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SPort Plans lodged for Camden facility


A reserved matters planning application has been submit- ted for Camden Council’s planned new multi-service complex in King’s Cross, London, which is to include a two-pool sports centre. In August, King’s Cross


Central Limited Partnership (KCCLP) and the council agreed terms for the lease and development management. LA Architects are behind


the design of the Three Pancras Square development, which is set to house a two- floor sports facility including a 25m, five-lane pool with adjustable floor. A small lagoon-style pool; a poolside spa area with sauna and steamroom; a fitness suite to incorporate more than 100 stations; and two group exercise studios are also proposed. Tree Pancras Square is also earmarked to feature a library and a customer contact centre


A 25m, five-lane pool and a lagoon-style pool are among the proposals


in an attempt by Camden Council to bring a number of its services under one roof. A council spokesperson said: “Te plans will


significantly reduce the amount of taxpayers’ money spent on repair and maintenance bills and ensure that much-needed funds will not be taken away from front-line services.”


Town Green bid delays Oxford pool development


Te start of work on a new multi-million pound swimming pool in Blackbird Leys, Oxford, is to be delayed aſter a group of local residents submitted a Town Green application. Oxford City Council has confirmed that it has earmarked an additional £350,000 in


contingency funding for the delay, with work initially due to start in early September. Willmott Dixon has already been selected to


build the FaulknerBrowns Architects-designed venue, which will provide an eight-lane, 25m swimming pool with a floating floor.


Sports leaders announce playing fields fund


A number of Britain’s lead- ing sportsmen, sportswomen and administrators – from former cricket captains and Olympians to directors of national governing bodies – have called for increased protection for playing fields. In a letter to the editor in


Te Times (18 August, p.23) the group announced the launch of a National Playing Fields Legacy Fund and called on the industry to show its support for the initiative. “Over the past 20 years vast


numbers of the nation’s play- ing fields have been lost to development – 6,000 sites were lost between 1992 and 2009 alone,” the letter states. “We would like to propose that the large sporting clubs, and the large sporting events,


Read Leisure Opportunities online: www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/digital A new ‘legacy fund’ has been established to help protect playing fields


in this pre-Olympic year, each consider using one day in the season to promote the National Playing Fields Legacy Fund and so to help ensure this legacy.”


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