PUCKLECHURCH Recreation Ground is among 13 sports facilities set to share more than £1 million of funding from developers for improvements.
South Gloucestershire Council announced a total of £1.17 million in funding in November, including a total of £113,689 for Pucklechurch Parish Council to help fund drainage and cricket improvements at the Recreation Ground.
The money has been paid by the developers of eight building projects across the district, including at Oaktree Avenue in the village, as part of legal deals required to secure planning permission.
Cleve Archers will receive £31,235 to fund the extension of its shooting shelter, install a wind turbine and buy new archery targets for its ground at Down Yonder, off Bromley Heath Road in Moorend, near Hambrook.
The biggest grant is £254,789 to Frenchay Cricket Club towards construction of a new pavilion at the Bob Stone Ground in Common Mead Lane, Hambrook. The club made a planning application to demolish its pavilion and replace it with a new one in August this year. The plan is awaiting a decision on permission. It follows an award of £624,322 of developer funding to the project last year.
Neighbouring Downend and Frenchay Tennis Club will receive £86,758 towards the construction of its new clubhouse, adding to £366,579 it was awarded last year.
Yate Town Council will receive £232,123 towards the conversion of the Howard Lewis Park tennis courts to a Multi-Use Games Area, and another £84,777 towards a ‘changing places’ welfare facility for people with severe disabilities at Yate Outdoor Sports Complex.
Council cabinet member Sean Rhodes said: “It’s important that housing developers contribute towards the infrastructure needed by growing communities.”