THE hopes of Grays Athletic fans that they might get a new home at the former Ship Lane ground of Thurrock FC were dashed at a Thurrock planning meeting this evening, despite the best efforts of committee chairman Cllr Tom Kelly.
The club were hoping a planning application for a new car preparation plant adjacent to the football ground would open the door for them to move in – but it proved not to be as a landslide of opposition from Aveley prompted all but two of the nine committee members to vote against the plan.
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