Greys Green Golf Course

Greys Green Golf Course is still often called The Dog Golf Course, as it all started in Dog Field on Greys Green Farm

1994 Planning Appeal

In 1992, SODC issued an Enforcement Order against us, ordering the cessation of "the playing and practising of golf at Greys Green Farm"

We appealed against the Enforcement Order and the Appeal - our second Public Inquiry - was held in September 1994

At the same hearing, several other planning Appeals were heard, with applications from a variety of people and organizations with various different layouts and plans for golf at Grey Green Farm

One of the applications was by the Dog Golf Association - everyone who played golf here was a de facto member - the nucleus of which had worked very hard on our behalf from the outset, trying to counter the huge opposition that the golf course had aroused among the local residents

Having spent a huge sum on a top-notch team for the 1991 Public Inquiry, we tried a different approach this time and conducted the Appeal ourselves. With the aid of a crucial input from Colin Miles of Buchanans, to see off the traffic objection from OCC Highways, our homespun approach paid dividends this time

1995 - Success

In his decision notice of February 1995, the Appeal Inspector dismissed all the other Appeals but upheld our Appeal against the Enforcement Notice. The permission was a temporary one, for 5 years, as the Inspector wanted us to show that the golf course could survive before granting a permanent permission. Plan of the golf area allowed by the Appeal Inspector

It coincides exactly with the land that we were actually playing golf on. The Inspector commented that it was helpful that he could actually see what was being proposed, in action - our point exactly, in opting for the "retrospective " approach to planning

Planning history menu:

1989 Golf and Planning Intro
1992 Dog Golf begins
1993 Golf course expands
1994 Another Public Inquiry
2001 Golf expands again
2002 Golf expands further
2007 Another Public Inquiry - success at last