Peebles 3G pitch decision expected in March

By The Newsroom

Published 24th Jan 2016, 09:13 BST

Planners are expected to decide in March whether a synthetic surface pitch on part of a Peebles park.

Controversy has raged for several months with the Civic Trust, community council and residents lodging objections to the installation of the 3G pitch at Victoria Park .

Crick Carleton, the community council’s planning chairman, said: “We have 450 elements of correspondence on this issue. It’s stimulated a lot of interest both for and against.