A popular Marlow leisure centre in desperate need of refurbishment could have a new swimming pool, roof and a relocated café, “exciting” plans have revealed.

Ideas for a £2 million revamp of Court Garden Leisure Complex in Pound Lane - which has fallen into disrepair, prompting calls from members of the public for an overhaul - were presented to Wycombe District Council’s Cabinet on Monday evening.

The report sets out a number of options for improving the centre, which was partly closed for weeks earlier this year after suffering a gas leak.

Option one would see “comprehensive” refurbishment of the centre, including the replacement of the pool building and a £100,000 café relocation to a car park side extension. Another £300,000 would be used to replace the roof.

Option two would see a 90 station health and fitness gym, two studios, three-court sports hall to accommodate a theatre, development of a café, a 15m x 8m swimming pool and viewing area and a small museum space in the building.

Option three could include all of the above as well as a larger swimming pool and a health spa including treatment rooms.

The final option could see the council keep the “status quo” with rolling refurbishments with the addition of a £200,000 construction of a small parent viewing gallery and café.

The report says that while none of the options are “affordable”, option one seems to be the best available.

Marlow North and West ward district councillor, Alex Collingwood, said he preferred option one because it “appears to deal with the problem now rather than later.”

He said: “As those of us who use it know, the swimming pool is in excess of 40 years old, the roof has clearly seen better days and actually it does allow for a bit of imagination with relocating the café because at the moment it doesn’t really connect with the park as such. I look forward to working with the Cabinet to deliver this.

“Overall, I do think option one allows for us to have a future because I think there are exciting plans that could be done within Higginson Park itself.

“The district itself will grow and I think we do need district facilities for leisure, health and wellbeing. Hopefully this is the first step in many exciting times.”

An earlier consultation on the future of the centre, which saw around five per cent of the town’s population take part, found that 82 per cent use the complex on a weekly basis.

Those who said they did not use the centre – 20 per cent - said it was because it was in a “poor state of repair.”

Cllr Collingwood asked if the new swimming pool could be relocated to the tennis courts to allow for “continuous use.”

However, the idea was quashed by cllr Julia Adey, cabinet member for community.

She said: “We are trying to keep the footprint of the centre the same and refurbishing what is there rather than taking the swimming pool and putting it way outside.”