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Football club bids to expand its academy site

Isaac Ashe
BBC News, East Midlands
SJI Designs A CGI view of the entrance to a building containing a new sports pitchSJI Designs
Two new buildings form part of the expansion plan

A professional football club has applied for permission to expand its academy.

Mansfield Town opened the Radford & Hymas training facility in Woburn Lane, Pleasley, in 2016, and in 2023 it bought more land nearby from Nottinghamshire County Council to expand onto.

Now the Stags have bid to build an indoor training pitch and outdoor pitch with lighting, a sports hall and gym building, and two new car parks.

In documents sent to planning authority Mansfield District Council, the club said the expansion would enable it to welcome new youngsters and tackle "problematic" car parking.

At the time the club purchased the 5.5 acre (22,257sq m) site for an undisclosed sum, it said more than 300 children used the facility each week and it ed more than 70 students on apprenticeships and further education at West Notts College and Nottingham Trent University.

But it said this had led to "problematic" parking at evenings and weekends.

SJI Designs A CGI view of outside the new changing rooms, gym and sports hallSJI Designs
The club said the expansion would allow it to welcome more children

In the planning application, HMS Town Planning and Design said the extra facilities would allow the League One club to grow, its teams at all levels, and promote healthier lifestyles in the area "as well as make optimal use of an existing facility that is operating below its potential".

Mansfield planners are consulting on the plans until 14 June, with a decision on the application expected by mid-August.

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