A huge leisure complex featuring three tennis courts, four swimming pools and a spa could be built on land previously earmarked for an Amazon warehouse.

David Lloyd Leisure wants to build its third site in Kent on Waterbrook Park in Ashford, creating up to 100 new jobs.

Plans submitted to Ashford Borough Council (ABC) by Lichfields, on behalf of David Lloyd and GSE Commercial Estates, show the “premium” sports facility would also include six padel courts, a multi-use court, gym, two sports halls and a children's activity area.

There would be four swimming pools in total including a five-lane indoor pool, a learner pool, a 25-metre outdoor pool and a children's facility.

The club would also come with a lounge where food and drink would be served.

An inflatable air dome is proposed to cover the three tennis courts, allowing people to play the sport all year round in all weather conditions.

It is also set to include a Battle Box facility - a black shipping container full of the equipment needed for full-body, high-energy fitness training sessions.

The container itself has a number of ropes and climbing obstacles on it that form some of the stations used in classes.

If approved, the leisure club would join two other David Lloyd facilities in Kent - Kings Hill near Maidstone and Dartford.

The site would be served by 248 parking spaces, including 10 disabled and four parent and child spaces and would create between 70 and 100 full and part-time jobs.

It is not yet clear how much membership fees will cost but in Dartford, prices start from £139 a month.

It increases to £219 per month for the ‘diamond package’ which includes access to all facilities.

In comparison, a monthly membership at Bannatyne Health Club and Spa on Ashford’s Eureka Leisure Park costs £54.99.

David Lloyd, a former tennis player, founded the business in 1982 and now has 103 sites in the UK.

He and his younger brother John became two of the most successful British tennis players throughout the 1970s and 1980s.

Documents show the leisure club would take over part of the land previously set aside for a huge Amazon distribution centre.

The online retail giant wanted to build a warehouse on the plot, which is just off the A2070 Bad Munstereifel Road, not far from the M20.

The centre was approved in 2021, but last year bosses confirmed they were no longer looking to pursue the development and the land was put back on the market by site owner GSE Commercial Estates.

The David Lloyd Club is just one of many developments looking to move into Waterbrook Park, which is already home to a Barretts Landrover dealership and the Ashford International Truckstop.

German supermarket chain Aldi was granted planning permission in November 2022 for its second supermarket in Ashford.

But a condition imposed by ABC means contractors cannot start work until progress is made on a separate convenience store on the nearby Finberry housing estate.

The discount retailer launched a petition against the move as it fears Finberry residents "will continue to have no local food store for several years".

A new Taco Bell drive-thru is also earmarked to open, as well as the town’s fourth KFC, but plans are yet to be approved.

A total of 364 homes on the former truckstop site on Waterbrook Park were given the green light in December.

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A convenience store, farm shop or cafe will be built in the middle of the estate next to a new roundabout.

A decision on the David Lloyd application will be made by planning officers at ABC.

There are already eight gyms in Ashford including Anytime Fitness, Pure Gym, The Gym and Snap Fitness.