Showground explainer

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00:00Plans for a new 1,500 home development and leisure complex to be built on the East of

00:04England showground are among the most controversial in Peterborough at the moment, and there have

00:08been a number of updates on the plans this week.

00:11The proposals include 1,500 homes and a £50m leisure village that have been drawn up by

00:15the showground promoters AEPG, which has been appointed by landowners, the East of England

00:20Agricultural Society, to secure a new use for the site, which the society says it no

00:25longer needs.

00:26The showground has been home to Speedway, Truckfest, antiques festivals and scores of

00:30other events over the years.

00:32AEPG has submitted two outlying planning applications.

00:35One is for 650 homes which are already allocated for part of the site by the council in its

00:40local plan.

00:41The other is for 850 homes plus the development's leisure feature, called Cultura Place.

00:47The leisure village will include an indoor arena, a court for paddle, two-storey golf

00:51driving range, a zip coaster, climbing wall, bungee trampolines and many other activities.

00:56An indoor family entertainment centre could contain a range of activities including table

01:00tennis, bowling, 12-hole adventure golf, pool and football tables and climbing walls.

01:05The village would also include a 250-bed hotel, school and retirement village.

01:10The first update is that an application from Speedway France and Autumn Waterville Parish

01:14Council to have the track made an asset of community value has been rejected.

01:19If the application to the City Council had been accepted, it could have been used as

01:22a reason to prevent demolition for five years.

01:24However, as the council said it was unlikely Speedway would return to the venue in that

01:28time, the move was rejected.

01:30We have also learnt that a planning committee will consider the plans on October 15th.

01:35Councils will decide whether to give the green light to the plans on that date.

01:38A 30-day consultation period is underway in the run-up to the meeting, with the consultation

01:42closing on October 5th.

01:44You can have your say on the plans by searching for the East of England showground on the

01:47council's planning website.