The centre, to be built on St Vincent Street, near the National Indoor Arena, will also include Olympic standard diving pool, leisure pool including rides and attractions, a teaching pool, large gym, saunas, steam rooms, climbing wall, sports hall and five-a-side football pitches.

A cafe, community meeting rooms, play area, creche and police room are also part of the state-of-the-art centre.

Birmingham City Council have open an exhibition of the plans at the neighbouring Nelson Primary School, allowing the local community and wider public to have their say before the proposals are confirmed.

Birmingham’s new Cabinet member for leisure, sports and culture Martin Mullaney has previously criticised the plans and urged further investment in community pools.

But he has now stressed the new complex would serve the local community as much as the elite sports men and woman.

He said: "One of our biggest challenges is to increase sports participation in Birmingham and this development forms a major element of our city-wide sports facilities strategy.

"There is currently no facility for swimming in the Ladywood constituency and this would resolve that issue while at the same time providing a world class facility for the whole of the city.

"We’re looking to provide the people of this city the top-class sports facilities they deserve.

"This consultation is all part of the pre-planning stage for the project and it’s essential we hear the views of as many people as possible.”

If full Council planning permission is given and the Cabinet approves the complex then building work could begin as early as October and complete in time for London 2012.