A new Facebook group has been created calling for the go ahead for a long-delayed new indoor ski facility at Wycombe summit near London to go ahead. The group has attracted several thousand supporters.

Founder Melanie Codling was surprised by just how popular her Facebook initiative is. She told local media, “The response has been amazing, it is growing by the day.”

The group calls on the local council, which has rejected the latest plans for the site’s redevelopment by owners the Snowdome Group, who own Europe’s oldest surviving indoor snow centre at Tamworth to the north, to, “do something positive for our community!”

“It is such a great opportunity. It is very frustrating and disappointing for people who would have utilised it.” the group says.

The original centre, which is home to a long dry ski slope, was destroyed by fire in 2005, and despite offering to support redevelopment initiatives the local council has rejected plans for a new indoor snow centre, ice rink and other facilities put forward by Snowdome in recent years. The company are currently appealing the latest rejection.

A spokesman for the Snowdome company told local media they were very pleased about the Facebook group but that even if permission was finally given, the current economic situation now means the development is likely to be further delayed.

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