West Way Sports Hub
8th of July, 2021
At the last meeting of the Parish Council on 7 July 2021, it was noted that the pavilion and artificial grass pitch works at West Way were nearing completion. The pavilion was handed over the Chorley Borough Council in June 2021 and the artificial grass pitch would be handed over at the start of July 2021. The facility was due to open to full commercial use at the end of August 2021. The grass pitch works were currently being completed and the grass pitches were expected to be ready for use in September.
The generic design for the play area which the Parish Council had agreed to contribute £30,000 had been submitted for planning condition discharge and a decision was expected in August 2021. Once the play area had been tendered as a design and build contract a minor amendment planning application would be made for the successful design. Subject to staff resources the play area tender process would be started in August 2021 and Parish Councillors would be involved in the tender evaluation panel which was likely to be in September/October 2021.
Chorley Borough Council was currently engaged with Chorley Athletics and Triathlon Club with regard to finalising proposals for additional footpaths forming a jogging path around the site. Arrangements would be made for Parish Councillors to meet on site to discuss the proposed footpath extensions once the proposals had been developed.