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Search the Public Notice PortalThe chairman of the group behind the restoration of the Broomhill Lido has warned that failure to start work on the project could lead to Ipswich's 'biggest embarrassment'
Mark Ling, chair of the Broomhill Pool Trust, said that work must begin on the site before December 2027 otherwise plans would "unravel" and planning permission would have to be granted again.
Plans to restore the Broomhill Lido, a grade-II listed outdoor swimming pool in north Ipswich, were approved for a second time in December 2024.
However, work has not taken place yet due to funding complication when the chosen operator, Fusion Lifestyle, could demonstrate their financial viability post-Covid.
Mr Ling has stressed the need for "spades in the ground" by the end of next year, to ensure that not more of taxpayers money is wasted.
He said: "Funding was 98% of the way there before National Lottery Funding (NLF) pulled out of the project and we believe that plans will unravel if spades aren't in the ground by the end of next year.
"That may sound like a long time, but in local planning terms it isn't. It took 15 month for the planning application that had already been passed to be granted again.
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"There is a cost to pay in doing nothing, with £250,000 already spent on the plans and tens of thousands of pounds being spent in planning officer's time and resources.
"With the town bidding to be the next city of culture, we have an opportunity for Broomhill to be at the centrepiece of that celebration or its biggest embarrassment.
"The whole restoration would have been completed by now if it wasn't for Covid, so we need strike now and deliver this for Ipswich before the whole project unravels."
Restoration of the Broomhill Lido explained
The Grade-II listed Broomhill Lido was built in the 1930s, serving the community of north Ipswich until it closed in 2002.
In 2019, plans to restore the lido were approved by Ipswich Borough Council after years of campaigning.
However, work did not take place due to the Covid-19 pandemic, with the three year time limit on work expiring in 2022.
But the NLF pulled out of the project in 2025 after Fusion Lifestyle could not prove its financial viability putting the plans into doubt.
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