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Representation ID: 18479

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Sport England

The occupiers of new development, especially residential, will generate demand for sporting provision. The existing provision within an area may not be able to accommodate this increased demand without exacerbating existing and/or predicted future deficiencies. Therefore, Sport England considers that new developments should contribute towards meeting the demand that they generate through the provision of on-site facilities and/or providing additional capacity off-site. The level and nature of any provision should be informed by a robust evidence base such as an up to date Sports Facilities Strategy, Playing Pitch Strategy or other relevant needs assessment. The Council are currently preparing a new Playing Pitch and Outdoor Sports Facilities Strategy (PPOSS) to consider how to meet existing and future needs for playing pitches and other outdoor sports facilities. The PPOSS will scenario test the proposed major housing growth sites within the proposed plan and make recommendations for how best to meet the future needs generated by this population growth. These needs might be best met by either on-site provision of new pitches and ancillary facilities, off-site contributions to improve existing provision of pitches/ancillary facilities in the local area or a combination of both. Sport England are aware that there are several existing sports facilities locally that would potentially benefit from developer contributions in order to improve the existing provision to cater for the additional demand generated by these proposed developments. Sport England considers that the following proposed allocations are of sufficient size to justify suitable developer contributions towards sport to meet the needs of the respective developments. At Reg 19 stage, following the completion of the PPOSS, Sport England will make more detailed comments with reference to Sport England's Playing Pitch Calculator. The following proposed policy allocations should make specific reference to securing suitable developer contributions towards the provision of facilities for sport in line with the findings and recommendations of the PPOSS: The following four sites are locationally interlinked and form parts of the same strategic allocation for 532 new dwellings: WOH259 (CSA 1) - Land north of Moseley Road, Bushbury - 78 dwellings WOH258 (CSA 1) - Land south of Moseley Road, Bushbury - 124 dwellings WOH257 (CSA 1) - Northycote Lane, Bushbury - 182 dwellings
WOH260 (CSA 1) - Land at Bushbury Lane/Legs Lane, Bushbury - 148 dwellings For the reasons explained above, Sport England does not agree with the contents of para D44 which states that it is considered that the local area will have good access to...sports facilities that have capacity to meet the varied needs of new residents. In advance of the completion of the PPOSS, this cannot be agreed. The PPOSS may in fact demonstrate a shortfall of capacity for some sports? The following four sites are locationally interlinked and form parts of the same strategic allocation for 303 new dwellings: WOH263 (CSA 2) - Land east of Wood Hayes Road, Wolverhampton - 80 dwellings WOH264 (CSA 2) - Land at Grassy Lane, Fallings Park - 95 dwellings WOH262 (CSA 2) - Open Space at Grassy Lane, Fallings Park - 88 dwellings WOH271 (CSA 2) - Land east of Wood Hayes Road - 40 dwellings For the reasons explained above, Sport England does not agree with the contents of para D62 which states that it is considered that the local area will have good access to...sports facilities that have capacity to meet the varied needs of new residents. In advance of the completion of the PPOSS, this cannot be agreed. The PPOSS could demonstrate a shortfall of capacity for some sports?