Comment
Issues and Options Document
Representation ID: 35341
Received: 05/03/2018
Respondent: Sport England
Sport England would suggest that Green Belt policies take a positive approach to the principle of changing the use of land to outdoor sport where an identified need exists for new or enhanced community sports facilities. This would help community bodies such as local sports clubs that are seeking to provide new and enhanced facilities to meet local needs identified in the Council's evidence base as current Green Belt policy requires exceptional circumstances to be made to justify change of use to outdoor sport in the Green Belt.
Sport England would suggest that Green Belt policies take a positive approach to the principle of changing the use of land to outdoor sport where an identified need exists for new or enhanced community sports facilities. This would help community bodies such as local sports clubs that are seeking to provide new and enhanced facilities to meet local needs identified in the Council's evidence base as current Green Belt policy requires exceptional circumstances to be made to justify change of use to outdoor sport in the Green Belt.