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Recommendation from the meeting of the Social Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 16 January 2020 that the Strategy and Action Plan be approved.

Social Overview and Scrutiny Committee link - 16 January 2020

Sport Strategy Documents link - https://welhat.gov.uk/sports-strategy

(1)     All of the documents associated with the Playing Pitch Strategy and the Built Facilities Strategy as well as the overarching Executive Summary plus its Associated Action Plan, were approved.

(2)     The Council would work with partners, leisure operators, governing bodies, sports bodies and others to implement the strategies and their actions including setting up a Sports Strategy Operations Group, Local Plan policies, planning applications and Section 106 planning contributions, community infrastructure levy, investment by the Council, investment by third parties and other sources of funding.

Recommendation from the meeting of the Social Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 16 January 2020 that the Strategy and Action Plan be approved.

(1)       The Decision Taken

RESOLVED:

(1)     That the recommendation of the Committee that all of the documents associated with the Playing Pitch Strategy and the Built Facilities Strategy as well as the overarching Executive Summary plus its Associated Action Plan be agreed, be approved.

(2)     That the Council work with partners, leisure operators, governing bodies, sports bodies and others to implement the strategies and their actions including setting up a Sports Strategy Operations Group, Local Plan policies, planning applications and Section 106 planning contributions, community infrastructure levy, investment by the Council, investment by third parties and other sources of funding as agreed by the Committee.

(2)       Reasons for the Decision

In 2018, the Council commissioned the preparation of a Playing Pitch Strategy and a Built Facilities Strategy which had been reviewed and approved using the Sport England methodology by the national governing bodies of sport who had an opportunity to engage and provide feedback.

The overall strategy was designed to provide strategic direction to the Council, sports facility operators, national governing bodies of sport and community organisations and clubs on where there was a need for future growth and development.

The associated Action Plan had been agreed in partnership with the Council and a range of stakeholders, including Sport England and several sports’ national governing bodies as well as other key stakeholders.