Provision of Public Open Space, Sport and Recreation; Code of Practice     

 [Adopted March 2004]

 4.1 hectares per 1000 made up of:

• Playing pitches; 1.2 ha per 1000
• Multi use games areas; 0.2 ha per 1000
• Equipped play facilities for children and young people; 0.2 per 1000
• Informal open space; 2.5 per 1000
  

 For urban areas:

 Built facilities; no threshold
 Open space for sport (playing fields and MUGAS); 1000 metres
 Children and young people; 400 metres
 Informal open space; 400 metres

 For rural areas:

 Built facilities; no threshold
 Open space for sport; within the parish
 Children and young people; 800 metres
 Informal open space; 1000 metres

Categories of open space/standards

Pitches 1.2ha per 1000; other outdoor facilities 0.5ha per 1000

Built facilities, contribution to refurbishment or new facilities in town catchment areas;

• Equipped play space, 0.3ha per 1000;
• nformal play, 0.4 ha per 1000;

Built facilities, 20 minutes driving time;

Open space for sport, 15 minutes walk; Equipped children's play space (LEAP), 5 minutes' walk; neighbourhood equipped area for play (NEAP), 15 minute; and informal play space, 1 minute walk.

Threshold

Open space audit

Address

 3 ha per 1000made up of:

• Amenity open space - 0.8ha
• Casual & equipped childeren's play - 0.6 to 0.8ha
• Youth & Adult outdoor play(including playing fileds) - 06. to 1.8ha
• major built facilities

 Borough wide - major built facilities and youth/adult outdoor play
 Ward based - Casual play and amenity open space
 400 metres - Equipped children’s play

 £2,260 made up of:

• £120 major built facilities
• £36 youth and adult outdoor play
• £400 equipped children’s play
• £658 casual play
• £1,046 amenity open space
  

 Comprehensive scheme including built facilities

 Scale of administrative charges:

• 1% where contribution paid in full before consent;
• 1.5% where paid at future date;
• 2% where phased agreement with more than one instalment

 Subject to maximum of £1,000

 Open Space and New Housing Development, Adopted Supplementary Planning Guidance

 [Adopted August 2004]

 General recreation [major open spaces, town parks and local open spaces] - 1.45 ha per
 1000
 Children and teenagers play areas - 0.3 ha per 1000;

 Playing pitches (community access) - .21 ha per 1000

 Contributions may be sought towards country parks

 12 years

 Title of SPD  

 Sport and Play Facilities Strategy, 2003
 Play Areas Strategy, 2003
 Green Spaces Strategy, 2004

 These will be translated into a programme identifying costed priorities for;

• Drainage for sports pitches
• Changing rooms
• Converting adult to junior pitches
• MUGAs
• Outdoor basketball areas
• Other priorities emerging over time
  

 Sustainability appraisal as required by 2004 Act
 Model section 106 agreement
 Consideration will be given to extending the scheme to industrial, commercial and retail uses in the LDF

 Address/web

Section 106 Planning Obligations and Community Infrastructure

Interim Document, September 2005

 Open space 2.8ha per 1000 which is made up of:
 Playing fields
 Parks
 LEAP
 Kickabout area andAccessible green space

 LEAP; 150 metres
 NEAP; 400 metres

 Draft Supplementary Planning Document: Provision of Public Open Space

 Consultation October 2004

 Borough divided into eight areas.
 Standards based on quantity, quality and accessibility.
 Public open space standard varies for residential development, from eight sq m per person (0.8 ha per 1000) in Hampstead and Highgate, to 12 sq m (1.2 ha per 1000) in Gospel Oak and Kentish Town.

 Examples of accessibility standards include;

• Formal recreation; 1.2 km
• Local parks; 400m
• LEAPs; 400m
• NEAPs; 1000m

 For non-residential development, such as offices and higher education, one third of the standard is sought, based on an occupancy level of 50 people per 1000 sq m.  This reduction does not apply to hotels, hostels or student halls of residence.

 Maintenance contributions

Fees are calculated by m2 per habitable room, see Appendix 2: Master Matrix.  In addition, a contribution of £49 per habitable room has been allocated for play equipment

To calculate contributions due for built sport facilities the Sport England SFC is employed.

London Borough of Redbridge
Town Hall, PO Box 2
Ilford IG1 1DD
(020) 8708 2148

 Current as in 1996 Local Plan
 Formal open space (playing pitches, courts and greens); 1.6-1.8 ha, of which 1.12 for pitch sports;
 Informal open space (recreation grounds, parks and commons); 1.5-1.8 ha;
 Children’s play areas; 0.2-0.3 ha.

 Outdoor sports; 1.2 ha per 1000;

• Indoor sports; 1 sports hall per 20,000 people; 1 swimming pool per 50,000 people
• Children and teenagers; 0.3 ha.
• Informal open space; 1.8 ha.
• Allotments; 0.4 ha

See also innovative aspects below

 Derivation of lists of approved projects in SPD.

 Candidate lists drawn up by technical staff, vetted and prioritised by four City Area Committees; followed by stakeholder consultation.
 [See also Windsor and Maidenhead].

 Redeposit plan policy 3/7 relates to ‘Creating Successful Places’.

 Under the policy, retail, employment development and community facilities such as health centres should include open space to meet the needs of users of the services and employers.  

 Development in hospitals, Universities and large employment sites particularly relevant here.

 NPFA standard being used until needs assessment incorporated

 In Larger Urban Settlements (eg Bungay, Halesworth):

• Children’s play space 200 metres
• Youth play areas, kickabout areas 500 metres
• Sports facilities identified as needed in playing pitch strategy; five catchments including local rural market towns and service centres and surrounding parishes

 In Rural Areas (5 parish groupings):

• Hierarchy reflecting priorities for funding [see Appendix 9]
  

£859 - £5157 (plus £474 per person for maintenance)

Details of charges are shown in Appendix 1 of the SPD

Colchester Borough Council
Town Hall, PO Box 884
Colchester
Essex CO11FR
(01206) 282222

 Thresholds

East Northamptonshire District Council,

Cedar Drive, Thrapston, Northamptonshire, NN14 4LZ

(01832) 742000

 Policies ENV1, REC3, REC4, REC5, REC6 and RECS4,

 Adopted Local Plan 2000

 Policy R4 of Harrogate District Local Plan

 3 bed new facilities;  £1,360
 3 bed upgrading of existing;  £1,224
 For 3 bed new facilities;

• leisure area    £138
• children’s equipped    £850
• casual play    £ 79
• youth and adult    £293

Supplementary Planning Document Negotiation of Open Space and Recreation Facilities in Association with New Housing Developments, Draft, 2006

(This replaces SPG ‘Standards for the Provision of Open Space and Recreation in New Housing Development’, 2002)

Youth/adult use 1.62ha per 1000;

NEAP, 0.3ha per 1000; informal play 0.5ha per 1000; amenity open space, 0.4ha per 1000