MEMBERS of the district council’s planning committee are to visit the old Thame United Football ground before deciding whether or not to approve outline planning permission for a housing development on the site.
Thame Town Council has already recommended refusal of the plan for around 90 new homes on the site, in Windmill Road, Thame, mainly on the grounds of traffic generation.
South Oxfordshire District Council’s planning committee however, feel that they need to the see the site for themselves in context with the surrounding area before making a decision.
The planning officer in the case has expressed the view that he finds the application acceptable in principle.
The site visit is scheduled for September 15.
The Football club, now demolished, ceased to function in 2005 when it was taken into receivership following an unpaid VAT bill, and then sold to a developer for a pepper corn, on the proviso that the football club would get around
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