Campaigners lose fight to save church

10:20am Monday 18th June 2012 in News

Campaigners lose fight to save church Campaigners lose fight to save church

CAMPAIGNERS have lost their long-running battle to safeguard a village church for the community.

Victory Gospel Church in North Baddesley will now be demolished after planners approved plans to build three detached homes in its place.

The congregation outgrew the church and moved to the former Mecca Bingo Hall in Portswood, Southampton, and want to sell the site for housing.

Council planners felt the new designs appeased previous concerns over parking, privacy for neighbouring homes and fitted in with the look of the village.

A condition was attached requiring the developer, Gale Homes Ltd, to contribute to a pot of cash made from selling the homes to community projects.

Comments(7)

BenjiWinsor says...
10:40am Mon 18 Jun 12

What a shame that the church has removed a commodity for the village - money is more important of course :/

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The Salv says...
10:58am Mon 18 Jun 12

BenjiWinsor wrote:
What a shame that the church has removed a commodity for the village - money is more important of course :/
I dont think a building that preaches what they think "right or wrong is" is a commodity.
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Turn it into a village hall that promotes a community spirit instead where all people are welcome on a common ground other that for religious reasons.

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BenjiWinsor says...
11:14am Mon 18 Jun 12

I'd assumed the reason for the Village campaign to 'keep' the hall for the community meant that it 'had' been used for the community? Has the Village had use of it for events and community activities during the week? If not, then swapping it for 3 houses will mean little change, well actually a hell of a lot less traffic and parking problems!

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Condor Man says...
3:57pm Mon 18 Jun 12

If the villagers wanted the facilities why didn't they all chip in and buy the site? It's very convenient to rent church halls but the upkeep on such buildings is very high.

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loosehead says...
4:30pm Mon 18 Jun 12

The church wanted to sell it so as the above post asks why didn't you buy it & try to negotiate a price you the village could afford?

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Poppy22 says...
7:42pm Mon 18 Jun 12

Whats the world coming to when a chuch congregation moves into a former bingo hall and a church is demolished for housing? Why not just demolish and rebuild the existing church (the site is obviously big enough if 3 detached homes can be built on it), or extend the existing one?

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loosehead says...
9:16pm Mon 18 Jun 12

Poppy22 wrote:
Whats the world coming to when a chuch congregation moves into a former bingo hall and a church is demolished for housing? Why not just demolish and rebuild the existing church (the site is obviously big enough if 3 detached homes can be built on it), or extend the existing one?
It's more like a village hall than a church hall if the pictures anything to go by

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