Row erupts in New Forest over cricket club’s ‘appalling’ plan to install artificial grass

A spat has broken out in the New Forest National Park over a cricket club’s plans to install artificial grass and expand a pavilion.New Forest commoners – a group of landowners who take care of the animals in the national park – have slammed the “growing ambitions” of the Cadnam Cricket Club.The club wants to extend its pavilion by a “tiny” amount to accommodate changing and toilet facilities for women, children, and people with disabilities.It has submitted a planning application to the New Forest National Park Authority, which has prompted a furious reaction from the Commoners Defence Association.Chair Andrew Parry-Norton described the plans as “appalling”.Cadnam Cricket Club wants to expand its pavilion and install artificial grass (Dave Bodymore/Solent News)He said: “Cadnam Cricket Clu