Chipping Norton Golf Club in Oxfordshire has applied for planning permission to build a new golf course and driving range, which will be shaped using inert landfill.
The development follows the recent revelation that Westbury Golf Club in Wiltshire is to double the size of its course using what Chipping Norton describes as ‘imported inert soils surplus to requirements from construction sites in the region’.
As the waste material is so expensive to dispose of and there is pressure to reduce waste going to landfill, organisations will pay for golf clubs to use it. In the case of Westbury, this will fund the entire project.
At Chipping Norton, the club hopes to build a three-hole par three course, a 14-bay driving range, a practice green, a car parking facility and a new pro shop on a section of disused land that the club owns. The club will also build relationships with local schools to encourage juniors to play on the new course.
“In order to shape the new golf course, engineering soils will need to be brought to the course by lorries,” explained a spokesman for Keltbray Golf Environmental, which will construct the facility. It previously designed and built an 18-hole golf course at The Rose Bowl, Hampshire.
“The vehicle movements will average 45 per day and the materials are fully compliant with the Environment Agency. Dust suppression measures will be used and the works will not disrupt the usual running of the 18-hole course while on-site road sweepers will ensure minimal disruption to local routes.”
West Oxfordshire District Council will make a decision on the planning application shortly.
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