Other sports facilities

Screen

Stages

• Backlog
• Screen
• Research

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These are the questions we answer during the Screen 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.

• What is the 'Other sports facilities' consideration?

  Courts and greens comprising natural or artificial surfaces, including tennis courts, bowling greens, athletics tracks and other outdoor sports areas

• Is there legislation that defines 'Other sports facilities'?

  No

• Who, in law, is responsible for the planning consideration or makes decisions about 'Other sports facilities'?

  Nothing was found through legislation, but we expect that the LPA is responsible for decision making with regards to other sports facilities as it is a local designation.

• Which organisations do we think should publish the data?

  • Local authorities
  • Sport England

• Is the Other sports facilities a trigger?

  No

• Is the Other sports facilities something to consult during plan making?

  Yes

  • Provide information about when Other sports facilities is used during plan making

    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.

• Is there any Other sports facilities data already available?

  Yes

  • What Other sports facilities data is currently available?

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      • url: https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/products/os-open-greenspace#overview
      • name: OS Open Greenspace
      • fields: id;function;distinctiveName1;distinctiveName2;distinctiveName3;distinctiveName4;geometry
      • licence: OpenData - Open Government Licence
      • coverage: National
      • publisher: Ordnance Survey
      • attribution: n/a
      • metadata_url: https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/documents/product-support/tech-spec/os-open-greenspace-technical-specification.pdf

• Do we think the data should come from a single source?

  Yes, the data already exists nationally and openly. As per some research summarised in this blog, we will use the national data in the interim, but long term would like to collect this data from LPAs.

• Will a data standard be required?

  No