Stockport Council has begun a public consultation process on the new community and leisure hub in Marple. 

Residents are invited to give opinions and feedback on plans for the new centre, which will inform a forthcoming planning application. 

The council said in a statement: "We are keen to hear your views on the design of the leisure and community hub itself, as well as walking, cycling and highways improvements to be delivered at the same time, all of which formed part of the funding bid."

Feedback is given through an online survey. Residents are asked about their connection to Marple, as well as their general likes and dislikes about the proposals, which can be viewed in full on the consultation website.

You can find and contribute to the consultation HERE. The deadline for responses is 2 October.

 The £20 million hub project will deliver a new swimming pool, library, fitness studio, community spaces and new cycling and walking routes. 

The hub is a long-standing ambition of the local community after the former Marple Baths had to close five years ago.

Feedback from this public consultation will inform the planning application (Image - Stockport Council)

It is hoped that a planning application will be submitted in Winter 2023, allowing for construction on the project to begin in Summer 2024 in line for opening in Winter 2025. 

Plans to demolish the former pool building have been submitted to Stockport Council, with work expected to commence in October 2023.  

Cllr Colin MacAlister, cabinet member for economy and regeneration at Stockport Council, said of the hub: "This is going to make a huge, positive impact on the prosperity, health and wellbeing of the residents of Marple and the borough. 

"Marple has an older population but also has its share of social housing and is geographically isolated.

"This new hub will really help to address the increasing health inequalities in Marple, adding to people's quality of life, living longer and better and provide fabulous new facilities for the community."

Find the public consultation HERE.

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