Creating a lifelong sporting habit

Improving Culture, Arts, Sporting Opportunities through planning

Sport England planning for sport

John Berry – Planning Manager

Creating a lifelong sporting habit

Contents

• PPG17 NPPF

• Sport England’s planning for sport principles

• Forthcoming Guidance on Assessing Needs and Opportunities

• Lessons leant from the sport approach

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National Planning Policy Framework

• PPG 17 replaced by NPPF

• Paragraphs 73 & 74

• Paragraph 73 requires planning policies to be based on assessment of needs for local areas. The assessment must be:– Robust and up‑to‑date – Identify specific needs and quantitative or qualitative

deficits or surpluses– Determine what provision is required

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Sport England Planning Focus

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Sport England Planning FocusSeeking to achieve 3 main principles• Protect - Protect existing facilities• Enhance - Enhance the quality, accessibility and

management of existing facilities

• Provide - Provide new facilities to meet demand

Delivering these principles through:– Forward Planning– Development management– Strategy for meeting needs

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SE - Planning for Sport

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Assessing Needs and Opportunity

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Comprehensive Local Assessments

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Comprehensive assessment of local sporting need and

opportunities

Playing Pitch Assessment & Strategy

Assessment of all other relevant sporting provision e.g pools, halls…...

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Assessing Needs and Opportunities Guide (ANOG)• Assessing Needs Guide – aim to fill the gap in

guidance

• Draft guide in late Summer 2013

• Scoping stage – LA’s, NGB’s, Leisure Sector

• Consistent approach

• Tailored to a wide range of sports and facilities

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Assessment of Needs - Stages• Scope, prepare & tailor

• Gather knowledge & Information on supply and demand

• Assessment and analysis leading to key issues and findings. Clarity on what you need to: – Protect – Enhance – Provide

• Sound basis for delivery

• ANOG guide to be released in 201310

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Playing Pitch Strategy

• Has its own detailed guidance due to nature of pitch based sport

• Review of ‘Towards a Level Playing’

• Forms part of the overall assessment required by NPPF

• Stages – similar approach as ANOG

• New PPS guidance to be released with ANOG in 2013.

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Lessons Learnt

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Lessons Learnt from Sports approach• Clear scope

– what are you trying to achieve – raising participation/health/social cohesion

– what matters for your area

• Involving the right people – best use of resources

• Information– Know you users– Know your facilities

• Importance of delivery – have a clear picture what is needed in your area and how it can be delivered

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