Plans for a seaside town's new leisure centre look to be moving forwards despite a funding setback.

West Norfolk Council pledged to press on with replacing the Alive Oasis, in Hunstanton, after the government turned down a £20m bid for 'levelling-up' funding to help pay for the scheme.

Now members of HAG - the town's advisory group - have been told different options are being drawn up to go before the council's cabinet in December.

Its minutes say: "Subject to that approval, more detailed thought will be given to location and configuration.

"A seafront location, which also offers the opportunity to modernise and expand the seafront offering, may be favoured.

"It is hoped that it would be funded through a combination of borrowing and joint ventures with private investors."

A West Norfolk council spokesman said: "The council has been looking at options to replace or renew the Oasis centre for a number of years.

"The council is currently working up new options and these will be considered by cabinet over the coming months.

"No decisions have been taken at this stage and any proposals will be subject to public consultation in due course.”

The council has previously said its preferred option for where the new leisure centre would be built is on the town’s Southend car park - next to the existing Oasis.

But concerns have been expressed over the loss of further parking spaces, after new flats were built part of the car park, which was once the site of the town's railway station. 

The proposed new building - which was costed at £29m - is proposed to include a 25m six-lane swimming pool, smaller learner pool and a separate ‘splash pad’ for infants and toddlers, as well as a larger cafe.

The Oasis, which opened in 1984, was built on the site of a 1920s outdoor lido called the Blue Lagoon, which closed in 1967.

Consultants are carrying out feasibility studies into whether a new marine lake or lido could be constructed on the seafront near the revitalised Oasis.