Greater London Authority news

Alliance Leisure has been awarded funding of £13m to develop a new sports hub at Parsloes Park in Barking. The leisure development specialist was appointed ... More

Construction work has begun on a £13m community sports hub in Barking, East London. The new facility will replace the existing Parsloes Park Sports Pavilion ... More

UK Active and Nike have launched the 2022 Open Doors programme. The scheme provides children and young people with the opportunity to connect, be active, ... More

Primary school staff that are helping and inspiring children in London to be active are to be celebrated in a new initiative from ukactive Kids ... More

British architecture practice FaulknerBrowns have been given a provisional go-ahead for the intensely debated Britannia Leisure Centre in London, UK. The new multipurpose recreational venue ... More

Two state-of-the-art hockey pitches will be built ahead of the Women’s Hockey World Cup in England next summer. The pitches, costing £600,000, will be constructed ... More

Heatherwick Studio and SPPARC Architects have been announced as the lead design team who will comprehensively revamp London’s historic Olympia exhibition centre. The owners of ... More

The City of London’s planning committee has green lit architect Eric Parry’s design for the district’s tallest tower. With a gross estimated area of 30,000sq ... More

The relationship between music and the UK's tourism economy will be explored at a conference in Liverpool next year. Taking place at the Titanic Hotel ... More

Londoners are being encouraged to participate in physical activity with the launch of an app which distributes rewards for taking part. The app uses geo-fencing ... More

London mayor Sadiq Khan has ordered a review into Thomas Heatherwick’s proposed £185m Garden Bridge project, which will investigate whether taxpayers have had value for ... More

Recently-elected mayor of London Sadiq Khan has launched a 14 day consultation concerning AFC Wimbledon’s planning application for a new stadium. The consultation is being ... More

Plans for a new elevated urban park in London along an abandoned coal railway line, have advanced, with architects Adams & Sutherland selected to launch ... More

London 2017 – the wholly-owned subsidiary of UK Athletics – will see its role in delivering the 2017 World Championship scaled back following the appointment ... More

Another day, another plan for an elevated public park inspired by New York’s High Line. Following in the footsteps of Singapore, Seoul and Sydney, a ... More

Plans are afoot to transform a swathe of industrial West London wasteland into a huge new urban area where “people will aspire to live, work ... More

Proposals to regenerate wasteland in the heart of London’s Shoreditch area through a modern mixed-use scheme are being carried forward by developers Hammerson and Ballymore, ... More

The Museum of London has been awarded £200,000 ($314,453, €281,571) to set up an architectural competition for its new home at nearby Smithfield Market. On ... More

Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has outlined plans to boost cultural tourism in the UK capital. He says he wants visitors to enjoy the “giant ... More

Plans to create a third financial district in London – to rival the City and Canary Wharf – have taken a significant step forward after ... More

QPR’s plans for a new 40,000-seater stadium have hit a major stumbling block, after the owner of a second-hand car dealership sitting right where the ... More

Queens Park Rangers Football Club has unveiled plans for a new 40,000-seater stadium as part of a major regeneration project of the Old Oak area ... More

Queens Park Rangers Football Club (QPR) has begun initial talks over the possibility of building a new 40,000-capacity stadium. It's believed the club is looking ... More

The new Romford Leisure Development in Essex, which includes an ice rink has been given the green light by Havering’s Regulatory Services Committee. The new ... More