Purpose

The council was successful in a bid for
approximately £750,000 capital funding to improve the energy
efficiency of swimming pools, with the associated improved
environmental and financial sustainability benefits, and therefore
reducing the risk of pool closure. Accepting this award would
commit the Council to keeping Carterton and Windrush Leisure
Centres open for 15 years, and the pools at Chipping Norton and
Woodstock for seven years. The report therefore seeks a decision to
accept/not accept the Swimming Pool Support Fund phase 2
funding.