Sport England supports part 1 of the policy which accords with paragraph 99 of the NPPF and Sport England's Playing Fields Policy.

As set out in our comments on policy SHW4,we would strongly recommend that policy SHW4 and its associated justification be amended to make it clear that SHW4 does not apply to playing fields and built sports facilities, and that the relevant policy for such provision is policy SHW5.

Sport England supports part 2 of the policy which relates to provision of new built sports facilities to meet identified needs that are well-designed and in accessible locations.

Sport England supports part 3 of the policy that relates to securing developer contributions to address the needs of new housing developments, through proportionate planning obligations or CIL.

Sport England supports part 5 of the policy that promotes the wider community use of school playing fields and other school sports facilities such as sports halls to help meet identified needs. We would advocate that the policy wording is strengthened to reference that where appropriate this will be secured via a suitably worded community use agreement.

Sport England supports reference in para 6.58 to using Sport England's calculator tools as a basis for determining appropriate level of contributions since this draws from data collected for the PPOSS.

There is a lack of detail to identify the scale of development for which such developer contributions would be sought and so the Council may wish to address this in the policy and reasoned justification.

Notwithstanding that the justification draws from the headline findings of the 2022 PPOSS in paras 6.59-6.64, it is recommended that a further paragraph is added to the justification to explain that the Council will review and replace the PPOSS so as to keep this evidence up to date through the Plan period.

Sport England supports part 1 of the policy which accords with paragraph 99 of the NPPF and Sport England's Playing Fields Policy.

As set out in our comments on policy SHW4,we would strongly recommend that policy SHW4 and its associated justification be amended to make it clear that SHW4 does not apply to playing fields and built sports facilities, and that the relevant policy for such provision is policy SHW5.

Sport England supports part 2 of the policy which relates to provision of new built sports facilities to meet identified needs that are well-designed and in accessible locations.

Sport England supports part 3 of the policy that relates to securing developer contributions to address the needs of new housing developments, through proportionate planning obligations or CIL.

Sport England supports part 5 of the policy that promotes the wider community use of school playing fields and other school sports facilities such as sports halls to help meet identified needs. We would advocate that the policy wording is strengthened to reference that where appropriate this will be secured via a suitably worded community use agreement.

Sport England supports reference in para 6.58 to using Sport England's calculator tools as a basis for determining appropriate level of contributions since this draws from data collected for the PPOSS.

There is a lack of detail to identify the scale of development for which such developer contributions would be sought and so the Council may wish to address this in the policy and reasoned justification.

Notwithstanding that the justification draws from the headline findings of the 2022 PPOSS in paras 6.59-6.64, it is recommended that a further paragraph is added to the justification to explain that the Council will review and replace the PPOSS so as to keep this evidence up to date through the Plan period.