Research
These are the questions we answer during the Research stage.
Answering them wil help us learn more about the Other sports facilities consideration, determine if a data standard is required and whether we know enough to move on to the next stage.
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Do we understand the lifecycle of a Other sports facilities?
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Do we understand how the data is created/produced?
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Where will or should the data be used?
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What other planning considerations does it interact with?
Other local open space designations:
Amenity Greenspace Public Parks and Gardens Natural and Semi-Natural Greenspace Children’s play space Allotments Cemeteries Playing pitches
Also, any other sport related planning considerations
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Who are the statutory consultees for Other sports facilities?
Sport England
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Other than the statutory consultees who are the primary users of Other sports facilities? How do we expect them to use Other sports facilities?
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What are the planning needs for this data?
LPAs are likely to have identified the presence of all sports facilities present in the borough. The presence of these will likely be assessed through an open space study, playing pitch strategy and/or an Infrastructure Delivery Plan, and when planning for growth, new provision will be modelled, and be expected to be delivered through development.
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Who are the types of users who might benefit from having access to Other sports facilities data?
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What are some potential uses of Other sports facilities data?
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What's the value of adding Other sports facilities data to the platform?
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From what we have learnt so far are there any risks to making Other sports facilities data available?
Through the research of the available open national dataset, there appear to be no immediate risks to adding this data to the platform.