Question One: Does the new leisure centre have sustainabilty at its heart as claimed by Kingston Council?

If you think it is not, please donate to the fundraiser now to ask the council to reconsider its plans

In its "engagement" exercise on the new leisure centre in Decmeber 2021, Kingston Council made an assertion about the sustainability of the proposed new leisure centre which you can see in the box, but the council did not provide residents with information about the details of the scheme that would allow us to make an informed response to the questions it asked. The council even used the term "where possible etc" which undermines its assertions about what it will do to make the centre "sustainable" 

Kingston Council did NOT tell us that the new leisure centre as planned:

·      would not meet policy requirements for energy efficiency if there was a football pitch on the roof

·      would fail to reduce carbon dioxide emissions as required by policy or to provide reasonable justification for the failure

·      would fail to meet BREEAM outstanding energy efficiency levels as required by policy and without reasonable justification

·      relies for future energy efficiency and "clean" energy on possible future connection to a District Heat Network that does not yet exist and the environmental effects of which on the Hogsmill rare chalk stream have not yet been tested

·      will gobble up nearly 1200 square metres of protected green open space in an area that has a deficit of green space and which is being heavily developed for many thousands of units of residential housing

·      will emit gaseous waste from the hazardous chemical stores, toilet and kitchen extraction at rooftop level where people will be playing football or using the outdoor gym

If you think Kingston council does not actually appear to have put sustainability at the heart of its design for a new leisure centre, please donate to the fundraiser now to ask the council to reconsider its plans