The New Sports Pavilion

9 Feb 2023

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I have added the words here in an effort to get the information to as many people in Sutton Bridge as possible

Sutton Bridge needs a new sports pavilion, the present one is far from adequate. Would you like to see…….

  1. A new pavilion,something like the Artist’s Impression above,  meeting required standards,  built for  £250-£350,000, the size of a decent bungalow. Free plans available from the Sports Council / Football Association. Design & Build. No more advice needed apart from planning permission, building regs.  and a good builder. Funding for this amount should be available. 

OR

  1. Planned by the Parish Council Pavilion Cttee, after 4 years of talk, a building apparently costing atleast £1m. Where will the money come from ? In addition to the proper requirements for a sports pavilion,  offices for the Parish Council itself  are proposed  ( the present facilities in the Curlew Centre are fully adequate). Also, it is understood, a café ( to compete with private enterprises like Pippa’s Pantry) and meeting rooms etc (which the Curlew Centre already provides). The Committee meet in closed session. The Council has already spent  some £30,000 on “advice” and plans to spend another £40k in a similar way before a brick is laid.  One reason for this proposal is apparently that the Council would not have to pay the present £4000 a year rent to the Curlew Centre.  However if £500,000 can be raised from grants, the same amount  would have to be borrowed. Servicing and repaying £500k over 15 years would cost over £40,000 a year – 10 times as much as the rent now paid to the Curlew Centre. There would also be all the running costs.

Which would be better for the Parish ? There is a Pavilion Cttee meeting in the Curlew Centre at 7pm on Tuesday Feb. 21st which the public can attend (but not speak) until or unless the Cttee decides to go into closed session when the public must leave. Why would the committee do this ? Also, you could send any questions and thoughts to  the Clerk of the Council and the Chair. See  Council website for contact details and more info.  sutton-bridge.parish.lincolnshire.gov.uk