Policy information sourced from Welwyn Hatfield District Plan
CLT1 Protection of Existing Leisure Facilities
Planning permission will not be granted for proposals involving the loss of any existing outdoor or indoor recreational or leisure facility unless:
- It can be clearly demonstrated that there is no longer a current demand for such a facility for either recreational, leisure or community use, or any real prospect of a demand arising within a realistic timescale; or
- It can be clearly demonstrated that an acceptable alternative means of meeting any such demand is or will become available, before the loss of the existing facility; or
- The new development consists of, incorporates or provides, an appropriate alternative recreational or community facility.
Demand should be assessed according to the nature of the existing recreational facility in question.
For more information please see the Welwyn Hatfield District Plan