Cologne: the city wants to review the verdict on FC training grounds
Published: Thursday, 24.11.2022 18:02
After the Higher Administrative Court overturned the plans for a new FC training ground for the time being, the city of Cologne will decide by the turn of the year how to proceed.
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The verdict will be examined intensively and talks will be held with FC, said a city spokeswoman. The court decided yesterday that Cologne had made technical mistakes. The development plan includes not only the new training ground, but also four sealed small playing fields for the citizens – and these are not permitted in the protected green belt. With a supplementary procedure, Cologne can eliminate the planning error, all judges. FC managing director Phillip Türoff reacted to the verdict with reservation. It is now important for the club how long it takes to get clarity. And it was interesting to learn that the problem was four small public pitches that FC had nothing to do with. From the point of view of the judges, the city administration had included the playing fields for the citizens in the planning in order to make the whole thing more palatable to politicians.