New training ground for Cherries to move forward

AFC Bournemouth’s planned new training ground can move forward after the the application was not called in by the secretary of state. The Premier League club can now start developing the 57-acre site.Councillors at Borough of Poole unanimously voted in favour of the club’s planning application for the Canford Magna Golf Club last month (December) and the application has not been called in by the the secretary of state for housing, communities and local government.AFC Bournemouth have planned a phased development which will bring first team, development squad, academy and pre-academy training operations and facilities into one location.The complex will offer ten full-size pitches, three junior pitches, an indoor artificial playing surface, as well as fitness, sports science and rehabilitation facilities, administrative space and a press conference theatre.