PPS 8 Open Space Sport and Outdoor Recreation·Page 39·B5(A)
NPFA standard outdoor sport provision
A minimum of 1.6 hectares per 1000 people should be provided for outdoor sport facilities, including pitches, greens, courts, and athletic tracks owned by councils, educational institutions, or voluntary and commercial sectors.
(A) Outdoor Sport: 1.6 hectares
(i) Facilities such as pitches, greens, courts, athletic tracks and miscellaneous sites such as training areas in the ownership of councils;
(ii) Facilities as described in (i) above within the educational sector which are available for public use by written agreement; and
(iii) Facilities as described in (i) above within the voluntary, private, industrial and commercial sectors, which serve the leisure time needs for outdoor recreation of their members, or the public.
Note: - Included within the standard for outdoor sport is a specific allocation of 1.2 hectares per 1000 people for pitch sports.
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