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Category: Mixed use

Ribbon cut for £27m Sands Centre expansion

Place North West

The 40,000 sq ft leisure facility, which has been on the local agenda since 2009, opened to the public yesterday. Work on the Sands Centre was jumpstarted with the securing of planning permission in 2018 after stalling about a decade earlier due to funding difficulties. Main contractor Wates Construction began work in 2020 on the building by Bridgewater Road. The leisure centre expansion includes a 25-metre main pool, 20-metre learner pool, four-court sports hall with a spectator gallery, and a fully equipped gym. There is also a café and bar area that is run…

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Music, football lead Bolton Debenham’s revamp

Place North West

Wren Architecture & Design has plotted a dramatic change of uses at the former department store site for owner Moorgarth. In a change of use application filed with Bolton Council, Wren outlines plans for rooftop football pitches and a live music venue within the 118,000 sq ft Market Place unit. The advisory team includes BJB Consulting on flood risk, Stantec on transport, Suono on noise, ARC Consulting Engineers on sustainability and Black Cat Building Surveyors on fire advice. Wren said: “The application is necessary to regenerate the Centre as the…

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Brand new cinema, bowling alley and restaurant complex set to open in Bridgwater

Somerset Live

The state-of-the-art project costs £16m. A £16m regeneration project in the heart of Bridgwater town centre will finally open its doors to the public during the October half term. Sedgemoor District Council and its contractor Willmott Dixon has been working to deliver the Northgate Yard complex on Mount Street, which will see a new cinema, bowling alley, restaurants and green space delivered on the former car park near the town’s Celebration Mile. The brand new cinema (operated by Scott Cinemas) and the improved Brewery Field park and children’s play area will officially open…

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