SPORTS enthusiasts are anticipating a new £2million facility after plans for phase two of a pavilion were revealed.

A two-storey pavilion on the Kingsmere estate in Bicester is due to have have sports club facilities on the ground floor, including changing rooms, lockers, a treatment room and showers.

A new kiosk area for people to look out on to the pitches has been proposed and there would be a kitchen, bar and open space to house 150 seated guests.

Members of Cherwell District Council’s recreation and health team went to Sainsbury’s in Bicester to set up a stall presenting plans.

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Sales manager Marcus Gilbert, who moved to Bicester with his wife Lyn in July 2014, claimed that the plans were a big incentive when it came to choosing where to live in the area.

The 56-year-old bought a house overlooking the pavilion in the Kingsmere estate and said that he was excited about watching sport there.

Mr Gilbert said: “I am looking forward to it because it was a major plus point when we moved here.

“I will be going along to watch games of football, rugby and cricket because I am a big sports fan.”

His wife, cycling instructor Lyn Gilbert, has mixed feelings about the proposal, though.

She believes there is the potential for loud music next to her house and is worried about being disturbed at night.

The 56-year-old, mother of two children, Josh and Anthony, said: “The balcony is facing the housing which means that we are going to hear the late bar.

“If it is an outside company they could get a licence until the early hours of the morning.

“But I am really excited to watch sport there. I love cricket so I am going to go to watch some games.”

Building work has already started with phase one’s construction of grass pitches, and an athletics track completed.

The plans, though, had to be scaled back after initial proposals were discovered to be £200,000 over budget.

Cherwell District Council’s deputy leader George Reynolds said a developer had yet to be found and the budget for the project would cost “around £2m.”

Mr Reynolds added: “The consultation was £200,000 over the budget.

“There will now be 150 parking spaces instead of 170, the cricket pavilion will have two separate rooms instead of four and the outside cladding will be reduced from £4 per square metre to £3 per square metre.

“This facility is being provided for the benefit of Bicester’s current and future residents so it was only right that they were the first people to see what is being proposed within their home town.

“Having now shown what’s on offer we are looking forward to proceeding with the proposals in the hope of getting planning consent later this year.”

If approved on schedule, work could begin on site in autumn this year and be completed by spring 2016.