tram bridge at risk? Cllr Bailey: “We are still in the design process. I want to try and reduce as much as possible, but there will be net biodiversity gain on Ashton Park – and that will include the planting of new trees and soft landscaping.
close links with football clubs across the city and the area, they’ve been assisting us to link up football clubs to inform business plan usage of the pitches. That business plan will be vital so that councillors can then vote on that final decision.
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