The Izaak Walton Golf Club redevelopment project is being opposed by the local residents
The Izaak Walton Golf Club, which is located in Stone, Staffordshire, was facing a huge fall in memberships by the local players and residents in the area.
As a result, it became really difficult for the course to survive, considering the fact that the club officials failed to bear the maintenance and other costs involved in running the golf club.
Therefore, they decided to make an emergency appeal to its members and raised a total of £70,000, in order to redevelop the golf club.
According to the club Director Richard Britten, the remodeling project will allow the golf course to secure its long-term future.
The new project involves redesigning of the practice range and the green on the first hole. Moreover, the officials plan to develop a completely new six-hole course, which will be used for teaching purposes and will benefit the junior golfers to play small
events.
Talking to the media, Britten stated that developing the game among the youth has always been the major motive of the club officials.
He also confirmed that the project will be handed over to Keltbray because of its experience in the industry.
"The project started four years ago when we were looking at the potential for landfill as an income stream,” he said.
“We looked at a number of companies but decided to go with Keltbray because of their experience on golf courses. The development will undoubtedly benefit both the club and the local area”.
In the meantime, a number of local authorities have opposed the idea of the redevelopment of the golf club. According to the estimates, a total of 6,600 lorry-loads of waste material will be used to redesign the golf course.
Therefore, the local residents believe that the increased traffic on roads can create huge problems for the people living in the area.
Moreover, they also raised objections on dust and noise pollution that the machines will create during the development period.
The club officials responded by saying that the traffic will be kept minimum during 8am and 5pm on weekdays.
Lakesedge Residents' Association’s Chairman Brian Carter also praised the idea of reducing the load during the stated time.
However, he stated that the overall negative effects by the development of the project will still be unacceptable by the local residents.
He also wrote a letter to the Stafford Borough Council, stating the adverse affects that the project will leave on the locals.
"Such additional traffic passing through Cold Norton equating to 6,666 heavy goods vehicles using Stone Road to complete the modelling is an unacceptable burden on the Cold Norton community in terms of the adverse effect on the environment in terms of noise
and pollution and road safety,” he wrote.
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