SPPS Strategic Planning Policy Statement Edition 2 (December 2025)·Page 112
Intensive Sports Facilities
Intensive sports facilities are purpose-built indoor or outdoor resources for activities fundamental to health and fitness, including stadia, sports halls, leisure centres, and swimming pools.
An 'intensive sport facility', for the purpose of this SPPS, is defined as a purpose built indoor or outdoor resource which facilitates one or more activity fundamental to maintaining individual health and fitness. This may include stadia, sports halls, leisure centres, swimming pools and other indoor (and outdoor) sports facilities. They can also serve as a focus for the community.
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