I do not agree that the learner pool is necessery or affordable. We do have them available locally. The important factor when tiny children are gaining confidence in the water is that their parents can be bothered to get in the water with them and they have fun together. Thats how they gain confidence.

The alternatives we are obliged to consider and the planning, never mind the parking nightmare which is coming when the people most affected start objecting to about 57 flats overlooking their homes and gardens, which no one would mind if it happened to them would they?

I think a walk round the nearby estates in Forest Hill could be a reminder of other priorities that the council has to deal with. The people without gardens and cars need a pool and the social space on offer in OPTION 1. We are lucky to be having this money allocated to swimming when they have already stated we have enough pools in the area. To argue for the learner pool and moveable floors and less of this, or more of that, could turn out to be re-arranging the furniture on the Titanic. We don't just have a housing slump on us but we could have a recession coming as well. This kind of offer is rare and we should stop nitpicking and accept Option 1 with good grace. If we lose this opportunity the campaigners are going to be thought a selfish lot and they won't be thanked for arguing and losing an amenity we need for our community and young people.