Planning for Sport and Active Recreation Facilities ... - Brent Council

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Contents of the Strategy
This review offers a strategic approach for sports facility
provision and improvements in Brent, by determining
current and future provision for both indoor and outdoor
sports. The strategy is broken down into ten sections:
Chapter 1 – Introduction. This chapter explains why
there is a need for this strategy, its vision, how the
strategy has been written and the process that has
informed the strategy.
Chapter 2 – A Profile of Brent. This provides an
overview of Brent ‘as a place’ including the demographic
profile, socio-economic issues, transport systems and
levels of participation in sport
Chapter 3 - Strategic Context. This reviews key
national, regional and local strategies and policies that
affect sport provision
Chapter 4 – Market Segmentation. This details two
marketing tools that analyse population types and the
type of sport and physical activities that they are more
likely to participate in.
Chapter 5 - Planning Tools This chapter describes Sport
England’s various planning tools which have been used
in chapter six to identify levels of supply and demand of
Brent’s indoor and outdoor facilities.
Chapter 6 - Indoor and Outdoor Sports Facility
Provision. This chapter details the current level of indoor
and outdoor sports facility provision and future needs
using the planning tools described in chapter five.
Chapter 7 - Priorities for Future Sports Facility
Provision. This identifies the key issues arising out of
the profile of the Borough and facility provision analysis.
It details analysis supply verses demand of indoor and
outdoor sports provision and prioritises future provision
of facilities.
Chapter 8 – Local Standards. This identifies local
standards for indoor and outdoor sports provision.
Chapter 9 – Delivery. This covers how the strategy will
be delivered through partnerships, resources, planning
gain and the potential that will arise from Building
Schools for the Future programme.
Chapter 10 – Monitoring and Review. This chapter
gives an overview as to how this strategy will be
monitored and reviewed to ensure it remains an effective
document and that the priorities within it are being
addressed.
Brent currently has a Strategy for Sport and Physical
Activity 2004 – 2009 which is being reviewed and
rewritten for implementation from summer 2009. It is
not the purpose of this Planning for Sport and Active
Recreation Facilities Strategy to repeat the wider strategy,
however, information contained within this report will
feed into the new Sports and Physical Activity strategy.