SLP KDBH Extracts - Flipbook - Page 147
11.
Where the minimum standard for children’s play and youth facilities is already met,
developments will be expected to provide additional enhancements as a result of
development.
12.
To ensure a high quality living environment for all new residential development,
including supported housing schemes [for the elderly and those with disabilities],
provision should be made for on-site amenity space that is well designed and in
accordance with Policy P15 – Securing Design Quality. Proposals for family housing
will be expected to provide opportunities for safe children’s play in accordance with
the Design for Play and the Free Play Network’s 10 Design Principles.
Provision of new indoor sports and leisure facilities
13.
14.
The Council will support proposals for new or improved sports and leisure facilities
providing that the development:
i.
Addresses any shortfall in provision outlined in relevant Council strategies
and policies (e.g. the Indoor Sports Facilities Strategy or the adopted Green
Spaces Strategy (reviewed 2014)) (or any relevant national sporting
federation strategy) and accords with Sports England’s Active Design
guidance;
ii.
Reflects the ‘town centre first’ principle outlined in national guidance and is of
a scale and size appropriate to the hierarchy of Town Centres as defined in
Policies P1 – Support Economic Success, P2 – Maintain Strong Competitive
Town Centres, and P19 – Range and Quality of Local Services;
iii.
Is situated within an accessible location as defined in Policy P7 –
Accessibility, where the development is easily accessible to the local
community and is well served, or is capable of being well served, by public
transport, walking and cycling; and
iv.
Accords with Policies P14 & P17. – Amenity, P16 – Conservation of Heritage
Assets and Local Distinctiveness and P17– Countryside and Green Belt.
Subject to the above criteria, the Council will support proposals for shared sports
facilities at educational centres, where the facility also serves the local area.
Waterways
15.
The Council will support proposals that encourage greater recreational and leisure
use, such as walking and cycling; and enhancement of the river and canal network
providing that the development safeguards the historic and natural environment and
purposes of the Green Belt, in accordance with Policies P10 – Natural Environment,
P16 – Conservation of Heritage Assets and Local Distinctiveness and P17 –
Countryside and Green Belt.
Justification
466.
Open space is defined in the glossary of the NPPF as “all open space of public value
including not just land, but also areas of water (such as rivers, canals, lakes and reservoirs)
which offer important opportunities for sport and recreation and can act as a visual amenity.”
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