SPORTS facilities in West Oxfordshire could be in line to receive a major boost.
Planning officers are recommending approval of a scheme to provide two artificial pitches with 12 floodlights at Burford's comprehensive school, off the A40.
It also includes a new sports pavilion, with multi-changing rooms and car parking for 37 vehicles.
The cost is in the region of £700,000, and is largely dependent on grants from Sport England and the Football Association.
The chairman of governors at the school, Malcolm Harper, said: "It is a large scheme, and would be for the wider community as well as the school.
"Partnership primary schools and local clubs would benefit.
He added: "Part of our case for grants is that it helps to encourage sport as a part of every child's life."
A key element of the scheme is to give a boost to hockey, which is largely dependent as a sport on the use of artificial pitches.
Planning officer Jonathan Westerman says there should be conditions, however, on the timing and level of floodlighting.
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