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

Chapter Seven Priorities for Future Provision
Facility Type Brent Current
Provision (2008)
Demand (2008) Surplus +/
Deficit -
Demand (2016) Additional
provision
required by
2016 based
on current
provision
MUGAs 21 35 -14 38 17
Bowling Greens 9 9 0 9 Current provision
is expected to
meet existing
demand and into
the future
Netball courts 10 (within
schools, figure
may be higher)
Sports Facility Priorities
The table below identifies the type of sports facility
provision that is required to meet demand, proposing
where possible locations in which facilities should be
situated or areas which should be served to address
greatest levels of need. A priority has been given to the
provision of such facilities based upon this strategy being
Table 38: Facility priorities
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a plan through until 2021. Thus the following timescales
relate to the priority levels such that:
High priority = 1 to 3 years
Medium priority = 4 to 6 years
Low priority = 7 to 13 years
Sports Facility Location Reason / Comments Priority
H / M / L
Additional six lane
Community Swimming
Pool (25m)
(preferably with health
and fitness and sports hall
provision)
Redevelopment of
Vale Farm as a wet and
dry sports hub facility,
potentially with additional
specialist facilities.
Additional six lane
Community Swimming
Pool (25m preferably with
health and fitness and
indoor sports provision)
To serve the North of the
Borough
Within Vale Farm
Recreation Ground.
Residents in the North of the
Borough have the greatest distance
to travel to visit a swimming pool.
The Borough has significant unmet
demand for swimming pools.
Current facility is aging and will
become increasingly expensive to
maintain. It is an ideal location for
a sports hub which will increase
capacity and enable an expansion
of and potential to introduce new
facilities.
Centre of the Borough FPM 2016 identifies the centre
of the Borough in wards such
as Stonebridge, Mapesbury and
Barnhill as areas with high levels of
unmet demand
High
Medium
Medium / as
opportunity arises
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