05. Site Move 1987-90

There is very little room for guesswork or supposition. The documents that exist from the time the current Village Hall was constructed are plentiful and provide a detailed record of events. These include:

• Extensive correspondence between the charity, parish council, district council, Charity Commission and Barclays Bank
• Full minutes of the Village Hall Charity
• Full minutes of the Parish Council
• Full minutes of the Steering Group
• Full minutes of the Sports and Social Club
• Official forms, together with memoranda and reports
• Both court orders in full, allowing the Charity to build and relocate to a new hall:
  • one granting the Charity power to raise funds by mortgaging the old hall
  • one granting the Charity power to sell the old hall and relocate to a new hall, subject to the same trusts
• Public reports published in Mulbarton Parish News
• Subsequent leases

The only item from the time that appears to be missing is the Surveyor’s report, produced on behalf of the Charity regarding the transition from the Old School to the current site. This report was intended to assess whether, after the transition, the Charity would retain sufficient property (including a building and car park), to fulfil its charitable objects. It is a legally required part of the process of disposition/acquisition of charity property.

The report is referenced in the records, which indicate that the Charity Commission had sight of it. The fact that the court orders were subsequently issued indicates that the statutory requirements for the transition were considered to have been met at the time. Nevertheless, the report itself appears to be lost.

Taken together, the available records provide a comprehensive account of the period. Because the full set of paperwork is extensive and contains personal data, it is not all published on this site. The documents included here are those most relevant to understanding the sequence of events, with personal data redacted where appropriate.

For an overview of how the project progressed at the time, the public statements published in Mulbarton Parish News chart events from the Parish Council’s perspective, in their own words, from the purchase of the land in 1985 through to the Charity Commission’s involvement in 1989.

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