Application in for Millom leisure centre
The facility, designed by Greenwood Projects and Roberts Limbrick, is part of the Millom Town Deal Activating Community Health project and would be constructed by local contractor Thomas Armstrong Group.
Plans submitted for the Millom leisure centre by project manager Cohesion Consult on behalf of Cumberland Council would see a 21,000 sq ft sports complex built on a 10-acre site off Salthouse Road.
The centre would have a 15-metre swimming pool, a sports hall, a fitness gym, and a multi-purpose activity studio.
Changing facilities and ancillary areas are also included in the plans, as well as parking provisions for 115 cars.
David Savage, chair of the Millom Town Deal board, said: “This I am sure is the news the community has been patiently waiting to hear as we now seek to secure the next big milestone for the leisure complex, with the submission of the planning application.”
“Subject to planning approval, we can look forward to a “shovel in the ground” in early 2025.
“This long-awaited news will build confidence that the leisure complex is actively moving forward and will significantly contribute to this town’s offer as an attractive place to live, work and visit.”
The project team includes structural and civil engineer Furness Partnership, MEP Engineer CGP, and quantity surveyor Press & Starkey.
Alliance Leisure will be a delivery partner with Cumberland Council.
To view the application, use the reference 4/24/2355/0F1 in Cumberland Council’s planning portal.
The Millom leisure centre is one of four projects of the Millom Town Deal, which secured £20.6m from the government’s Towns Fund, as well as receiving £8.7m in match funding from the council.
The three other projects that make up the Millom Town Deal are the Iron Line, a scheme that would see Millom’s sea wall enhanced, as well as the reactivation of heritage buildings, and the establishment of a gateway to the town to improve its transport network.
