Basingstoke & North Hants have received planning permission for a new state-of-the-art sports pavilion to replace the 154-year old building at May’s Bounty.
Basingstoke Sports and Social Club teamed up with architects Ayre Chamberlain Gaunt and project management consultancy PDCM to deliver the £2.6 million pavilion.
The new look facility, which will serve and overlook both the May’s Bounty and Castle Field grounds, will be fitted with four unisex outdoor changing rooms, two squash changing rooms and two for officials. It also plans to add downstairs changing rooms and toilet facilities, helping to accommodate disabled players.
As well as the sporting facility as part of the multi-million pound project there will be the inclusion of a new club bar with members’ lounge and a flexible function space with capacity for up to 150 people.
Ayre Chamberlain Gaunt, based in Basing View, also hopes to bring the standards of May’s Bounty up so that county cricket can once again return to Basingstoke.
Hub
David Ayre, director of Ayre Chamberlain Gaunt, said: ‘We’ve been involved since very early on in the process working with Basingstoke Sports and Social Club, Hampshire Cricket and the 2 of 2 English Cricket Board so we’re delighted to get the go-ahead for this much-needed local hub for sports.”
The design of the new facility consists of two carved brick blocks that come together to form a plinth that houses the changing room spaces.
An external terrace wraps around the first-floor social spaces, providing 360-degree views of the surrounding sports pitches. A folded canopy marks the building as a landmark while sheltering the terrace.
The grant of planning permission for the new sports pavilion is a timely boost for Basingstoke’s cricketers who are facing the likelihood of their two Southern Premier League teams and their 3rd XI in the Hampshire League all being relegated after a woeful summer.
Basingstoke Sports and Social Club teamed up with architects Ayre Chamberlain Gaunt and project management consultancy PDCM to deliver the £2.6 million pavilion.
The new look facility, which will serve and overlook both the May’s Bounty and Castle Field grounds, will be fitted with four unisex outdoor changing rooms, two squash changing rooms and two for officials. It also plans to add downstairs changing rooms and toilet facilities, helping to accommodate disabled players.
As well as the sporting facility as part of the multi-million pound project there will be the inclusion of a new club bar with members’ lounge and a flexible function space with capacity for up to 150 people.
Ayre Chamberlain Gaunt, based in Basing View, also hopes to bring the standards of May’s Bounty up so that county cricket can once again return to Basingstoke.
Hub
David Ayre, director of Ayre Chamberlain Gaunt, said: ‘We’ve been involved since very early on in the process working with Basingstoke Sports and Social Club, Hampshire Cricket and the 2 of 2 English Cricket Board so we’re delighted to get the go-ahead for this much-needed local hub for sports.”
The design of the new facility consists of two carved brick blocks that come together to form a plinth that houses the changing room spaces.
An external terrace wraps around the first-floor social spaces, providing 360-degree views of the surrounding sports pitches. A folded canopy marks the building as a landmark while sheltering the terrace.
The grant of planning permission for the new sports pavilion is a timely boost for Basingstoke’s cricketers who are facing the likelihood of their two Southern Premier League teams and their 3rd XI in the Hampshire League all being relegated after a woeful summer.
