A WEST Wiltshire town council is hoping to find new users for its cricket pavilion after the loss of a school as a paying tenant.
The pavilion, in the King George V playing fields on Lowbourne, is managed by Melksham Town Council at a cost of £1,800 a year.
Although this figure is claimed back through users of the club paying rent, the council is proposing the costs of managing the site be put on next year's budget, after losing Lowbourne Junior School as a tenant.
The council has been in talks with charity Barnardo's about filling the gap and joining Beanacre Cricket Club and Melksham Park Football Club in using the facility, but nothing has been agreed.
Town clerk John Crook, who put forward the proposal, said although the figure would be put in the budget, it was likely the figure would be recouped by sports enthusiasts.
"The costs are £1,800 a year but I don't anticipate that happening. We will get requests to use it," he said.
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