Policy information sourced from the Welwyn Hatfield Local Plan
SP 6 Community Services and Facilities
The Council will make sure that communities can easily access a range of community services and facilities by:
- Guarding against the loss of existing community facilities;
- Allowing for the expansion or enhancement of existing community facilities to assist continuing viability, particularly in areas where new development will increase demand;
- Promoting accessible, strategic locations, particularly town centres, for community facilities and services that serve a wider area than local neighbourhoods or villages;
- Working with developers, partners, the community and voluntary sector, on the wider use of buildings, dual use and co-location of services in accessible places and also to address gaps in existing provision;
- Supporting alternative community uses for community facilities that are no longer needed for their current purpose;
- Making sure that existing community facilities and services are improved to meet the day-to-day needs of new and existing residents;
- and Requiring new neighbourhoods to provide for needs of the new communities created by that development.
Additionally, the Council will support:
- The upgrading of facilities where there are known to be gaps in provision, or where existing facilities no longer meet modern day requirements;
- The provision of new facilities where there are known gaps in provision;
- Schemes to open up private or restricted-access facilities to the public; and
- Support the provision of new sports facilities serving a wider area than neighbourhoods or villages at existing sports hubs.
For more information please see the Welwyn Hatfield Local Plan