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Swindon Community Sports Hub: Summary
What’s new in these proposals?
- Build up not out
- No loss of green space
- Better use of existing space
- Integrated community sports development
- Driven by community needs, not developer or private business
- Developed in consultation with local community groups, councillors etc.
What are the proposals?
- Build within existing footprint, encroaching slightly on car park
- Replace car park with multi-storey
- 20,000m2 of additional space to be used for mixed community, commercial, residential
- Some of new space reserved for club’s revenue stream
- Rebuild some of the current facilities from the Oasis/Link to create a full-fledged leisure/sports site at the gateway to the town centre
- Enhance existing green space and childrens’ play areas
- Retain/enhance athletics track; all-weather training pitches; multi-sports centre and squash courts if cricket club can move
- Ground capacity increased to 20,000
- 100 key worker housing flats built into side of ground
- Luxury/prestige apartments built into corners
- Hotel development (separately funded) at front facing over gateway location
What are the benefits to SBC and Swindon?
- A stable football club is in everyone’s interests
- Prestige sports/leisure development at gateway to town centre
- Meets key local/regional government objectives
- Major local visitor attraction: boost to local economy
- Community benefits: revitalise area, extra facilities, education/health programmes, football in the community
- Once in a generation opportunity
PDF files
Swindon Community Sport Hub, full proposal document (800k)
Swindon Community Sport Hub, summary (66k)
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