The Key News

You remember that the land was given by the Mobbs Family as a charitable gift decades ago for sport and recreation of the local public. The use is fixed by law. No other development is allowed. Buckinghamshire Council is trustee.

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Notwithstanding, the newly published plans show a major football training campus extending over large areas of the charitable land and the existing public golf course. 

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The proposal includes​

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• 10 full size football pitches, of which one is indoor with an up to 17m high dome

• a new two storey building called Performance Hub 

• ancillary buildings and structures

• a new car park and access road

• fencing all around the site

• reduction of the golf course to 12 short holes.

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All of this on charity owned, Green Belt land. Public access to the training site will be restricted and submitted to WWFC use.​​​

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A fundamentally different proposal

This proposal represents the biggest change to Farnham Park since the lease process began. It is a major deviation from everything the public had been told so far.

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What happens next?

WWFC runs a few public consultation events until 18 July. Feeback can be given until early August. Stoke Poges Task Force is attending the remaining events and carefully reviewing every aspect of the proposal.

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We will shortly publish:

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• our detailed assessment,

• the key legal and planning issues,

• and our recommendations for the next steps to protect Farnham Park for exclusive public use

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Our assessment will explain what has changed, why it matters, and what can be done.

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