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Infrastructure Delivery Plan (Feb 2013) - Runnymede Borough Council

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Conclusion<br />

11.21 Generally, in line with the findings of the <strong>Council</strong>’s Open Space Study (2010), new<br />

outdoor sports facilities will be need to be provided across the <strong>Borough</strong> over the plan<br />

period to meet the needs of existing communities and provide facilities for a growing<br />

population. This new provision will need to take place in the <strong>Borough</strong>’s existing centres<br />

at Egham, Chertsey, Addlestone and Virginia and the former DERA site, should it be<br />

redeveloped for a mixed used development as is forecasted. Improvements to existing<br />

outdoor sports facilities may also be appropriate in some cases.<br />

Indoor leisure facilities<br />

Existing conditions<br />

11.22 There is a range of indoor sport and recreation facilities across the <strong>Borough</strong>, including<br />

health & fitness suites, sports halls, swimming pools and indoor bowls clubs.<br />

11.23 In particular, a number of indoor sports take place at the <strong>Borough</strong>’s leisure centres.<br />

Leisure centre provision within <strong>Runnymede</strong> is mixed with both <strong>Council</strong> and privately or<br />

community owned facilities. <strong>Runnymede</strong> <strong>Borough</strong> <strong>Council</strong> owns Egham and<br />

Addlestone Leisure Centres, although in April 2011 both the centres were transferred to<br />

Achieve Lifestyle, a local leisure trust, which now operates the centres on a day to day<br />

basis under a 15 year lease. Egham Leisure Centre has a main hall, gym, dance<br />

studio, grass pitches, squash, crèche, 3G artificial pitches and tennis courts.<br />

Addlestone Leisure Centre is located within the grounds of Jubilee High School and<br />

includes a main hall, gym, dance studio, spinning room and outdoor pitches. Over<br />

recent years there has been considerable investment into the two centres with a £1.5m<br />

extension to Addlestone Leisure Centre and £600,000 spent on new artificial pitches<br />

and gym equipment at Egham Leisure Centre. Both projects aimed at delivering a<br />

better standard of facility and increasing usage.<br />

11.24 Other private members clubs and community facilities in the <strong>Borough</strong> include the River<br />

Bourne Health Club in Chertsey, <strong>Runnymede</strong> on Thames Hotel, Foxhills Golf and<br />

Country Club, Fullbrook School dual use centre and Egham Bowls Club. All of these<br />

clubs provide a range of indoor sports facilities.<br />

11.25 The community halls within the <strong>Borough</strong> also provide for a range of clubs and activities,<br />

some of which are sports related. Some of the halls within the <strong>Borough</strong> are operated by<br />

<strong>Runnymede</strong> <strong>Borough</strong> <strong>Council</strong> and others are run by local community groups and<br />

organisations. The <strong>Council</strong> owned halls are located in Chertsey, Egham Hythe and<br />

Thorpe and cater for a wide range of activities and clubs. The halls operated by<br />

community organisations also cater for a wide range of users and are located across<br />

the <strong>Borough</strong>, and include the Community Centre in Addlestone, New Haw Community<br />

Centre, Lyne Village Hall, Brox Hall in Ottershaw and St Jude’s Hall in Englefield<br />

Green.<br />

Local <strong>Plan</strong><br />

11.26 The location policies in the Local <strong>Plan</strong> confirm that development over the plan period<br />

will be focussed in the <strong>Borough</strong>’s Urban Areas and at the former DERA site. SP06 is<br />

concerned with tourism, recreation and leisure facilities in the <strong>Borough</strong> and promotes<br />

recreation and leisure activities in town centres in particular.<br />

Future provision<br />

11.27 Egham Leisure Centre was built in the early 1970’s and has been subject to a number<br />

of extensions over the years. The <strong>Council</strong>’s Leisure department has advised that within<br />

the next 3 years, Achieve Lifestyle would like to install a swimming pool at the site and<br />

other additional facilities. The replacement of fitness equipment is also proposed at<br />

Egham and Addlestone Leisure Centres before 2015.<br />

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<strong>Runnymede</strong> IDP DRAFT – <strong>Feb</strong>ruary <strong>2013</strong>

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