Work could start as early as 2026 on £59m scheme

WORK on a planned £59 million leisure centre and a HQ for a Derbyshire council on a former mining site could start next September.

- By EDDIE BISKNELL

South Derbyshire District Council officials say that a planning application for the developments on the former Cadley Hill Colliery, in Swadlincote, will be submitted in December, ready for public consultation in January.

Ahead of that, a consultation event will be held at Green Bank Leisure Centre and at Swadlincote Town Hall from 7am to 7pm on Tuesday, November 25.

Officials hope for a three-to-four month wait for the plans to be decided by councillors due to it being the authority's own application before starting work on the site in September 2026, for an intended completion of Spring 2028.

Plans being drawn up by the council currently show a building which is mostly two storeys in height, with parts which are three storeys tall.

The leisure centre and council HQ would be built to the east of the current Tetron Way entry road to Coronation Park and the driving range, off William Nadin Way.