Work is due to get underway on the construction of a new multi-use sports pavilion in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, which will become the new home of a number of clubs.

A sod-cutting ceremony is scheduled to take place on 26 March to mark the start of work, which is due for completion in late summer. Designed by Norwich-based NPS Group, the facility will be built by construction group Irwins at the City of Wakefield Golf Course and will provide a purpose-built clubhouse for the local golf club.

Football clubs Old Thornesians, St Ignatius and Wakefield Jets will also be based at the site, which will include a number of changing facilities and will also house Azaads cricket club. Construction work will also enable Wakefield Council to activate a new eco-friendly irrigation system at the golf course, which features two fibreglass water tanks able to hold 150m3 of 'brown water'.

Roof gutters on the new pavilion will capture and direct rainwater to the new tanks, while a plant room within the building will house the irrigation control, pumps and UV water treatment equipment. Denise Jeffrey, the council's deputy leader and cabinet member for sport, said: "This facility will be a major step forward in the delivery of improved sporting facilities in the district.

"It will be home to the City of Wakefield Golf Club and [I] hope this building will help encourage more people to get involved in sport through the different local clubs who will benefit from this council facility."