Other sports facilities
Courts and greens comprising natural or artificial surfaces, including tennis courts, bowling greens, athletics tracks and other outdoor sports areas
- Design stage
- Co-design
- Tags
- local plan
- Frequency of updates
- Every 6 months
- Discussion
- Join the discussion on GitHub
- Last updated
- 26 September 2024
Backlog
Who asked for 'Other sports facilities' data?
Identified by the Geospatial Commission as a part of a national dataset to make data easier to find for the sector.
What is the driver for the request?
Other
Which 2024 focus area does the request support?
Modern planning software;Faster local plans
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What is the 'Other sports facilities' consideration?
Courts and greens comprising natural or artificial surfaces, including tennis courts, bowling greens, athletics tracks and other outdoor sports areas
Is there legislation that defines 'Other sports facilities'?
No
Who, in law, is responsible for the planning consideration or makes decisions about 'Other sports facilities'?
Nothing was found through legislation, but we expect that the LPA is responsible for decision making with regards to other sports facilities as it is a local designation.
Which organisations do we think should publish the data?
Local authorities;Sport England
Is the Other sports facilities a trigger?
No
Is the Other sports facilities something to consult during plan making?
Yes
Provide information about when Other sports facilities is used during plan making
LPAs are likely to have identified the presence of all sports facilities present in the borough. The presence of these will likely be assessed through an open space study, playing pitch strategy and/or an Infrastructure Delivery Plan, and when planning for growth, new provision will be modelled, and be expected to be delivered through development.
Is there any Other sports facilities data already available?
Yes
What Other sports facilities data is currently available?
- OS Open Greenspace (publisher: Ordnance Survey; coverage: National; licence: OpenData - Open Government Licence; fields: id;function;distinctiveName1;distinctiveName2;distinctiveName3;distinctiveName4;geometry)
Do we think the data should come from a single source?
Yes, the data already exists nationally and openly. As per some research summarised in this blog, we will use the national data in the interim, but long term would like to collect this data from LPAs.
Will a data standard be required?
No
Research
What other planning considerations does it interact with?
Other local open space designations:
Amenity Greenspace Public Parks and Gardens Natural and Semi-Natural Greenspace Children’s play space Allotments Cemeteries Playing pitches
Also, any other sport related planning considerations
Who are the statutory consultees for Other sports facilities?
Sport England
What are the planning needs for this data?
LPAs are likely to have identified the presence of all sports facilities present in the borough. The presence of these will likely be assessed through an open space study, playing pitch strategy and/or an Infrastructure Delivery Plan, and when planning for growth, new provision will be modelled, and be expected to be delivered through development.
From what we have learnt so far are there any risks to making Other sports facilities data available?
Through the research of the available open national dataset, there appear to be no immediate risks to adding this data to the platform.