A SCHEME to deliver new sporting and community facilities in Williton is going back to the drawing board in the hope of winning planning approval. Plans put forward by Williton Parish Council to build a pavilion and multi-use games area on the Memorial Ground were turned down by West Somerset Council at the end of June. This was largely due to concerns over the impact on nearby properties and fears that the area behind the pavilion might become a focus for anti-social behaviour. Now parish councillors have decided to try to win the go-ahead for the building by putting it on their original preferred location - still on the Memorial Ground but behind the GP surgery and closer to the Robert Street entrance. Cllr Bill Vaughan, who has spearheaded the project, said he believed it was practical and affordable to look at the alternative site. Although it is in a higher flood risk area than the site which was turned down by planners, Cllr Vaughan said the necessary sequential test - to ensure development is in the most sustainable location - had been undertaken. He said the council had attempted to build on a lower flood risk site but had been unsuccessful so the alternative site should now receive the support of the Environment Agency. Cllr Vaughan said some flood related work would be necessary, such as a topographical survey of the site, and the existing floor levels of the proposed pavilion may have to be raised. "There could be more flood mitigation work to be undertaken," he said. But he said there could also be savings, such as on the installation of utility services as the site which failed to win planning approval was further into the Memorial Ground. However, the "trade-off" could be fewer disabled parking spaces as the council did not want to encroach further onto the recreational area of the ground than necessary. Councillors agreed they would ask the project's architect to work towards a deadline of September 30 to submit amended plans. This would still give the council time, if it wanted, to appeal against the refusal of the previous scheme before the December 19 cut-off date. The amended plans are also likely to address some of the conditions which could have been imposed had the original scheme been approved, such as one banning the use of amplified sound in the building.