Squash courts are specialised facilities that are not easily replaced.

I am not totally familiar with the layout of Bramhall school, but do you not have two sports hall, two sets of changing rooms, a room next to the squash courts and I am sure several other areas that ought to be suitable for general purpose activities or offer the space to convert into a suitable room?

I would like to address some of the reasons advocated for choosing this space

The space is the right shape and size

It’s a general purpose room, unlike squash courts which are in fact specialised sporting facilities it does not have a set size and shape.
Any room can be used for these activities. Unfortunately it is very difficult to play squash in anything other than a squash court.

The courts are used only between 5:30 and 10:30.

The courts are heavily booked in the evenings when people can use them. Do you not teach squash at your school or have a squash club. It seems a shame when you have the facilities. I played squash as part of my secondary school curriculum.

Across the borough you are advised that there are sufficient squash courts to meet demand.
 
This is not the case. The squash courts are heavily booked at peak times and it is very difficult to secure bookings at these times. Having children I am not able to play late at night and so need to book courts at sensible times. When the courts were closed recently for electrical refurbishment, I had to cancel a number of squash games.

In addition the courts at Bramhall are good in that there is a balcony from which the children can watch the game. A large number of other courts have no viewing facilities.

Current Demand (which is declining)

Small wonder it is declining if people are shutting down the facilities. What happened to putting SPORT back into Stockport.

Dance / Drama facility would provide greater community use to a wide range of users.

There are already a very large number of dance / drama groups. They meet in church halls, function rooms in pubs, scout huts and many other readily available venues. Converting a sports facility into a room will not benefit the wider community as to use your own rational there are sufficient general purpose rooms available to meet current demand even without a new room at Bramhall.

Yours

Helen