It’s good to be able to report a commission on one of our home patches. We and AD Architects have been appointed to take a strategic look at the provision of 3G football pitches in the neighbouring council area of Basildon and Rochford. We are working with both local authorities, Active Essex, Essex FA and…
In recent years we’ve worked extensively in north Surrey on playing pitch and sports facilities strategies. Our clients have included Epsom & Ewell, Spelthorne, Runneymede and Elmbridge councils. We are pleased to be able to add Mole Valley District Council to this list. The council area runs from Leatherhead in the north, down past Dorking…
We are pleased to say that we have just been appointed by Rushmoor Borough Council to work with them to develop a new cycling centre in Aldershot. Proposals for the new centre include a closed road circuit, BMX pump track, mountain bike skills course and learn to ride area. The total cost is estimated at…
We are currently in the middle stages of two parallel pieces of work for the borough of Epsom and Ewell in north west Surrey. The first is a playing pitch strategy, the second a built sports facilities assessment and strategy. Both are being carried out using Sport England guidance and in close cooperation with the…
We have just, June 2020, completed a feasibility study for a new leisure facility in Armthorpe in south Yorkshire. We were working with Armthorpe Parish Council on the best way to improve leisure opportunities in the former mining community. One of the village’s claims to fame is as the home of the Markham Main Colliery…
South Holland District Council in Lincolnshire commissioned us last year to produce two complementary strategies. These are a playing pitch strategy covering the major pitch sports of cricket, hockey, football and the two rugby codes and a built facilities strategy covering all other facilities including sports halls, swimming pools, tennis courts and fitness centres. We…
Built in 1984, the Waterfront Leisure Centre in Woolwich is one of the largest in London. It has two sports halls, four different water areas including a leisure pool with flume, squash courts and a large gym. However, it’s now showing its age. The Royal Borough of Greenwich is proposing to replace the Waterfront with…
We recntly completed our work with Spelthorne Borough Council to draft a new playing pitch strategy linked to their new Local Plan. This will replace the old playing field assessment which dates from 2013. We are working closely with the council and their partners at Surrey Cricket, Middlesex FA, the RFU and England Hockey. We’ve…
In recent months we’ve been working with the prestigious Harrow School (Winston Churchill’s alma mater) on development of their proposed new sports facilities. The school is making a multi-million pound investment in its PE and extra-curricular facilities and wishes this to also benefit the wider community. We consulted the sports development team at Harrow Council,…
St. George’s Academy, Sleaford: We are supporting the Academy to develop a swimming pool project. The commission involved undertaking a detailed needs assessment using Sport England’s ‘Assessing Needs and Opportunities Guidance’, producing a business plan to demonstrate the financial viability of the operation and assisting the Academy with the planning application