CAFC and the New Residents’ Consultative Committee….

The Carshalton Athletic Football Club Residents’ Consultative Committee has been set up by Sutton Council to deal with any areas of local residents’ concern. This group will include four residents chosen from a panel of eight to come from the immediate area of the club (CAFC). Also included will be your local Lib Dem councillors, a representative of Westmead Allotments and four Club representatives.

Cllr. Jill Whitehead says: “The group will meet quarterly and work according to an agreed constitution. It will consider the future plans of CAFC, and the actual operation of current planning conditions such as those to do with floodlights, noise, hours of opening, traffic and parking”.

The Club is likely to submit a planning application soon for a new “3G” pitch which will be heard by the Council’s Development Control Committee. This will include the normal statutory consultation of local residents by the Council (who are also the landlords), as well as the review of current planning conditions. This follows the proposal to vary the lease the Club holds as a tenant of the council to enable the Club to apply for funds from the Football Club Foundation.  More news in a future posting.