Bisley FC runs teams from Under 9s to Senior level

Bisley FC's senior side were promoted to the Hellenic Premier Division in April, but their Lion Park home will not be up to the league's standards.

Plans for a covered stand, a perimeter path and floodlights were turned down by Surrey Heath Borough Council.

It was felt they would be detrimental to greenbelt land and local residents.

'Understand concerns'

A club spokesman said: "We are obviously very disappointed and deflated.

"We will consider the planning refusal notice and we're fairly sure that we will appeal against this decision."

A planning committee meeting was attended by many of Bisley FC's youth players.

But a council spokeswoman said there were concerns over the impact on people who live near the ground, as well as issues over the site being on greenbelt land.

The club spokesman said: "We can understand the concerns of our immediate neighbours, anyone would rather not have floodlights next to their property.

"But they would have been controlled by hours of use, so they would have been on for less than a full calendar week in the whole annual calendar."