The Sentinel commented New football pitches set to be built in Abbey Hulton

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MORE than 600,000 will be spent creating three new football pitches despite objections from residents.

Cabinet members at Stoke-on-Trent City Council have given the green light to the scheme at Abbey Lane, Abbey Hulton.

These pitches will replace those lost through the construction of a 175-apartment extra care retirement village on Holdcroft Fields in Abbey Hulton.

The council is legally obliged to provide replacement pitches before the development can start.

The extra care village, along with two others in Blurton and Chell, are being delivered as part of a 100 million private finance initiative scheme.

Just over 530,000 from the council's housing capital programme, along with 64,000 from the PFI revenue budget, will be spent on creating the pitches.

Residents living close to the Abbey Lane site objected to the pitches, saying it was an unsuitable location.

But plans for both the extra care facility and the pitches were approved by the council.

Councillor Ruth Rosenau, cabinet member for regeneration, below, said: "The pitches are required to be delivered to unlock land to allow the PFI extra care facilities project to progress.

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