Image: NCC is planning the city's first 50m pool

Nottingham is to get its first 50m swimming pool under plans for a £13.5m overhaul of Harvey Hadden Leisure Centre - the final venue in a wider leisure improvement strategy.

A fitness suite, a health suite and multi-activity spaces for dance and movement activities are also proposed, with the revamp to complement the outdoor athletic stadium and pitches.

The project will provide Nottingham City Council (NCC) with the chance to shut Beechdale Leisure Centre, which it said was now approaching the end of its "economic life".

NCC also said the provision of a 50m pool at Harvey Hadden Leisure Centre will help meet increasing demand for high-quality swimming facilities in the city.

Since 2004, the council has embarked on its Leisure Centre Transformation Programme - leading to the new Djanogly and Victoria leisure centres among others.

Financial allocations made available as part of the strategy and the sale of the Beechdale site will support the funding package for the Harvey Hadden Leisure Centre scheme.

NCC portfolio holder for leisure, culture and tourism David Trimble said: "This proposal marks the final phase of our long term programme to provide new, modern leisure centres and facilities for Nottingham people.

"This ambitious strategy has delivered significant improvements across the city and attendance figures and revenues have increased at all those facilities where improvements have been completed."

Harvey Hadden Leisure Centre is expected to close in late 2012 and reopen in 2015.

Details: www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk

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