NEW USE APPROVED FOR SPORTS PAVILION USED BY MANY PLAYERS FROM BRIGG & DISTRICT OVER THE YEARS

Much interest was shown in Brigg Blog's mid-summer post about plans to make changes at a Lincolnshire sportsground where many players from this area enjoyed matches down the years.
'Change of use' planning permission from sports pavilion to a therapy centre has now been granted for South Kelsey Cricket Club's former ground on Caistor Road, Holton Le Moor (close to the Hope Tavern, the A46 and the Barnetby to Lincoln railway line).
The application relating to what was originally the Nettleton Mines ground was given by the council's Planning Committee.
Club cricket having ceased there some years ago, the pavilion was described in the planning application as being redundant.
A supporting document on behalf of the applicant explained: "The pavilion will be retained with no change to the exterior. Also, the large grass area (the former cricket pitch) is to be retained with no material change.
"There will be opportunities to use indoor facilities with the pavilion."
Rooms inside the building would provide therapy for adults and children, with a kitchenette and toilets also available, the council was informed.
Many representations were made to the council by members of the public supporting the application, but there were reservations expressed by Sport England and the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) about the pavilion's use no longer being sports related.
Brigg Town Cricket Club history was made on this ground in 2002 when Adam Dunderdale scored a century and took eight wickets against South Kelsey - probably the greatest all-round performance ever by a Town player in the Lincolnshire League. 

Adam is pictured above (right) shaking hands with Kelsey's Andy Walton who had scored 85. Behind them is the pavilion. We played for Brigg Town's first team in this game and took our camera along as a matter of course.