A new £2.1m football complex is to be built in Shepherd's Bush, London, after councillors agreed to appoint Sport and Leisure Group (SLG) as the preferred bidder for the scheme.

It is proposed that SLG - trading as PlayFootball.net - is to construct 11 synthetic pitches - eight five-a-side and three seven-a-side and a basketball court at the Hammersmith Park site. A planning application is now due to be submitted later this summer, with the new facilities to open in spring 2012 to replace an existing dilapidated all-weather pitch at the site.

Facilities will also include a pavilion and a café that fit in with the surrounding landscape of the park, and the facility will provide "significant" free use for local residents. Greg Smith, the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham's cabinet member for residents' services, said the deal was "fantastic" for local residents.

"The council has managed to secure £2m to be spent in Hammersmith Park at zero cost to the taxpayer in return for a state-of-the-art soccer centre that local people will be able to use for free," said Smith.