'RED tape' has caused the deadline date for the transfer of Buckfastleigh swimming pool to be missed – but hopes are high that plans have not been scuppered.

In order to receive a £75,000 grant from Sport England, the ownership of the pool was to be transferred from Teignbridge Council to the Friends of Buckfastleigh Swimming Pool by April 1. But now the matter is to be taken to the council's executive meeting on April 14 before the transfer can take place.

Sport England has agreed to hold the funding while the transfer is delayed.

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