PLANS to build a £16m state-of-the-art community hub to provide leisure, health and cultural services in Great Sankey, Warrington have been approved by planning chiefs.
LiveWire’s proposal to transform the existing Great Sankey Leisure Centre into a neighbourhood hub was given the go-ahead at Warrington Borough Council’s planning committee meeting last night (Wednesday 5 August). Councillors voted unanimously in favour of the plans.
The dementia friendly facility will include a fitness suite, swimming pools, sports hall, tennis courts, 3G pitch, GP surgeries, library, cafe and health and wellbeing facilities including a spa. Construction on the first stage of the development will start later this year with phase 1 of the project set to open in Autumn 2016.
The £16 million project will revamp the existing centre to provide residents with a one-stop-shop for all their leisure, health and wellbeing and cultural needs. Services will be delivered by LiveWire, Warrington Borough Council, Culture Warrington, the NHS, Warrington Clinical Commissioning Group and Health Plus.
Jan Souness
More than 700 local residents took part in consultation exercises and in excess of 60 of their suggestions have been incorporated into the design of the hub. The building designs have been made dementia friendly to support local need.
Jan Souness, managing director at LiveWire, said: “This new neighbourhood hub will make a real difference to the lives of people in west Warrington by allowing them to access leisure, health and cultural services all under one roof. It was important to make this LiveWire’s first dementia friendly facility to cater for a growing and older population in the area”.
Cllr Kate Hannon, executive board member for leisure, community and culture at Warrington Borough Council, added:
“This facility will be a major boost for west Warrington and will help us achieve our vision for a healthier, happier and more active population. It is the product of a concerted multi-agency approach and has had the enthusiastic input and support of Warrington west residents”.
To find out more information about the development, and to keep up to date with the latest news, visit www.greatsankeyneighbourhoodhub.co.uk
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Great boost for the local community and should be another top class facility for Warrington