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Gurnell Leisure Centre Re-development Public Consultation Meeting – 19th May 2016

ENVIRONMENT & CUSTOMER SERVICES

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Format of the evening • Welcome and Introductions Cllr Bassam Mahfouz Cabinet Member Transport, Environment & Leisure

Keith Townsend Executive Director Environment & Customer Services

Chris Bunting Assistant Director Leisure

Jonathan Kirby Assistant Director Major Projects

• Presentation and introduction of the Project

• Questions to be taken after the presentation

• Question and Answer session

• All questions will be captured in a Frequently Asked Questions Document

• Summary and next consultation event dates


Introduction Cllr Mahfouz • Exciting news that Ealing Council are continuing to invest in

Sports Leisure and Recreational facilities at a challenging time for

local authorities – a circa £65m programme across the borough

• This includes investment of an estimated £37.7m into a flagship

leisure centre and outdoor sport and recreation provision at

Gurnell

• These facilities will provide:

• High quality publically accessible facilities

• Provide activity programmes to meet customer needs

• Contribute to healthy lifestyles and public health agendas

• Opportunities for outreach programmes to work with the

community

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Context & Background

• The investment in Gurnell is supported by the Labour Party

Manifesto and the Councils Corporate Plan

• Re-development of Gurnell features in the adopted Sports Facility

Strategy (2012-2021) approved by Sport England

• Cabinet have agreed to invest £12.5m into the scheme to confirm

out commitment to delivery of this project

• Council has successfully delivered the replacements of £12m

Northolt Leisure Centre and the £15m Everyone Active Acton

Centre

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Consultation & Ongoing Engagement

• Motion agreed at Full Council Meeting April 16

• Dedicated webpage & email

• Consultation with National Governing Bodies (NGB’s), Leisure

Operators & Ealing Swim Club

• Consultation events – May to October 2016

• Planning Application Statutory Consultation Period



Decision Making

• Replacement of Gurnell discussed as far back as 2010

• Ealing 2012 to 2021 Facility Strategy – formerly adopted

• Cabinet March 2015 – Replacement of Gurnell LC

• Cabinet July 2015 – Replacement of Gurnell LC update

• Cabinet November 2015 – Replacement of Gurnell Legal

update

• Cabinet May 2016 - Replacement of Gurnell Finance Strategy

update



Demand - Chris Bunting (AD Leisure)

• LBE Sports Facility Strategy 2012 to 2021

• Ealing’s commitment to a 50m pool has been long standing

• Largest swimming club in the country Ealing Swimming Club

circa 1800 members & 3712 enrolled on Learn to Swim School

• Strategy so far has delivered the successful replacement of

Northolt Swimarama and Acton Baths.



Key points

• Wonderful opportunity to invest £37.7m into new leisure facilities,

which is the core priority of this project.

• Enhancement of the wider Open Space, with the re-provision of

an enhanced play area, skate park and BMX facility.

• Key considerations driving the new Leisure centre investment

• Capital

• Revenue

• Customer offer

• Time frames



Current Aging Facility

• Gurnell LC built in 1981 – Standard operational life 30 years

• Significant funds spent on reactive maintenance and major

facility cost due – Roof, Mechanical and Electrical plant etc

• Full roof replacement of £5m just one example

• Full refurbishment costs are estimated at 80% of replacement

• Limited ability to add additional facilities and enhance the offer

• Full refurbishment will require a closure of the facility of approx

2 years



Financial Sustainability

• Destination facility with a high end customer offer

• Gurnell LC currently costs circa £250k per year excluding major

plant and facility replacement capital costs.

• The proposed facility mix of the new centre will generate an

operating surplus

• Flexible space to meet changing demands & future trends

• Operators input and experience – GLL (150 centres) and

Everyone Active (117 centres)



Proposed Facility Mix & Customer Offer

• Enhanced facilities such as:

• 50m 10 lane pool – highly flexible space

• Fun leisure and recreational pool space

• Larger Gym facility to cater for all

• Increased Studio provision to offer wider programme and

flexibility

• Better Changing Facilities to meet Ealing’s Population needs

• Café facilities

• Soft play provision

• Improved outdoor facilities – play ground, skate park, BMX,

distance markers, trim trails

• Landscaping and enhanced open space for recreation



Ground Floor



Project Costs (Jonathan Kirby AD Major Projects)

Item Leisure

Centre

Cost*

Enabling

Funding

Contribution

Council

Contribution **

Leisure Centre £36.700m -

-

Skate Park, Play Ground,

Wider Park Area &

Associated Costs

£1.000m -

-

Gurnell Scheme

450 Private Rental and

Private Sale

- £25.200m

-

Sub Total

£37.700m

£12.500m

*Costs based upon current site information, early stages of design and planning having not

been secured

** Subject to Call in



A balanced approach: • The council are not in a positon to fully fund £37.7m of cost without

the contribution from enabling development

• The council are working together across a number of departments

and Cabinet adopted strategies to meet borough wide objectives

• Councils use enabling development to meet a number of council

objectives

• A range of property tenures are required to meet the needs of the

boroughs population as a whole: Social Housing, Private Rental &

Sale

• Ealing one of the few London Boroughs meeting its housing targets

for a range of tenures



A Balanced Approach cont:

• Housing Commission report approved at Cabinet on April 24th 2012

• The Council’s 2013 Strategic Market Housing Assessment identified

a significant annual shortfall of 1,995 new homes of all tenures

• The Council wishes to build more new homes over a range of

tenures, including affordable and private rent

• The Council’s evidence base shows that demand for housing in

Ealing continues to be high across all tenures.

• Affordability is a major issue and makes it difficult for residents to

access homes in the private sector to buy or rent.

.



A balanced approach cont:

• Ealing are working with Be:Here on a mixed development approach

• Ealing has recognised the importance of the Private Rented Sector

(PRS) – Current scheme over 50% PRS

• The Council’s Private Rented Sector Housing Strategy 2014-2019

has identified 4 key priorities:

• Increase the supply of private housing

• Support residents to access affordable, well managed private rented homes

• Improve the condition of private housing through regulation

• Develop strong partnerships to support the private housing sector


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• Current proposal is within the current Hard standing – no

loss of Metropolitan Open Space – underground car park

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Planning Considerations and supporting

information

• The following items will be address over the coming months and

supporting information will be submitted with the planning

application

• Flood risk

• Transport/Cycling/Parking

• Metropolitan Open Land consideration

• Affordable housing/PRS a general property mix

• Wider site and links to open space, Sport and recreational

• Heights density

• Ecology

• Sustainability



Indicative Timetable

Date Activity

Feb - July 16 Design development and planning application

worked up

May – Oct16 Community Consultation programme, Web page,

FAQ etc

Nov 2016 Planning application submitted

March 2017 Planning determination

April 2017 Indicative Facility closing Date

April 2017 Site decommissioning

Dec 2018 Estimated 20 month construction and fit out

(Leisure)

Jan/Mar 2019 Opening (Leisure)



Ealing Hounslow Brent Hammersmith

& Fulham

Harrow Hillingdon

Northolt

Leisure

Centre

Brentford

Fountain

Leisure

Centre

Willesden

Sports Centre

Phoenix Fitness

Centre and

Janet Adegoke

Swimming Pool

Hatch End

Swimming

Pool

Botwell Green

Sports and

Leisure Centre

Gurnell

Leisure

Centre

New Chiswick

Pool

Vale Farm

Sports Centre

Fulham Pools Harrow

Leisure

Centre

Highgrove Pool

and Fitness

Centre

Everyone

Active Acton

Centre

Heston Pool Hillingdon

Sports and

Leisure

Complex

Dormer Wells

Leisure

Centre

Isleworth

Recreation

Centre

Hanworth Air

Park Leisure

Centre

West London Leisure Provision



Summary

• Ealing council are looking to invest £37.7m into a new state of the

art flagship leisure facility via enabling development.

• This will ensure that these enhanced facilities are there for current

and future generations.

• A balanced approach is being taken for housing tenures to meet

leisure centre cost

• Consultation and engagement will be ongoing, throughout the

project

• The council has a vast level of experience and successful delivery

of leisure centre projects



Opportunity for Questions?

All questions will be compiled and added to the existing

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ document)



Contact Information

• Website: www.ealing.gov.uk/gurnell

• Email: [email protected]

• Dates of next meetings:

Thursday 9th June – 6:30-8:30pm

Thursday 14th July – 6:30-8:30pm


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