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Green light for National Football Centre proposals
Local authority approves major Football Association-led development for 330-acre site near Burton-upon-Trent
By Pete Hayman
East Staffordshire Borough Council has approved plans for the development of a National Football Centre – St George's Park – near Burton-upon-Trent. A coach education and
training facility; a sports injury and research centre and a hotel form part of plans for the 330-acre (133.5-hectare) site, which have been drawn up by the Football Association (FA). The national governing body
is working in partnership with sponsor and kit supplier Umbro
on the scheme, which aims to boost regional grassroots football and also includes community-use pitches. England's 22 FA-supported
squads – including the senior team – will use the complex as a training base, with a sports hall boasting facilities for Futsal and partially-sighted football. FA joint acting chair David
Sheepshanks said: "The planning permission enables us to move towards crystallising the tendering and funding arrangements for this impor- tant education hub for football."
The site will provide a training base for 22 FA-supported squads
£3.5m Bomber Command memorial plans approved
By Pete Hayman
A new £3.5m monument will be built at London's Green Park to recognise the contribution of Bomber Command during the Second World War. Plans drawn up by Liam
O'Connor Architects and Planning Consultants, were approved by planning officials at Westminster City Council. The Piccadilly entrance to the Grade II-listed park is set to be
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Plans feature an open pavilion
the location of the proposed 8.5m (28ft) monument, which aims to commemorate more than 55,000 air force personnel
who lost their lives during the Second World War. The memorial – put forward
by the Bomber Command Association, with help from the Royal Air Force and the Heritage Foundation – will comprise an open pavilion designed in a classical style. Although the pavilion roof
will be left open, the roof of the loggia is to be made from aluminium from a Halifax bomber shot down in 1944.
Green light for Rushden plans
A new £13m leisure centre is set to be developed in Rushden, Northampton- shire, after the scheme was given the green light by the local authority. East Northamptonshire
Council approved plans for the new Manor Park Leisure Centre, which will include a six-lane, 25m swimming pool and a fitness suite.
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