Shrewsbury swimming pool plans to face further scrutiny amid 'biased' consultation claim
Plans to build a new swimming pool in Shrewsbury could be placed on hold while the future of the town’s existing facility is debated.
Opposition councillors at Shropshire Council have asked for a decision to kick-off an eight-week public consultation for the scheme, which could see a £28m new swimming pool built at the Shrewsbury Sports Village (SSV) in Sundorne, to face further scrutiny before the consultation is launched.
The document approved by the council’s cabinet earlier this month described a plan to redevelop the existing town-centre facilities at The Quarry alongside the Sundorne project as “unaffordable”, which was a backtrack on a decision taken in 2020 to redevelop to site.
“The previous decision made in December 2020 to develop a dual split site proposal, with new pools being developed at both the Quarry and SSV, is currently unaffordable and development of SSV needs to be prioritised,” read the decision published by cabinet.
