Parish council set to take on recreation ground

Published Tuesday 5 April 2016

District councillors have agreed, in principle, to accept an offer from Great Bowden Parish Council to purchase the village’s recreation ground.

On Monday 4 April 2016 Harborough District Council’s Executive declared the land, in Great Bowden Road, surplus to requirements and agreed, in principle, that an offer from Great Bowden Parish Council to buy the land from the district council should be accepted subject to a public consultation. 

The recreation ground is a central part of the village with a well equipped playground for children as well as fitness apparatus.