FRODSHAM Town Council has objected to an application to convert an old clubhouse at the former Frodsham Golf Course into a dwelling.
The council’s planning committee is concerned that the implications of the application on potential future applications and points out that the site is on Green Belt land.
The Woodland Trust has announced ambitious proposals to transform the former golf course into a haven for nature and a wild place for communities to visit for years to come.
With tree cover just shy of 6.5 per cent in Merseyside and Cheshire, compared to the national average of 13 per cent the site would provide vital green space, as well as becoming a beacon for combating climate change.
Over the next 50 years, the Trust argues that the former golf course offers an exciting opportunity to link the existing Woodland Trust sites at Snidley Moor, Woodhouse Hill and Frodsham Hill Woods, with other areas of adjoining woodland.
It would develop as native broadleaf woodland and all trees planted will help to grow The Mersey Forest and the larger Northern Forest, which stretches from Liverpool to the Yorkshire coast.
The Mersey Forest says it is working alongside the Woodland Trust to transform the golf course.
The application to convert the old, single-storey timber-built clubhouse is still being considered by Cheshire West and Chester Council.
People in the Frodsham area have expressed strong support for the proposals to “re-wild” the golf course as an area available for local people to visit.
The former golf course