Sandy Bay Park Residents Association (SBPRA)

Would any residents be interested in a knitting club?  We hope to bring this soon to Sandy Bay Bar if enough people would like to join.  The date and time have yet to be agreed.  If you are interested please inform a member of the bar staff and add your name and number to list behind the bar :)

Thank you,

Sandy Bay Bar

Dear Resident(s),

We are pleased to share details of the plans we are submitting for planning approval at Sandy Bay.

These proposals form part of our ongoing investment in the park and include:

• A new leisure facility, featuring an indoor swimming pool, spa pool, and steam room designed for comfort and relaxation.
• An extension and full redesign of the bar and restaurant to create a more welcoming and enjoyable space for residents.

We believe these improvements will enhance the facilities available to you and further strengthen the sense of community at Sandy Bay.

Please find attached three artists’ impressions for illustrative purposes only.

We will keep you updated as the planning process progresses and look forward to sharing further news in due course.

Enjoy your weekend

Tracy Clark

General Manager

Dear Residents,

Please be advised of the following upcoming maintenance work:

Tarmac resurfacing will take place on Island Drive on Thursday, 21st August. In preparation, a road sweeper will be operating in the area on Wednesday, 20th August.

As we do not have a confirmed time for the tarmac work, we recommend parking your vehicle elsewhere within the park if you anticipate needing to leave during the day. This will help avoid any potential disruption or access issues.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Kind regards,
The Sandy Bay Management Team

Line Dancing class for beginners, coming soon to Sandy Bay Bar.  The cost will be £6.00 per person.  This will be happening on Mondays from 12.30pm till 13.30pm.  If you are interested please inform a member of the bar staff and add your name and number to list behind the bar :)  We are looking to commence with the first session on Monday 1st September.

Sandy Bay Bar

Dear Residents,

We have received the following communication from Calor Gas:

I am writing to let you know that we intend to test the response of our Terminal personnel in their exiting of the facility buildings and their assembling at designated muster points as laid down in the emergency procedures. It is therefore necessary to sound the alarm to mimic a real emergency. Our procedure requires us to perform 2 tests per year where we sound the site-wide siren outside the normal weekly Tuesday. Whilst performing these drills, we want to ensure nobody outside the Terminal in the immediate surrounding areas are under the impression it is real.

The next emergency muster drill of this sort will be taking place at Calor Gas Canvey Terminal on 22/08/2025 at 10:06am.

No action is required from Residents within the Park.

Kind regards

Sandy Bay Management

**********  UPDATE 6th August

Residents have reported that the swimming pool is now open again.

**********  UPDATE 4th August @ 15:31

Just had an update regarding the swimming pool, the good news is electrical repairs have now been carried out.

We will unfortunately be required to keep the swimming pool closed as the water level has dropped significantly and below the skimmer line since the contractors carried out repairs, therefore it requires topping up and to be re-heated.

If you would be so kind as to share this message with the residents, I will of course keep you informed, and hopefully swimming times will return to normal from Wednesday morning.

Of course, I would like to express my sincere apologies for the inconvenience caused but this was very much out of our hands.

Kind regards

Tracy

**********  UPDATE 1st August @ 16:32

Dear Residents,

Following our earlier communication regarding the temporary pool closure (see below), we regret to inform you that the pool will remain closed over the upcoming weekend.

Despite our continued efforts throughout the day to obtain a confirmed schedule from the contractor, we have not yet been provided with a definitive date for the necessary repairs.

We will continue to follow up with the contractor and keep you updated as soon as we receive further information.

Thank you for your continued patience and understanding.

Kind regards,
Sandy Bay Management

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Dear Resident(s)

It is unfortunate that we are experiencing an electrical fault in the plant room, for your health and safety we have been required to close the swimming pool.

As we are required to use contractors that are qualified to work on swimming pool plant we are unable to use contractors such as Bond as this is a specialist area.

Whilst the pool did close yesterday afternoon (31st July), we were hopeful to have it up and running however parts are required to fix the problem.

I appreciate this may be frustrating, but rest assured we are doing all we can to get our lovely pool back up and running and we appreciate your patience.

Kind regards

Sandy Bay Management

Hi all,

We now have some shelves in the bar for our puzzle swap xx

The puzzle swap was really popular until a family let grandchildren tip a few boxes over the floor.  After that incident all puzzles were removed and this upset many people.

So feel free to bring puzzles and we can then enjoy them (especially on bad weather days).

The bookcase is now in place and ready for your puzzles.  Hopefully we can enjoy swapping puzzles again with no mishaps.

Love linda