\n Flackwell Boxing and Fitness proposed to build a replacement facility for its classes, along with padel courts and a car park off Whitepit Lane, Wooburn Green.\n<\/p>\n
\n The proposed site was on the green belt in equestrian paddock land and a part of the wider garden of Kiln Cottage.\n<\/p>\n
\n The proposal stated: “Flackwell Boxing and Fitness provide boxing and fitness to a rage of clientele including mixed adult classes, women only classes but primarily focus upon juniors and youth classes (9 \u2013 16 years old).”\n<\/p>\n
\n The club based at Aries House, Flackwell Heath, is required to vacate and find alternative premises.\n<\/p>\n
\n The plans state: “The proposal comprises a new 594.60 sq.m. portal frame barn style building to provide internal sport and recreation facilities specifically to accommodate Flackwell Boxing and Fitness who require replacement facilities along with 6 no. x double and 2 no. x single\/children\u2019s padel courts along with new entrance, car park and internal pedestrian pathways.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The proposal had received nine public comments supporting plans and one objection.\n<\/p>\n
\n The substance of these comments is hidden by Bucks Council, one of the only local authorities in the country to restrict public access in this way.\n<\/p>\n
\n In a report on the proposal, a council planning officer wrote: “A number of letters of support received noting support for the proposed use.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Objection received as to the impact on highways and the Green Belt.”\n<\/p>\n
\n A council consultee on the proposal, Environmental Health made a holding objection to the plans due to “insufficient information relating to noise from Padel Courts and the impact on the neighbouring residential property”.\n<\/p>\n
\n The planning officer added: “The application is not considered acceptable with regards to the ecological implications.”\n<\/p>\n
\n They said that the ‘very special circumstances’ required to outweigh potential “harm” and “inappropriateness” to the Green Belt had not been met.\n<\/p>\n
\n The proposal was refused on April 10 2026.\n<\/p>\n
\n This time last year, April 2025, staff spoke out about fears that the gym would close amid business rate increases.\n<\/p>\n
\n Following the withdrawal of their exemption and a rise in business rates, staff suggested the gym may not be able to stay open.\n<\/p>\n
\n This came after Mark Russell, who runs the gym,\u00a0took to Facebook to say he was “absolutely fuming” about the situation.\n<\/p>\n
\n The post received over 300 positive reactions on the social media platform.\n<\/p>\n
\n Following this, Mark\u00a0started a GoFundMe to support the gym, which\u00a0has received \u00a32,400 in donations.\n<\/p>\n
\n He took to Facebook again to say he was “overwhelmed with all the love and support” shown to the club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Flackwell Boxing and Fitness proposed to build a replacement facility for its classes, along with padel courts and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":395462,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-530959","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530959","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=530959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=530959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=530959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=530959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}