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Sports Facility Sales

RFI-2025-1794
Friday, 26 December 2025

Request

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding the disposal and sale of sports and leisure facilities.
Please provide the following information for all sports facilities (including, but not limited to, leisure centres, swimming pools, playing fields, sports halls, and courts) sold or disposed of by the Council between 2015 and 2025.
1. Number of Facilities: The total number of sports facilities sold or disposed of during this period.
2. Asset Details: For each facility, please provide:
2a. The type of facility (e.g., "Leisure Centre," "Football Pitch").
3. Financial Value: The final sale price (or "consideration") received by the Council for each asset. If the asset was transferred for a nominal sum (e.g., via Community Asset Transfer), please state this.
4. Square Footage/Size: The total square footage (GIA) or acreage (for outdoor pitches/land) of each facility or site sold.
5. Buyer Category: Whether the facility was sold to a private developer, a community group, or another public body.
I would prefer to receive this information in an electronic format, ideally a machine-readable spreadsheet (such as .xlsx or .csv).

Response

1/ One leisure centre including full size artificial turf pitch and 6 lane shale running track closed and demolished but replaced by a new leisure centre, new artificial turf pitch and synthetic running track

2/ Grove Leisure Centre

2a/ See question 1

3/The Council operated from Grove Leisure Centre but did not own it, this was owned by  Nottinghamshire County Council. There was significant capital cost to the council to re-provide. It was part of a wider new school build project on the same site.

4/ Details not available for what was lost in terms of GIFA but reprovision of new leisure centre includes more water space, larger gym, standard 4 court sports hall and associated facilities which are space efficient.

5/ Not applicable