Bath & North East Somerset Council has approved a planning application for a marquee at the University of Bath to house an obstacle course.
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The custom-made marquee will be installed on unused tennis courts at the Sports Training Village at the Claverton Down campus.
It will provide a Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) obstacle course for use by the Modern Pentathlon team.
The university hosted the Modern Pentathlon World Championships last August where Pentathlon GB, in partnership with British Obstacle Sports volunteers, set up a temporary ‘come and try’ obstacle course.
The PVC marquee measures 12 metres by 30 metres and four metres high and will be kept for a maximum two-year period.
After that, it is expected that proposals will be brought forward for the redevelopment of the courts and the surrounding area for more student accommodation.
The two clay tennis courts have not been used for the last two tennis seasons and are said to be in a state of disrepair.
