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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Greg Wood at Sandown

Confusion on Kempton future after denials course to be bulldozed for houses

Jockeys in coloured racing silks walk under a red archway at Kempton reading 'OH WHAT FUN IT IS TO RACE'.
Jockeys come out for the first race of the day during day one of the Ladbrokes Christmas festival at Kempton in December. Photograph: PA

Barratt Redrow, the housebuilding company that holds an option to redevelop the site of Kempton Park, has denied a claim by a local MP that an application to bulldoze the historic home of the King George VI Chase to build more than 2,000 new homes on the site will be submitted this year.

According to a report on the Racing Post’s website on Friday, Lincoln Jopp, the Conservative member for Spelthorne, told a meeting of local residents on Thursday evening that he had been informed of the decision to put in a planning application in a meeting with representatives of Barratt Redrow and the Jockey Club, Kempton’s owner.

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