In private, it is less gloomy, conceding that the union nearly always pitches its first claim at around twice what it actually expects to get.

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It said there was an "urgent need" to provide the extra pitches, because otherwise it may not be able to prevent granting permission for the development of "less suitable sites" across the borough.

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