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London Borough of Haringey – Indoor Sports Facilities Needs Assessment and Strategy 2018 -2028: Final Report August 2018 London Borough of Haringey Indoor Sports Facilities Needs Assessment and Strategy 2018 - 2028 Final Report August 2018 www.continuumleisure.co.uk P a g e | 1 London Borough of Haringey – Indoor Sports Facilities Needs Assessment and Strategy 2018 -2028: Final Report August 2018 DOCUMENT CONTROL Amendment History Version Date Reference Author Comments no. 1 29-06-18 Indoor Sports Facilities Strategy: Nick Trim First working draft First Working Draft Report June Michael Salmon for review 2018 – Confidential Internal John Chapman Client Only Copy 2 12-07-18 Indoor Sports Facilities Nick Trim Client feedback and Strategy: Final Draft Report July Michael Salmon amendments 2018 – Confidential Internal John Chapman completed – Client Only Copy additional sports and consultation added. 3 21-08-18 Indoor Sports Facilities Strategy: Nick Trim Client, Sport England, Final Draft Report July 2018 – Michael Salmon Planning, Confidential Internal Client Only John Chapman Regeneration, Swim Copy England, Public Health Feedback and amendments 4 19-09-18 Indoor Sports Facilities Needs Nick Trim All partners feedback Assessment and Strategy: Final Michael Salmon completed Report August 2018 John Chapman Client Distribution List Name Position Andrea Keeble Commissioning Manager - Active Communities – Haringey Council www.continuumleisure.co.uk P a g e | 2 London Borough of Haringey – Indoor Sports Facilities Needs Assessment and Strategy 2018 -2028: Final Report August 2018 CONTENTS 1. Introduction and Purpose 4 2. Methodology 7 3. Haringey Context 13 4. Strategy and Policy 25 5. Consultation and Engagement 31 6. Facility Analysis 67 7. Priority Sites and Next Steps 118 8. Summary 124 Appendices: Appendix 1 Equalities Impact Assessment Appendix 2 All clubs consulted by LB Haringey www.continuumleisure.co.uk P a g e | 3 London Borough of Haringey – Indoor Sports Facilities Needs Assessment and Strategy 2018 -2028: Final Report August 2018 Section 1: Introduction and Purpose of Report 1.1 Background and Context Haringey is a place of great opportunity, with enormous potential for growth - a growing economy, more and better housing and flourishing communities. We are part of one of the world’s greatest cities and benefit hugely from that – but more than this we believe with our potential for growth, we are the future of London. Haringey Council Regeneration The London Borough of Haringey is continuing to grow, evolve and change with increasing pressure on its stretched resources, a changing population, increasing pressure on land and the ever present need to protect and enhance community sports facilities in the face of such growth and change. Whilst the borough is in the midst of political change, the current trend of planned economic and social development is set to continue. With positive new looks to the town centres, new homes and schools, improved leisure and entertainment infrastructure with increased diversity of cultural offer and enhanced public facilities, the borough continues to have huge potential and opportunity. The integration between leisure, sport and health has been made explicit by the London Borough of Haringey through a number of important strategies including Haringey’s Health and Well-being Strategy, Haringey’s Physical Activity and Sport Framework and Haringey’s Outdoor Sport and Play Facilities Framework. The Council have made it clear that the approach to any investment into facilities for sport and physical activity is to be prioritised based on the direct link to improving levels of physical activity and health alongside the leading sporting needs identified. Leisure and cultural services in Haringey are seen as an important resource for improving public health and wellbeing and in addressing priority public health concerns and inequalities that exist across the borough. Good quality provision of facilities and services encourages more active and healthy lifestyles through increased participation and access to opportunities for sport and physical activity. Improving upon current rates of activity is likely to lead longer term positive effects on resident’s physical and mental health wellbeing and quality of life. The provision of facilities for sport and physical activity therefore plays an essential role in the prevention of ill-health and reducing health inequalities which too has an impact on reducing costs to the wider economy, the Council (namely adult social care services) and the NHS in the long-term. 1.2 National Policy and Guidance The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) is clear about the role that sport can play in delivering sustainable communities by promoting health and wellbeing and improving people’s quality of life. Sport England, working within the provisions of the NPPF, wishes to see local planning policy protect, enhance and provide for sports facilities based on robust and up-to-date assessments of need, as well as helping to realise the wider benefits that participation in sport can bring. This Indoor Sports Facilities Strategy for Haringey provides detailed evidence that supports Sport England’s aspirations and ensures that the importance of sports facility provision becomes and remains a central part of planning policy and development management within Haringey. Haringey recognises that sport and recreation facilities are essential components of the borough’s built infrastructure which both drive and respond to growth and improvement across Haringey. The Council acknowledges that sport and physical activity make a wider contribution to society than a narrow focus on sports participation might suggest. Sport and physical activity play a key role in www.continuumleisure.co.uk P a g e | 4 London Borough of Haringey – Indoor Sports Facilities Needs Assessment and Strategy 2018 -2028: Final Report August 2018 meeting key corporate policy priorities by contributing to improvements in the health and quality of life of residents to achieve a healthier and more active borough. The Council also notes that sport and physical activity are integral and beneficial elements of shared service provision, such as school sites meeting the sporting needs of both education providers and the wider community. This assessment of indoor sports facility needs in Haringey is also a vital part of the Council’s wider aim of developing and delivering sound policies and provides a complete picture for sport and physical activity facility needs to accompany the Outdoor Sport and Play Facilities Framework 2016 and forthcoming Outdoor Sports Facilities Strategy. Sound policy, successful planning and implementation can only be developed in the context of objectively assessed needs, which are in turn used to inform the development of a strategy for sports facility provision. The priorities and high level policies which are referred to within this strategy focus on how best to protect, enhance and provide appropriate sports facilities and represent the basis for consistent application through development management within Haringey. Following the most up to date guidance from Sport England, this strategy takes a clearly justified and positive approach to planning for sport. The strategy has been positively prepared (based on objectively assessed needs), is consistent with national policy (reflecting the NPPF), is justified (having considered alternatives) and effective (being deliverable). This combination of factors ensures that the strategy provides a sound basis for future policies in order to inform decisions about future provision and investment, in particular S106 and the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL). Haringey’s Local Plan was adopted in 2017 and reflects the growth and change to the borough but the leading Strategic Policies 2013-2026 (with alterations ins 2017) recognises that there are shortfalls in the borough and also the impact that the current vital community facilities play in Haringey. The Local Plan states that the Council will safeguard and foster the borough’s existing recreational and sporting facilities through: o The protection and enhancement of sporting and leisure facilities in areas of deficiency; And o The dual use of the borough’s cultural assets, such as land and buildings to meet the needs of local communities, for example meeting space, arts and leisure activities, opportunities for recreation and sport. The soundness of an evidence base will be tested through the scrutiny of such policy where it is used to justify a particular position. This Indoor Sports Facilities Strategy does not advocate one single measure of the soundness of evidence, but by providing up-to-date data and an evidence base which has been systematically prepared in line with national guidance and best practice it will ensure Haringey can continue to present a logical and defensible position for the provision of sport and physical activity both now and the evident needs for the future. Haringey is set for significant change and development over the coming years. With the borough having a clear, complete and coherent investment plan for sport and leisure from the priorities within this Indoor Sports Facilities Strategy being set against the needs for outdoor sport, complete coverage of the boroughs sport provision for the next 10 years is provided. 1.3 Equalities Impact The Council believes that it is good practice when developing a policy or strategy or a new initiative to anticipate the likely