In 2009, we undertook a needs analysis in connection with the proposed redevelopment of a company sports ground in Alton in Hampshire, to establish what new provision should be made to mitigate the loss of the pitches. We recently undertook an updated assessment to examine changes in supply and demand since the original study, to…
Land Securities: Land Securities is seeking to develop a viable mixed-use scheme involving the creation of new housing, employment opportunities, shops and open space at Harrow View, formerly the the Kodak site in Harrow, North West London. Because the development will involve the loss of playing pitches from Kodak’s former Sports and Social Club, we…
In another collaboration with CB Richard Ellis, we produced a needs analysis of playing pitch provision as part of another mixed-use development on a former industrial site in Little Heath in Coventry. The work involved examining the impact of the loss of three disused football pitches and devising a scheme involving the provision of junior…
We are working with our friends from The Landscape Partnership to produce an Open Space, Sport and Recreation Strategy for Uttlesford District Council in North Essex. The district is quite large, including areas as diverse as the historic town of Saffron Walden, Stansted Airport and a host of attractive villages, one of which goes by…