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Jan 2023
Further delay to installation of temporary gym at Ripon leisure centre
Six months after Harrogate Borough Council announced plans to open a temporary gym at Jack Laugher Leisure and Wellness Centre in Ripon, there is no confirmed date for its installation.
In a statement to the Stray Ferret, a council spokesperson said:
On July 28 last year, the council said it had submitted a planning application to install the temporary structure on the car park next to the centre's main entrance and added that it would open in the autumn at a date to be confirmed.
In December a spokesperson told the Stray Ferret:
Since the December statement, the Stray Ferret has contacted the council in a bid to find out when the gym will be installed and ready for use.
In the meantime, the existing gym on site located on the upper floor of the 1995 leisure centre building — where remedial ground stabilisation works are due to take place at a cost of £3.5 million — remains open.
Read More:
- Plan announced for temporary gym at Ripon leisure centre
- Ground stabilisation work at Ripon leisure centre to cost £3.5 million
At the time of the council's announcement in July, Cllr Stanley Lumley, the cabinet member for culture, tourism and sport, and chair of the board of directors at Brimhams Active, the council-controlled leisure company which runs the centre, said:
The need for ground stabilisation works follows the discovery of a void under part of the existing leisure centre understood to have been present for a number of years.
It was discovered when the reinforced concrete slab for the new swimming pool was cast.
The temporary gym will include equipment currently available in the existing leisure and wellness centre and expert advice and guidance will be provided by members of the Brimhams Active team.
Customers will be able to use the changing and shower facilities in the new pool area - as well as the sauna and steam suite – which opened in March and group exercise classes will also continue to be provided at Hugh Ripley Hall.
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