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New library for Lutterworth
Posted on 22/05/2009
Community Services
Plans are being submitted for a new library in Lutterworth.
Leicestershire County Council is proposing to replace the existing library in Coventry Road with a new one in George Street.
If planning permission is approved, the county council will lease George Street’s Wycliffe Peugeot showroom from its owners, the Richardson family, later this year. A sum of £90,000 has been earmarked to convert the building.
During August, the business and all its employees would then relocate to the firm’s new 1.9 acre showroom site in Leicester Road, Rugby, which is just a 10 minute drive away.
The library plans include:
- More books for borrowing
- More DVD’s for hire
- An increase in the number of computers available for public use
- More space for activities in the library
- Free parking when visiting the library
It will be the first library in the county to have a self service issue system
The county council wants to replace the current library because it does not meet the growing needs of Lutterworth and the surrounding villages.
Margaret Bellamy, Head of Library Services said: “ We have been looking for more than 10 years to find a way of improving the library facilities in Lutterworth to be able to provide the range of services that are enjoyed by library users in other parts of the County, through our investment of more than £8 million since 2003.
"We are very pleased that we’ve been offered this site and are looking forward to welcoming current and new users into the library later in the year.”
Malcolm Richardson, of the Richardson Brothers, said: "We are pleased to be able to help bring a new library to Lutterworth, while protecting jobs and looking after local customers from our new, much larger facilities in Rugby."
The planning application will be considered by the County Council over the next few weeks and that process will include an opportunity for the public and other local authorities to comment on the proposed plans.
For more details visit www.leics.gov.uk/libraries