So Sorry - The District Planning committee passed a plan to build Monks lane to a Step 4 facility last night. Those who voted for it are all members of the Conservative party and at 5 5 the Conservative Chairman used his casting vote to pass. FYI The one public speaker who came and spoke in favour of the application stood as a Conservative candidate in the recent Clay Hill bi-election. Unless a Judicial Review is ordered that means the Conservative-led council will start work asap. It also means all residents of West Berkshire will be locked into a 40-year contract to pay a very large subsidy to rent the land for that 40 years. This is on top of the multiple millions being spent to build it initially. We have a shortage of pitches in West Berkshire - But so much money on 1 does not feel like a good use of our money. You can watch the event on youtube but at nearly 3 hours its a long drawn out event. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZsEKHRBihM I was asked to fight this to try and do something about the parking issue that results from playing at Step 4. Unfortunately, I failed hence my apology.