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New £12m complex for Staffordshire
A new £12m Health and Wellbeing Centre is to be built in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, after the council appointed the Wm Saunders Partnership to draw up plans for the complex.
The Newark-based firm was selected from nearly 40 prospective bidders to design the new centre, which will include an 80-station fitness suite, a 25m, eight-lane swimming pool, a 15m learner pool, dance studios and a health suite. Treatment and seminar rooms and a café are also among the facilities planned for the Health and Wellbeing Centre, which is being developed by Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council (NLBC) in partnership with NHS North Staffordshire.
Concept drawings for the proposed centre, which is scheduled to open its doors to the public in late 2010, are now being drawn up by the Wm Saunders Partnership before a planning application is submitted by Christmas. NLBC intends to launch a public consultation to gather the views of local residents, user groups and stakeholders in order to determine the detailed specifications of the complex, which is earmarked for a site on the town's Brunswick Street.
Mary Maxfield, NLBC cabinet member for culture and active communities, said: "We will be engaging with as many groups as possible over the coming weeks as we build up to submitting a planning application before Christmas. What they say will be fed into the development process and will help the design team to determine how spaces, services and facilities take shape."
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