This project involves a major repositioning and refurbishment of the Rugby Club facilities which are sited on land owned by Cornwall Council.
Led by Cornwall Council and funded by St Ives Town Deal, the £4.9m project has been developed in partnership with St Ives Rugby Club and the RFU and meets the requirements and standards of Sport England.
There are currently no high quality sports facilities for the community in St Ives; this project will create a modern clubhouse facility with two full size sports pitches for use by the club and the local community.
It will also free up land to create new affordable homes for key workers and extra care housing as well as improved sports facilities.
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Planning permission for the scheme was granted in 2025. In addition to relocating the current clubhouse building to provide a new modern facility, the existing training facilities are being moved north of their current site to provide a new sports pitch for use by St Ives Rugby Club and the local community, and better access and improved sightlines of the main pitch from the new clubhouse.
Work on the scheme began in earnest in Autumn 2025.
The Chair of St Ives Town Deal Board Andrew Baragwanath and St Ives Rugby Club President Ian Deacon formally cut the first turf on the site of the new club house on Monday, 29 September 2025. This was followed by work to demolish existing grandstand.
This phase of the scheme is due to be completed by Autumn 2026.
Preparatory works have been taking place on site of the new pitch, together with survey work for the new club house and external landscaping. As well as the demolition of the existing grandstand, work is also taking place to install new underground drainage.
Outline planning permission for up to 50 dwellings and up to 70 extra care units with associated open space has also been granted.
The project has received £2.9 million from the government’s Town Deal programme and £2m match funding from Cornwall Council.