Confusion on Kempton future after denials course to be bulldozed over for houses

Housebuilders deny report that planning application will be submitted this year at home of King George VI ChaseBarratt Redrow, the housebuilding company that holds an option to redevelop the site of Kempton Park racecourse in Surrey, has denied a claim by a local MP that an application to bulldoze the historic home of the King George VI Chase to build more than 2,000 new homes on the site will be submitted this year.According to a report on the Racing Post’s website on Friday, Lincoln Jopp MP, the Conservative member for Spelthorne, told a meeting of local residents on Thursday evening that he had been informed of the decision to put in a planning application in a meeting with representatives of both Barratt Redrow and the Jockey Club, Kempton’s owner. Continue reading...