BASINGSTOKE has been dealt a major blow after plans to demolish the Camrose ground have been approved, but campaigners say that their fight to save it is not at an end. 

For years former chairman of Basingstoke Town Football Club Raffi Razzak and his company Basron have been trying to develop the football stadium site. 

In September 2020, he was refused permission by Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council for 85 dwellings and a 70-bedroom care home but following a planning appeal in March this year an inspector has given him the go-ahead. 

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The Camrose was the home of the football club for more than 70 years until it was evicted by Mr Razzak in 2019. It currently plays at the Winklebury Football Complex.

On Friday, planning inspector Dominic Young QC released his report which shockingly stated that both appeals were “allowed, and outline planning permission is granted”.

You can read the full story in this week’s edition of the Gazette. Also in this week's paper:

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  • The chair of a group which have been campaigning to save Basingstoke’s ice rink is “delighted” with the news that its future has been secured
  • Meet your new councillors, we have a double page spread following the local election last week PLUS  a full list of results
  • A Basingstoke home was destroyed in a major fire caused by an e-scooter charging in the property’s kitchen
  • A new Basingstoke headteacher is embroiled in a row with his last employer and is taking his case to tribunal
  • A dog lover has said that setting up a dog hotel brought positivity back into her life after going through years of unsuccessful IVF
  • An 89-year-old care home resident has fulfilled his lifelong dream after jumping more than 15,000ft out of a plane
  • PLUS: All the latest from Basingstoke Magistrates' Court
  • Two pages of your letters to the editor
  • Pictures: the best snaps of Basingstoke Festival of Transport 
  • Two pages of news from our communities
  • An eight-page puzzle special
  • Two pages of business news
  • Three pages of entertainment news
  • Four pages of sports news. And much more!

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