Leisure centre regeneration with servicing and delivery advice

The London Borough of Tower Hamlets has received a resolution to grant planning permission, subject to agreement of conditions and obligations, for the regeneration of St George’s Leisure Centre in Shadwell.  The plans for the mixed-use scheme will place the redeveloped leisure centre as a valued community facility.

Motion formed part of the project team, led by Leadenhall Project Management, that shaped proposals for demolition of the existing building in a phased redevelopment of the site.  The plans include a replacement leisure centre building with ancillary café use and external cycle parking, a new nine-storey residential building with 30 affordable homes, public realm improvements to St. George’s Gardens, shared accessible car parking and a servicing yard.

According to Motion Technical Director, Chris Saunders, “Given the constrained nature of the site, close coordination was needed with the highway authority, TfL and Tower Hamlets council departments to secure support for a suitable delivery and servicing arrangement.”

The leisure centre closed in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the building has remained vacant since.

Image credit: Image by Secchi Smith

An abridged version of this article first appeared in issue 28 of Insight