Plans for new St Mary's Boxing Club gym in Chatham submitted
09:02, 14 May 2020
updated: 12:05, 14 May 2020
Plans for a new boxing gym have been unveiled.
If approved a multi-use gym, which includes a ring, will be built on land behind the playground in Shipwrights Avenue, Chatham.
It will be called St Mary's Boxing Club and proposes to become a "community hub". It will also have seven parking spaces.
The amateur boxing club was established in 1926 and has a site in Street End Road, Chatham.
In a design and access statement on the planning application to Medway Council, the club's current venue was considered "not suitable".
It was described as a "cold building, unaccommodating for less-able users and not an environment for fitness, health and learning for the younger community".
The design and access statement concluded: "With this scheme, we are looking to introduce a central community hub for an otherwise less-affluent area.
"We wish to provide a place of security and community, where local residents can come and use the facilities and help them engage with an activity which will have a positive impact on their lives.
"As this statement reflects, the proposed development is within a sustainable location and in accordance with national government guidance based on the local plan being somewhat antiquated.
"Therefore, we consider that planning permission should be granted for the attached scheme."
You can view the application by visiting Medway Council's planning portal and using reference MC/18/3302, or clicking here.
