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Public Meeting

A New Community Hall for Pershore?

This is not about Orchard Farm!

• This meeting is to outline the Town Council’s

ideas for a new Community Hall.

• The potential development of 150 houses and a

country park on Orchard Farm is completely unrelated and has not been endorsed or approved by the Town Council, nor is it on the same land.

• There is a public exhibition on the Orchard Farm

proposal here TOMORROW, from 3 pm to 8 pm.

Background

• Sale of St Agatha’s Hall - commitment made
• Family History Centre original proposals
• Sale of Cemetery Lodge
• Family History Centre viability
• Suggestion of Hall to incorporate Family

History Centre

• Two options proposed

New build on field off Defford Road

Possible floor plan

Advantages

• New build, bespoke, no restriction on size of hall
• Hall size could replicate the largest venue,

Working Men’s Club which will be lost for use by community groups

• Possible venue for weddings and receptions
• Land owned by the Town Council
• Additional asset for the Town Council
• Could be managed by a charitable trust giving

potential access to grant funding

• Car park adjacent – approx. 50 spaces

Disadvantages

• Field outside SWDP Development Boundary

for housing

• Would need planning permission
• Site on the opposite side of town to most new

homes although 250 near to it

• Some archaeological investigation may be

required

Possible exterior

First floor at Town Hall

Possible exterior outline

Existing and possible first floor

Advantages

• Town Centre location
• Opportunity to remedy defects on ground

floor

• Will increase value of asset
• Close to Abbey for receptions and wakes

Disadvantages

• More expensive per square metre to build
• Maximum size of hall no bigger than other halls

in town

• Would need planning permission
• No space for Family History Centre
• Site access for build very restricted with

considerable disruption during build

• Side extension would mean loss of flower beds
• No car parking at the venue
• Cannot get charitable status

Costs

• Precise detail not known
• Both options in the region of £400,000
• Funds to be found from Council resources

and, if residents agree, New Homes Bonus

New Homes Bonus

• A proportion of the funds received by

Wychavon directly related to the number of new homes occupied

• Available for capital infrastructure projects of

benefit to the community

• Town Council must bid
• Must have consulted the public
• Currently £190,000 available

Summary

• Would Pershore benefit from a new

Community Hall

• If so at which location?
• Are you happy for NHB to be used for this

project?

What next?

• Please complete the questionnaire by 1st

August and return it to the Town Hall