Bath & North East Somerset Council is seeking local residents’ views on the kind of community provision they would most enjoy having at the Entry Hill Golf Course site in Bath.
Entry Hill Golf Course in Bath | Photo © B&NES Council
A consultation has been launched to welcome opinions on a range of options, including an urban mountain bike park, a community growing space, outdoor education or continuing to provide a golf course.
Use of Entry Hill golf course has declined over the past few years and the council is keen to look at other ways of using the site to which would attract a larger number of people and which would have wider health benefits for everyone using the site.
The final decision about its future would also need to be in line with the council’s climate emergency declaration, to help meet its goal to achieve carbon neutrality for Bath by 2030.
Councillor Paul Crossley, cabinet member for Community Services, said: “Entry Hill is an important community location and is valuable in terms of its heritage and ecology, but its use as a golf course has been in decline in recent years as people’s sporting choices change over time.
“We’d like to see more people making use of the site for leisure activities in the open air, which is vital to health and wellbeing.
“We are exploring the potential for alternative uses and therefore encourage ideas from the community about the future of Entry Hill.
“The options we have laid out are not an exhaustive list, so we are keen to hear more suggestions from residents about what is important to them before any decision is made.”
Entry Hill golf course is currently operated by Greenwich Leisure Ltd (GLL) on behalf of the council.
Any change of use for the site may require a full planning application. The council, through GLL, will continue to operate the Approach Golf Course in the Royal Victoria Park.
To have your say on the consultation, take part in the survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/EntryHill. The survey is open for seven weeks.
There are also two public consultation events at Odd Down Sports Ground on Friday 10th January from 3pm – 6pm and on Saturday 11th January from 10 am –1pm.
