Plan to permanently close leisure centre questioned following ‘pointless' consultation
Plans to permanently shut a leisure centre have come under question following a consultation that has been branded ‘futile’ and ‘pointless’. Dialstone Leisure Centre, in Offerton, Stockport, was closed in January last year due to flooding, and has not reopened due to the ‘significant damage’ caused at the site.
The Lib Dem-run council also says it will continue to look at ways to enhance the leisure offer in the area. But opposition members have questioned the decision to close the centre, particularly as only 20pc of respondents to an online questionnaire were supportive of the closure plan.They also challenged claims that ‘the majority of users have been relocated elsewhere’, noting that 92pc of the 66 respondents had not taken part in the alternative programme.
And Coun Amanda Peers, Labour chair of the committee, shared their sentiments. “I actually think the same consultation was a bit of a futile process because - without the money to back up an end result if you had required investment - what’s the point of carrying out the consultation?" she said. Grace Baynham, cabinet member for leisure services, believed the questionnaire results may be distorted as those who had happily relocated to the community centre were less likely to have responded.
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