Streatham Hub leisure development
The council and Tesco will deliver a state of the art leisure centre and ice rink for Streatham, along with a temporary ice rink whilst the new one is constructed. Known as the Streatham Hub, the development will breathe new life into Streatham and provide world class leisure facilities for the whole community.
This substantial investment in the south of Streatham will bring increased visitors and shoppers to the area, as well as up to 600 new jobs. The Streatham Hub includes:
- a full-size ice rink
- a modern leisure centre, including a swimming pool
- 250 new homes, including affordable homes
- a new bus stand
- a Tesco store on Streatham High Road near to Streatham Station.
This summer Tesco submitted a planning application to increase the retail floorspace of their proposed store with a mezzanine floor. This application is live and a statutory planning consultation is being undertaken by Lambeth Planning as part of the planning process. The reference number for the planning application is 10/02434/FUL and you can view the plans online via the public access for planning database.
Following negotiations with the council, Tesco has committed to provide a full size temporary ice rink while the new one is being built. On 26 July, the council's Cabinet agreed that the temporary ice rink should be loacted on the site of the former Pope's Road car park in Brixton.
Future Streatham leisure facilities
The fantastic new leisure facilities will include a 60m by 30m ice rink with approximately 1,000 spectator seats, alongside a new sports and leisure centre providing:
- a 25m, 6-lane swimming pool
- a 13m learner pool
- a 4-court sports hall
- a health and fitness suite with space to accommodate around 100 machines
Streatham leisure centre had to close on 25 November 2009 due to health and safety concerns. A full structural survey identified that it would cost more the £3 million for the centre to re-open whilst the hub was being built. In March 2010, the council's Cabinet recommended that the centre be closed permanent pending the development of the new facilities.
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