Sports facility improvements at Prairie Sports Village, Burnley

“The application seeks full planning permission for a comprehensive package of improvements and extensions to the existing sports facilities at Prairie Sports Village. The proposal comprises the construction of a new artificial grass pitch (AGP), refurbishment and reconfiguration of an existing AGP, installation of associated fencing and floodlighting, provision of an overflow car park, new pedestrian access routes, alterations to the existing site access, and associated…”

“Works associated with the refurbished pitch include alterations to the perimeter fencing arrangement, retention of sections of the existing 4m high fencing, installation of new fencing where required, provision of a 1.2m high spectator barrier, revised access gates and extensions to existing goal storage facilities.”

“The application site forms part of Prairie Sports Village, a well-established sports and recreation facility located off Windermere Avenue, Burnley. The wider site comprises a substantial area of open playing fields and associated sports infrastructure, including existing artificial grass pitches (AGPs), parking areas, changing facilities and ancillary recreational uses.”

“The site is characterised by open recreational land comprising playing fields and sports pitches, together with areas of hardstanding associated with the existing sports facilities. To the east, the site is bounded by established residential development fronting Colne Road and the surrounding residential streets of Reedley Grove, Holden Road and Highfield Avenue. To the west lies Reedley Marina, the Leeds and Liverpool Canal corridor and associated railway infrastructure.”

“Relevant planning history includes planning permission APP/2018/0395, which granted consent for the creation of an artificial grass pitch, extension of the existing car park, provision of an overspill car park serving the golf driving range and associated alterations to the existing ball-stop netting.”

“The development is technically cross boundary (i.e., it relates to land in more than one local planning authority area). In such cases, the Planning Practice Guidance states that the applicant must submit identical applications to each local planning authority 1 . Accordingly, an identical application has been submitted to Pendle Borough Council under the planning reference: 26/0165/FUL.”

“That the application be approved subject to conditions.”