Lewisham Council obviously want to build Option 3.

This can be seen from the disgusting degree of spin on the feasibility of each of the 3 options, which, just like the previous 'consultation' amounts to blackmail on three counts:-

1) 'You can have a pool in Forest Hill if you accept the demolition of the frontage and high-density housing' (wouldn't want to be a resident, given it looks highly likely to be built on the cheap, probably out of c**p material which will result in a huge repair bill within 20 years or so), or

2) 'If you insist on a conservation/decent option for the look of the area or comfort of residents of housing, we will take the pool away from you altogether' (ironically resulting in them rewarding the very area whose 'activist residents' and their FH-based front organisation SFFH have done the most to put a spanner in the works - congrats guys BTW, this is better for you than you could ever have dreamed of! ), or

3) 'If you push for a competition to produce a design which might prevent us from doing one of the above, the pool will take a lot longer to build' (Although in fairness, the competition would genuinely take time to organise, showing it up against Option 3 - The Rush Job for comparison is a heinous and transparent tactic amounting to a form of threat IMO)

If Option 3 goes through, I will never vote for Labour in a Council election again, I intend to ensure that the Lewisham Labour Party are aware of the fact, and encourage everyone else who is as disgusted as me at this to do the same.