Former Wycombe District Sports Facility Strategy 2015 to 2020

The Sports Facility Strategy has two elements:

1. an audit, gap analysis and recommendations relating to outdoor and indoor sports facilities that has been conducted in line with Sport England guidance. This provides the evidence for requesting on and off site contributions requested from developers
2. an audit of the needs and aspirations of facility-owning amateur and professional clubs that provide sporting opportunities to local communities. This enables the former Wycombe District Council to have a clear plan for developing sports facilities in the future, as a method for prioritising projects has also been developed

The consultation included:

• the draft strategy has been produced using a variety of methods of consultation
• parishes and town councils were asked about sports facilities in their areas
• all known facility-owning sports clubs in the former district were interviewed or sent survey forms
• all primary and secondary schools in the former district were interviewed or sent survey forms
• audits of facilities against national and local standards were undertaken
• internal consultation with planning department was undertaken
• and a stakeholder event was held

Included in the summary:

• summary findings from the Sport England compliant audit are included
• community club projects have been prioritised at the stakeholder event
• recommendations for action are included in this strategy