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

• Guiding sub-regional strategic planning - providing a robust evidence basethat raises and underpins political support for difficult decisions;• Taking into account Active People results, population trends (includingnew housing projections) and Sport England’s 1% per annum increase inparticipation target;• Providing recommendations and possible solutions to key issues;• Co-ordinating the approach to Local Education Authority (LEA) sportsprovision and community use, paying particular attention to the BuildingSchools for the Future (BSF) and Academy programmes;• Determining CSP level facility priorities and, where appropriate, locations• providing an input into other agendas e.g. health, regeneration;• Providing comprehensive and co-ordinated information e.g. on NationalGoverning Body (NGB) priorities;• Providing a generic brief for Planning Policy Guidance 17 (PPG17)assessments, supporting local authorities undertaking this work.86. The research behind the Framework included consultation with a wide rangeof stakeholders, reviews of published documents at national, regional, countyand local authority levels, consideration of likely demographic changes andquantitative/qualitative assessments of how the sporting picture may changeover the period up to 2021.87. The key proposals emerging from the Framework are incorporated into thisreport, and the two documents (and their proposals) are complementary asthey were developed in tandem.88. The Framework report provides a significant amount of background policyinformation, including the Sport England strategy and a full review of nationalgoverning body strategies as at December 2008. Rather than repeat thesections within this report, please see the SASSOT Framework on the SportAcross Staffordshire website.Delivering the Strategy89. At this stage of the economic cycle, it is important to ensure that all of theavailable resources are carefully targeted and tailored to meet the needs ofthe whole community. There are some significant one-off opportunitiesarising from the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme and fromregeneration initiatives across <strong>Stoke</strong>-on-Trent. However, it is clear thatresources are limited, both the initial capital investment and the long termrevenue commitment, and must be fully justified.90. The proposals arising from the Strategy are likely to be funded and supportedby a range of partners. For example, NHS <strong>Stoke</strong> on Trent is alreadysupporting the Energise Plus scheme, and new facility provision might be viaa mix of public and private sources. There are likely to be an increasingnumber of innovative partnership arrangements over the next few years bothin relation to capital and revenue projects, and the City Council will be activelyNortoft Partnerships Ltd <strong>Stoke</strong>-on-Trent Page | 34Sport & Physical Activity Strategy 2009 – 2016October 2009