Plans lodged over seven years ago for a former cricket field to be turned into a town green have been rejected. Vale of Glamorgan Council today rejected an application for land at The Butts in Cowbridge, currently owned by Cowbridge Comprehensive School, to be registered as a town green.
If it had been approved, the application would have allowed the land formerly known as Cowbridge Grammar School Cricket Field to be used for sports and recreation by members of the public. The application was placed by Friends of the Grammar School Cricket Field in 2014 and an objection was later made by the Cowbridge Comprehensive School Trust.
When the application was at long last decided at a Vale Council Public Protection Licensing Committee meeting, some councillors expressed disappointment over the recommendation for rejection. Cllr Steffan Wiliam described the situation as a "sad state of affairs".
