The Gillet Playing Fields in Heath Charnock were previously used for junior matches, but the ageing, substandard changing rooms have prevented games being played there for several years. Advertisement Advertisement Chorley Council , which owns the plot - on Weavers Brow - is now poised to revamp the sporting offering at the location. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Lancashire Evening Post, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more.
The authority’s own independent planning committee has given the go-ahead to the demolition of the existing changing area and a disused garage, along with the removal of one of two shipping containers currently standing on the site. The new single-storey pavilion to be built in their place - in the south western corner of the green space - will include new changing rooms, showers and toilets, a kitchen, social area, scorer’s room and separate facilities for match officials. The car park will be resurfaced and the current shower block turned into a maintenance store.
Advertisement Advertisement A report presented to the committee described the existing set-up as being in “a poor state of repair” and “not complying with modern standards for pavilion buildings”. The changes will not affect the cricket ground on the site, which is leased to Chorley Cricket Club who use it for third team and junior matches. Committee member Cllr M.
