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Table 2: Proposed quantity standardsForm of provision Quantity(sq m/person)Allotments 1.5Bowling greens 0.2Equipped play 0.5Multi-functional12greenspacesSports pitches and 10courtsTeenage facilities 0.25Urban parks 1.3Sports halls 0.08Swimming pools 0.05Source: Leisure and Recreation Needs Assessment (2007)4.6 The Assessment then compared the level of provision in each town with the amountrequired by the application of the quantity provision standard to assess the broadlevel of need for additional provision across the District. Table 3 below sets out asummary of the overall identified shortfalls and surpluses of open space provision bytown by applying the quantity standards.Table 3: Shortfalls and surpluses of open space provision by townBradford Melksham Trowbridge Warminster WestburyAllotments +8,950 +3,041 -2,475 -8,253 -18,238Bowlinggreens +3,028 -921 -3,070 -2,072 -1,154Equippedplay -2,040 -5,493 -5,025 -3,975 -2,960Multifunctionalgreenspaces -45,721 -34,972 +225,514 +179,784 +117,363Sportspitches andcourts -4,897 -39,474 -22,495 +7,354 -7,209Teenagefacilities -420 +819 -2,728 -1,558 -1,220Urban parks -9,534 -25,098 +19,110 +18,572 -5,418Total netshortfall orsurplus -50,634 -102,099 +208,832 +189,853 +81,164Surpluses identified with +Shortfalls identified with -All figures are in square metresSource: Leisure and Recreation Needs Assessment (2007)13
4.7 For indoor sports facilities, the Assessment compared the amount of provision in theDistrict with the amount suggested as needed by the Sport England Calculator. Theresults are illustrated in Table 4.Table 4: Indoor Sports FacilitiesRequired AvailablePools (sq. m water) 1,185 1,540Sports halls (badminton courts) 33 46Indoor bowls (rinks) 7.5 4Source: Leisure and Recreation Needs Assessment (2007)Distance thresholds4.8 Local accessibility to open space and sport and recreation facilities is as important asoverall quantitative levels of provision. Distance thresholds help to identify thedistance that people in general are willing to travel in order to use or visit a facility orspace. The Assessment analysed national and local guidance and research toidentify a range of applicable distance thresholds. National sources included: PPG13,RPG10, NPFA Six Acre Standard, Sport England surveys, English Heritage's conceptof "walkable neighbourhoods" and English Nature's Accessible Natural GreenspaceStandard (ANGst). Several local market research and user surveys were alsoidentified. These were then assessed with regard to local geography in WestWiltshire.4.9 Proposed distance thresholds for West Wiltshire are set out in Table 5 below. As itwill not always be possible to achieve this level of accessibility for every resident ofthe District to all forms of provision, especially in established residential and otherareas, these thresholds in general represent a policy aspiration rather than a firmrequirement. However, they are a requirement for new development.Table 5: Proposed distance thresholdsForm of provisionTraveltime(minutes)Straight linewalkingthresholdsStraight linecyclingthresholdsDriving timethresholdsEquipped play areas 5 300 m 600 m -Most greenspaces 10 600 m 1,200 m -Grass pitches 15 900 m 1,800 m 5,000 mIndoor sports facilities 20 1,200 m 2,400 m 10,000 mSource: Leisure and Recreation Needs Assessment (2007)4.10 Distance thresholds enable an assessment of the accessibility of existing open spaceand sport and recreation facilities. By identifying catchment areas for facilities, it ispossible to identify those parts of the District where deficiencies currently exist.4.11 The Assessment identified a number of areas within the District where particularfacilities are needed to address shortfalls in accessible greenspace.14
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