SPPS Strategic Planning Policy Statement Edition 2 (December 2025)·Page 85·6.213
Planning considerations for sport and outdoor recreational facilities
Planning authorities should consider location, design, hours of operation, noise, amenity impacts, access, public transport links, floodlighting, landscaping, safety, and heritage/conservation effects for sport and recreational facilities.
Planning authorities should carefully consider development proposals for all sport and outdoor recreational activities, including facilities ancillary to watersports. Relevant planning considerations will include: location, design, hours of operation, noise, impact upon visual and residential amenity, access and links to public transport; floodlighting; landscaping, public safety (including road safety); nature conservation, biodiversity, archaeology or built heritage.
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