MORE than 200 people attended a public consultation meeting on plans for a new recreation ground in Sonning Common. Members of the parish council and the Memorial Field working group were on hand at the village hall on Saturday to talk to residents about the proposals and exhibit artist’s impressions. The recreation ground will be created on the field off Reades Lane, opposite Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge School, and would feature an amphitheatre-style playing field. The site is earmarked for leisure use in the Sonning Common neighbourhood plan. Work to level the land will begin later this year but it could be developed in stages to include a track for walking and running, an outdoor gym, multi-sport zones, tennis courts, a picnic space, rehabilitation areas, a coffee shop, hospitality space and parking. It could also include a community building, ice rink or even a swimming pool but these would require funding from South Oxfordshire District Council and national grant bodies such as Sport England as they could cost up to £10 million. The levelling work will be carried out by Linden Homes, which is set to build 50 houses on the neighbouring field called Sonning Grove. The land was sold to the parish… Read full this story
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