10 June 2022

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St Swithuns are in negotiation to sell the St Barnabas building to the Town Council, this is following requests from residents in the Dunnings area to keep the building in community use. The Council is aware of repeated calls for a venue for a youth club, men’s shed, and ‘mother & toddler’ groups and feels this venue would be suitable to be retained in the community.

In order to finance the purchase, the Council is looking to borrow £90,000 from the Public Works Loan Board for 10 years but needs to show that the community supports the purchase of the building. For more information, the reports have been taken through the Finance and General Purposes Committee and can be found on the Council’s website.

If you wish to comment on the proposal please email townclerk@eastgrinstead.gov.uk or write to Town Clerk East Grinstead Town Council, College Lane, East Grinstead by 1 July 2022.