Sports facilities and public open spaces across South Gloucestershire will be receiving a total of £1,173,898.90 for new provisions and improvements thanks to Section 106 (S106) developer funding secured by South Gloucestershire Council.
One of the recipients is Charfield Junior Football Club which will receive £102,214.65 capital and £30,946.69 revenue funding towards the construction of a new club house at Moreton Ground in Tortworth.
James Pearce, coach at Charfield Junior Football Club, said: “Thanks to South Glos Council for this allocation of funding. It will make a massive difference to our community and put us in a much better position to attract new players and coaches. This building will be much better as we use cabins at the moment.”
Councillor Sean Rhodes, cabinet member for communities and local place at South Gloucestershire Council, said: “It’s important that housing developers contribute towards the infrastructure needed by growing communities, so I’m very pleased that South Gloucestershire Council has been able to negotiate this funding to support local sports facilities and improve open spaces in the area.
“We have funded everything from facilities for football teams to equipment for an archery club and improved toilets at allotments. These new facilities and public open space improvements will help ensure even more people in the area can be active and enjoy the outdoors. And as well as providing opportunities for improving our physical wellbeing, sports clubs also play a crucial role in our communities, improving our mental health and wellbeing by bringing people together to share those facilities.”
Other recipients include:
- Charfield Junior Football Club will receive £102,214.65 capital / £30,946.69 revenue funding towards the construction of a new club house at Moreton Ground, Tortworth
- Chipping Sodbury Cricket Club will receive £36,282 capital towards the construction of a new storage building at The Ridings, Chipping Sodbury
- Chipping Sodbury Town Football Club will receive £14,000 capital towards upgrades to floodlights at The Ridings, Chipping Sodbury
- Cleve Archers will receive £31,234.99 capital towards the extension of existing shooting shelter, installation of a wind turbine and purchase of archery targets at Down Yonder, Hambrook
- Cleeve Hill Tennis Club will receive £43,378.89 capital towards pavilion and court improvements at Cleeve Hill, Downend
- Downend and Frenchay Tennis Club will receive £86,757.78 capital towards construction of a new clubhouse at Common Mead Lane, Hambrook
- DRG Frenchay AFC will receive £25,159.76 capital towards changing room improvements, new goalposts and storage improvements at Frenchay Park Road, Frenchay
- Frenchay Cricket Club will recieve £254,788.51 capital towards construction of a new pavilion at The Bob Stone Ground, Common Mead Lane, Hambrook
- Little Stoke Garden Society will receive £3,291.70 capital / £4,197.16 revenue funding towards the construction of female and disabled toilets at Bush Road Allotments, Little Stoke
- Pucklechurch Parish Council will receive £87,273.71 capital / £26,414.92 revenue funding towards drainage and cricket improvements at Pucklechurch Recreation Ground
- Stoke Gifford Trust will receive £111,058.47 capital funding towards drainage improvements at North Road Playing Fields, Stoke Gifford
- Yate Town Council will receive £178,407.18 capital / £53,715.71 revenue towards the conversion of the Howard Lewis Park tennis courts to a Multi-Use Games Area
- Yate Town Council will receive £65,081.12 capital / £19,695.66 revenue towards the construction of a changing places welfare facility at Yate Outdoor Sports Complex.
Under Section 106 (S106) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) the council is able to secure financial contributions from developers in order to offset the costs of the external impacts arising from the development. This is to support the open space infrastructure that the council needs to have in place to support demands generated by the development.
