{"id":31243,"date":"2025-07-29T06:53:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T06:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/31243\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T06:53:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T06:53:10","slug":"new-golf-clubhouse-planned-for-cleeve-hill-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/31243\/","title":{"rendered":"New golf clubhouse planned for Cleeve Hill course"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maisie Lillywhite<\/p>\n<p>BBC News, Gloucestershire<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753147568_960_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-d1200759-0 dkIvM hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0af69dd0-6b9c-11f0-812a-7b577c76ef9a.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Cleeve Hill Golf Club A computer-generated image of a timber clad golf clubhouse surrounded by trees and a lawn on a summer evening. There are people using the outdoor space, which has benches and is surrounded by a Cotswold stone-style wall.\" class=\"sc-d1200759-0 dvfjxj\"\/>Cleeve Hill Golf Club<\/p>\n<p>The golf course is looking to &#8220;completely transform&#8221; its current clubhouse facilities with the plans (pictured)<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Plans have been put forward for a new golf course clubhouse on the highest point of the Cotswolds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Cotswold Hub Ltd, which owns Cleeve Hill Golf Course in Gloucestershire, has applied to Tewkesbury Borough Council for permission to &#8220;completely transform&#8221; its clubhouse facilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">The plans include an updated restaurant and caf\u00e9 facility with outdoor terracing with views towards the Malvern Hills, improved amenities for golfers, community spaces, and improved accessibility.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Cleeve Common is the largest common in the county and the course was designed by Old Tom Morris, the <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/golf\/61641438\" class=\"sc-f9178328-0 bGFWdi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">legendary Scottish golf player.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Cotswold Hub Ltd took on the 125-year lease of Cleeve Hill Golf Club, which is also at the highest point in the county, in April 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">The planning application says the proposed new clubhouse would feature locally-sourced materials, including larch timber cladding and Cotswold stone boundary walls.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Its owners said it will also have high insulation, optimised natural ventilation, and minimal environmental impact.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">The development will respect &#8220;the spectacular surrounds of Cleeve Common&#8221;, the application says.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753147568_960_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-d1200759-0 dkIvM hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/7a3be060-6b9c-11f0-812a-7b577c76ef9a.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Cleeve Hill Golf Course Computer generated image of two people with a child and a cyclist heading towards the entrance of the refreshed Cleeve Hill Golf Course, a timber clad building with large windows. It has a paved and gravelled entrance and is surrounded by trees.\" class=\"sc-d1200759-0 dvfjxj\"\/>Cleeve Hill Golf Course<\/p>\n<p>The proposed clubhouse has been described as &#8220;a first-class focal point&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Michael Bates, clerk of Cleeve Common Trust, said: &#8220;Over the years we have seen even more visitors to the common, for outdoor recreation or simply to enjoy the space, views, fresh air and the unique natural environment. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">&#8220;The new building will provide a first-class focal point, not only for visitors to Cleeve Common but also the wider Cotswolds region.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Maisie Lillywhite BBC News, Gloucestershire Cleeve Hill Golf Club The golf course is looking to &#8220;completely transform&#8221; its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31244,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":["post-31243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}