Michael:
Thankyou for the responses. I wondered if the council has to have all the funding in place before any building work can begin. As I understand it the council will 'find' the extra ?2m over the next 2-3 years. As the council doesn't hypothecate land sales I wondered what would happen if the sale hadn't been concluded in time for building to start.

At Wavelengths they didn't seem to invite tenders, and from the Mayor's go-ahead to starting to build took took 18 months. Either the council have drawn up plans or they are going to have to act very quickly?

With so much leakage from the pool it's amazing someone enterprising hasn't bottled it as Forest Hill spring water.