The plans include a new children's soft play area, a dance studio, and a spin cycle studio.
Swimmers in Shropshire have backed plans to transform a sports village that was first built in 2005.
The plans, submitted by Shropshire Council, include two new swimming pools at Shrewsbury Sports Village in Sundorne.
The complex houses dry-sports facilities and changing rooms, while outside there are football pitches, multi-use netball and tennis courts and a floodlit cycle track.
The proposal would see the addition of two new pools, including a 25m, eight-lane pool suitable for county championships, galas and general swimming.
It would include seating for 250 spectators, with other facilities such as a new children's soft play area, multi-purpose studio, dance studio, and a 30-station spin cycle studio.
Megan Frost, chair of the Shropshire Amateur Swimming Association, said the county had not had a competition pool for many years, meaning that meetings took place in Wolverhampton.
"This proposed facility would mean we could bring our county competitions back home and be held within the county," she said.
'A sport for all'
Anna Fletcher, the chair of Shrewsbury Amateur Swimming Club, has also backed the plans.
"Our club is over 150 years old and supports over 100 swimmers who live throughout the town wards and local villages," she said.
"This new facility will enable us to continue to ensure that swimming is a sport for all and not only for those who can afford to travel to train and compete at larger pools outside of the county.
"Over the past few years, the club has seen a large uptake of young people coming into the sport of swimming and it is important that those swimmers are able to train and compete in a facility that is fit for purpose and within our home county."
The development was discussed by Shrewsbury Town Council's planning committee on Tuesday.
The application was not rejected but concerns were raised about the removal of parking spaces.
Sport England has also asked to be consulted "as a matter of some urgency".
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