Plans revealed for £20m leisure development at College Ystrad Mynach

Paul Dancey on 29/11/2011

Plans have been revealed for as new £20m sport and leisure facility at the College Ystrad Mynach.

The current proposal is to replace an existing teaching block with a full-size sports hall, a 25m eight-lane swimming pool, learner pool, and a gym. With the upper floors housing new teaching and learning spaces for the college.

If the plans are approved, it's hoped that the new facilities will be completed by September 2013.

The college is hoping to compliment it's own funding with financial support from the Welsh Government, the European Union and the National Lottery.

The college's deputy principal, Paul Martin, said: "In the day, the pool will be open for local schools to use for their lessons and then in the evening, the majority of the sports facilities will be available for the public.

"Our sports programmes at the college have been growing for a number of years and the facilities we have for the students are simply out of date."

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