The guidance notes detail technical advice and standards for the design and development of sports facilities and should be used if you are considering a sports facility project and particularly if you are seeking to apply for lottery funding.

Better places for sport (507 Kb)

Access for Disabled People (2.4 Mb)

Please use the Facility Audit Sheet (610 Kb) in conjunction with Sport England's guidance note Access for Disabled People when considering access requirements for a modern sports facility

Athletics (810 Kb)

Badminton (90kb)

Car parking and landscape design (683 Kb)

Construction project management in the voluntary sector (145 Kb)

Court and pitch sizes (available 2006)

Changing and lockers (133 kb)

Cycling (2.1 Mb)

Floors for indoor sports (531 Kb)

Indoor Bowls (336 Kb) - NEW

National Water Safety

Natural turf for sport (1.2 Mb)

Pavilions and clubhouses (460 Kb)

Optimum Sports Hall (278 Kb)

Sports halls: design (627 Kb)

Sports halls: sizes and layouts (473 Kb)

Village and community halls (608 Kb)

Design specification and construction of multi use games areas (MUGAs)
Sport England has prepared the following guidance notes, in partnership with the Sports and Play Construction Association (SAPCA) to assist lottery applicants in the preparation of Multi Use Games Areas (MUGAs) and Synthetic Turf Pitch (STPs) projects.

They are designed to complement existing technical guidance available from Sport England, SAPCA and governing bodies of sport. The specifications define the standards considered acceptable by Sport England for the procurement and construction of MUGAs and STPs. Sport England employs Facility Advisors in each of its regional offices to assist applicants with the technical development of their projects, and applicants are recommended to discuss proposals with them.

Part 1 - General guidance and design considerations (245 Kb)
Part 2 - General procurement and contract guidance (207 Kb)
Part 3 - General conditions and preliminaries (921 Kb)

Synthetic turf pitch example pitch layouts including run off/safety margins

Layout 1 (730 Kb)
Layout 2 (1.1 Mb)

Please contact Sport England at mugas@sportengland.org with any questions or comments relating to this guidance.
You can also contact SAPCA at info@sapca.org.uk.