Green light for Stirling’s £20m sports complex

Stirling University has been granted planning approval for a new £20 million sports complex.

The facility will include a fitness suite, a three-court sports hall, and an indoor cycling studio.

Users will also see enhanced changing facilities and communal spaces.

The National Swimming Academy, National Tennis Centre, sports hall and squash courts will remain in their current form.

Professor Gerry Mccormack, university principal and vicechancellor, said: “This is another significant milestone for the university and demonstrates our ongoing commitment to delivering an exceptional student experience at Stirling.

“Alongside the exciting Campus Central project, the sports facilities redevelopment is part of our major enhancement programme that will transform campus life and help us achieve our strategic aim of being one of the top 25 universities in the UK by 2021.”

Cathy Gallagher, the university’s director of sport, said: “The unique feature of sport at the University of Stirling is the environment within which Olympic medallists train and compete alongside students, staff and the wider community.

“This development will mark the beginning of another exciting chapter for sport at the university and within the Stirling area.”

Construction work will start in the autumn and the centre is expected to be in operation by summer 2020.