A borough council in Nottinghamshire will be giving a loan to help build a new sports pavilion worth almost £1m following financial difficulties. The village sports building will replace one which fell into a state of disrepair and will feature a kitchen, a bar, changing rooms and two club rooms.
The old pavilion in Costock Road, East Leake, was built in the 1970s and houses East Leake's Bantams football team as well as the the village's rugby and cricket teams. It was in an "advanced" state of dilapidation and the community came together in a bid to get a new one built.
A new pavilion is set to cost £970,000 and so far £22,000 of a £30,000 target has been raised by the village in a fundraising effort, but the East Leake Parish Council says the project hit a financial snag amid rising construction costs due to the coronavirus pandemic. Therefore Rushcliffe Borough Council approved a loan of £250,000 so the project would not be delayed.
