<b><b>While Hampshire County Cricket Club enjoys life at the new Rose Bowl, Bryant is redeveloping the team&amp;’s old ground in the heart of Southampton. Steve Menary looks at plans for The Pavilions</b></b><br><b>For Bryant&amp;’s opening delivery in Southampton, redeveloping Hampshire County Cricket Club&amp;’s centuries old stadium into housing had to be an impressive debut.</b><br><b>&amp;“We&amp;’re only based in Chandlers Ford and have worked in the Southampton area but we&amp;’d never done anything in the urban centre,&amp;” explains Mark Hewett, regional land director at Bryant&amp;’s Wessex region. &amp;“This was our first development there and we really wanted to make a good job of it.&amp;”</b><br><b><b>opening with berkeley</b></b><br> The County Ground at Northlands Road had been the home to Hampshire CCC for more than a century but also has some recent history. The cricket club agreed a deal with Berkeley to sell the site for more than &amp;£5 million in the mid 90s as part of plans to relocate to a new stadium on the outskirts of the city.<p></p><p>The club thrashed out a planning brief with Southampton City Council for the site to be developed for housing and Berkeley had secured planning permission in the early part of 1999.</p><p>But with Northlands Road still being used …