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Planning for sport

Overview

We want to help the planning system provide formal and informal opportunities for everyone to take part in sport and be physically active.

To do this, we have three objectives to influence the planning system: protect, enhance, provide​.

The three objectives

Protect – to protect the right opportunities in the right places. ​

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Enhance – to enhance opportunities through better use of existing provision.​

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Provide – to provide new opportunities to meet the needs of current and future generations. ​

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Concentric circular diagram with four circles: the outer shows Sport England's three objectives to influence the planning system - protect, enhance, provide; the next one has the labels 'planning policy' and 'development management'; the third circle's label is 'strategy for meeting needs'; and the words 'Assessment of needs' are in the very centre.

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