A new £5.5million pool in Brighton designed by a firm founded by Olympic swimming stars have provoked fury over plans suggesting a gender-neutral changing village.
Campaigners say women and children could be put at risk as they raised questions about the mooted new facilities at Withdean Sports Complex.
Venue owner Brighton and Hove City Council has handed the contract for the pool's design to ReCreation, a company set up by four-time Olympic medallist Dame Rebecca Adlington and fellow Olympic swimmers Steve Parry and Adrian Turner.
Councillors have hailed 'plans for this much needed new swimming pool' to be built at the Withdean sports base, which has an athletics stadium that was formerly home to Brighton and Hove Albion FC between 1999 and 2011.
But critics have drawn attention to how the newly published plans, put out to public consultation, promise 'Gender neutral changing village and toilets'.
