Sports facility strategies

Indoor and built sports facility strategies

At a time of ongoing financial pressure, high quality, well informed, NPPF compliant needs assessments, strategic planning and decision-making are essential. Equally important is being fully prepared with an evidence base to ‘make the case’ for developer contributions, the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) and Section 106 investment. KKP works extensively for local authorities and developers across this spectrum and has delivered 100+ sports facilities needs assessments/strategies since ANOG was introduced.

Via detailed audit processes we verify data accuracy combining Sport England Facilities Planning Model and Swim England datasets with our own analysis and GIS to interrogate supply and demand. This is further informed by demographic profiling, population modelling (per se and based on planned housing development), facility condition/longevity appraisal plus in-depth community, club, stakeholder and NGB consultation.

This is augmented by the practical facility management/development experience of our team. We provide authoritative advice and detailed plans for investment, rationalisation, improvement and management. Strategies are, thus, robust and defensible, able to inform and underpin local planning policy and substantiate major client investment programmes.

Client local authorities include:

National sport specific facility strategies

A key additional weapon in our armoury is our expertise developing sport-specific facility strategies at GB, national and regional level. Typically, these incorporate national audits/ consultation encompassing quantity, locations, quality and database development. They can also include governance and management input, the production of technical guidance documentation and prioritised investment action plans taking account of participation, talent pathways, elite performance and events requirements,

Clients include:

Schools, community and non-standard facilities

This falls into three categories:

• Strategies and processes designed to bring (or return) schools sport and community facilities into broader community use
• Audits, needs assessments and strategies covering community and village halls
• Specialist needs assessments/feasibilities considering, for example, canoeing, archery, action sports or baseball/softball

Community, village, church/faith group and school hall provision is often assessed in tandem with indoor and built facilities but we also deliver assignments on a stand-alone basis. The variety of uses for which such venues are used, their value to the community alongside their age. condition and fitness for purpose are all assessed. This is done in tandem with and/or independently of, sporting, recreational, education-based and cultural provision.

KKP has real depth of expertise in both areas underpinned by the delivery of projects for a range of clients in varied urban and rural locations.

Clients include: