Groundworks to begin on former golf course site

WORK on the site of the former Tamworth Golf Course is to begin next month.

The work is to relocate the gas pipeline which currently runs over the canal. This will be rerouted underneath the waterway during the works.

British Pipeline Agency will be carrying out by the work, along with site owner and developer Redrow Homes.

The relocation work is due to start on July 4 on the 60 hectare former golf course site off Eagle Drive in Amington.

Outline planning permission for the building of up to 1,100 homes has been granted. There are also plans for a new primary school, extension to Hodge Lane Local Nature Reserve and community woodland.

Tamworth Borough Council’s Planning Committee approved the reserved matters planning application for the development of the first 218 homes last week, subject to a number of conditions.