New pitches proposed for Tottenham Hotspurs Women's team, pictured after beating West Ham this year.
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Enfield Council is due to face a judicial review of its proposal to lease part of Whitewebbs Park to Tottenham Football club after locals have voiced opposition to the plans.
A group of residents has confirmed that the legal challenge was accepted on Friday 3rd November. Chairman of the campaign group Friends for Whitewebbs, Sean Wilkinson, was one of the residents involved.
On his CrowdJustice page, he writes that he believes it’s unlawful for the council to “dispose of a large portion of Whitewebbs Park to a private company and put access to community open space at risk.”
An exhibition was held yesterday at Whitewebbs House in Enfield, where architects explained the planned expansion in detail.
The plans included nine new football pitches, and a new women’s and girls’ football academy. Tottenham Operations Manager Jenna Schillaci says that this new expansion will help with the growth of women’s football.
“Women’s football has been blowing up ever since the Lionesses won the Euro’s,” she says.
“The current women’s teams share their pitches with the men’s teams. With this new project, we want to create the UK’s best women’s football academy.”
However, residents have complained about the expansion. Friends for Whitewebbs have stated that it threatens the wildlife of the area, part of which was originally a golf course.
The area contains a wide range of plant and animal life including species of ground dwelling bees, bats, kingfishers, and many different trees.
Tottenham Hotspur won the award for the Premier League’s greenest football club this year.
The plan mentioned that they would help the environment by restoring 26% of the “historical grassland” and growing wildflower meadows but campaigner Benny Hawksbee is sceptical.
“They’re talking about removing 100-ish trees. They’re talking about building new roads. […] With the damage they’re going to do, there is no way that they are going to boost the diversity of the site. That is complete and utter nonsense.”
Despite the threat of legal action, Tottenham Football Club are planning to host another exhibition to promote the project this Saturday. We contacted Tottenham Football Club but we have yet to receive a response.
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StandfirstTottenham's plans to build a new women's and girls' football academy in Whitewebbs Park may be put on hold.
Enfield Council is due to face a judicial review of its proposal to lease part of Whitewebbs Park to Tottenham Football club after locals have voiced opposition to the plans.
A group of residents has confirmed that the legal challenge was accepted on Friday 3rd November. Chairman of the campaign group Friends for Whitewebbs, Sean Wilkinson, was one of the residents involved.
On his CrowdJustice page, he writes that he believes it’s unlawful for the council to “dispose of a large portion of Whitewebbs Park to a private company and put access to community open space at risk.”
An exhibition was held yesterday at Whitewebbs House in Enfield, where architects explained the planned expansion in detail.
The plans included nine new football pitches, and a new women’s and girls’ football academy. Tottenham Operations Manager Jenna Schillaci says that this new expansion will help with the growth of women’s football.
“Women’s football has been blowing up ever since the Lionesses won the Euro’s,” she says.
“The current women’s teams share their pitches with the men’s teams. With this new project, we want to create the UK’s best women’s football academy.”
However, residents have complained about the expansion. Friends for Whitewebbs have stated that it threatens the wildlife of the area, part of which was originally a golf course.
The area contains a wide range of plant and animal life including species of ground dwelling bees, bats, kingfishers, and many different trees.
Tottenham Hotspur won the award for the Premier League’s greenest football club this year.
The plan mentioned that they would help the environment by restoring 26% of the “historical grassland” and growing wildflower meadows but campaigner Benny Hawksbee is sceptical.
“They’re talking about removing 100-ish trees. They’re talking about building new roads. […] With the damage they’re going to do, there is no way that they are going to boost the diversity of the site. That is complete and utter nonsense.”
Despite the threat of legal action, Tottenham Football Club are planning to host another exhibition to promote the project this Saturday. We contacted Tottenham Football Club but we have yet to receive a response.
