Firstly I agree Oakham needs a cinema so I have no issue with the proposal originally made by Rutland Kino a few years ago.
What I object to is the chosen location used by the community albeit not as much as it should be used.
Some people comment that the handing over the whole building to a private company means it is still a community asset its not. Its a business for profit and personally I can't find any boutique cinema that can afford to show the latest releases.
We lost our only public theatre and the art gallery some years ago.
Over the years the Trustees of Victoria Hall have claimed money from various charities stating Victoria Hall is a community hall.
Money was claimed for a new community kitchen and is let to a commercial company.
Thousands of Pounds of charity money was spent on renovating the hall this included taking down the suspended ceiling and revealing the ceiling upstairs.
Why would you take thousands of pounds from charity to remove the suspended ceiling, clean out all the dead pigeons and poop and restore this fine ceiling to let someone who wants to run a private company box it back in? I will use Victoria Halls owns words to describe that
'The removal of the 1950’s hung ceiling revealed the original Victorian high vaulted ceiling with its cast iron supports which is a visual delight!'
This photo one of many I have shows one of the many community consultations held in the hall. This was Aldi 2013.
https://www.victoriahall.org/about-us/meet-the-team/
I am not mentioning names on this post, I will just say, I am told at least one of those 5 does not even attend meetings.