Quetta, I believe that the reasons why the business owners in Willow Way have not been consulted are because the consultation process has not started yet. As people on the stakeholder committee, and those who have been reading their Council meeting minutes should know, there is a timetable for this consultation, the Council is committed and intent on consulting widely, and members of the stakeholder group have been invited to participate in same including the selection of the people carrying out the very consultation. The stakeholder group were also asked to advise on other potential 'consultees' in order to ensure that the net was cast as wide as it should be. So why those involved in that group and who are fully informed of the councils plans are going round stirring up bad feeling based on misinformation I don't know.

If the undoubtedly very hardworking businesses are not aware of the potential pool then this is hardly surprising in this current economic climate as most of them will probably be focussing energies elsewhere. Of course, they haven't been consulted, for the reasons described above.

Personally I remain committed to having swimming facilities for the people of Forest Hill, and feel that this should be considered outside the prevailing and narrow dogma of insisting on its location on the current site.