A 17-year-long campaign by a group aiming to improve water facilities for disabled people looks to be making progress.
After WWISE appealed to Bath and North East Somerset Council and the Clinical Commissioning Group, the two organisations will begin work together to provide warm water pool facilities in the area.
The WWISE (warm water inclusive swimming and exercise) network has said it will be working closely with Bath and North East Somerset Council to ensure disabled and elderly people have more access to them than currently available.
The pools are important for less-mobile people who need the water to be warm enough to move in.
The CCG has agreed with the council that the plans set out by WWISE, for more accessible water pools for use by disabled and elderly people, suits B&NES Council's Fit For Life and Health and Wellbeing Strategies.
WWISE secretary Pamela Galloway said: "We are now consolidating with the council which has made it clear that it is working with us and we look forward to developing warm water pools.
"We want to ensure leisure facilities are fully accessible for disabled adults and children which is not the case at the moment.
"It is also important to make sure changing facilities are also designed for disabled people to use, not just the pool itself.
"And we are going to be working closely with the council and contractors as to how we can deliver this."
There are now plans for a new leisure centre in Keynsham to be developed with a warm water pool.
Not only do the pools need to be between 31-33 degrees but they also need to be five to six feet deep.
CCG chairman Ian Orpen said: "The CCG is aware that B&NES Council is looking at a range of options for the modernisation of its leisure facilities including accessible teaching pools.
"The council's plans are still in development and the CCG will be working closely with the council to ensure that the new leisure contract provides the best possible service for local people and supports them to live healthy lifestyles."
Consultants from the council will meet with WWISE next month to discuss the next stage of plans.
New leisure centre contracts are to be appointed in November, with takeovers happening from July next year.
