LEISURE CENTRE CLOSER TO BEING REALITY
17 October 2007
"PLANS for a long-awaited sports centre in Cambourne have moved a step further after planners gave the project the go-ahead.
At a public meeting in June, Leisure Connection promised to provide a sports centre in Cambourne by September 2008 and with South Cambridgeshire District Council giving the project the nod, things are set to move forward.
It is thought the building work will start in December with the multi-million pound facility opening in late 2008.
The centre will consist of a health floor with more than 100 stations, a dance, drama and aerobatics suite, solarium, sauna, steam room and a beautician's area. There will also be a six-lane swimming pool and multi-purpose sports court."
COMMENT:-
“Long awaited leisure centre” ? Surely construction on Cambourne started less than 10 years ago ? And yet they are due to start building a leisure centre next month.
Word has it, fund raising for a Chatteris Leisure Centre started so long ago, that it was first interrupted during WWII when money already collected was given to the government to pay for a spitfire airplane !
Cambourne - population 4,000.
Chatteris - population over 10,000
W.Burnett
2 comments:
So just when exactly ARE we going to get this mythical leasure centre? Should I leave a message about it in a letter to my great grandchildren?
If you are a Chatteris resident wishing your area was getting the new leisure centre, you might yet think yourselves lucky. Cambourne have selected Leisure Connection as their partner but how well was the company researched?
Leisure Connection recently featured in Private Eye for the third time and there have been similar complaints about its standards, such poor cleaning at the Paradise Pool in Ely. Even more details are available at the Leisure Connection Watch website - http://snipurl.com/5sv6
Paul Burns
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