Built Sports Facility Strategy
Built Sports Facilities Strategy to include Village and Community Halls
Harborough District Council and its partners have a clear stated objective of improving the health and wellbeing of communities across the Harborough district. A network of sports facilities will be an essential element in the delivery of these objectives and the purpose of this Built Sports Facilities Strategy is to identify the needs and guide the investment and funding which will be required from now up to 2031.
It should be noted that the facility proposals identified in the strategy are not all intended to be provided or funded directly by the District Council and it should not be assumed that the Council will automatically make additional funds available to assist other bodies to provide new or improved facilities. It also does not mean that the Council will take on responsibility for providing or managing more facilities.
Consultation with clubs, schools, operators and National Governing Bodies for sport, evidence gathering and preparation of the draft Harborough District Council’s Built Sports Facilities Strategy was undertaken between Jan 2019 and Jan 2020.
The preparation of the Built Sports Facilties Strategy has followed Sport England guidelines and has been supported by Leicestershire and Rutland Sport and Sport England during its development.
The Strategy considers the demand for indoor sports facilities larger than 3 court badminton hall size, in addition to swimming pools, leisure centres, fitness gyms, indoor netball and tennis, indoor bowls and other built facilities for indoor sport.
In addition the Council’s Community Partnerships Team has prepared a study of Village and Community Halls through out the district which is included as a section in the Strategy.
The final Strategy was adopted by Council on 14 December 2020. The final report and appendices can be found below.