{"id":389158,"date":"2026-01-05T07:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T07:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/389158\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T07:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T07:56:10","slug":"adventure-golf-course-recommended-for-listed-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/389158\/","title":{"rendered":"Adventure golf course recommended for listed park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">An adventure golf course could be built on a disused croquet lawn in a town&#8217;s historic public park after plans were recommended for approval.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The proposal for the 18-hole course in Christchurch Park was submitted to Ipswich Borough Council by applicant Jackie Tennens in August.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to the plans, the development will also make use of an existing kiosk at the site from which players will be able to hire golf clubs and buy refreshments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Planning officers recommended approval, subject to conditions. The council will make a decision during a <a href=\"https:\/\/democracy.ipswich.gov.uk\/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=138&amp;MId=3327&amp;Ver=4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:planning meeting on Wednesday;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">planning meeting on Wednesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Visual clutter&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The course would adopt a &#8220;naturalistic theme&#8221; and only be permitted to be in operation during the opening hours of the Grade II listed park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Each of the holes would take on a different concept, with early illustrations showing one with large plastic worms and another with a large rabbit&#8217;s head.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to the blueprints, they will also have quirky names, be it Buzzin&#8217; Beehive, the Plunge Zone, Magic Mushroom Mound, Acorn Alley, or Stumpy Surprise.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"A large wooden hut with red doors and a pointy roof. Woodland and a concrete path surrounds it.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/6fa2c00905c4a8ac2725b6e5e651a491.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Players would be able to hire clubs and buy refreshments from the existing kiosk [George King\/BBC]<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Following a consultation period, four objections were lodged by residents who raised concerns about noise, the loss of green and historic spaces, and &#8220;visual clutter&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">They also took issue with the impact it would have on the &#8220;character and tranquillity&#8221; of the area, the park&#8217;s trees and wildlife, and nearby Butterfly Garden.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Others, however, considered the course to be a positive addition to the town, and said it would bring a disused area into use and &#8220;promote fun and activity&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Follow Suffolk news on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/curation\/p0cjdz3v?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:BBC Sounds;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">BBC Sounds<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BBCSuffolk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bbceastofengland\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BBCsuffolk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:X;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More stories of interestRelated internet links<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An adventure golf course could be built on a disused croquet lawn in a town&#8217;s historic public park&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":389159,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,165148,165149,622,117403,18692,165147,165151,165150,82],"class_list":["post-389158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-christchurch-park","tag-croquet-lawn","tag-golf","tag-golf-clubs","tag-golf-course","tag-ipswich-borough-council","tag-jackie-tennens","tag-public-park","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}