Good points well made, Satchers! I don't BTW think you're unrepresentative , except perhaps on the optimism front, but you deserve credit for that, and for all your hard work, not criticism.

Yes we do all want the same thing- a pool on the current site if that is indeed the best/viable/realistic option for the local community and if that will provide us with the optimum facility. However for me the point about 'ticking all the boxes' is perhaps the nub of the matter. I'm just concerned about having too many boxes to tick. My heart sank when I saw the wording of the petition.
My own view about the retained frontage is not just that I am keen to see it go , ( from professional experience its only worth doing in exceptional circumstances as its very difficult,expensive, and the outcome is almost never as good, and for a modern facility thats a real shame) but that its very retention provides an added complication to an already difficult development site. I do honestly think that if all the groups want to see a swimming facility retained on the current site then everyone needs to be prepared to be flexible on this point of facade retention. I do not get that comfort at the moment form some quarters but I may be wrong.