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Chairman Steve Parish meets residents to share Academy plans

Chairman Steve Parish met with local residents in Beckenham last week to share the club’s plans to upgrade their existing Academy site to meet Category 1 status.

A planning application is due to be submitted to Bromley Council later this month, but Parish attended a public consultation for local residents to hear about the plans and ask questions first hand.

The Chairman said the consultation was “essential”, adding, “We want the plans we’ve made to work for everybody. It seemed to go down well, and we had some great questions.”

The plans include major expansion and enhancement of the football facilities – including a full-size covered pitch, but great importance has been placed on improving education and welfare facilities for the club’s 220 young players.