Public consultation for Bury St Edmunds centre

Residents in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, are to be given the chance to help shape a multi-million pound investment in the town’s leisure centre.

Councillors at West Suffolk Council voted in favour of additional funding subject to a public consultation on improving the centre.

Any investment will be on top of a £6.2m capital programme for maintenance at the centre, already agreed by the council.

The council will now work with Abbeycroft Leisure – which manages the centre on its behalf – to seek views on the changes that current and future users of the centre and councillors want to see. The council will then work to fix the costs for delivering those improvements before reporting back to Cabinet and Council to decide the investment.

Redevelopment options currently being considered for centre include: ● A new café and soft play through the conversion of the leisure pool space ● The creation of a splash pad

● A refurbishment of the cubicle area as well as refurbishment of the poolside shower and toilets ● The creation of a health and wellbeing area, with the addition of eight treatment rooms along with the refurbishment of an existing studio ● The refurbishment of the gym and creation of a dedicated indoor cycling studio ● The refurbishment and enhancement of the health suite area ● Refurbishment of the sports hall including a new timber floor.

A public survey will be launched in the near future.