Referred to locally as the ‘dog walking field’ and historically as ‘bogey park’
Please select your preferred option:
- Option A – Current use – preserved for wildlife
- Option B – Shared Community Space (Trial Period)
- Option C – Allow Millbrook Football Club to use the space
A. Continue maintaining the maintenance as per current grass cutting cutting
Leave the field in its current condition encouraging biodiversity, wildlife habitat, and the natural environment.
A mosaic of short and long grass to be maintained in an informal design has been created
A mosaic of short and long grass to be maintained in an informal design has been created
B. Shared Community Space (Trial Period)
The Council cuts the central area of the field short during the summer season to a suitable standard for activities. (partial cuts)
The space remains available for informal community use children’s activities, and recreation.
The arrangement would be reviewed and evaluated at the end of the trial period.
C. Football Training Use
Allow Millbrook Football Club to use the field twice per week for training.
Grass would be cut and maintained to a suitable standard for activities.
Monday evenings 1830-2000 training until the last week in September.
Sunday afternoons 1400-1600 for Youth games.
Request from the Secretary of Millbrook Football Club
“Would there be any appetite to bring back Bogey Park as a second football pitch? We are looking to expand our current Youth setup and also the possibility of a third men’s team at the Club. I have attached an image of where the pitch used to be.
- The football club are happy to cut and maintain Bogey Park, we would do a poo patrol etc prior to every game.
- Most likely there would be one game a week on there, possibly two and will be mostly Sunday afternoons.
- Goalposts, nets, corner flags etc all provided by the football club.
- All we ask is for permission for the Parish Council to let us use the pitch.
- The pitch would directly benefit players in the village who would be playing on the pitch.
- We are stacked out at Jenkins at the moment with 2 adult sides and 2x u18s sides.
- We want to grow the Adult and Youth setup within the Club Bogey Park would enable us to do this.”
Questions to answers relating to Millbrook Football Club proposals.
Option A
The football club could itself be used for training in the evening, negating the necessity to use “Bogey Park”. Once footballers start using it, it will not be able to be used for walking dogs and for local wildlife. There is also the area adjacent the tennis courts which could make a junior pitch or training ground.