Some very good points, Roz. I too feel that building any pools at all in Forest Hill is in jeopardy as there are so many differing requirements. Mine is simply that I'm fed up with not having swimming in the local area and just that I want pools built asap in the locality.

However, I do feel that the importance of having pools at the current site in order to regenerate the local area or to keep Forest Hill shopping alive is overstated.

IMO, having high quality housing stock at the pools site is just as likely to generate demand for quality shops along Dartmouth Rd. Furthermore, FH residents travelling to the pools from FH town centre/the station are just as likely to shop in the Dartmouth Rd parade whether the pools are located at the current site or at a new site further up the road in Willow Way.