The regional plans for sport interpret the Framework for Sport
in England (2004), setting targets for delivery in different
areas.
Using the planning system to maximize investment in facilities,
and the maintenance of facilities, is a key theme of many of the
regional plans.
Adding Value: The East of England Plan for Sport (2004)
states:
‘…we will maximise the investment into sport and active
recreation through the land use planning system’
One of the main ways of doing this will be by:
‘…using s106 obligations, making sure that every opportunity is
taken to secure direct investment into sport and active recreation
in new developments’.
[East of England Plan for Sport, 2004, p 15]
Mission Possible: The South East Plan for Sport states the
intention of the Regional Sports Board to
‘…produce a position statement on the existing use of planning
obligations in the region with suggestions for priority actions to
increase the level of resources being put into sport and active
recreation by this method’
[South East Plan for Sport,(2004) p 18].
Life’s Out There: The South West Regional Plan for Sport notes
that all six of the main policy areas of the National Framework for
Sport are tackled by increasing investment in sport through more
contributions from developers.
The Plan states that if all of the region’s (housing)
developments were to achieve 50% of the £2,000 per house achieved
by North Dorset and Poole, it would produce £20 million a year for
sport. This is twice the total yearly Sport England lottery fund
investment in the region when it was at its peak.
[Be Active in the South West, the South West Regional Plan for
Sport, 2004, p 24]