Southwark Council has approved a £5.5m refurbishment plan to update Dulwich Leisure Centre. The grade II listed, 19th century building will benefit from an improved swimming pool area, a new gym and new wet and dry changing areas. Access for those with disabilities will be incorporated, including hoists into the pool, step-free access and a lift to the first floor studios. Green energy saving features like high-efficiency boilers, roof-mounted solar

Plans for a new £3m swimming pool in Ripon, North Yorkshire, have been postponed by Harrogate Borough Council (HBC) due to the economic downturn. The development was to be funded from the sale of the city's existing spa baths and through prudential borrowing, but HBC has now admitted that it is currently unable to afford the revenue costs of repaying loans. Under plans outlined in December 2007, the new complex

Starbeck Baths in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, has closed its doors to the public in order to allow work to get underway on a two-month refurbishment of the facility. The centre will reopen on 5 April following the £237,000 revamp, which will include the replacement of floor tiles in the changing rooms, installing new damp proofing measures, and fitting a new energy efficient boiler. A refurbished reception area is also part

Dublin's Lansdowne Road stadium, which is currently undergoing a 411m euro (£371m) redevelopment, has been selected to host the 2011 UEFA Cup final. The new 50,000-seat stadium, which is expected to be completed in 2010, was chosen by European football's governing body, UEFA, following a joint bid from Dublin City Council (DCC) and the Football Association of Ireland (FAI). It is hoped that the event will also help to boost

The development of Khan Shatyr Entertainment Centre in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, Asia, has passed a key construction phase with the erection of its 150m-high marquee. The 80,000sq m entertainment and shopping centre, designed by UK architect Foster + Partners and initiated by Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbaev, is being built on 7 hectares of land. It is intended to provide a new civic focus for the city. The tent-like

Wrexham Supporters Trust (WST) has expressed concerns that plans for the redevelopment of the football club's Racecourse Ground will not allow enough space for a proposed increase in the ground's capacity. The project was expected to provide Wrexham Football Club (WFC) with a 15,000-capacity stadium, but WST has said that the footprint left in the plans for the new Kop Stand is not large enough for a 5,000-seat stand as

The English Open golf championship, due to be staged at the St Mellion International Resort in Cornwall this summer, has been postponed for two years due to delays incurred by a third-party developer as a result of the credit crunch. Crown Golf, the resort's owner, and the European Tour confirmed that the event will now return in 2011 after it was revealed that a golf and holiday homes scheme led

Christie Park, the current home of Morecambe Football Club (MFC), is to be sold to supermarket company Sainsbury's in a deal that will enable work to begin on the club's new 6,800-capacity stadium. Sainsbury's is now expected to apply for planning permission to Lancaster City Council (LCC) to develop a new superstore at Christie Park, while MFC prepares to move a 5.3-hectare (13-acre) site at Westgate, which will also include

A new multi-million pound sports centre could be built in Bexhill, East Sussex, after Rother District Council (RDC) agreed to appoint consultants to conduct a feasibility study into the plans. The new centre, which is to be situated on the town's Down site and could cost up to £18m, will form part of the council's scheme to consolidate the town's two existing leisure facilities into one single site by 2016.

A draft development framework for a proposed multi-million pound sports village in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, has been put on public display. Regeneration company Sunderland arc drew up the plans for the development of the Stadium Village complex, which will be built near the town's new Aquatic Centre and the Stadium of Light, home of Sunderland Association Football Club (SAFC). Once Sunderland City Council (SCC) approves the framework's proposals, which

Leicester Tigers Rugby Football Club (LTRFC) has submitted plans for a £100m redevelopment of the former Granby Halls and Fosse Day Centre sites. Situated adjacent to the club's Welford Road stadium, the outline planning application made to Leicester City Council includes the construction of a new four-star hotel. New facilities for the University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) and the University of Leicester on the Granby Halls site, and a multi-storey

Activity holiday company, PGL, is redeveloping a former tennis centre near Hertsmonceux, East Sussex, into a new activity centre. The 21-acre (8.5-hectare) Windmill Hill site will undergo a £4m revamp and when complete, will offer courses for school and youth groups, as well as small summer camps and family groups during the summer. Facilities at the new centre will include a 2,000sq m (21,527sq ft) sports hall, a swimming pool,

Bournemouth Borough Council (BBC) has approved plans to build a new ice stadium complex at King's Park, despite admitting that it would not be able to subsidise the facility using taxpayers' money. Proposals for the development, which will be located near the home of AFC Bournemouth, received strong public support during a public consultation held late last year. An Olympic-sized ice rink with a separate area for curling is at

Kirklees Council has unveiled the initial designs for a proposed new leisure centre in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. The £26m complex will be built on the Spring Grove car park in Springwood, and will form part of a wider regeneration project which includes the relocation of a Tesco supermarket to the site of the existing sports centre in Southgate. Proposals for the new centre, which is scheduled to open in Spring

Waverley Borough Council has announced amendments to its proposals to refurbish a portfolio of leisure centres in Surrey, following detailed surveys of the sites. Owing to the bad structural condition of the 37-year-old Godalming Leisure Centre, the council has now decided to allocate £2.6m worth of investment to replace the aging building with a new one. Waverley’s portfolio holder for leisure, cllr Roger Steel, explained: “The increased financial costs incurred

Salford City Council (SCC) has opposed proposals to build a new international standard racecourse near Manchester as part of a major development project put forward by developer Peel Holdings. The project is set to go before a public planning inquiry next year, although the council met to discuss the plans on 18 December in order to register its formal view, unanimously rejecting the proposals. The racecourse, complete with a 6,000-seat

The redevelopment of Carnegie Leisure Centre in Dunfermline has received a funding boost after sportscotland agreed to contribute £1.1m towards the project. Fife Council is leading the scheme as part of a £50m investment in local sports facilities, which will also see the redevelopment of the Fife Institute of Physical and Recreation Education in Glenrothes, and a new swimming complex in Kirkcaldy. Designs for the refurbished Carnegie Leisure Centre have

Plans for a £12m hotel complex adjacent to Bilston Town Football Club have been submitted to Wolverhampton City Council. The club, which submitted the plans, hopes that the development will revitalise the 113-year-old site and give it a new lease of life following several vandalism attacks. The complex, to be called Stadium Hotel, will feature 60 bedrooms, a gym, a restaurant and a juice bar, as well as retail units.

Detailed design of the new 60,000-seat stadium for Tottenham Hotspur Football Club have been revealed. The stadium, part of the Northumberland Development Project, is designed by architects KSS Group and includes a club museum, shops and homes, as well as facilities for the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation and public space. The new stadium will be built on 20 acres (8.1 hectares), which includes the current 36,000-seat White Hart Lane stadium and

A planning application for a new £100m leisure-led mixed-use development, adjacent to the WestQuay retail park, has been submitted to Southampton City Council as part of the £1.7bn regeneration of the city. Submitted by developer Hammerson, which also created the WestQuay shopping precinct, the second phase of the scheme - called Watermark WestQuay - will offer a 3,500sq m park and public plazza next to the city's historic city wall.

Development of the new £65m stadium for Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club (BHAFC) has moved one step closer with the appointment of Buckingham Group Construction. The 22,500-seat stadium, which has been in planning for nearly a decade, will be built to the east of the city in Falmer and adjacent to the University of Brighton. Designed by London-based KSS architects on behalf of developers The Community Stadium, the scheme

Work is expected to get underway on the new £31.4m Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility in North Lanarkshire early next year after a ceremony was held to mark the cutting of the first turf. The facility, which is scheduled to open in May 2010, will include a full-sized indoor football pitch, an athletics track, a nine-court sports hall, a full-sized outdoor football pitch and six five-a-side pitches. It is also set

Celtic Crusaders Rugby League Football Club (CCRLFC) has unveiled plans for a new 15,000-capacity stadium in Bridgend, south Wales, as part of the proposed new £40m Island Farm Sporting Village. A planning application for the new stadium has been submitted to Bridgend County Borough Council this week, which will also include bars, corporate hospitality suites, media suites and large indoor training facilities. The club was recently awarded a three-year licence

Calderdale Council has appointed the Hertfordshire-based construction company, Willmott Dixon, to build two new swimming complexes in West Yorkshire. The £10.5m project will see new pools for the towns of Sowerby Bridge and Brighouse, which will be part-funded by the sale of Leeds-Bradford International airport in 2007. Architect Saunders Boston were behind the designs for the two new sites, both incorporating a 25m, six-lane swimming pool, a learner pool, and

Pure Leisure Group (PLG) has unveiled its proposals for a new £9.5m leisure complex at the 240-acre (97.1-hectare) Billing Aquadrome holiday park in Northamptonshire. The park has already undergone widescale upgrade works since it was acquired by PLG two years ago, and it is now hoped that the first phase of the new facility will be ready to open in September 2009 subject to planning consent. Under plans outlined by

Health club operator The Club Company has completed a £2m redevelopment of the Tytherington Club in Macclesfield. The nine-month project has added a third dance studio to the site, which will host mind-body classes, such as yoga and pilates. The most significant aspect of the project is the introduction of a poolside spa facility for adults. The spa, designed by interior designers Douglas Wallace, incorporates four treatment rooms, a large

A new community sports facility is set to be built in Woodston, Peterborough, after the city council agreed to invest the remaining £800,000 required to fund the project. The remainder of the funding for the 500sq m (5,382sq ft) pavilion, which has been designed by Capita Architecture, is being contributed by Barratt Homes, as part of its plans for a new housing development nearby. Facilities at the pavilion will include