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Sidney Endon-Lee writes:
In some countries (I don't know if it applies to the UK), the local
authority requires unused swimming pools to be completely removed -
you can't just simply leave them in the ground. If that is a
requirement where you live, then if the LA has records, filling it
with concrete could turn out to be expensive when you are required to
remove the pool and concrete (or reinstate the pool).

So, how do you remove a hole in the ground, other than by filling it?

This happened to someone I know in Denmark - he didn't fill his pool
with concrete, but did have to remove the old pool, which was a long
and expensive operation.

I'm guessing this is because a hole in the ground, when no longer
maintained full of water, is an inherently unstable structure - it's
just waiting to collapse in.

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Andrew Gabriel
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