Plans for new £15m Holbeck Sports Hub to be given green light by Leeds City Council
Plans to build a new £15 million sports hub are set to be given the green light next week.
The final go-ahead is expected to be given for work to start on the new Holbeck Sports Hub at Leeds City Council’s executive board meeting next week (March 11).
Senior councillors are expected to give approval to appoint an agreed contractor to complete the work which will deliver top-class sports pitches and a new community space.
With work expected to start in August 2026, Holbeck Sports Hub will provide three full-size artificial grass football pitches, two multi-use games areas and a building with changing rooms and a café.
“We look forward to the work starting on the Holbeck Sports Hub, which will be a significant asset to the local community and residents in south Leeds,” Coun Salma Arif said.
“It will provide affordable and accessible quality sports pitches, providing more opportunities for physical activity and play and spaces to meet up and connect. We are also working towards an agreement with a GP practice so that the area can benefit from new high-quality healthcare provision to meet the needs of the community.”
The hub is set to be built at the site of the former Matthew Murray High School with the ambition to also provide a new home to a GP surgery. This would contribute to the wide-ranging health and wellbeing benefits that the development will bring for local residents.
Other elements of the development include a children’s play area and walking and running routes through the green space which sits off Brown Lane East and Ingram Road.
The new all-weather pitches will provide sustainable, high-quality training facilities to reduce the impact on grass pitches and help overcome the shortfall of over 20 all-weather pitches across the city. The Holbeck hub is the third in Leeds to be delivered in partnership with the Football Foundation as part of their national Parklife programme.
It follows Woodhall in Calverley which is set to be completed for the 2026/27 playing season, and Green Park in Temple Newsam where work is starting this year. All three hubs will be managed by the National Football Trust.