21 October 2025 - Pavilion Committee
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Minutes of a meeting of the New Pavilion Committee held 19:00hrs, Tuesday, 21 October 2025, in the Bridge Room at the Curlew Centre, Sutton Bridge.
Present: Cllr M Middleton, Cllr M Philpott, Cllr S McLaughlin.
Co-opted non-voting members Mr C Brandon King, Mr D Earth, Mrs V Smith, Mr D Wall, Mrs C Smith (Clerk)
25.047. Apologies were received from Cllr Scarlett
25.048. There were no declarations of interest or requests for dispensation.
25.049. There were no members of the public present.
25.050. It was resolved to approve the minutes of the meeting held on 18 September 2025, these were signed by the Chair.
25.051. Playzone Project
01. SM reported that she had contacted Edge and established that planning would be applied for in the next few weeks. This information was passed to Saul Farrow, SHDC who was also helping to keep an eye on the project so that the deadline could be achieved for the grassroots funding to be allocated.
25.052. Temporary Pavilion
01. Three committee members and the clerk had tried to contact Mark Heddon in Falkirk but had not received a response. Other options may need to be explored. CS would make contact with the haulier to see how much notice may be required and how the units would be unloaded at this end. Efforts to make contact with Mr Heddon would continue.
25.053. Pavilion Project
01. MM, CB-K and CS had looked at a modular building in Wisbech at the Hockey and Cricket club that would be for sale next year. The were no refs changing rooms or toilets in the changing rooms. League and Sport England requirements were discussed, and it was thought the building would not meet these requirements. The group agreed that the new building needed to fulfil requirements for all sports. Possible alterations were discussed to address this and CB-K agreed to draw a plan out to show the facility. Concerns were also expressed about the age of the building. MM would arrange another visit to view the building with DW and VS.
02. Traditional Build – the group discussed Sir John’s plan to ask a builder to cost a traditional build option. Currently no update from Sir John had been received.
03. The committee received a paper outlining the costs of a loan, it was also noted that the loan could be drawn down in tranches when needed. The group discussed progressing the loan from HM Treasury, it was agreed that the size of loan needed to be established. A suggestion of requesting £500k grant from the Football Foundation, £150k grant from the National Lottery and £150k in a loan was discussed. It was agreed that a public meeting would need to be called to gauge support for the loan. It was thought this could be held in January but was postponed until further clarification from the Football Foundation on the level of support they could offer.
25.054. Public Representations – no public present
25.055. Date of next meeting 18 November 2025
The chair closed the meeting at 20:55 hrs.
Signed by Chair……………………………… Date…………………….