The purpose of the Playing Pitch Strategy (PPS) is to look to address a range of fundamental challenges and assess how outdoor pitch and non-pitch facilities such as tennis can be used to meet the needs of a growing Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES) population, which is relatively prosperous and economically stable whilst also catering for areas of higher deprivation which may have different requirements.

The Strategy has been developed in partnership with a range of agencies including Sport England, national governing bodies of sport including football, cricket, rugby union and tennis and local football, hockey, rugby union, cricket, tennis, bowls and lacrosse clubs. 

The strategy has been developed in line with guidance by Sport England (Playing Pitch Guidance, An approach to Developing and Delivering a Playing Pitch Strategy) 2013