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Oliver Pridmore

Former Nottingham leisure centre set to be sold by City Council

Nottingham City Council is planning to sell off a former leisure centre which it shut down two years ago, as the authority continues to try and reduce its debts. The council is aiming to have reviewed 550 of the assets it holds by the end of this year to decide whether it should keep them, or sell them off to generate income.

Buildings which the council has already decided to sell include York House on King Street, which currently houses the Rosa's Thai restaurant, and a property in Strelley Road which houses a branch of Go Local Extra.

A meeting of the council's executive board on Tuesday, May 23, will now discuss plans to sell the freehold for the former John Carroll Leisure Centre. The council has already declared the property 'surplus to requirements' and will now be seeking approval to sell.

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Nottingham City Council first decided to close the facility in Denman Street Central in June 2021 due to low usage numbers. But the decision drew opposition from many of those who used the leisure centre, with some describing its closure as a "massive loss."

As well as selling the property's freehold, the council says the car park next to the former leisure centre may also be sold off in future. The upcoming executive board meeting will be discussing the potential sale of three other assets.

This includes the freehold to the Fairham Development site, where 3,000 homes are due to be built on land which once housed the Fairham School and the Summerwood Day Centre. Both properties had already been declared 'surplus to requirements'.

The freehold for the Crocus Place Development site is also set to be sold off. Plans had been approved for the development of an office block on the land near Arkwright Street, but those plans were put on hold in 2020.

Finally, a large office building in Woolpack Lane is also set to be sold off. Beverley Gouveia, the Disposals and Development Manager at Nottingham City Council, says in the report being presented to councillors: "Disposal will generate significant capital receipts which can be used by the council as considered appropriate.

"Disposal will also remove any costs associated with voids/reletting/holding the asset and refurbishment which the council as landlord would need to cover. The sale will limit the council's expenditure on holding costs, repairs... and officer's time managing the assets."

Over the last two years, the council says it has generated £30 million from selling its assets. Others to have been affected include a car park on Gamble Street.

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