Waterbeach New Town Supplementary Planning Document

Support

Representation ID: 167309

Received: 19/10/2018

Respondent: Sport England

5.5 OPEN SPACE, PLAY AND SPORT
Support co-location of schools and community sports facilities

Education - we support the co-location of schools and community sports facilities. The secondary schools offer an opportunity to include indoor facilities that can be used by the local community during out of school hours. Or potentially, community indoor facilities could be provided co-located with the school to allow flexible use during the day.

Support

Representation ID: 167310

Received: 19/10/2018

Respondent: Sport England

5.2 MOVEMENT AND PLACE
Support strategic approach to walking and cycling, including a circular trail around the perimeter of the site

We support a strategic approach to walking and cycling within Waterbeach, a key element of Sport England's 'Active Design' guidance for new residential developments. There is a good opportunity to develop Waterbeach as a case study in terms of integrating 'Active Design' principles into the masterplanning process. We support the adoption of a circular trail around the perimiter of the site.

Support

Representation ID: 167311

Received: 19/10/2018

Respondent: Sport England

5.5 OPEN SPACE, PLAY AND SPORT
Comment that it is important to be flexible over provision for outdoor sports, including consideration of investing in existing off-site facilities

With regard to 'Outdoor Sports Facilities' it will be important to take a flexible approach to provision, for in some cases it may be better to invest in existing off-site facilities that can be enhanced to meet increased demand. We would advise that the guidance should be amended to include this option, if it is considered needs can be best met that way.

There could also be the opportunity for the development to be the site of a new home for local sports clubs that will need additional capacity to meet demand generated by the large scale housing proposals in the local area, therefore the guidance could also make provision for this possibility.