Detailed plans drawn up for ‘transformative’ £17m leisure facility
East Riding of Yorkshire Council has provided further details about the proposed £17m transformation of East Riding Leisure Goole into the Goole Hub.
Revised proposals will be submitted for planning approval by the council’s design partners on the project, Wilmott Dixon.
The main changes to the original plans will see the Sports Hall retained and a Health Suite added.
Goole Library and Customer Service Centre will relocate to the Hub. There will be a more visible central core and café area, and the new Learner Pool will be located at the front, with Tag Active and Play at the rear. The venue will also offer a new sensory area.
On the first floor, the gym space has been re-designed and will be improved, and there will be an enhanced fitness offer, with all fitness facilities on the same floor. The first floor will include an attractive new atrium space.
The facility will also benefit from a six-lane bowling alley.
Goole Museum will remain in its Carlisle Street location.
A planning application is currently being submitted. If approved, works would start on site in January 2024, with completion planned for summer 2025.
Councillor Nick Coultish, portfolio holder for culture, leisure and tourism, said : “This proposed scheme is very exciting for Goole and will provide a wonderful new facility for the town, and for our East Riding Leisure members.
“We recognise the inconvenience that will be caused by the lengthy closure of East Riding Leisure Goole, but we promise the wait will be worth it.”
The Goole Town Deal will be contributing £3.372m of the total £17m.
Chairman of Goole Town Deal Board, Phil Jones, said: “These exciting proposals will transform the venue into a modern leisure hub, with a state-of-the-art gym, swimming pool, bowling alley and more to attract new user groups.
“We see each of the projects that have been allocated a share of the Goole Town Deal funding as individual pieces of a jigsaw puzzle that will come together to have a transformative effect on the town.
“We consider the Goole Hub an important ‘anchor’ destination, which, alongside the other seven Goole Town Deal-funded projects, will help boost footfall in the town centre and enhance the local economy.”
