Neighbouring residents crying "foul" over plans to build a floodlit sports ground on the site of a former primary school building look set for disappointment. The scheme to build a new multi-use games area (MUGA) on the footprint of the old Acre Hall Primary School building in Flixton looks likely to be approved.
A recommendation for the scheme to get the green light is to be made to Trafford's planning and development management committee on Thursday (September 8), despite objections from 11 residents in the area. Bright Futures Educational Trust wants to demolish the redundant school building on Irlam Road and replace it with a MUGA with a three-metre-high perimeter fence and six floodlighting columns.
The MUGA will be for "school use only" between 9am and 6pm on weekdays if it gets the go-ahead. It will have a "2G" surface and will be used all the year round for football, netball and hockey. Proposals also include the expansion of the car parking area by 23 more places.
