6. Leisure

Aims and Objectives

6.1 To maintain and develop leisure, cultural and community facilities to meet the needs of residents and visitors to the borough.

6.2 To achieve this aim, the key objectives are to:

• a) Encourage the sustainable provision of sports, leisure, and cultural facilities and public art;
  b) Protect important open areas for their amenity and recreation value;
  c) Encourage improvements in open space provision and provide good quality, accessible facilities;
  d) Ensure that new housing development makes appropriate provision for new and improved facilities; and
  e) Allow recreation and tourist facilities to be accommodated in the countryside,where they can be provided without harm to the local environment.