Work to start on 3M church

WORK on a 3 million flagship church could begin as early as May after it was granted planning approval.

Plans to replace Newtowns Hope Community Church at Dolfor Road with a new church were approved on Thursday by Powys County Council (PCC).

The Rev Alan Hewitt, senior minister at the church, said work to demolish the existing building could begin in May, subject to the completion of agreements over a temporary home for its congregation and day nursery.

Last month the church was given planning approval to use part of Newtowns Pryce Jones building for worship while construction of its new home is carried out.

However, contracts have not yet been completed and the church is also still in discussions over a venue for its day nursery.

Construction work is expected to take around 14 months with the building opening in 2015.

Mr Hewitt said the congregation is thrilled at the latest development.

He said: We are delighted to receive the news that we can move ahead with our plans to vastly improve the facilities we can offer to our community.

During the last few years we have explored many different options by which we could make further provision for our Church activities, but finally came to the conclusion that the best long-term option was to demolish and erect a brand new building.

The new facility will be more functional, more energy efficient, more spacious and will be a vast improvement on our current premises enabling us to provide better services to our community.

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