Gwynedd County Council intends to sell Neuadd Buddug (a community hall in the centre of Bala). The building was originally purchased by Bala Urban Council and we are petitioning for it to be returned to the town to be a community centre. A proposal submitted to Gwynedd CC in 2019 was ignored. We have since set up a Community Interest Company and submitted a further proposal but Gwynedd CC say the window for discussion has closed. They shut the building in 2018 - it has been unused since then.

Neuadd Buddug is a large building in the centre of Y Bala, a town with a population of around 2,000. It is surrounded by small hamlets and villages, all of which have village halls. Bala does not have a town hall or a size-appropriate meeting space which is available at all times.

In 1971 Neuadd Buddug was bought by what was then Bala Urban District Council, to be used by the community. In 1974, local government reorganisation resulted in Bala Council's assets passing to the newly formed Merioneth District Council. In 1996, a further local government reorganisation resulted in the creation of unitary authorities. Merioneth was abolished and its assets transferred to the newly formed Gwynedd County Council. Gwynedd CC is thus the owners of Neuadd Buddug only by default - morally the building belongs to Bala.

In 2022, Snowdonia National Park carried out a conservation area appraisal and identified Neuadd Buddug as an important Undesignated Historic Asset of Special Local Interest. It would be a tragedy to lose this important community asset.