SASR Norms & Standards Vol 2 new.indd - Sport and Recreation ...

5. RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION
Multi-purpose
Sport Halls
Norms and standards should be used as guidelines. They would be reviewed and updated periodically.
Quantifi able standards should be mainly regarded as planning guidelines and not as ‘rigid’ measures
for the compilation of blueprints or master plans. Specifi c recommendations to be considered by various
stakeholders:
1) Each Municipality should develop an up to date facilities strategy either as a stand-alone
document or as part of a wider open space strategy. This would ensure that an assessment
of need is carried out and that a strategy is put into place to improve accessibility and
quality of facilities.
2) Each Municipality should ensure that its goals for sport and recreation facilities are aligned
with provincial and national Government goals, programmes and ideals.
3) Where formal sport facilities are seen as under-utilised, they should be re-assessed for
informal community based sport or recreational open space prior to being released for
another land use.
4) Each Municipality should undertake a thorough quantifi able analysis of the provision of
sport and recreation facilities and case studies to establish examples of best practice.
5) Each Municipality should embark on a thorough quantifi able analysis of participation
patterns for each type of sport and recreation activity at specifi c facilities. This would assist
the town planners and sport and recreation departments to strategically plan for facilities on
a needs basis scientifi cally. It would thereafter also assist regional, provincial and national
planners to compile a national profi le in terms of participation patterns to determine future
needs for facilities.
6) In areas with a shortage of facilities, community use of school facilities should be
considered as an alternative to providing separately for those in school and those out of
school. Appropriate management systems involving both community members and the
school management should be set up to take care of the challenges that arise from shared
use.
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