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Gurnell Leisure Centre Re-development Public Consultation Meeting – 9th June 2016

ENVIRONMENT & CUSTOMER SERVICES

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Format of the evening • Welcome and Introductions Cllr Bassam Mahfouz Cabinet Member Transport, Environment & Leisure

Keith Townsend Executive Director Environment & Customer Services

Chris Bunting Assistant Director Leisure

Jonathan Kirby Assistant Director Major Projects

• Presentation and introduction of the Project

• Questions to be taken after the presentation

• Question and Answer session

• All questions will be captured in a Frequently Asked Questions Document

• Summary and next consultation event dates

Bassam Mahfouz


Summary of Previous meeting • We outlined the exciting opportunity to invest £37.7m in a flag ship

leisure centre for the Borough

• Excellent opportunity to significantly improve the customer offer,

participation in leisure and recreational activity

• Commitment to delivering a 50m pool

• Commitment to enhancing the outdoor space and key facilities:

• Skate Park

• BMX Track

• Playground

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Summary of Previous meeting • The council have produced an FAQ document capturing the

questions from the previous meeting

• We will revisit these topics as part of the ongoing consultation

• In summary there was a large focus on:

• Enabling development and affordable housing

• Parking and transport

• Alternative provision during the closure period

• Limited opportunity to talk about the leisure centre design and

facility mix – which is the focus of this meeting

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Core Objectives of the Project:

• The following objectives relate to both the indoor and outdoor

elements of the project:

• An excellent customer experience and destination facility

• High quality publically accessible facilities

• Provide activity programmes to meet customer needs

• Contribute to healthy lifestyles and public health agendas

• Opportunities for outreach programmes to work with the

community

Chris Bunting

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Outdoor Sports, Leisure and Recreational

facilities:

• Replacement of the Skate Park, Play ground and BMX Track –

Opportunity for enhanced facilities

• Wider open space improvements, meadows, trails, water areas

• Enhanced wider visual amenity than is currently provided

• Links to the wider open space areas and leisure facilities –

Perivale Park

Chris Bunting


Precedent Images of open space improvements

Chris Bunting


Precedent Images of open space improvements

Chris Bunting


Leisure Centre Focus

Proposed Facility Mix & Customer Offer

• Enhanced facilities such as:

• 50m 10 lane pool – highly flexible space

• Fun leisure and recreational pool space

• Larger Gym facility to cater for all

• Increased Studio provision to offer wider programme and

flexibility

• Better Changing Facilities to meet Ealing’s Population needs

• Café facilities

• Soft play provision

• Improved outdoor facilities – play ground, skate park, BMX,

distance markers, trim trails

• Landscaping and enhanced open space for recreation

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Customer Journey

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Gurnell Leisure CentreMain Entrance Analysis

ACCESS FROM STREET

Private

Public

Main Entrance Outline

Turnstiles/control point

To Wet Changing Rooms

To Upper Levels

Lift Lift

Lift Lift

Exit

Cafe

Soft Play

Chris Bunting


Leisure Centre Focus: Ground Floor

Dry side Provision

• Leisure centre reception & sales / membership area

• Wet-side changing including male, female and family change

including changing places accessible change.

• Café and seating area (indoor and outdoor)

• Soft play zone & party rooms targeting 0-12 year olds

• Access to first and second floor facilities


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Examples of dry side facilities

Chris Bunting


Leisure Centre Focus: Ground Floor continued…

Wet side Provision

• Sauna & steam room located on pool side, accessible via male

and female wet change.

• Fun leisure pool, with integrated play features and beach style

access into the water.

• Family focused aquatic space to provide recreational

swimming, children's swim parties and beginner children swim

lessons through roped off area.

• 10 lane 50m pool with moveable floor to provide 3 multi

functional aquatic spaces to cater to recreational swimming,

lessons for adult and juniors, aquatic activity and pool training.


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Examples of wet side facilities


Leisure Centre Focus – First Floor

• Continuation of soft play provision

• Pool spectator seating

• Dry side male & female changing facilities and toilets

• Swim club office / meeting room

• Operator office space staff room

• Studio space – group exercise focus




Leisure Centre Focus – Second Floor

• Open plan 850m2 gym

• Second gym space allocation

• Toilets

• Virtual Studio / Spin Bike Studio

Chris Bunting


Summary

• The project provides a mix of opportunities to enhance the indoor

and outdoor usage of the site

• The council welcomes feedback on the facility mix as well as input

into the design via working groups

• The facilities will provide a fantastic destination facility for the

boroughs residents

• We are using the experience and lessons learnt from other flag

ship facilities and working with partners



Opportunity for Questions?

All questions will be compiled and added to the existing

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ document)

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Contact Information

• Website: www.ealing.gov.uk/gurnell

• Email: [email protected]

• Dates of next meetings:

Thursday 14th July – 6:30-8:30pm


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Documents

Gurnell Leisure Centre Re-development Public Consultation ......• Replacement of the Skate Park, Play ground and BMX Track – ... • Swim club office / meeting room • Operator