INTENTION
Assess the market: • Current sports hall supply in the catchment • Sports hall stock condition • Technical quality/relevance/scale • Current use; fully occupied/spare capacity?
Sporting need: • Which sports do you want to cater for • At what level(s)? • Is there an NGB-identified need in the locality?
Sports status: • Levels of play in chosen sports • Facility(s) required to service this • Level of NGB technical specification required
Quantity: • How much use can you legitimately predict •
...in each sport? •
...at each level of competition/performance?
Specification: • Is there a facility in place – is it worth keeping? • What facility(s) is/are required? • What must the specification(s) be to cater for the levels of play and numbers predicted?
Does it stack up: • What will it cost to open/run/operate? • How much income will be generated? • Is the business plan sustainable?
DECISION
Changing shape A key trigger for further change was the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme. This incorporated what was called Building Bulletin (BB) ‘98’ guid- ance which suggested that the minimum size for new school sports halls should be 33m x 18m (594sq m). This guidance was what both developers and the Local Edu- cation Partnerships (LEPs) then picked up on and specified. However, halls of this size are now not
considered to be fit for purpose for the key sports they serve and the prospect of allowing another generation of facilities that are just too small has helped Sport England broker an unprecedented level
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of co-operation among NGBs to develop mutually agreed specifications. To meet participation targets, sup-
port clubs and leagues and enable talented athletes to train and compete, NGBs need access to properly specified, correctly-sized facilities. The proposed new core specification for community and school sports halls described in Sport England’s Developing the Right Sports Hall document can work for all of them and, at the base level, optimises potential cross-sports use and income generation.
Development of 4+ halls In seeking to change the core defini- tion of what we understand to be an
appropriate sports hall, Sport England’s document provides excellent technical detail about what is needed to accom- modate the various main sports as they are played at present. It also makes reference to the options
that developing various models of larger halls offer to the operator and people delivering recreational, competition or performance-based programmes in various sports. The document is accompa- nied by business planning and modelling spreadsheets to assist those considering the various scenarios available to them to do so with ease and confidence. The new core unit (what we are call- ing the 4+ hall), at a capital cost not
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