The Strategic Framework for Community Facilities Planning

10.10 A broad variety of organisations including the public and private sectors and voluntary groups provide a wide range of community facilities that serve the needs of Calderdale’s residents. These facilities add to the quality of life of Calderdale’s residents and can assist in fostering economic prosperity and urban revitalisation by increasing community involvement. It is an aspiration that improvements in the provision and quality of these facilities are continually made and that facilities should be provided in locations accessible to the largest possible number of people wishing to use them. It is necessary to provide an overall strategic framework within which the consideration of these facilities will be made. Therefore the following strategic objectives apply:-

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STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR COMMUNITY FACILITIES

THE PROVISION AND IMPROVEMENT OF A WIDE RANGE OF SOCIAL, COMMUNITY, EDUCATION, SPORTS, ARTS, HEALTH AND OTHER FACILITIES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL CALDERDALE’S RESIDENTS WILL BE SUPPORTED. SUCH FACILITIES SHALL:-
  1. BE IN LOCATIONS WELL RELATED TO THE COMMUNITY AND USERS THEY ARE INTENDED TO SERVE;
  2. BE ACCESSIBLE BY GOOD QUALITY PUBLIC TRANSPORT, PRIVATE TRANSPORT, WALKING AND CYCLING; AND
  3. CREATE NO UNACCEPTABLE ENVIRONMENTAL, AMENITY, TRAFFIC, SAFETY OR OTHER PROBLEMS.

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