Policy information sourced from the Hounslow Local Plan Part 1
GB9 - PLAY SPACE, OUTDOOR SPORTS FACILITIES AND BURIAL SPACE
Our approach
We will protect and improve the provision of play spaces, outdoor sports facilities and burial spaces to meet the diverse needs of the borough’s population now and in the future.
We will achieve this by
- Promoting the provision of high quality play spaces that cater for a range of age groups and help meet the needs of the borough’s growing child population;
- Supporting high quality sports facilities to meet demands for a range of sports and active pursuits across the borough, where they are acceptable uses in accordance with polices GB1 and GB2;
- Promoting the multifunctional use of existing open space for play and sports, including school sports facilities and playing fields;
- Ensuring burial space is preserved to ensure availability of provision to meet the borough’s burial needs now and in the future; and
- Resisting the loss of play areas or outdoor sports facilities, including playing fields.
We will expect development proposals to
- Be consistent with the open space and/or nature conservation designation of the land;
- Avoid the loss of play areas, burial spaces or outdoor sports facilities, including playing fields, except in very special circumstances, as set out in the NPPF;
- Ensure sports facilities retain the sense of openness. Where floodlighting can enable longer use of outdoor sports facilities, proposals should avoid unacceptable adverse impacts on local residents, biodiversity as set out in policy GB7and/or the openness and setting of the open space;
- Contribute to the provision of improved outdoor sports facilities, where possible; and
- Contribute to the improvements or expansion of play spaces, and provide new play spaces where appropriate in accordance with the standards set out in the London Plan.
For more information please see the Hounslow Local Plan Part 1