Plans have been submitted for a new £185,000 skate park designed by skateboarders and BMX riders.

Adur District Council has drawn up the plans for the park it wants to build near its headquarters in Shoreham.

More than 40 local skateboarders and BMX riders were involved in the design.

The council's planning committee is due to make a decision on the park at a meeting on December 3. If the plans are given the go-ahead the park could be built by the spring.

The park will be split into two areas comprising of an American-style concrete bowl and a separate ramp area where riders and skaters can practice their 'ollies' and 'grinds'.

The funds for the park will come from a successful lottery grant bid of £135,000, awarded to the council in February, and £50,000 from waste company Viridor.

The park, earmarked for Shoreham's Ham recreation ground in Eastern Avenue, will include public art works paid for by the Viridor money. Part of the £50,000 it has pledged will also pay for an artist to create the right 'look' for the park.

The plans include lit seating and picnic areas and greenery.

Council officers spent the summer consulting future users of the park to choose the design. Work then began on ensuring the right ramps and skate rails were chosen.

A council spokeswoman said: "There were four designs to choose from and in June the plans for the park went on display and we had about 40 local skateboarders and riders involved with the project."

It is not the first time the council has called upon young people to help design a skate park.

In September a new park was opened at Southwick recreation ground costing £50,000.

Adur Indoor Bowls Club loaned the council £36,000 so the park could go ahead with the council stumping up the rest of the funds.

It replaced the dilapidated old skate park which was nearby, which was ruined by vandals with a sledgehammer.

The proposed park at the Ham recreation ground will be even bigger than Southwick's and it is hoped it will help reduce antisocial behaviour in the area.

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