1. West of England progress with Green Space and Playing Pitch Strategy West of England Partnership Culture, Leisure & Tourism Group 21 st February 2008

2. Policies for service improvement and development Standards for the provision of accessible green space: Quality Distance Quantity What does the Bristol strategy cover?

3. Children’s Play Formal Green Space Informal Green Space Natural Green Space Sports Space Types of Space

4. Service Management and Development Policies Sports Space Adopts policy framework from Playing Pitch Strategy Increase pitch capacity and improve pavilions Rationalise and improve tennis and bowls provision Improve the wider park environment for sport Encourage participation by clubs and individuals

5. Setting the standards Standards are for minimum levels of provision Essential to ensure the council complies with Planning Policy Guidance No 17 Most important element is Quality – ‘Getting to Good’ over the next 20 years

6. Setting the standards Quantity sq m/capita Distance (metres and time) Overall distance to any spaceN/A400 (9 minutes) Children and Young People’s Space0.3450 (10 minutes) Informal Green Space8.0550 (13 minutes) Formal Green Space2.0600 (15 minutes) Natural Green Space9.0700 (18 minutes) Active Sports SpaceSee PPS Quantity and Accessibility

7. BCC Playing Pitch Strategy The updated PPS provides; Analysis on public, private and education playing pitches Consistent planning approach A tool kit for assessing current and future open space and sports requirements A framework for identifying locations for future built facilities A system for identifying areas with sufficient and insufficient playing pitches Ability to control, rationalise and rotate pitch supply to ensure optimum use and quality Provide robust, appropriate advice on planning applications

8. City Wide Pitch Analysis

9. Drive Time Analysis

10. Development Control Tool Kit Combines Sport England Tool Kit Analysis With Open Space Assessments To provide accurate open space & sports analysis. Analysis can be used to forecast and project future open space and sports requirements.

11. Consistent & Transparent Planning Apporach

12. Area Green Space Plans

13. Hub Site Location / Facility Planning

14. Green Space Master Planning

15. South Glos PPG17 Audit began in May 2007 to review: –Quantity –Quality –Accessibility Aim – to ensure improvements to existing facilities and new provision where required

16. South Glos. – so far Mapped the majority of existing provision – Access/GIS database Using this to inform current planning decisions Due to begin quality audit in April 2008 Accessibility – Autumn 2008 Considering the presentation of the info – A Green Space Strategy

17. North Somerset Advanced stage with playing pitch and built facilities strategy Work has just begun on Green Spaces Strategy Working together, they aim to draw down developer contributions from emerging LDF up to 2026

18. Bath and North East Somerset Green Space Strategy adopted March 2007 Sets out standards: quantity, distribution, and quality Not an SPD, so success in its use to assess development proposals has been patchy SPD for developer contributions and embracing the GSS to be adopted mid 2008

19. Bath and North East Somerset Playing pitch assessment undertaken several years ago but not formally adopted and has limited weight Plans to refresh the assessment and get it adopted during 2008 Developing Sports Facilities Strategy for adoption in mid 2008, with aim to have this incorporated into the Developer Contributions SPD Both strategies working together aim to have an increasingly significant impact on planning and delivery of green space and sports services