Green light for new state-of-the-art nets for Calderdale village cricket club
Planners have given the go-ahead for a Calderdale village cricket club to upgrade its practice nets.
Lightcliffe Cricket Club will now be able to introduce new state-of-the-art equipment.
Calderdale Council planners have agreed the club can replace its existing two-lane practice open practice nets with a three-lane enclosed equivalent, made to England and Wales Cricket Board specifications, at its Till Carr Lane ground.
A supporting statement with the application describes the proposed system as “effectively an indoor practice area built outside”.
It will perform well despite almost continuous use, planners heard.
Increasing numbers of players at senior and junior level taking part in the sport which, coupled with the existing nets being at the end of their life, means the changes are needed and will help the players of all ages improve, it adds.
Overall, concluded planners, the proposal is considered to meet requirements which mean it can be classed as an exception to development which might otherwise be inappropriate in the green belt.
It would be appropriate development for outdoor sport and recreation, they agreed.
Specialists Total-play has been invited by the club to provide build specifications for the improvements.
Total-play’s statement says the new set-up will be “providing a safe, performance led facility in which to hold warm-ups, coaching, drills, skills and net practice.”
Synthetic playing surface carpets and shock pads will be fitted atop a dynamic porous base developed by Total-play.