\n The Lavender Park Golf Centre, located directly opposite Lapland UK, features a nine-hole course, a driving range, \u00a0a sports bar and an on-site golf shop.\n<\/p>\n
\n The club has recently submitted a plan to create an American gold rush themed adventure course on a sliver of land at the centre of the site.\n<\/p>\n
\n A proposed site plan shows the adventure course being created between the competition course and the 24-bay driving range.\n<\/p>\n
\n Plans show the adventure course will feature rocks to emulate Monument Valley, a steam train, a stagecoach, a settler’s wagon and a mine, hearkening to the gold rush era of the 1800s.\n<\/p>\n
\n The Lavender Park website states: “Designed to be fun, family-friendly, and environmentally sensitive, it will offer a great new attraction for the local community.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Justifying the project, a planning agent from Saturn Rock explained: “The proposed introduction of an adventure golf course is intended to stabilise and enhance the long-term economic viability of the business.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Traditional golf courses have seen declining participation rates, particularly among younger demographics, due to the associated costs and time commitments.\n<\/p>\n
\n “By diversifying the range of offerings to include an adventure golf facility, the business aims to attract a broader audience, including families and children who may not typically engage with a conventional golfing environment.\n<\/p>\n
\n “This diversification is expected to increase visitor numbers and generate additional revenue streams.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The course will operate from 9am to 9pm in the summer months, with reduced hours during winter.\n<\/p>\n
\n The Lavender Park club would expand the existing car park to provide 40 regular spaces and an accessible parking space.\n<\/p>\n
\n Additionally, 20 cycle spaces will be provided.\n<\/p>\n
\n The extension of the car park will require two Cypress trees and a Scots Pine to be chopped down. An arboricultural report states the Scots Pine will be replanted elsewhere on the site.\n<\/p>\n
\n The plans have been submitted to Bracknell Forest Council, as the golf club falls within its jurisdiction.\n<\/p>\n
\n Winkfield Parish Council has stated that the three trees that will be removed should be replaced, asked The Lavender Park club to devise a light pollution mitigation strategy and consider the impact increased activity could have on highways.\n<\/p>\n
\n The golf centre is located off the B3107 Swinley Road, which also serves as the access for Lapland and the Englemere Pond.\n<\/p>\n
\n The long road connects with the A322 King’s Ride and the A329 London Road.\n<\/p>\n
\n You can view the application by typing reference 25\/00347\/FUL into the council’s planning portal.\n<\/p>\n
\n Other themed courses in the area include Bear Mountain Adventure Golf, GolfPlex and Wokingham Family Golf Course.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Lavender Park Golf Centre, located directly opposite Lapland UK, features a nine-hole course, a driving range, \u00a0a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141750,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-141749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}