Killinghall Cricket Club has been given the go-ahead to build a new two-storey pavilion.
North Yorkshire Council approved the club’s planning application today, after saying previous designs would have been too large and overbearing.
The decision paves the way for the demolition of the current 1970s building, which has two small changing areas and communal showers that give little privacy.
The club hopes the new pavilion will be more appealing to female players and umpires, who currently have to arrive in kit or get changed in the toilets or communal areas.
The current pavilion
Trevor Watson, assistant director of planning at the council, included a series of conditions attached to the decision.
They included that development must begin within three years and construction work can only take place between 8am and 6pm from Monday to Friday and from 8am to 3pm on Saturdays.
Killinghall finished fourth in division one of this year’s Nidderdale and District Amateur Cricket League.
Since the demolition of the Three Horseshoes pub and the long-term closure of The Greyhounds Inn, the club pavilion and bar has become a social centre for the village at weekends.
It hopes the new pavilion will enhance this and encourage junior players.
The club said in planning documents:
“This development is very much needed to the club and the village community.”
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