Community Sports Hub
Plans to create the new Sports Hub at Langarth Garden Village have been given the go ahead by Cornwall Council’s Strategic Planning Committee.
Located next to the Langarth Park and Ride on land formerly earmarked for the Stadium for Cornwall, Truro Sports Hub will provide the new permanent home for Truro City Football Club (TCFC) who are currently playing at a temporary facility, as well as provide community facilities for use by residents of in the local community including the Garden Village, Threemilestone Football Club and other local sports clubs.
The Sports Hub project, which was formally approved by Cornwall Council’s Cabinet at the end of last year, is backed by Sports England and key local stakeholders, including Kenwyn Parish Council and Truro City. Delivered by Treveth, the Hub will provide a main flood lit grass football pitch with capacity for 3, 000 spectators, as well as a second all weather floodlit 3G pitch for use by the local community.
Although the main pitch will be used by Truro City Football Club in the first instance, enabling the club to return to playing football in the city, there is also the potential for the pitch to be adapted for other sports, including rugby, in the future.
Construction of the main pitch and the temporary buildings required to enable Truro City to use the pitch for the start of the 2024/25 football season, subject to FA approval, are due to be completed by the end of the current season. Plans to provide a permanent club house and facilities, as well as community rooms on site, will require funding to be identified from a variety of other sources and a separate planning application for that element is expected in the coming months.
In the meantime, work is continuing to secure the funding needed for the community pitch which is expected to be provided next year. The full sized floodlit artificial pitch will provide all-weather and all year-round training and playing facilities for local teams and organisations. These will include future residents of the Garden Village as well as the communities of Threemilestone and Truro and potentially wider.
Detailed plans are currently being developed to set out how the facility will operate, with discussions on a Community Users Agreement taking place with Threemilestone Football Club and other local sports clubs.
