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 2

Creating a lifelong sporting habit 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 3

Sport England Planning Focus 4

Creating a lifelong sporting habit Sport England Planning Focus Seeking 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 5

Creating a lifelong sporting habit SE - Planning for Sport 6

Assessing Needs and Opportunity 7

Comprehensive Local Assessments Creating a lifelong sporting habit 8 Comprehensive assessment of local sporting need and opportunities Playing Pitch Assessment & Strategy Assessment of all other relevant sporting provision e.g pools, halls…...

Creating a lifelong sporting habit 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 9

Creating a lifelong sporting habit 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

Creating a lifelong sporting habit 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

Creating a lifelong sporting habit Lessons Learnt 12

Creating a lifelong sporting habit 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 13

14