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Stoke-on-trent sport and physical activity strategy 2009-2016

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PLACESKey Objectives up to <strong>2016</strong> Priorities up to 2012Policy: Ensure residents have access to a hierarchy of <strong>sport</strong>s <strong>and</strong> recreati<strong>on</strong> facility provisi<strong>on</strong>.Establish a hierarchy of facility provisi<strong>on</strong> for <strong>sport</strong>sfacilities <strong>and</strong> green spaces:• CSP – attracting people from the sub-regi<strong>on</strong>.Existing examples include Fent<strong>on</strong> Manor <strong>and</strong>Central Forest Park.• Super-hub – providing high quality performancevenues for specialist <strong>sport</strong>, such as thegymnastics centre at Burslem, <strong>and</strong> developmentof a Sports Village at Fent<strong>on</strong>.• Hub – usually a multi-<strong>sport</strong> site/cluster with arange of <strong>sport</strong>ing opportunities, often involving arange of providers. May also apply to <strong>sport</strong>scolleges <strong>and</strong> specialist schools, leading clubsites, <strong>and</strong> multi-pitch sites for outdoor <strong>sport</strong>s.Includes the district parks such as Hanley orL<strong>on</strong>gt<strong>on</strong>.• Satellite – Sites primarily developed forsec<strong>on</strong>dary schools or similar, which also provideimportant local opportunities through dual use.Existing sites include Trentham High.Neighbourhood parks are appropriate to thiselement of the hierarchy. These may include aMUGA.Maximise community use through the schools reorganisati<strong>on</strong> programme <strong>and</strong> BSF, <strong>and</strong>seek partnership funding to support <strong>and</strong> examine alternative ways of operating /maintaining services including re-provisi<strong>on</strong>.Maximise opportunities for <strong>sport</strong> <strong>and</strong> community <strong>physical</strong> <strong>activity</strong> through partnership withthe FE <strong>and</strong> HE sectors. Specialist <strong>sport</strong>s facilities providing for performance <strong>and</strong>excellence (city-wide facilities) may be particularly appropriate.Review the network of swimming pools for the City: public, private, <strong>and</strong> <strong>on</strong> school sites.Address issues associated with distributi<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> quality. Develop a programme ofinvestment <strong>and</strong> refurbishment with partners such as Building Schools for the Future, <strong>and</strong>where appropriate closure, replacement or future re-provisi<strong>on</strong> of services includingalternative ways of operating services such as partnerships with the private sector orleisure trust. Determine future funding scenarios <strong>and</strong> opti<strong>on</strong>s.Review <strong>and</strong> increase the network of <strong>sport</strong>s halls. Enhance the design of educati<strong>on</strong>facilities for community use with developer c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong>s <strong>and</strong> other resources to matchcommunity need, <strong>and</strong> deliver some specialist <strong>sport</strong>s hall venues e.g. badmint<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong>gymnastics. Begin implementati<strong>on</strong>. This will also include ensuring that new facilitiesbenefit from a robust business case to support viability <strong>and</strong> ensure sustainability.Integrate the hierarchy proposals with st<strong>and</strong>ards of provisi<strong>on</strong> into appropriate planningpolicies, including via a city-wide Supplementary Planning Document for developers’c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong>s, <strong>and</strong> Area Acti<strong>on</strong> Plans.Nortoft Partnerships Ltd <str<strong>on</strong>g>Stoke</str<strong>on</strong>g>-<strong>on</strong>-Trent Page | 11Sport & Physical Activity Strategy <strong>2009</strong> – <strong>2016</strong>October <strong>2009</strong>

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