Explanation H4

5.46

The Council has recently carried out a review of leisure provision in the Kirkby area as a result of which the existing leisure facilities at Kirkby Stadium are likely to become surplus to requirements for their current use. Planning permission has been granted for the construction of a replacement leisure centre on another site closer to Kirkby town centre (at Cherryfield Drive ). Completion of the new leisure facilities is expected in 2007 and the site of the existing leisure centre and stadium will become available for redevelopment. The Council considers that this would be suitable for redevelopment for housing, or for a mix of housing and small-scale community or commercial uses which could appropriately be located in a residential area and outside a town centre. Any potential release of the site for housing development would need to come at a time when it is needed and is in accordance with the overall land release mechanism provided by policy H1.

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