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An abandoned leisure centre at the centre of legal wrangling for eight years may be given a new life as a football and sporting academy if MP Tracey Crouch has her way.
The Chatham and Aylesford MP, pictured left, is a qualified Football Association coach and recently spoke to an FA official about Buckmore Park, Chatham, which closed to the public in 2003.
The 260-acre site was developed by the Scouts who have a long lease on the land.
They still use it for camping, but a leisure centre and swimming pool built for £20 million, is a sorry sight.
Two Scout companies set up to manage the property went bust.
Former landowners the Rochester Bridge Trust sold it to Chatham-based Avondale South East, a company set up by Avondale Environmental Services.
But Lloyds TSB called administrators into Avondale South East to sort out the complex web of financial issues.
A developer is working with Tonbridge and Malling council to come up with a new project for the site while the Scouts would retain woodland for camping.
Housing, a retirement village and hotel have all been mentioned.
Buckmore Karting Circuit is a sub-tenant of the Scouts and is hoping to expand the John Surtees-owned track when the legal problems are sorted out.
Ms Crouch is keen to restore it for public use as a sports or soccer academy.
"It looks so forlorn," she said. "Being slap-bang in the middle of the county, it would provide a good county facility but I wouldn't want it to just be for football.
"I really do see it could be a major leisure venue and could include all sorts of sporting activities."
A source said the legal situation was progressing. "It's extremely close. Once everything is legally settled, we go to the planners."