Provision in major housing areas
Sports facilities secured across
Islington-NEW
| Sporting gain |
|
| Type |
i) Lough Road, Ashburton Grove and
Highbury.
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| Location |
London Borough of Islington |
| Secured by |
All residential and commercial development make a contribution
towards a shortfall of sports hall provision and projected
shortfall in swimming pool provision, Islington’s Planning Obligations (S106) SPD,
adopted 2009. |
Redevelopment of redundant
school site, Milton Keynes Council- NEW
| Sporting gain |
Construction of a community sports
facility including pavilion, ground re-levelling and drainage to
create 4 rugby pitches and a baseball/softball diamond, and three
15 metre high floodlights at Emerson Valley District Park. In
addition a baseball pitch and associated facilities were secured at
Knowhill. Both facilities were provided at a cost of £1.472M
and a POS contribution of £70K.
|
| Type |
The former Gyosei school at Willen, a
6.9 ha site, was used to develop the ExtraCare Village composing
172 units of market housing. The retirement village has extensive
community facilities including a restaurant, a bar, a gym, spa
facilities and village hall open to over 55’s in the local
community and neighbouring area. |
| Secured by |
A S106 agreement provided for payment to
mitigate against the loss of an existing running track and sports
pitches that were previously on the site.
|
| Local authority |
Milton Keynes Council |
Major redevelopment site provides £1M worth of new
sports facilities
British Paper Board & Corys Wharf -
Purfleet
| Sporting gain |
Provision, from developer contribution totalling over £1M,
includes financial contribution (made to Thurrock Council) towards
indoor and outdoor community sports provision, in lieu of direct
provision
The Council’s sports facilities strategy will inform the
development of projects.
(The financial contribution was calculated using Sport England’s
Sport Facility Calculator) |
| Proposal |
British Paper Board Site - mixed use development, comprising
residential (approx 1000 dwellings), employment and community
uses.
Corys Wharf – mixed use development comprising residential (504
dwellings) and retail uses. Both applications for outline
permission. |
| Location |
Both sites are located to the south of Purfleet village in an
industrial area adjoining the River Thames close to the Dartford
River Crossing |
| Decription |
Two adjoining former industrial sites (used for paperboard
manufacturing, oil storage and a coal yard) were proposed for
residential led mixed use developments. Both sites were
identified in the adopted local plan for employment uses. No
on-site provision or off-site financial contributions was proposed
towards sports facility provision when applications were submitted.
The representations made by Sport England on the lack of
sports facility provision led to financial contributions being
secured |
| Secured by |
S106 Agreements have been completed in relation to both outline
planning permissions, which were granted in 2005. The
agreements require the sums of £720,859 and £363,383 (£1,084,240 in
total) to be paid for the provision of or improvement to sports
facilities in the reasonable vicinity of the sites. |
| Completion date |
The section 106 agreement requires the developer to pay the
contributions to the Council within 4 years of the date of the
agreement and that the contributions will be index linked to the
Retail Price Index. |
| Local Authority |
Thurrock Borough Council |
Major housing and employment
development pays £1M towards sport and recreation facilities -
Grange Park, Northampton.
| Sporting gain |
Provision, from developer contribution totalling over £1M,
includes greenways, outdoor sport facilities (cricket pitch,
bowling green, MUGA), a community hall and two country parks |
| Proposal |
A mixed development of 1600 dwellings and 30 hectares of
employment (phase 1, B8 and phase 2, B1/B2). |
| Location |
Grange Park is located off A508 near Northampton |
| Decription |
It is primarily a greenfield site which is accommodating a
large residential development, Foxfields Country Park, Wooton
Country Park and outdoor recreation facilities. |
| Secured by |
A S106 Agreement includes commuted sums for maintenance over a
10 year period. A planning brief for the site was prepared
which was adopted as Supplementary Planning Guidance. |
| Completion date |
1000 dwellings have been completed. |
| Local Authority |
Northampton Borough Council |
Sports facilities secured within New
Settlement
Eastern Quarry, Dartford
A financial contribution towards indoor and outdoor sport
and recreation will be realised over the duration of the
development which will include:
Public sites
- 1 Artificial Turf Pitch (Rubber Crumb)
- 3 Grass (senior) pitches incl. 1 Cricket square
- School sites for Dual Use with the Community
- 1 Artificial Turf Pitch (sand based)
- 4 court sports hall4 Grass (senior) pitches incl.
Artificial wicket
- Dance and Health and Fitness rooms
Changing rooms and ancillary facilities to be provided for
all the above.
Other community
- 6 netball courts (3 floodlit)
- 2 Multi use games Areas
Facilities to be provided within open space, details to be
agreed but could include trim trails, climbing walls, orienteering
marked courses
| Sporting gain |
| Description |
New Settlement. Formerly the site of a chalk quarry, this
is a mixed use development that will be brought forward in a series
of phases over twenty years. It is anticipated that the first homes
will be available in 2008. |
| Location |
Located within the Kent Thameside, the outline application
covers land at Eastern Quarry and Craylands Gorge, Dartford. |
| Description |
Residential developments of 300 new build houses on former
hospital site. Implementation of Local Plan Policy TR35 which
requires 1 new bicycle to be provided for every new dwelling. |
| Secured by |
SPG adopted In July 2002 provided the basis for deciding
applications for the redevelopment of the site.
The provision for open space and formal recreation has been set out
within a S106 Agreement based on the Local Plan requirements .
As of December 2005, the sports provision for the site had
been agreed although the full heads of agreement of the S106 were
not finalised.The production of a full Playing Pitch Strategy was
initiated by Sport England and Dartford Borough Council and
Groundwork as part of Dartford’s PPG17 assessment work.
Discussions will commence on the production of a SPD once the
evidence work is completed, possibly in co-operation with Gravesham
Borough Council. |
| Approval date |
A resolutuion to grant outline planning permission was
made in July 2005. |
| Local authority |
Dartford Borough Council |
Redevelopment of Commercial Sports Ground recreates
facilities for community
Liverpool Victoria Site, Acton
| Sporting gain |
Sport benefit totals over £1 million and includes the
following:
- -community access to an artificial turf pitch (ATP);
- -a cricket pitch suitable for two junior teams;
- -a new pavilion with 4 changing rooms, with space for
meetings
|
| Proposal |
The site was most recently a private company sports
ground for use solely by employees of the Liverpool Victoria
Friendly Society. A third of the application site, which is
some 2ha. in area, was redeveloped for housing. Sport England
London Region and Active Ealing developed this project in
partnership with George Wimpey Ltd. and agreed an appropriate level
of sport provision. |
| Location |
Liverpool Victoria Site, Acton |
| Description |
The redevelopment will include 14x3 bed houses, 13x1 bed
flats and 44x2 bed flats and provides the first full-size
artificial turf pitch in the Acton area.
Work on the pavilion will begin in early 2006 with the
cricket pitch scheduled to be completed in 2007.
|
| Secured by |
Policy 1.8 of the UDP sets out the strategic goal for
community facilities, and that it is reasonable to expect
developers to contribute towards the costs of community
infrastructure; this is supported by a draft SPG. |
| Local authority |
London Borough of Ealing with Active Ealing which seeks
to encourage participation in sport and promote healthy, active
lifestyles across the borough. |
New facilities within major uban extension
Newcastle Great Park, Newcastle
| Sporting Gain |
- indoor sports hall (4 court) as a part of the community
building, £2.5 million
- two outdoor grass football pitches, £106K;
- artificial turf pitch, £544K
- changing pavilion (6 team), £783K
(The value of sport benefit was calculated using Sport England’s
Sport Facility Costs document, 1st quarter 2005). All
facilities are still to be completed.
|
| Proposal |
A mixed use development, comprising a 80ha business park
with 2,500 homes and local centre scheduled to be built over the
next decade
|
| Location |
Three miles north west of Newcastle city centre |
| Description |
Land formerly within the Tyne and Wear Green Belt and
later allocated for primarily economic development and housing by
the adopted UDP. All necessary social and physical
infrastructure, including education, retail, community and
recreation facilities are to be provided onsite to meet the needs
of the new community
|
| Secured by |
A S106 Agreement was attached to the outline planning
permission, granted in 2000. This is being re-negotiated to
take into account additional uses for the site. It is
currently published as Draft Revised Master Plan and Supplementary
Planning Document, dated April 2005.
|
| Completion Date |
The NGP will be developed in four phases, with the first, of
about 700 houses on the east side of the park, nearly completed.
The residential component of the site is expected to be
finished by 2018. |
| Local Authority |
Newcastle City Council |
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