Live Active Leisure set to remove its services from Bell's Sports Centre from August 2024

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Controversial plans to remove services from Bell’s Sports Centre are set to go ahead in the summer.Perth and Kinross Council has now been asked by Live Active Leisure to remove its services from the centre and relocate them to Dewars Centre by August 31.The request – which has been recommended for approval – comes only two years after Live Active Leisure relocated its gym and fitness activities from Live Active Rodney to Bell’s Sports Centre as part of a major revamp.The £750,000 investment saw Live Active Leisure open its 100+ station gym and three new fitness studios at Bell’s Sports Centre in July 2022 to much fanfare and controversy.All 40 councillors on Perth and Kinross Council (PKC) will meet on Wednesday, May 15 to make a decision.The transformation at Bell’s resulted in the loss of the sprung hall in the coaching hall at Bell’s as well as the termination of gym facilities at Rodney.Just 15 months later - in October 2023 - Bell's Sports Centre suffered "catastrophic" flooding after several floodgates on the North Inch were not closed in time.

Around £2 million of damage was caused to the sports centre. Neighbouring homes, businesses and leisure facilities were also flooded.Since the October flooding, the majority of Bell’s Sports Centre has remained closed with only group fitness activities reinstated upstairs on the first floor.In January 2024 councillors approved recommendations to replace Perth's three main leisure facilities - Bell’s Sports Centre, Dewars Centre and Perth Leisure Pool - with one single facility, PH2O.Following an outcry from the world of curling, councillors voted for the new PH2O facility to include an ice rink.