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Southborough Sports Grounds Development Project

Southborough plans to create a full size 3G sports ground
within its existing playing fields

As a member of the Learning Partners Academy Trust, delivering this pitch is a key priority for the school, providing students with modern PE facilities and opening up access for the wider local sporting community after school, at weekends and during school holidays.

Our current fields regularly become waterlogged in winter, leading to cancelled fixtures and training sessions. A 3G pitch will mean sport can go ahead whatever the weather.

Project Update: March 2026

Following the withdrawal of our previous planning application last spring (RBK ref 24/02369/FUL), the project team has carefully reviewed the feedback received and made substantial progress in addressing the issues raised. Key changes to the revised scheme include:

- Removal of built structures from within the river buffer zone to safeguard local ecology

- Relocation of the non-turf cricket wicket and outfield further south

- Reduction in car parking to 25 spaces, set further from neighbouring boundaries, at the request of Transport for London and Kingston Council's traffic engineers

- Additional soft landscaping, buffer planting and watercourse enhancements

You are welcome to attend our public consultation events at the school on:

Saturday 21^st March 2026 – 12.30-3.30pm and Tuesday 24^th March 2026 – 5.30-7.30pm.

We intend to submit our revised planning application to the Royal Borough of Kingston shortly and would welcome your feedback on our plans, please complete our online feedback form.