BRAMSHOTT and Liphook parish councillors have discussed the future of the condemned pavilion building at the recreation ground, the former home The Willows Nursery.

At the last finance and policy committee meeting, chairman Don Jerrard stated that the recreation ground trustees had asked Barbara Easton in her capacity as secretary to the trust, to obtain quotations for the cost of demolishing the pavillion building.

He revealed the trustees will be requesting a grant from the parish council for the cost of demolition, once it was known, which was initially set at £10,000, pending quotations.

In August, The Willows, which had occupied the building for the last 14 years, was presented with with a second and final eviction letter.

The trustees claimed that although the Willows’ management was willing to pay for repairs to the building they would require a long-term lease.

And having taken advice from the Charity Commission that could not be granted within the terms of the current deeds which did not allow for nursery education provision, the trustees said.

A statement issued at the time added: “The trustees were mindful of the building being uninsurable in its present condition and with much regret the decision has been made to close the building with immediate effect and start demolition at the earliest opportunity.”

The decision to evict The Willows Nursery and demolish the Pavilion building was made following a building survey report by Petersfield firm Jacobs & Hunt that was carried out on behalf of the parish council.

It stated the building had been altered and extended over the years and it required repair in places, with flooring needing to be properly fixed, as otherwise it posed a safety hazard.

A heated meeting was held in August over the nursery’s future, following rumours in the vilage the site could be used for a £1.5m drop-in centre, which the parish council strongly denied.

The Willows completed its move into the Canada Room at Liphook’s Millennium Centre last month, having been granted the same rental as it paid to use the Pavilion by the parish council as a goodwill gesture.

The nursery had to get Ofsted to approve the venue for its use before it could re-open several weeks later in the academic year than usual.