KPPC is helping Ferndown Golf Club take the initiative in sustainability with a project to harvest rainwater to reuse for course irrigation.
The club already makes use of surface water from drainage ditches that cross its site but aims to maximise this by investing in the installation of a 30,000m3 reservoir to capture more rainwater and use for longer parts of the year.
Chief executive Ken Parke, from KPPC, successfully obtained planning permission for the construction of the reservoir despite ecological, landscape and other constraints – including its location in the green belt and a particularly sensitive environment.
Major issues addressed and resolved were:
- Appropriate development in green belt policies
- Biodiversity, protected sites, nature conservation and BNG policy requirements
- Landscape and visual impact
- Flood risk, surface water drainage and irrigation requirements.
- Tree clearance
KPPC is helping Ferndown Golf Club take the initiative in sustainability with a project to harvest rainwater to reuse for course irrigation.
The golf club already positively manages large areas of heathland and woodland. Its reservoir will replace low-quality self-seeded pine and bring environmental enhancements.
The area on the banks and surrounding the reservoir will be additional heathland habitat along with a commitment to positively manage other extensive areas around the site for heathland restoration.
Other project partners included Barrell Tree Care, Aquatech Scotland and CGO Ecology Ltd.
(Images: Ferndown Golf Club/Aquatech Scotland)
