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Pompey training ground gets planning approval
Portsmouth Football Club took another step closer to having world class facilities with the approval of the planning application for their new training ground next to the Cherque Farm estate in Lee On The Solent. After the original site near Titchfield fell through after the planning application there was rejected.
Storrie said: "This is a training ground any Premier League club would be proud of.
"It's the next big step for the club – fantastic facilities in a lovely location.
"We've been improving the team no end as well as the facilities around the ground, with the new megastore and offices.
"But this training ground is one of the two final pieces in the jigsaw – the other is the new stadium.
"After the disappointment of the previous application at Fareham it's been nice to have been involved with such a superb council like Gosport.
"They wanted us to be involved in their future and have given us nothing but support.
"It's great that the training ground is in Gosport with a PO postcode – it keeps everything where we want it to be."
Reading some of the letters of those for and against the project its good to see that the NIMBYs didn't sink this project, while most of them were pretty much along the "I don't want it in my backyard and my house price will drop" lines, some of them did raise some valid points which I hope will be taken into consideration.
I'm looking forward driving past the new training centre on my way to work every day.
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