Support

Representation ID: 8476

Received: 02/12/2024

Respondent: Sport England

Rutland County Council has updated its Playing Pitch Strategy (PPS) as part of its evidence base for the Local Plan Review. As mentioned in the text in Appendix 3 (Open Space Standards) the adoption of an up-to-date Playing Pitch Strategy allows the use of the Sport England playing pitch calculator. The calculator uses key data from the PPS to estimate what the additional demand generated from specific housing developments for the different pitch sport types is likely to be. Any increase in demand should be informed by the PPS to direct where capacity.
Creating sporting opportunities in every community
should be created i.e., improvements to existing sites within the locality or new provision supported by appropriate infrastructure.