AS part of the £50m leisure plans, Derby City Council will create two leisure hubs and four "satellite" centres in the north, south, east and west of the city, providing swimming and gym facilities.

One satellite centre is likely to be the new £1m Gayton swimming pool at Gayton School in Littleover.

Derby City Council is now inviting companies to tender for a contract to manage the day-to-day running and staffing of the centre.

The authority said particular emphasis would be on using the pool to teach children swimming skills.

The pool in Gayton Avenue was closed in 2007 by the then Labour-led council.

It said that money needed to repair the building would just "paper over the cracks" but decided that a rebuild would be too costly.

But Gayton Community Association, which owns a building adjoining the pool, took the council to the county court, claiming its leasehold agreement meant the authority should have maintained the pool building properly.

The association won its action and the judge ordered the city council to work with community members to come up with an acceptable plan to bring the pool enclosure up to a good standard.

The authority decided to spend more money on the site for a higher quality of pool which it now hopes will fit into its leisure strategy.