Regulation 19 - Proposed Draft Local Plan Submission

Support

Representation ID: 14072

Received: 18/06/2025

Respondent: Sport England

Sport England welcomes the inclusion of this policy and in particular the contrary in Paragraph 4.52
highlighting the issues raised in the Council’s Playing Pitch Strategy 2022 and in the PPS Stage E Review 2024.
Is the Council’s intention to publish the Stage E Review document as it does not currently appear in the list of
Supporting Evidence.

Object

Representation ID: 14074

Received: 18/06/2025

Respondent: Sport England

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Allocation QA1 adjoins sports lit hockey pitches. The allocations should comply with the requirements of paragraph 200 of the NPPF (2024) which requires that new development should be integrated effectively with existing community facilities such as sports clubs. These existing facilities should not have unreasonable restrictions placed on them as a result of development permitted after they were established. Therefore, the applicant (or ‘agent of change’) should include details of measures to protect the operation of the adjoining sports facilities from any significant adverse effect arising from the siting of this new development. Suitable mitigation measures may impact on the number of dwellings

Object

Representation ID: 14075

Received: 18/06/2025

Respondent: Sport England

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Allocation BA1 adjoins a cricket pitch. The allocations should comply with the requirements of paragraph
200 of the NPPF (2024) which requires that new development should be integrated effectively with existing
community facilities such as sports clubs. These existing facilities should not have unreasonable restrictions
placed on them as a result of development permitted after they were established. Therefore, the applicant
(or ‘agent of change’) should include details of measures to protect the operation of the adjoining sports
facilities from any significant adverse effect arising from the siting of this new development. Suitable
mitigation measures may impact on the number of dwellings that can be constructed

Object

Representation ID: 14076

Received: 18/06/2025

Respondent: Sport England

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

All of these allocations adjoin playing fields and sports facilities. The allocations should comply with the requirements of paragraph
200 of the NPPF (2024) which requires that new development should be integrated effectively with existing
community facilities such as sports clubs. These existing facilities should not have unreasonable restrictions
placed on them as a result of development permitted after they were established. Therefore, the applicant
(or ‘agent of change’) should include details of measures to protect the operation of the adjoining sports
facilities from any significant adverse effect arising from the siting of this new development. Suitable
mitigation measures may impact on the number of dwellings that can be constructed

Object

Representation ID: 14077

Received: 18/06/2025

Respondent: Sport England

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

All of these allocations adjoin playing fields and sports facilities. The allocations should comply with the requirements of paragraph
200 of the NPPF (2024) which requires that new development should be integrated effectively with existing
community facilities such as sports clubs. These existing facilities should not have unreasonable restrictions
placed on them as a result of development permitted after they were established. Therefore, the applicant
(or ‘agent of change’) should include details of measures to protect the operation of the adjoining sports
facilities from any significant adverse effect arising from the siting of this new development. Suitable
mitigation measures may impact on the number of dwellings that can be constructed

Object

Representation ID: 14080

Received: 18/06/2025

Respondent: Sport England

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

There is no reference in this policy to outdoor sports provision required on site. Not all types of outdoor sports provision would be provided on site, and other facilities would be provided/enhanced by off-site contributions. There is no reference to an off-site contribution required towards the provision/enhancement of off-site built sports facilities.

There is a need for the developments to provide new sports facilities and playing fields as part
of the proposal which should be informed by the production of a Sports Feasibility Report.

This report should be informed by up-to-date evidence bases such as the Council’s Playing Pitch and Outdoor Sport Strategy and Indoor & Built Sports Facility Strategy.

As Harborough District Council has an up-to-date Playing Pitch Strategy then the Council can use Sport England’s Playing Pitch Calculator to calculate off-site contributions into sport and recreation to meet the demands generated by the additional population which would occupy proposed
housing allocation sites.

Support

Representation ID: 14083

Received: 18/06/2025

Respondent: Sport England

This policy is supported. Sport England believes that being active should be an intrinsic part of everyone’s
daily life – and the design of where we live and work plays a vital role in keeping us active. Good design
should contribute positively to making places better for people and create environments that make the active choice the easy choice for people and communities.

Sport England in partnership with Active Travel England and the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities have produced the Active Design Guidance (2023). This guide seeks to help planners, designers
and everyone involved in delivering and managing our places to create and maintain active environments

Object

Representation ID: 14084

Received: 18/06/2025

Respondent: Sport England

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Sport England welcomes the inclusion of the provision of outdoor sports space being in accordance with
the Playing Pitch Strategy. As Harborough District Council has an up-to-date Playing Pitch Strategy then the Council can use Sport England’s Playing Pitch Calculator to calculate on-site requirements and/or off-site contributions into sport and recreation to meet the demands generated by the additional population which would occupy proposed housing allocation sites.