Major new parish centre in Chesham Bois met with hundreds of objections A MAJOR new development that would see an entire community centre bulldozed and replaced has been branded “excessive” and ‘unnecessary’. The demolition of St Leonard’s Parish Centre, on Glebe Way, in Chesham Bois, in favour of a massive replacement facility complete with new homes, a pre-school and lots of parking spaces has been met with hundreds of objections. St Leonard’s Parochial Church Council is seeking conditional permission to tear down the existing facilities, and in their place create a new “multifunctional parish centre”. The new timber and glass build will feature two halls (one with 275 seats), a café and kitchen, a day nursery, and a replacement four-bedroom rectory and double garage. The existing grade II listed Old Rectory will also go.