Small and Medium sized sites

Recreation facilities on school site, Cheshire East Council- NEW

Sporting gain

A single storey pavilion, a children’s play area, and two multi use games areas.

Type

The development of 123 dwellings at a site owned by Henbury High School in Macclesfield.

Local authority

Cheshire East (formerly Macclesfield Borough Council)

Secured by

The recreation facilities will be provided by the developer on site and then transferred to the council after a 12 month period of satisfactory maintenance together with a sum of money for their future maintenance (not to exceed 65% of £120,000). 

Due to economic situation the developer has renegotiated the phasing of the works which have only just started on site.

 

Macclesfield’s SPD S106 (Planning) Agreements, 2004,

supports the use of planning obligations and can be found in section 2.2 of this report.

Refurbishment of local skate park, Guildford Borough Council

Sporting gain  A developer contribution of £229K was used to establish a LEAP within 0.9ha of open space and to refurbish an off-site skate park at Stoke Park.
Type The redevelopment of a 4.92ha site, formerly DEFRA office buildings,to provide 200 homes.
Secured by S106 Agreement. Guildford’s SPD on Infrastructure(2006) supported the use of planning obligations to take account of the increased pressure on the physical and social infrastructure of an area.  The Friends of Stoke Park agreed in February 2009 to survey the skate park and recommend improvements
Local authority Guildford Borough Council

Facilities secured across Islington

Sporting gain

£750,000 to be used towards the reprovision of sporting facilities within the locality of the development.

Type Hornsey Road Baths at Hornsey Road, Islington – the refurbishment and redevelopment of the site to provide a mix of uses comprising 206 residential units (including 62 affordable), Class B1 use, Sure Start facility, Class A3 (cafe) and the change of use of listed buildings to community theatre and associated works
Secured by

All residential and commercial development make a contribution towards shortfall of sports hall provision and projected shortfall in swimming pool provision, Islington’s Planning Obligations (S106) SPD, adopted 2009.

Local authority London Borough of Islington

Mixed use scheme on former Electrolux site

Sporting gain The provision of three equipped play areas together with the transfer of associated open space to the Council.  In addition, there was a commitment of £52K for 10 year’s maintenance of the play areas, £70K for 10 year’s maintenance of the open space, and £84K as a contribution towards a new community centre.
Proposal This is a mixed-use scheme with a residential development of 498 dwellings.
Location

Electrolux site, Oakley Road

The site was formerly owned by Electrolux and is located some two miles north west of Luton city centre.

Description The site covers some 40 hectares and was originally occupied by a industrial complex.  The residential element was built in two phases, 233 units in phase 1 and 265 units in phase 2.  The remainder of the site occupied by Electrolux offices; only the industrial element was closed.
Secured by

S106 Agreement made jointly by Electrolux and Barratt Homes.

Policy LC2 of the second deposit draft of the local plan 2001-2011 requires an appropriate financial or other contribution towards open space provision.  The local authority is preparing draft guidance as SPD with its new Local Development Framework.

Approval date Phase 1 approved in 1998 and completed in 2000; and phase 2 approved in 2002 and completed in 2004
Local authority Luton Borough Council

Mixed-use development on former school site secures on-site and off-site benefits for sport

Sporting gain On-site playing field provision (2.6shectares) with full community use and enhanced drainage specification. New leisure centre to replace disused facility.

New primary school playing field to have community use and enhanced drainage provision.

Off-site financial contribution towards qualitative improvements to existing playing fields in the catchment, based on priorities identified in the Rochford Playing Pitch Assessment (2002).
Proposal Mixed use development comprising Residential, Neighbourhood Centre, Public Open Space, New Primary School and Leisure Centre
Location Park School, Rawreth Lane, Rayleigh, Essex
Description Redevelopment of former secondary school site which closed in 1996. Playing rields (5.5 hectares) disused since that time and leisure centre attached to former school closed in 2002.

Mixed use development would provide funding to supply new community playing fields, new sports centre, new primary school and off-site qualitative improvements to nearby playing fields via priorities identified in local playing pitch strategy.
Secured by Planning Conditions and s.106 obligation
Approval date June 2003
Local authority Rochford District Council

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