{"id":99743,"date":"2021-09-28T10:56:57","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T09:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=99743"},"modified":"2021-09-28T10:56:57","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T09:56:57","slug":"qprs-new-training-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/qprs-new-training-ground\/99743\/","title":{"rendered":"Go-ahead for QPR\u2019s new training ground in Heston"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hounslow.gov.uk\/site\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">London Borough of Hounslow Council<\/a> has approved planning permission for a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qpr.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Queens Park Rangers<\/a> training ground in Heston<\/h2>\n<p>The vision for the facility will accommodate the club\u2019s first team, under 23s and academy squads, is being delivered by an expert project team including planning advisors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hghconsulting.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hgh Consulting<\/a>, architects <a href=\"https:\/\/www.studiozoppini.it\/It\/Home\/Home.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Studio Zoppini Architetti<\/a> and design engineering consultants <a href=\"https:\/\/www.burohappold.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buro Happold<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The QPR club acquired the 27-acre site in December and work will commence from 1 October. Works that will include undersoil heating, are expected to take nine months to complete.<\/p>\n<p>Specialist sports pitch constructors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehorsecontractors.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">White Horse Contractors<\/a> will bring over 60 years of expertise to design and construct hybrid turf football pitches at the new training ground.<\/p>\n<p>The project will include the hybrid playing surface GrassMaster, a comprehensive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/building-control-news\/sustainable-drainage-guidelines\/56264\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">drainage system<\/a>, full irrigation, energy-efficient under-pitch heating along with wider site infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Work on the new training ground building will start before the end of the calendar year.<\/p>\n<p>Full details regarding the QPR Bond will be released on 30 September.<\/p>\n<h3>Training facilities are the &#8216;catalyst for the next generation&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>QPR CEO Lee Hoos said: \u201cInvestment in infrastructure, such as a bespoke training ground, is the greatest indication of ownership which is here for the long term and genuinely believes in the growth of their football club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe owners will be personally covering a significant portion of the cost and we will also be issuing a Bond to assist with the financing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis approach has been successfully carried out by Burnley and Norwich City previously.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Patrick Grincell, co-founding director of hgh, said: \u201cWe have advised QPR throughout the process from site acquisition to securing planning permission and I am delighted to continue working with the club to deliver on its vision to provide a new training facility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alessandro Zoppini, principal at Studio Zoppini Architetti, said: \u201cIt was important that the design provides a welcoming and healthy atmosphere for the athletes and staff, to generate a positive and supportive environment for the improvement of performance and a collective endeavour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a similar way, the building performs to high standards and is integrated and respectful to its location as it is to the local community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Steve Macey, director at Buro Happold, said: \u201cHaving been involved over a number of years to consolidate the club\u2019s first team with the academy onto a single site, I am delighted that the latest proposal at Heston has been granted planning permission.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny new training facility has to embrace the health and development of the players along with staff welfare \u2013 and the proposals we have developed do just that. We are all excited to see the project move to the construction phase and inspire the next generation of players to achieve QPR\u2019s vision.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The London Borough of Hounslow Council has approved planning permission for a new Queens Park Rangers training ground in Heston.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[13038,464,997,947,952],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-99743","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-building","8":"tag-contributor-profile","9":"tag-development","10":"tag-london","11":"tag-planning"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Go-ahead for QPR\u2019s new training ground in Heston<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The London Borough of Hounslow Council has approved planning permission for a new Queens Park Rangers training ground in Heston\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/qprs-new-training-ground\/99743\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Go-ahead for QPR\u2019s new training ground in Heston\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The London Borough of Hounslow Council has approved planning permission for a new Queens Park Rangers training ground in Heston\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/qprs-new-training-ground\/99743\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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