The Suffolk Coastal area is one of the most attractive parts of the country to work in. It includes the towns of Snape, Aldeburgh and Woodbridge as well as a host of smaller villages such as Benhall and Kesgrave. The largest town is the port of Felixstowe which is a key link to Europe and beyond. …
We have been working during the summer in Waveney, the most easterly local authority area in England. This area includes the rural towns of Beccles and Bungay, the attractive seaside town of Southwold and the main settlement of Lowestoft. We’ve been commissioned to carry out a playing pitch assessment using the new Sport England methodology…
It’s not often we get asked to help an organisation spend several hundred thousand pounds but that’s the story behind a recent commission. Runwell Hospital Sports and Social Club has operated out of the grounds of the eponymous NHS site in south east Essex since the 1940s. Now the hospital has shut and the land…
We are delighted to announce that Wycombe District Council have appointed us to prepare a new playing pitch strategy for the district. The project will run from September through to the end of the year and will follow the new Sport England methodology for Cricket, Football, Hockey and Rugby. One of our key tasks will be…
We have just completed a pre-feasibility study for a new sports hall for Woodbrook Vale School in Loughborough. The school, which became an academy last year, is moving from a middle school to a full secondary school. As a result it is expanding from 500 to 750 students. It needs improved facilities to meet the…
Just in case you ever needed reminding of the power of sport, this article about rugby in the US should do the trick. http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/feature/wp/2013/06/22/a-coachs-painful-farewell-to-a-rugby-program-he-built-and-the-players-he-loves/?wpisrc=nl_sports
We have just finished a highly enjoyable project for Shinfield Parish Council in Berkshire. Working with the Parish Council and Wokingham Borough Council we completed an open space, sport facilities and playing pitch needs analysis for an area known as the South of the M4 Strategic Development Location. The project involved: – Reviewing, in the…
We are delighted to announce more PLC funding success. Hutton Cricket Club in Essex are the happy recipients of the maximum grant of £50,000 from Sport England’s “Inspired Facilities” fund. This fund was set up to ensure a long lasting legacy from the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. This money will be used to upgrade the club’s…
Bristol City Council have just (February 2013) appointed us to advise them on the development of sports facilities in the city. Their commission is in two parts – a built facilities strategy and a playing pitch strategy both of which will feed into a wider Strategy for Sport across the City. We are delighted to…
To start off the new year we’ve been appointed by Waverley Borough Council to carry our market research at the Herons Swimming and Fitness Centre in Haslemere. The council plans to spend in excess of £2 million at the centre as part of their on-going cycle of improving both the quality and the financial performance of…