Former Wycombe District Sports Facility Strategy 2015 to 2020

The council and its partners wish to work in partnership to provide improved sports facilities in the former district. Detailed below are the key recommendations for sports facility improvement:

1. To continue to improve the council’s public facilities. This work started in the previous strategy and the new Wycombe Leisure Centre at Handy Cross is being open early in 2016. The review of Court Garden Leisure Complex and Higginson Park starts in 2015, and capital funding has been agreed for the improvement of Risborough Springs Swim and Fitness Centre.
2. To support sports clubs and schools developing schemes identified in Appendix 1; actively supporting those that rank highest, such as delivering cycling facilities within the former district.
3. To continue the development of multi sports hubs providing local sports provision, for example the expansion of Marlow Sports Club.
4. To ensure provision of outdoor sport provision, including 3G pitches in the former district to address current shortfalls and meet future needs.
5. To work with the Planning and Sustainability Department, developers and other infrastructure providers on the provision and development of sports facilities to meet the former district’s current and future needs. Strategic sites (including the reserve sites and any site within the Princes Risborough potential expansion area) may provide on-site or off-site provision where required. To provide further input to and evidence for the Local Plan.