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REVEALED: POOL PLAN

Leisure chief confirms negotiations over new site

LEISURE chiefs have confirmed they could replace the Prince of Wales Baths with a new pool elsewhere in Kentish Town.
In a briefing for the New Journal on Thursday, Town Hall director of culture and environment Peter Bishop said the Victorian baths could be sold off if they became surplus to requirements.
He confirmed the council was in negotiations with a property developer to determine whether a new pool could be built on land next to Talacre Sports Centre in Dalby Road. Ironically, the site was once owned by the council and only recently sold for a new housing development. Officials now hope to get some of the land back in a “joint venture” with the developer.
Mr Bishop said: “It (the Talacre scheme) depends on getting a deal that works. If we do, we think we could have a project that delivers exactly the same facilities that we are proposing for Kentish Town baths but for less money.
“It would mean we could retain Kentish Town baths during the construction period and we would close them when the new facility was available. If we can do that, we will have done well.”
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