The Dimension Skatepark Committee, which wants to build a skatepark on the Recreation Ground in Recreation Road, had hoped to get a lease of at least 21 years from South Kesteven District Council.
But since it removed the dilapidated skatepark in Stamford more than a year ago, the district council is looking at lease applications more carefully.
Vice-chairman of the committee Graeme Parrott, who is also a police community support officer, said that at the
moment the project was
"stagnant".
He said: "I think we are still a few years away from having a permanent skatepark in Bourne but I am quite
convinced we will get one eventually.
"We are waiting for the land to be made available to the town council. It is a long wait for the land but if someone was to offer us a suitable piece of land that would speed things along."
Officer Parrott said the district council hadn't indicated they were in a position to release the land yet.
He added: "It is not something that is going to happen over night."
He believes the district council was considering sub-letting the Recreation Ground to Bourne Town Council.
The committee needs a lease of at least 21 years to secure grants of £50,000 from Wren, also known as Waste Recycling Environmental, and £30,000 from the Len Pick Trust.
The overal cost of the
project is expected to be about £130,000.
The police are working with South Kesteven District
Council on a summer
programme of activities for youngsters and hope to get a mobile skatepark.
Officer Parrott said the
mobile skatepark would not replace a permanent one but hoped it would encourage
people in the town to see the benefits of having a skate-park. The skatepark, which has been in the pipeline for five years, has already received financial backing from Bourne Town Council, the mayoral fund of 2003/04, the police and Bourne Salads.
A spokesman for the district council was unavailable for comment.