Help us develop plans and secure funds for new and improved sports pitches
Proposals are being worked up for four small multi-sport pitches in Fenland and we're calling on you to complete a survey to help shape the plans.
Fenland District Council is working with the Premier League, The FA and Government's Football Foundation on proposals to improve, or create from scratch, new games areas for multiple sports called Playzones.
The council must submit evidence of how the pitches will be used to secure funds from the Football Foundation PlayZones Programme and ensure the right facilities go in the right places. Surveys have been launched to gather information.
Depending on the finish chosen, which would be partially decided based on survey results, PlayZones can be used for multiple sports, potentially including recreational football, netball, cricket, basketball, hockey and rugby. PlayZones are fenced and flood lit.
Image above: A PlayZone in Derbyshire. Photo courtesy of the Football Foundation
Exciting opportunity
Cllr Alex Miscandlon, the council's portfolio holder for leisure, said: "This is an exciting opportunity to get some new and improved sports areas.
"We've chosen the proposed locations carefully based on land that can be made available for them, where we think there'll be valuable to local communities and sites that we believe can meet the funding criteria.
"We now want to hear from our communities to help us show the appetite for these facilities and help us decide the correct surfaces to use if they go ahead to make them as useful as possible for the sports and activities people want to use them for."
Complete a survey
The sites being considered are:
- Estover Road, PE15 8SF. A new 20m x 30m PlayZone, likely next to the existing sports courts.
- Station Road, PE7 1UA. A new 20m x 30m PlayZone in the grounds of the leisure centre.
- PE13 1LE. A new build 20m x 30m PlayZone, likely near the pavilion.
- PE13 3LJ. A replacement of the existing facilities.
The district council is asking anyone with an interest in the proposed new pitches to complete a survey at:
Paper copies are also available on request from activefenlandbookings@fenland.gov.uk
People have until 23:59 on Wednesday, September 11, to complete the survey.
Results of the surveys will help shape the funding application put forward to the Football Foundation and the surfaces of pitches applied for.
The PlayZones will be subject to usual planning rules and will only go ahead if required planning permission is secured.
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August 2024
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