LONG-standing plans to add a gym and fitness studio to Studley Leisure Centre have been scrapped as council chiefs look to balance the books in the wake of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Hopes for a second business centre workshop which had looked destined for either Studley or Southam have also been shelved and the original Venture House centre, in Stratford, also faces an uncertain future.
The leader of Stratford District Council, Cllr Tony Jefferson outlined the financial problems facing the council during a cabinet meeting to debate the budget and five-year strategy this week.
He said: “I think it is important that we all understand fully the background to the creation of this medium term financial strategy.