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If planning permission is granted, the current pavilion will be demolished and replaced with a new facility to include changing rooms and showers as well as a kitchen and club room which will be available for hire.
The recreation ground is home to AFC Newbury boys and girls football teams, and chairwoman of Speen Parish Council, Meg John, said the new facility will be welcomed.
She said: ?The past year has been an exciting time for the recreation ground in Stockcross.
?The children?s play area was improved, while the ground itself was granted Queen Elizabeth II Fields in Trust status as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
?In addition, through partnership working with AFC Newbury for whom Stockcross is their home ground, funding for a new sports pavilion has so far been secured from Sport England, The Greenham Common Trust and Fields in Trust.
?The recreation ground is an idyllic setting for many types of sporting activity including football, tennis and cricket and it is hoped that a pavilion will provide the basic accommodation needed to support such activities.?
The new pavilion will also improve facilities for Stockcross Tennis Club whose current centre has no electricity.
A new access road to the site from the existing car park, accessible from Ermin Street, will also be installed as well as an overspill car park for an additional ten vehicles, two of which will be disabled spaces.
More detailed plans will be drawn up once the extent to fundraising is confirmed.
A decision is expected from West Berkshire Council by April 5.
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Source: http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/2013/new-home-for-sporting-youngsters-in-stockcross
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