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about Downton Leisure Centre go to Pure Tennis at Downton Tennis Club Downton Leisure Centre – “Reality Check” ReportC3 Consultants were appointed by Downton Parish Council, Wiltshire County Council, Salisbury District Council and The Trafalgar School at Downton to investigate the development options and opportunities that may exist for the Downton Leisure Centre. This preliminary report focuses on the broad options for the future reprovision of the Downton Leisure Centre, which is approaching the end of its economic life expectancy and faces a deficit funding shortfall. This first stage report is intended to provide the stakeholders with a ‘’Reality check’’ which identifies key issues, opportunities, and risks - and provides an independent view on the relative viability of each of four broad options currently under consideration. PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS SPORTS CENTRE FUTUREA public meeting in January gave Downton residents a chance to hear about ideas to redevelop sports facilities in the village to secure the long term future of existing facilities and provide new facilities on a single site. The meeting follows a review of challenges in the long term financing of the BWSCA sports centre in Wick Lane which has coincided with plans to build a new sports hall at Trafalgar School. The school lacks dedicated sports facilities and has been seeking ways to provide a hall that will allow a greater variety of sports to be offered to pupils. Although the ideas are at an early stage, a meeting between local
councillors, Robert Key M.P. and officers from the district and
county council has concluded that one option might be to develop
a larger joint use centre on the school site. This would bring all
To see the Vision News report on the meeting click here. For minutes of the meeting please click here. |
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