We have just, June 2020, completed a feasibility study for a new leisure facility in Armthorpe in south Yorkshire. We were working with Armthorpe Parish Council on the best way to improve leisure opportunities in the former mining community. One of the village’s claims to fame is as the home of the Markham Main Colliery…
South Holland District Council in Lincolnshire commissioned us last year to produce two complementary strategies. These are a playing pitch strategy covering the major pitch sports of cricket, hockey, football and the two rugby codes and a built facilities strategy covering all other facilities including sports halls, swimming pools, tennis courts and fitness centres. We…
Built in 1984, the Waterfront Leisure Centre in Woolwich is one of the largest in London. It has two sports halls, four different water areas including a leisure pool with flume, squash courts and a large gym. However, it’s now showing its age. The Royal Borough of Greenwich is proposing to replace the Waterfront with…
We recntly completed our work with Spelthorne Borough Council to draft a new playing pitch strategy linked to their new Local Plan. This will replace the old playing field assessment which dates from 2013. We are working closely with the council and their partners at Surrey Cricket, Middlesex FA, the RFU and England Hockey. We’ve…
In recent months we’ve been working with the prestigious Harrow School (Winston Churchill’s alma mater) on development of their proposed new sports facilities. The school is making a multi-million pound investment in its PE and extra-curricular facilities and wishes this to also benefit the wider community. We consulted the sports development team at Harrow Council,…
St. George’s Academy, Sleaford: We are supporting the Academy to develop a swimming pool project. The commission involved undertaking a detailed needs assessment using Sport England’s ‘Assessing Needs and Opportunities Guidance’, producing a business plan to demonstrate the financial viability of the operation and assisting the Academy with the planning application
We’ve been working in the heart of the Garden of England looking to secure sports and leisure provision in Maidstone. We are working with the borough council on an assessment of indoor and outdoor leisure provision, Once again this is linked to the local plan and is to senure that there are sufficient, high quality…
When one thinks of a leisure or sports centre there’s a temptation to envisage the large, high profile centres such as XCel in Surrey and the Brentwood Centre in Essex. However, for many people their local sports centre is situated at the nearby secondary school. These dual use centres provide many grass roots clubs with…
Runnymede in Surrey is world famous at the site chosen by King John to sign the Magna Carta in 1215. It’s also the home of a go ahead local authority, Runnymede Borough Council, who are committed to the development of high quality leisure facilities. We are working with RBC on a playing pitch strategy linked…
Back in 2013 we worked with Elmbridge Borough Council to refresh their playing pitch strategy. This lead to a number of improved and developed facilities including the new football hub at the XCel Leisure Centre in Walton on Thames. They’ve now appointed us to produce an updated strategy to guide provision over the coming years.…