Thame's deputy mayor Mike Welply wants his town's swimming pool to make a splash.

He told a special meeting of the town council: "I want people to look around them and say 'Wow!' - I don't want a shrug of the shoulders and them to think it's just OK.

"This is a major venture and it has to have this sort of impact."

Members voted unanimously to let the architects, designers, constructors and project managers get on with the project and get it built and open by September next year.

They agreed changes to make sure the disabled have access to changing rooms and pools and they listened to ideas by local youngsters for what they wanted.

Underwater cameras to cut the risk of drownings will be introduced along with special highly efficient filtration schemes for the children's pool.

Members voted to have bolt-on rather than built-in special features like slides and other fun equipment.

The pool will be built alongside the sports and arts centre in Oxford Road.

The ceiling for the pool has been put at just more than £4m, which should leave £3.2m to be invested to run and maintain the pool.

The money comes from selling local recreation land for housing.