The council leader can expect a letter from the Save Oasis Swindon campaign group.

Following an online public meeting, streamed on Facebook, organiser Neil Robinson will write to David Renard asking for an immediate assessment of the state of the closed leisure centre. He will ask what the cost would be of keeping it minimally operational so it will be fit to reopen as soon as possible.

Independent Tory councillor Oliver Donachie – a former cabinet member – spoke in a personal capacity about two strands to the campaign.

He said: “One is how to get the building open again and operating for the people of Swindon and keeping the pressure up on the council.

“The other is making sure the building doesn’t deteriorate now. It needs an immediate assessment of what needs to be done to keep it minimally operational, so it doesn’t become impossible or prohibitively expensive to reopen. That’s something that needs to be done now, tomorrow morning.”

Mr Robinson said: “The minimum is that the heating and ventilation needs to be turned on, otherwise condensation will cause damage.”

Swindon Borough Council used to own and run Oasis – and it still owns the site.

Development company Seven Capital has a 99-year lease on the building and contracted specialist leisure operator GLL, which trades as Better, to run the leisure centre.

After it was shut for the second time in 2020 for the November lockdown, GLL said it would not reopen as it could not make enough profit.

The council’s preferred position is that Seven Capital and GLL find a way to get the centre open and operational again.

Save Oasis Swindon plans another virtual public meeting on Thursday, February 11.