Rebecca Adlington Backs Plans for New Leisure Centre in Bramcote

Broxtowe Councillors, LLeisure employees and consultants toured the current facilities and discussed future proposals. The plans will now need both planning approval and to secure adequate funding to give the project the green light.

Leader of Broxtowe Borough Council, Councillor Milan Radulovic said, ‘We were delighted to welcome Rebecca Adlington to the Borough to discuss our plans to create a new and improved leisure centre at Bramcote. We know that the centre needs to be improved along with our swimming provision which we know many residents make good use of. We’re committed to creating a new leisure centre that will replace this ageing leisure centre, as well as finding opportunities for new leisure provision in the north of the Borough.’

Deputy Leader Councillor Greg Marshall said, ‘We’re really excited to be on the verge of putting our plans into action and begin working on what is going to be a fantastic new addition for the Borough. It was great to meet with Rebecca Adlington, listen to her stories of how she remembered competing at Bramcote and look to the future for a brand new facility that all our residents can enjoy.’

Portfolio Holder for Leisure and Health, Councillor Teresa Cullen said, ‘It was a pleasure to meet with Rebecca and discuss our plans for a new leisure centre. Our residents deserve to enjoy the best of facilities to help support their health and wellbeing. We know many of our residents learn to swim at Bramcote Leisure Centre and so we want to make sure we provide a new and improved swimming pool.’

Zulf Darr, Deputy Chief Executive and Section 151 Officer commented that, ‘Everybody agreed that Rebecca’s visit was inspirational, and that the new state of the art leisure centre will make a transformational impact on local communities’ health and wellbeing. We now all need to focus on tackling the two main challenges on delivering the new leisure centre, which is securing planning approval and appropriate funding.’

Adrian Turner, Managing Director of ReCreation, the Development Consultant for the new facility said, ‘Our guarantee is to provide a leisure facility that the people of Broxtowe will love. Ageing pools like Bramcote’s represent the majority of swimming facilities in the country – and so many are not being replaced. Broxtowe Council on the other hand are doing the right thing for their community and we cannot wait to start building in 2025.’