Ormskirk Bowling Club

The pre-commencement meeting was held today with Mallinsons, who have been selected to construct the bowling greens.  The good news is that they will be able to start on site on 2nd November and completion of the works is expected to be in early January.  It is great that we are finally moving on this project. Once works start we will post pictures and keep you updated on this website and through our Facebook page and Twitter feeds.

The Borough Council’s Planning Committee will consider our planning application at its meeting on Thursday 8th October.  The officer’s report can be viewed at: http://online.westlancs.gov.uk/coins/submissiondocuments.asp?submissionid=17310

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Discussions are ongoing with the preferred tenderer and we are expecting revised prices soon.  The details for a clubhouse and utility connections are also being finalised.  We expect to have some clarity soon on all this.  The planning application will now be considered at the Planning Committee in early October.

Members may have noticed that a planning application has now been received for the Windmill Inn, which includes development on the bowling green.  The applicant has promised a unilateral undertaking which will provide further monies towards the completion of our project. The Club will be writing to support the application on this basis and will negotiate the amount with the developer.

Rest assured that we are still on track to have the artificial green up and running for the start of the 2016 season.

We are just starting the search for sponsors, so if anyone knows of any business that might be interested then please let us know.

There have been three tenders received for the construction of the greens.  These are being examined at the moment.  We will need to either see if we can reduce the tender price of the lowest tenderer, reduce the spec or get a bit more money from somewhere if we want to do everything.  This will be worked on over the next three weeks or so.