tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24691627.post5347198895904241571..comments2023-06-13T15:05:46.436+01:00Comments on Green Ladywell: New Pool ConsultationUte Michelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15819271761643921236noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24691627.post-9666872121499161962007-07-03T17:40:00.000+01:002007-07-03T17:40:00.000+01:00How will the new pool cope with all the local scho...How will the new pool cope with all the local schools using it? as i live close to ladywell pools i see lots of school children going there.Some schools that currently walk to the pools will have to arrange transport as it will be further to walkanonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17575641742305417424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24691627.post-31944814660564561912007-07-03T16:40:00.000+01:002007-07-03T16:40:00.000+01:00I suspect it will prove very 'difficult' for the c...I suspect it will prove very 'difficult' for the council officers to separate out the cost of the pool from the overall development so I fear we will never know the true cost of the new pool. <BR/><BR/>Regarding your point about energy efficiency of the old pool, it is a good point. However you can see here http://www.solartechnologies.co.uk/ourportfolio?caseid=10442<BR/>how the council in Chesterfield used a very imaginative solution to improve efficiency at their pool (the original pool, incidentally, is practically identical in terms of size and age, to Ladywell although it has been added to since original construction).DDKKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08366986731618558518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24691627.post-40219035055212547392007-07-03T00:43:00.000+01:002007-07-03T00:43:00.000+01:00This consultation is a complete travesty.Its only ...This consultation is a complete travesty.<BR/><BR/>Its only purpose is to deflect attention from the awful work done in planning the Loampit Vale Pool.<BR/><BR/>If a new pool should be built than it has to be substantially bigger.<BR/>Ladywell is already overcrowded and with the forecast density at and around Loampit Vale a new pool there should be planned with realistic usage projection in mind.<BR/><BR/>In the initial plans for the redevelopment of the Town centre the pool was part of a mixed development but was a standalone building only joined to a residential development.<BR/>This plan is a monstruosity. That one is not a community facility. It's a private pool that the swimming club will be allowed to use and that the current users of Ladywell Pool will find too busy most of the time.<BR/><BR/>Why is it that in the planning of the new pool no increased usage derived by the redevelopment of the Town Centre has been accounted?<BR/>Why is it that Loampit Vale is so much better because of the major transport interchange but no additional usage is accounted from it?<BR/><BR/>These are the questions that should be asked.<BR/>If there's no answer (as there hasn't been until now) than it means that the new pool will be a under-provision and a comparison to Ladywell can be made.<BR/><BR/>You point at the increased gym at Loampit Vale but that's just the number of machines, as the Council admits, Ladywell has a lot of unused space, so many more machines can be fitted.<BR/><BR/>By the way, the size of the gym is the only feature that has not been determined by the Leisure Needs Analysis. That has doubled.<BR/><BR/>You mention Loampit Vale Pool being standard for competitions and say that Ladywell cannot host County level competitions. Well' it could with a movable boom that is an inexpensive and common way to adapt longer than standard pools.<BR/>The main advantage for club use at Loampit Vale would be that it would be 8 lanes and that's handy for the club because gala work out more speedily and you can have more swimmers. But it's no use for the general public. People love the 33m pool. A provision that provide advantages to both the club and the general public is what must be planned, not one that makes the club happy but penalizes everyone else. And it can be done in terms of space with added lanes, so that the club can function alongside regular swimming.<BR/><BR/>But this will not happen if 754 flats are built.<BR/>Looks like houses to provide buy to let investment opportunities are squeezing out the life from that leisure centre.<BR/><BR/>We had been told that a mixed use development at Loampit Vale was necessary to fund the new pool.<BR/>754 flats are an enormity, plus the Council has the £6.94m of capital funds form the sale of Aragon Tower earmarked for the new pool.<BR/><BR/>I'm sorry, the numbers don't stack up. We're being badly shortchanged.maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17528649995290747213noreply@blogger.com