A Wiltshire cricket club could get a new pavilion if Wiltshire Council approves a recently submitted planning application.
Devizes Cricket Club is seeking permission to construct the building on its grounds located off London Road.
The plans say that the proposed pavilion is of “traditional form and design” and would accommodate both home and away team changing, toilet facilities, storage, an office, and a central area to socialise with room for an informal bar.
The club was formed in 1850 and has been located at the site since 1945.
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The plans state: “The proposal will meet the club’s current and future needs allowing it to function independently and economically for its junior and adult male and female members.”
Further north in the county, a well-loved church could get a new stained-glass window to commemorate those who have maintained it over the last 800 years.
Now, church members are proposing to replace it with a new design.
The application notes: “The proposed window in St. Giles Church is to commemorate all those whose names are lost in time who maintained and enhanced it so significantly that it has survived the last 800 years or so.”
It adds: “Being on the south side it should take full advantage of the summer sun in the same way as the existing window projects such beautiful colours into the church.
“It should enhance the beauty of the church.”
The cost would be covered by local donor Mr Pete Vines and local artist Mr Peter Berry has provided a provisional design.
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Wiltshire Council is expected to make a decision on both applications by mid-November.
In other planning news, the construction of four new homes has been approved on land off Fiddington Hill in Market Lavington.
The full plans were submitted by Attwell Developments Ltd in April and concerned a vacant area that was previously used as overflow parking for customers visiting the nurseries.
Along with their own garages and gardens, the homes will each have four bedrooms.
The application stated: “The proposal will be of a high-quality design and will have no impact on wider landscape character.
“The development will be contained and delivers both landscape and ecological gains.
“The development would also produce short term benefits to the construction industry and further modest benefits that would result from the additional support to the vitality of the local community from the future occupiers of the development.”
Finally, the owners of a large country house near Melksham are seeking retrospective planning permission for a two-bedroom flat on the ground floor.
Sandridge Park House was built in 1859 and is set within extensive grounds in Sandridge Common.
The application reads: “Last year, with less family living at home, the owners decided to form a two-bedroom apartment on the ground floor to make more efficient use of the space.
“Even when the wider family were in residence, much of the house was unused and it seemed to be a sensible way to make more efficient use of this large dwelling.
“The apartment was let quickly to a local couple.”
It adds: “Whilst the applicant has no intention of selling the apartment off separately to the main house, it does provide a useful income that assists in maintaining the extensive grounds around the property and the house itself.”
Retrospective applications can be submitted to the council if works have been undertaken without planning permission.
However, applicants risk their plans being refused and having to restore the building to its original state.
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