This last year we’ve been working on a number of projects to improve facilities for local sports clubs. These voluntary run clubs are the bedrock of sport in this country. They provide grass roots facilities, competition and coaching for recreational players and act as a gateway for those with the talent and ambition to progress…
In spring and summer 2023 we enjoyed a project off our usual beaten track in Liskeard, Cornwall working for Liskeard Town Council. The council’s Town Plan had identified the Rounday site on the northern edge of the town for development of a playing pitch, pavilion and informal recreation site. Developer contributions via local Section 106…
We have worked on several highly enjoyable projects in east Lincolnshire over the years. It’s a most pleasant part of the world with huge open skies, magnificent coastline and many attractive villages and market towns. We are currently working with the three neighbouring local authorities of Boston Borough Council, East Lindsey District Council and South…
We recently completed of a combined playing pitch and built facilities strategy for the West Suffolk council. The authority is comparatively new, having been formed by the amalgamation of two smaller councils (St. Edmundsbury and Forest Heath) each with their own pitch and facilities strategies. Our task was to create an overarching strategy whilst also…
Last year (2020) we worked with Rushmoor Borough Council in Hampshire on a feasibility study for a new cycle centre. The market analyis and financial case were amongst the strongest we have ever worked on. We had no hesitation in recommending that the council proceed with the facility. This year we were forced to the…
We recently completed to a year long project working with the Borough Council of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk on a combined study looking at built sports facilities and playing pitches. This now forms part of the evidence base for the new Local Plan. KLWN is one of the largest local authority areas in the…
We have been lucky enough to work with a number of local authorities in a band across north Surrey including Epsom & Ewell, Spelthorne, Mole Valley and Elmbridge. We can now add Reigate and Banstead Borough Council to this list. They have commissioned us to carry out parallel playing pitch and built facilities studies to…
Back in 2017 we had a most pleasant project working with Harborough District Council on their indoor sports facilities strategy. We got to know that attractive part of the country really well. So we were delighted to be appointed to work with them on an update of their playing pitch strategy or PPS. The study…
We have been busy recently working with developers and their agents to define the sporting content of their schemes. Elegant Homes PPM: We produced a needs assessment for a football pitch being provided as part of a proposed housing development on a former playing field site in South Oxfordshire. The commission involved assessing the…
At the turn of the year we worked with property consultants Savills and Exning FC in West Suffolk to explore relocation of the club’s ground from Lacey’s Lane in Exning. The club currently plays on a site owned by the Exning Estate but have outgrown the site and have found that their youth development is…