{"id":780986,"date":"2026-09-24T11:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T11:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/780986\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T11:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T11:00:11","slug":"tom-hayes-welcomed-news-about-future-of-golf-at-solent-meads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/780986\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Hayes welcomed news about future of golf at Solent Meads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Tom Hayes, the Labour MP for Bournemouth East, welcomed the news following concerns from residents about proposals to repurpose the site for biodiversity improvements.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He raised the issue with the council after constituents described the golf course as a \u201cvalued asset\u201d that supports health, wellbeing, and community activity.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Hayes said: &#8220;Many local people were worried about the future of golf at Solent Meads and wanted to keep an important community facility that supports people to stay active and together.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\" alt=\"Solent Meads Golf Course\"\/>Solent Meads Golf Course (Image: Facebook)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We raised these concerns directly with BCP Council, and I am pleased that they\u2019re seeking a long-term future for golf at the site and the proposed lease arrangement could help bring investment into local facilities.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  BCP Council has confirmed it will soon begin a formal tender process for the continued provision of golf at Solent Meads.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The successful operator could be offered a lease running until 2051, providing long-term certainty and helping to unlock investment in leisure facilities and the site&#8217;s car park.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  BCP Council has stated that any future operator will be required to maintain an &#8220;accessible and affordable&#8221; golf offer for people of all ages and abilities.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The council intends to improve biodiversity across the wider site through additional tree and hedgerow planting, ponds, and other wildlife features.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It says it will work with any future operator to ensure nature recovery and community golf can successfully exist side by side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tom Hayes, the Labour MP for Bournemouth East, welcomed the news following concerns from residents about proposals to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":780987,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-780986","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\/780986","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=780986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/780987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=780986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=780986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=780986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}