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‘Dark day for parks’: Plans to build Spurs academy on London green space approved

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‘Dark day for parks’: Plans to build Spurs academy on London green space approved

‘Dark day for parks’: Plans to build Spurs academy on London green space approved

Source: The Guardian

Published: Feb, 12 2025 12:39

Residents had unsuccessfully challenged Enfield council in court over club’s plan to build pitches on rewilded area rich in bats and newts. A women’s football academy will be built over public green space and a rewilded former golf course after Enfield council approved controversial plans by Tottenham Hotspur football club. The council, which handed Spurs a 25-year lease for 53 hectares (130 acres) of Whitewebbs Park in north London, has backed plans for all-weather pitches, floodlights and a “turf academy” on green belt parkland rich in bats, newts and mature trees. In exchange Spurs will pay the council £2m.

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