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A £17 million cricket pavilion at Headingley Carnegie Cricket Ground in Leeds by SMC Alsop has won planning.

The 4,000sq m project, for Yorkshire County Cricket Club and Leeds Metropolitan University, combines new cricket, media and hospitality facilities for the university and is now set for completion in 2010.

BD reported in January that the scheme would not be ready for next year’s Ashes series following a number of delays and design changes.

Shaun Russell, SMC Alsop director, said: “The Carnegie Pavilion has undoubtedly been a real challenge for our joint clients and the whole design team — an unusual dual-use building on a highly constrained site and surrounded by residential properties.

“We are extremely pleased with the outcome of the planning application. We consider the Carnegie Pavilion to be a genuinely ground-breaking project.”

The project is designed to achieve Breeam’s “excellent” rating and start on site in November.