CAMPAIGNERS are celebrating following a decision to keep open Peers Sports Centre for three extra months.
More than a dozen people gathered outside the Town Hall this morning before a meeting to discuss the future of the centre.
The centre and swimming pool, owned by Oxfordshire County Council and run by Oxford City Council, is due to be demolished as part of plans to turn Peers School into a new city academy.
The city council plans to pull out on January 1, saving £65,000 this financial year and £300,000 each year thereafter, in a move which has been criticised by people who use the facility.
However, the city council's executive board has today decided to keep the centre open until March 31.
The campaigners have welcomed the decision and think it gives them a chance to fight to keep open the pool until a new facility is built at the academy.
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