Marple Community Hub moves a step closer

Planning permission has been secured for the new Community Hub in Marple, and preparations are now ramping up so that construction can get underway.

The contractor, Willmott Dixon Construction, will be taking possession of Marple Library and Marple Police Station at the beginning of September with surveys scheduled and service diversion works taking place to enable the main build of the new hub to commence in this winter.

To help with those preparations, the library service will move out of the building and Stockport Council has confirmed it is finalising details with the Scouts Headquarters in Marple to provide a pop-up library for the duration of the construction works. The library will be open on a Tuesday and Thursday and provide an opportunity for residents to speak to library staff, browse and borrow from a selection of books, access public computers;  a book deposit/collection locker outside of the Scouts Headquarters will be accessible outside of library hours.

There will also be some changes in Marple Memorial Park from October 2024, with Marple Memorial Car Park and Children’s Play Park closing completely on the 15th October to the public to allow for main construction works to commence. The external toilet block in the park will be closing to the public in early October with new temporary provision in place at this time.

During the construction phase there will be large numbers of contractors working on site. To limit impact on public parking within Marple during the construction phase, the former Marple Baths site will be used exclusively for contractor parking.

The Council will also be launching a dedicated web page for the Construction phase where to share updates on the progress of the project.

Once built, the new Marple Community Hub will have a five-lane swimming pool, a ground floor library with a small café, a 60-station fitness suite, shared community spaces, and the relocated Marple clinic.