Harrogate school to get new 3G pitch?

One of Harrogate's most successful secondary schools may be about to get a new 3G pitch with floodlighting.

A planning notice has gone up at St Aidan's Church of England High School on Oatlands Drive in Harrogate.

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St Aidan's Church of England High School in Harrogate.

This academy status school with approximately 2,500 students and a sixth form has applied for 'change of use' for an existing grassed football pitch.

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New 3G pitch? The planning notice at St Aidan's

If passed by Harrogate Borough Council's planning committee, St Aidan's would be in line to build a new 3G artifical grass pitch with perimeter fencing, floodlighting and a new access path.

The deadline for any residents wishing to comment on the school's new pitch at Harrogate Borough Council's planning portal on its website is Wednesday, January 9.

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