A meeting did take place on 19th March. Whilst there have not been formal minutes circulated, I can provide some information about the plans the council communicated to us and other discussion. In fairness these are only my recollections but I will try to report factually what was discussed where I can.

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There were representatives from the Forest Hill Society and Sydenham Society present as well as two councillors and a number of council officers. Discussion took place regarding the inclusion of other stakeholders including swimming groups and representatives from local schools.

The council are looking at various options that range from minimal house with minimal leisure facilities, medium housing with medium facilities, to high housing with high facilities. They are not able to include additional funding from outside the site other than that already committed by the mayor tot he project. As well as a main 25m pool and a learner pool there will be some dry leisure facilities which are will help offset the costs of running the pool facilities.

Decommissioning has now begun with the need to dispose of chemicals and empty the pool. Full site vacation will not be completed until June due to the need to relocate the nursery facilities at Louise House. A contract needs to be awarded for the demolition which is expected to begin in July.
During this period designs will be prepared for the council and there will be some form of consultation on these designs before there is a OJEU tender for detailed designs and construction.

At this stage the council have no designs for possible layouts of the site. There was a brief discussion about potential options to retain the existing facades of Louise House and the pool and although the council officers will be considering some of the points raised in more detail, the point was made that the decision of the mayor was to demolish the pools.
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We will be meeting again in early May where I hope we will have more information about the plans/designs for any facility. In the meantime we were asked for ideas for facilities that the community would like to see on the site (bearing in mind cost constraints). I did kick off this discussion on the forum (I think on this thread) some time ago, but I would welcome any other views on what facilities you would use on this site - particularly in terms of dry leisure.

Sorry for taking so long to post this report of the meeting and thanks to ForestGump for the reminder.