This project was for the £4.5m redevelopment of the existing Peterlee Leisure Centre.

New facilities were added to the centre including an eight lane bowling alley and a bar. Other new facilities include a soft play area for young children and the centre’s first café serving healthy food and drinks.

Improvements have also been made to the centre’s fitness offering. The gym now sits in a larger space, a third fitness studio has been introduced as well as a new well-being suite offering an expanded range of health services.

A range of energy efficiency measures have been installed across the site after the council secured funding from the government’s Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS). These include high efficiency LED lighting throughout, water saving devices and solar panels to produce electricity as well as replacing gas boilers with air source heat pumps. These measures are expected to reduce carbon dioxide usage by 300 tonnes a year.