Provision of community recreation facilities
10.1 The main location for formal and informal recreation in the Neighbourhood Plan area is the recreation ground. This is currently supported by a community building that provides hall space for ad hoc lettings and the Youth Club. This facility is currently not fit for purpose, having originally been designed and used as a dustcart shed. It is in need of modernisation and expansion to provide for the growing needs of the community. The next nearest indoor sports and leisure facilities serving the local community are in Windsor (Windsor Leisure Centre is 2½ miles away).
10.2 A modern facility would be able to provide for the activities of Old Windsor Football Club Youth Teams, netball, badminton, martial arts and enhancing the current tennis provision. The Youth Club would also be able to continue to have a space.
Current community building
10.3 Contributions from development could be used to support the funding of these improvements, along with grant funding from sources such as the Heritage Lottery Fund, RBWM and Sport England. RBWM intends to put in place a Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) charge which will ensure that 25% of all contributions from development from within the neighbourhood area will go directly to Old Windsor Parish Council to spend on such improvements. Decisions on the spending of these funds will therefore rest with the Parish Council.
POLICY OW15: PROVISION OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES ADJACENT TO OLD WINDSOR RECREATION GROUND
Proposals for the demolition and reprovision of improved community facilities on the site of the existing Old Windsor community building including: a multifunctional activity hall;
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