The Kewford Eagles Football Club in Staffordshire has announced details of its proposed £1.2m sports park after seven years in the planning. The club recently secured a 30-year lease for a 30-acre site next to Dudley Kingswinford Rugby Club in Wall Health, which will host the facility if plans are approved by Staffordshire County Council. The proposed facility will boast 11 football pitches, varying in size for all ages, including

Plans for a waterside mixed-use development, immediately adjacent to Canary Wharf on the Isle of Dogs, London, has been granted outline planning permission by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The mixed-use project, called Wood Wharf, is a partnership between developers Ballymore Group, the urban regeneration company Canary Wharf Group and the site's owners British Waterways. GVA Grimley is the planning adviser for the development. The site is currently a

The first phase of a £60m redevelopment of the Leicester Tigers' Welford Road ground will be completed in time for the 2009-10 season. The first phase of the project, which involves the creation of a new Caterpillar Stand on the Granby Halls side of the stadium, will see capacity boosted from 17,500 to 24,500. The revamp, which was designed by architects Frank Whittle Partnership, is being carried out by construction

Work has started on a £4.5m project to complete the east stand at The Shay stadium in Halifax, West Yorkshire. Hall Construction Services has been appointed by Calderdale Council to carry out the design and build contract on the stand at the home of FC Halifax Town, which has remained partially built for a number of seasons. The project will see the installation of 3,500 seats, a banqueting suite for

Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club (BHAFC) announced that Buckingham Group has appointed to build its new stadium at Falmer, Sussex. It was also revealed, however, that the opening of the 22,500-seat stadium has been put back to August 2011 due to planning delays. Buckingham, which has been involved in work at Reading's Madejski Stadium and Old Trafford in Manchester, has been selected to build the new stadium, and it

Plans have been unveiled for the first phase of development at the home of Sheffield United Football Club (SUFC). It is part of a long-term vision for the Bramall Lane stadium, which could ultimately see the club hosting games in the 2018 World Cup, should a Football Association bid to host the event succeed. The club plans to submit a planning application by the end of October to increase the

The new Lammas Leisure Centre in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, is set to officially open on 1 November. Operated by Sports and Leisure Management (SLM) under its Everyone Active brand, the centre is being provided as part of a partnership with Ashfield District Council, which will run until 2016. The council has invested £16m in the Lammas Leisure Centre, which includes an ice-skating rink, a six-lane 25m swimming pool, a four-court sports

Construction work has begun on the £8.2m leisure centre and library in Maghull, Merseyside as part of an improvement scheme developed by Sefton Council and Maghull Town Council. Maghull Leisure Centre and Library, designed by GLR architects, will feature a five lane, 25m swimming pool and a learner pool as well as a fitness suite, a sauna, a steamroom and an aerobics studio. There will also be a fitness referral

Lancashire County Cricket Club (LCCC) has unveiled plans for the £200m redevelopment of Old Trafford cricket club in Manchester as part of a larger 50-acre sports-led regeneration scheme. The project, led by a joint partnership between the club, Trafford Council, Ask Developments, Tesco and Stretford High School, will include a 750,000 sq ft (69.6 sq m) development featuring a new 15,000-seat stadium with the capability of rising to 25,000 with

One of America's most famous sporting arenas, the Yankee Stadium in New York, has hosted its last ever baseball game. The New York Yankees team, which has played its home games at the stadium since 1923, will be relocating to a new $1.3bn (£717.7m) Yankee Stadium in time for the start of the 2009 season. Work on the new 52,325-capacity stadium started in 2006, just north of the current 56,886-capacity

Construction work has begun on a £12m dual-use sports and social centre – the flagship project of the University of Sunderland's £75m redevelopment of its former city centre Chester Road Campus. Called CitySpace, the centre is designed by architects FaulknerBrowns, and will be a pre-paralympic training site for the 2012 London Games. It will be the official training base for Paralympic sailing, boccia, table tennis, goalball and wheelchair basketball, fencing

The Skelwith Group plans to make a bid to host the Ryder Cup golf tournament in Yorkshire for the first time since 1957. The developer, which has the backing of Yorkshire Forward and The Yorkshire Tourist Board, plans to submit an official bid to the British and European PGA once its £100m Flaxby Country Club hotel is completed in early 2011. The company hopes to host the Europe v US

Restoration work has begun on the derelict Marshall Street Baths in Soho, London, as part of a £25m leisure centre development. The site, which first opened in 1852 and was closed nine years ago, is expected to reopen in 2010. When complete, the facility will include a restored main pool, a new gym and health suite with sauna and multi-purpose exercise studios. Part of the plans involve the second 70sq

The new £5.8m dual-use pool and fitness suite at Weald Recreation Centre in Billingshurst, West Sussex, is set to open 20 September. The project is part of a strategy to increase the number of swimming pools in Horsham to three. The Billingshurst pool will join Horsham's Pavilions in the Park swimming and leisure complex and Steyning Leisure Centre. To accommodate the new pool, Weald Recreation Centre – owned by Horsham

The £1.7m refurbishment of Saddleworth swimming baths in Oldham, Lancashire, is now underway. Saddleworth Pool, managed by Oldham Community Leisure, is due to receive a new 50-station fitness suite, dance studio and two five-a-side football pitches to join its existing flood-lit sports pitch. Cheshire-based design company Pozzoni has been appointed as the project's architects and plans to deliver a new entrance and reception area as well as reconfigured wet and

Plymouth City Council has appointed design and planning group Arup to create the £44m Life Centre, a new sports and leisure complex in the city's Central Park. Arup, which created the the $100m ($79m) Water Cube aquatics centre for the Beijing Olympics,was appointed along with the project's lead designers SMC Charter Architects, part of SMC Group. They will work with property consultants EC Harris and the council to manage the

A 'topping out' ceremony has been held to mark the progress being made on a new 25,000-seat stadium in Cardiff. The stadium, in the Leckwith area of the city, will be the new home of both Cardiff City Football Club and Cardiff Blues rugby team. Officials from both clubs, as well as Cardiff Council leader Rodney Berman, attended the ceremony to celebrate the stadium reaching its highest point. Developers PMG

The designs for London 2012's velodrome have been unveiled by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA). The VeloPark, as it will be known, was designed by Hopkins Architects – with Expedition Engineering, BDSP and Grant Associates – and will be based to the north of the Olympic Park. The facility will include a 6,000-seat velodrome for the indoor track cycling events and a BMX circuit. After the Games, a road cycle

Southend United Football Club (SUFC) has been given full planning permission by the government to build a new 22,000-seat stadium at Fossetts Farm. However, the club has rejected a local media report which had suggested the cost of the project had risen sharply. Plans for the stadium, which include a hotel and conference facilities, were initially approved last year by both Southend Borough Council and Rochford District Council in early

The development of a £12m sports complex in Matlock, Derbyshire, could be delayed following the withdrawal of funding partner the Marston's pub company. Derbyshire Dales District Council, owner and operator of the proposed facility, intended to invest £7m into the project, which was to be generated from the sale of land to Marston's and of Sherwood Hall Leisure Centre, which was recently sold for £1m. The pub company backed out

Loyal Leisure, owner of Strathmore Golf Centre in East Perthshire, has received outline planning permission for a multi-million pound expansion, which includes on-site holiday accommodation. The plans, approved by Perth and Kinross Council, include a 30-bed lodge with a health and fitness suite, 34 chalets and a new clubhouse with a pro-golf shop, a bar and meeting rooms. The chalets, of various sizes, will be built in clusters across three

Crusaders Football Club has identified two sites in Belfast, Northern Ireland, that could house an ambitious joint stadium project. In partnership with Newington Football Club, the plans for both locations, launched at the end of August, include a shared 4,200-capacity, all-seater stadium as part of a wider community sports development. Designed by Frank Crowley Architects of Dublin, the new stadium will be located at either Grove Park in north Belfast,

The construction of Liverpool Football Club’s (LFC) new 73,000-seat stadium in Stanley Park has been put on hold. The £350m development, which received planning permission last month, was expected to open in time for the 2011-2012 season. A spokesperson for the club said: "Our commitment to building a new world class LFC stadium is undiminished. Like many other major development projects in the UK and overseas, we are affected by

Morecambe Football Club (MFC) has been granted planning permission by Lancaster City Council for a new development incorporating a 6,800-capacity stadium. As well as a new stadium, the 5.3 hectare (13 acre) site at Westgate will also include an outdoor multi-sports facility. Outline approval was also given for a 40-bedroom hotel, a club shop and seven food and drink outlets at the site. MFC has drawn up the plans with

Plans for the regeneration of Edinburgh's Leith Docks have been given the go-ahead by City of Edinburgh Council. The council awarded outline planning permission for the £700m mixed-use scheme, which is reportedly the largest planning application in Edinburgh's history. The project is part of a 30-year vision to transform the city's waterfront into a sustainable community and leisure destination. The framework, designed by international architects RMJM in collaboration with developers

HOK Sport, the architect firm behind the 2012 Olympic stadium and Arsenal's Emirates Stadium, is to separate from parent group HOK. HOK Sport's head, Rod Sheard, is leading the management buy out, which was funded by himself and other executives. The Kansas City, USA-based HOK Sport Venue Event – to give the company its full name – became an independent yet wholly-owned subsidiary of HOK in 2000. The two companies

Fife Council, Scotland, has announced plans to redevelop two of its leisure centres and to refurbish another sports facility as part of a £50m capital investment programme. The Fife Institute of Physical & Recreation Education (FIPRE) in Glenrothes will be redeveloped, as will the Kirkcaldy Swimming Pool, as part of a £33m project. The development is being carried out by B3Architects – also architectural advisors for the London 2012 Olympics