A football club has plans for the pitch that it hopes will allow it to climb the ladder of the pyramid outside the league.
Dawley Town won the highest flight of the Salop Leisure League last season but were unable to secure promotion to the sixth tier of the pyramid outside the league last season due to a lack of spotlights.
This season, Dawley is the name again, as there are 8 league games left.
The club, at Quarry Place in Dawley, has unveiled plans to install a new lighting formula on its existing football pitch, consisting of 12 LED spotlights installed on six 15-metre columns.
“The club missed a development last year due to a lack of lighting,” reads the design and access that accompany the offer.
“The installation of the maximum modern lighting will allow in the long term to make effective progress in the football pyramid, where lighting with projectors will be part of the needs to orient the ground, above the current point at which the club evolves.
“This progression is part of a facility improvement program. The club has a detailed progression plan, and lately the lighting is a priority improvement.
“The entire lighting design has shown that careful placement and selection by the manufacturer will minimize the visual effect at night or during the day. “
In addition to allowing the club to take the demands of the pitch to the next level, the club says the spotlights will have others as well.
They come with overnight use the winter months for practices and games.
They hope that the extended hours of use will make the club more sustainable and generate more revenue.
Dawley Town in their current form took shape ahead of the 2020/21 season. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Telford Juniors (established in 1970), the club “best reflects the club’s roots in central Dawley”.
Lately, the club has seven in total, adding adults and junior array with around 135 members, adding players, a committee and supporters of all ages.
Dawley Town said they hoped the installation of floodlights would increase the number of club members and football supporters.
“Improvements to the facilities will bring advantages to the club and allow the local network to help a higher level of football played on the pitch,” the plans add.
“The significant educational, health, social and economic benefits derived from this progression task will have to be considered alongside the environmental effects that have been mitigated. “
Floodlight proposals can be found in the Telford Planning Portal
Comments will be received in the consultation phase, which closes on 30 April.