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

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The Council is only one of many providers of sports facilities within
the Borough, with facilities provided by a variety of different
organisations from public, private, local education or voluntary.
Facilities provided by this wide range of organisations have been
included in this report.
In order to identify future provision of sport facilities it is important to
analyse the current stock of sports facilities. A web based audit of the
indoor sports facilities was done using Sport England’s Active Places
website information and this was then backed up by extensive desk
based research to ensure the data was correct. This provides a picture
of the current level of provision.
Review of Local Authority Owned
Sports Centres
Consultants were commissioned to conduct a strategic review of
Brent’s sports centres. This review provided information about current
levels of sports provision and gives a summary of the issues facing
three of the Borough’s sports centres; Vale Farm, Charteris and Bridge
Park Community Leisure Centre; with options and recommendations
as to how these issues should be addressed. Willesden Sports Centre
was not included in the review within the options section as it is
a newly built sports centre, nor was Moberly Sports Centre as it is
owned and managed by the City of Westminster even though it is
located within Brent’s borough boundary.
This strategy does not intend to replicate the findings of the
Sports Centre Review report but will reference the basic quantity,
accessibility and quality issues affecting the centres and give a brief
summary of the report’s findings which have been incorporated into
the recommendations of this report.
Quantity
Within the Borough of Brent there are five local authority owned
sports centres. Four of these are owned by Brent and one by the City
of Westminster. The four Brent Council owned facilities are Bridge
Park Community Leisure Centre and Charteris Sports Centre which
are run by Brent Council, plus Vale Farm Sports Centre and Willesden
Sports Centre which are operated on behalf of the Council by a
leisure management contractor. Moberley sports centre, although
located in Brent (Kilburn) is owned and managed by the City of
Westminster.
Bridge Park Community Leisure Centre is classified as a mixed
use leisure and community centre. It has a significant amount of
community function space and a large number of ‘business units’
along with a five court sports hall, dance studio and two health and
fitness facilities.
Charteris Sports Centre is a small centre that incorporates a
3 court sports hall, health and fitness facility and a separate free
weights room.