TAN 16 - Sport and Recreation - 1998

This TAN outlines the responsibilities of the Sports Council for Wales, the Countryside Council for Wales and the Environment Agency in relation to sport and recreation planning, and notes in particular the need for planning authorities to consider the relationship between the recreational use of land and the interests of conservation.

The advice points out that the government does not prescribe national standards for recreational provision. It draws attention to the value of open space for the purpose, whether in local authority ownership or not.

It also discusses the provision of sites and facilities and the particular issues of noise from sport and of floodlit facilities.

View 'Technical Advice Note (TAN) 16, Sport and Recreation - 1998' here (DOC 42kb)