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Representation ID: 26624

Received: 02/03/2020

Respondent: Councillor Oliver Holmes

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Problem exists within Ipswich over sports grounds - illustrated by grant of planning permission for residential development at Ipswich Sports Club in Henley Road. Hockey pitch deemed inadequate and relocated elsewhere enabling potential development to proceed. Although there could be shown at that particular time that the pitch wasn't needed, this facility was lost in perpetuity. Needs and fashions for sport facilities change over time, but, once land is lost, there is no flexibility. Assessing Green Infrastructure, Sport and Recreation need should take account of future residents and changing desires/habits of the residents over time. The Draft doesn't do this.