Willmott Dixon will fund building the £20m Moberly Sports Centre in Queen’s Park through the development of the new homes

Richard Barker, Westminster Council’s director of sport and leisure, said: “This decision means that we can now build the new facilities which I hope will encourage more people in Queen’s Park to take up sporting activity, and help improve their health and their lives overall.”

Work will begin at Moberly this autumn and will be completed in 2016, before work begins on the new community facility at the Jubilee site, which will include a 3-court sports hall and flexible activity space.