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n Thursday, 11 February 2010, the Planning Committee of Manchester City Council, will consider the planning application from Goals Soocer Centres UK for a commercial 5-a-side soccer centre at the At Margaret’s side of Heaton Park. Remember that these revised plans include a massive 2.4m perimeter fence around the site, as well as further fenced [...]

Due to the huge public outcry Goals Soccer Centres have failed to present their plans to Manchester City Council Planning Committee for a second time. They are trying everything they can to get these plans approved. It’s up to us to stop them. They have tried and failed in other parks. We must fight them [...]

KEEP FIGHTING FOR OUR HERITAGE SAY NO TO FORTRESS FOOTBALL SAY YES TO JUMPERS FOR GOAL POSTS For the second time in three months Goals Soccer Centres have been forced to withdraw their planning application to build a sports centre in Heaton Park. When will they get the message that a huge number of people do not want their park fenced [...]

The campaign to stop an 8-acre private soccer centre being built in Heaton Park is in its final stages ahead of a decision by Manchester Council on December 17th. Campaigners to save the park have been encouraged by a wave of rejections for similar schemes in parks in London. Campaigners in Morden Park found out this [...]

Goals Soccer Centres have re-submitted their plans for a commercial soccer centre in the St Margaret’s Road area of Heaton Park this week. These plans will now be subject to public consultation, with an expected date at Manchester Council’s Planning Committee on 17 December 2009. The plans have been resubmitted despite significant opposition from local [...]

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Hundreds of local people staged a “Save Heaton Park” rally on Sunday in protest at plans to create a large commercial sports centre on part of the park. Over 150 local residents were joined by six local Councillors to make clear their opposition to the proposed Goals Soccer Centre which is planned to be built near [...]

Goals Soccer Centres have submitted an application to Manchester City Council for their controversial commercial “soccer centre” in the part of Heaton Park just off St Margaret’s Road in Prestwich. Full details of the application can be found here. This is the Location Plan which shows the area of park which would be converted into [...]

A local resident has passed us this comment from Angela Epstein writing in the Evening News - its a couple of weeks ago on 16 April.  “Where is the sence in carving up this unique piece of open parkland when there must be vast tracts of derelict wasteland that could easily be used for the proposed [...]

Local residents packed into St.Margarets Church House in Prestwich tonight to let local councillors know their views on the proposed development by Manchester City Council of a commercially operated sports zone at the St.Margarets corner of the park. Over 80 residents attended the meeting chaired by Cllr Tim Pickstone and assisted by Cllr Vic D’Albert. Sedgley [...]