Further advice

Project Life Cycle

• CABE guidance for clients for arts capital projects
• CABE guidance for clients for creating excellent buildings
• CABE guidance for clients for creating successful masterplans

Funding and Delivery Arrangements

• Sport England’s funding support pack
• Further information on funding sources can be found in the Sources for Funding section of the toolkit
• Further information on funding sources can be found in the Strategies for Joint Facility Provision section of the toolkit.

Priorities for Delivery – Infrastructure planning

• Government guidance on good infrastructure planning for local spatial planning (Para. 4.8 of PPS12)
• PAS guidance for infrastructure planning and delivery

Viability and Risks

• HCA-ATLAS Guide: Planning for Large Scale Development, T9: Financial Appraisal and Project Viability
• HCA-ATLAS Guide: Planning for Large Scale Development, P4.8: Risk Identification and Management
• HM Treasury Green Book guidance for the economic assessment of the social costs and benefits of all new policies projects and programmes, including viability and risk
• HM Treasury guidance on risk management
• PAS guidance on the Red, Amber and Green (RAG) indicators approach to risk management
• Sport England have also produced the Sustainable Community Sports Hub Toolkit, which provides advice on how to make facilities sustainable and financially viable by using various income streams, commercial and other on one site to create a ‘dowry’ which ensures the long term financial stability of the sports hub.

Deliverability, Viability and Risks

• Planning Advisory Service - Viability Training Course: Handbook and Exercises
• Planning Inspectorate - Local Development Frameworks. Examining Development Plan Documents: Soundness Guidance