£2m Essington Golf Club extension set for approval
Proposals for a £2 million extension to a South Staffordshire golf club are set to be backed by planners at a meeting next week.
Bosses at Essington Golf Glub have submitted plans to extend the current nine-hole course, which is set to open later this year, to a full-size 18-hole course.
And members of South Staffordshire Council's planning committee have been recommended to approve the plans at a meeting on Tuesday.
The expansion would see 10 new jobs created.
Work is still progressing on the nine-hole course, which will create 50 jobs. Work at Essington Golf Club started in 2008 but its completion date was pushed back due to the downturn in the building trade. Material costs soared and progress was halted. But now the site is nearing completion.
In February last year plans for a clubhouse at the course were approved. It will have a lounge, meeting room, kitchen, and 63 car parking spaces.
Essington Parish Councillor David Clifft, said: "The nine-hole course was only going to take two to three years and has ended up taking several. A lot of people are disgruntled that this has come along and is going to be another two years of disruption as well."
The planning committee meeting will take place at 6.30pm on Tuesday.
