PROPERTY Brentford FC Stadium plans move forward Feethams Leisure will feature a new cinema


Darlington leisure scheme gets the go-ahead


Darlington Borough Council has granted planning permission for the go-ahead of Feethams Leisure, a £30m redevelopment project in the town centre. Te scheme, which will create around 500


new jobs and regenerate a 1.9 acre former bus station site, will be anchored by a nine-screen multiplex Vue cinema and include an 80-bed Premier Inn. Also included are a number of bars,


retail units and restaurants, with outlets of both Nandos and Prezzo included amongst the latter. Two further restaurant units are under offer to other - as yet unspecified - national brands. Property development and investment group, Terrace Hill hopes to commence work during the middle of this year, with completion expected by Q3 2015. Details: http://lei.sr?a=6v9Z3


£20m Bridlington Leisure redevelopment plans start


Work is expected to start on the £20m rede- velopment of a multipurpose leisure facility in Bridlington, following plans put forward by East Riding of Yorkshire Council. BAM Construction will be responsible


for the build project, as the council seeks to redevelop its ageing Leisure World facil- ity, with the new centre expected to be finished by autumn 2015. A new sports centre is to be home to a


six-lane, 25m swimming pool, which will be accompanied by a smaller learner pool, a freeform pool with water features, two water slides and swimming spectator seat- ing for 150 people. Te centre will also feature a health suite


with a steamroom, sauna, spa pool, showers and foot spa, with guests being able to make the most of expert advice within dedicated health and wellbeing consulting space. Te council has also struck a deal with Sport England and Total Swimming, which has seen the installation of an Olympic Legacy Pool at its Bridlington Sports Centre facil- ity. Details: http://lei.sr?a=D8M3r


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Willmott Dixon has been named the preferred devel- opment partner by Brentford Football Club under plans for a new 20,000-seat sta- dium and 910 homes in west London. The new stadium plans will see Brentford move from its current home of Griffin Park – the club’s home since 1904 – and move to the new location on Lionel Road South. The new homes will be


built adjacent to the new sta- dium and on the site of the club’s current home aſter it has been demolished. Te surrounding area will also be regen-


erated with improvements made to the local environment and infrastructure. Plans are for the stadium to be completed in time for the 2016/17 football season while the homes will be built over a six-year period. Te project was masterplanned by FaulknerBrowns archi- tects, while AFLS+P did the stadium design.


Te plans would see Brentford move from their home of 110 years Planning consent for the Brentford devel-


opment was given the green light in December 2013 by the London Borough of Hounslow. It has not, however, yet been given


the final confirmation and approval by the mayor of London Boris Johnson and communities secretary Eric Pickles. Details: http://lei.sr?a=U7N8x


Foster unveils £220m SkyCycle plans


Plans have been unveiled for a progressive SkyCycle network, designed to give cyclists a dedicated commuter route, as its developers seek to transform cycle transport in London. Designed by Norman


Foster + Partners with Exterior Architecture and Space Syntax, the 135-mile network of routes is planned for construction above exist- ing suburban railway lines. The plans come in the


wake of a number of deaths of cyclists experienced on the capital’s roads, with the project’s proposers also seeking to improve journey times and decrease congestion, as London looks to manage popu- lation growth of 12 per cent in the next decade. The first four-mile stretch of the route


Te SkyCycle network will transform London’s rail networks It is believed that each route could accom-


modate 12,000 cyclists each hour, with the network providing easy access to the cycling corridor for 5.8 million people. Te proposals also suggest that cycling times


would potentially run from east London through to Liverpool Street at a cost of £220m, while nine other routes are also proposed along the elevated network. Te project’s developers believe that the SkyCycle will provide over 220 kilometers of car-free cycle space, which will incorporate over 200 entrance points for cyclists.


Read Leisure Opportunities online: www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/digital


could be reduced by as much as 29 minutes, as the routes spread over an area of 20-foot wide decks and follow natural contours. “SkyCycle is a lateral approach to finding


space in a congested city,” said Foster. “By using the corridors above the suburban rail- ways, we could create a world-class network of safe cycle routes.” Details: http://lei.sr?a=s6b9K


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