A PAIR of projects in Test Valley which will help people stay active has received funding from Community Interest Levy grants.

The projects which received funding through the grants are Nether Wallop Playing Fields and Over Wallop Sports Pavilion, with the projects applying for and receiving £101,000 and £269,766 in grants respectively.

The Nether Wallop Playing Fields project is being led by Nether Wallop Parish Council.

The money it has received will pay for outdoor exercise equipment, playground apparatus, an all-weather running track, wet weather shelter, new seating and wilding improvements.

Meanwhile, the Over Wallop Sports Pavilion project, led by Over Wallop Parish Council, has received £269,766 from the Community Infrastructure Levy, which comprises payments by developers.

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The project will see the construction of a new sports pavilion at the Alan Evans Memorial Ground on Salisbury Lane, Over Wallop.

An evaluation of the project by Test Valley Borough Council called the project “a strong project that will benefit the many regular users of the Memorial Ground”.

The evaluation also said: “The project looks to address issues of compliance with sporting bodies from the current outdated pavilion. It has strong support from the clubs that will utilise the facilities and will provide improved energy efficiency over the existing structure.”

Other projects which received funding from the latest round of grants included The Plaza Theatre in Romsey and the Bury Dene Playing Fields in Vernham Dean.

Cllr Nick Adams-King said that he was “delighted Test Valley’s Council approved the grants.”

He continued: “This latest tranche provided just over £500,000 for projects in the Wallops, Vernham Dean and most importantly a grant of £100,000 to the Plaza Theatre in Romsey.”