We have just completed a piece of work for Lambeth’s Sports and Recreation Unit advising on the future of their playing pitch booking service. We were asked to make recommendations for improving customer access to outdoor sports and pitch bookings especially in the field of on-line access. As customers we are very used to buying…
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…
In late July Jim Lynch appeared on BBC London TV’s Olympic Debate programme challenging Sebastian Coe on the proportion of tickets for the major events going to corporate sponsors rather than the general public. The British taxpayer is forking out some £9.2 billion compared with the corporate sponsors’ £0.7 billion yet for the big ticket…
Last year we took part in the CCPR’s review of sports facilities in England. We commented at the time on the appallung state of outdoor changing rooms at local parks. In a Guardian article yesterday, David Conn echoes this theme: – http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/david-conn-inside-sport-blog/2011/apr/20/premier-league-cuts-funding-grass-roots?INTCMP=SRCH
The Olympic Velodrome opened on February 22nd. The 6,000 seat venue is first of the new facilities at the Olympic Park to be completed and will provide a long lasting legacy (copyright Seb Coe) for cyclists in east London. We at PLC were proud to have played a small part in bringing the Games to…
October 2011. We recently completed a five year business plan for the Millwall Community Scheme, one of the earliest Football in the Community schemes. The recent reductions in the availability of public funding have created challenges for voluntary and charitable bodies such as the MCS. We therefore produced a plan, to help it to identify…
A new initiative to protect playing fields has been announced by Fields in Trust (formerly the National Playing Fields Association). It’s designed to get landowners to sign a Deed of Dedication to ensure that the fields will be available for sport in perpetuity. http://www.qe2fields.com/ It also means that sites are eligible for funding of up…