Active Places Power is an interactive mapping and reporting tool provided by Sport England for those delivering community sport.

The web tool facilitates the strategic planning of sport provision through advanced analytical tools that reference the most authoritative sport facility and club database within the country.

Find out how, including what’s new in the redeveloped website, through a short tour.

What's new!

Website design and functionality

• Completely new user interface with integrated help
• Improved interactive mapping with Ordnance Survey’s MasterMap
• User journey's covering typical scenarios and questions*
• Customizable Area Profile "dashboard" for a quick overview of data for your area of interest
• Dynamic drive and walking catchment area analysis*
• "What if" scenario testing (accessible to only certain users)*
• Enhanced export capabilities to take your analytical outputs offline in different formats*

*Not available within the first website release.

What's new!

Data – the stuff that underpins the website!

• More facility data – Squash, Outdoor Tennis, Studios as well as enhanced information on sports halls and grass pitches
• New Club data, linked to sites showing where they train and where they play home games
• Overnight updates allowing for changes to be made and analysed more quickly
• Overlay of Sport England’s Active People and Market segmentation with compatibility for Census 2011 data when released
• Improved download function and linking of live data to GIS and apps via web services

Local Authorities

Benefits include:

• Targeted user journeys to support common scenarios e.g. options appraisal, PPG 17 study, playing pitch strategy and assessing planning applications
• Borough Profile reports to quickly provide an "at a glance" view of sport provision area, with integrated tables, maps and charts

National Governing Bodies for Sport

Benefits include:

• Analyse which clubs are using which facilities
• Use tools and reports to geographically analyse data to support Whole Sport Plan process and guide investment decisions
• Access for clubs to allow them to analyse competing facilities, travel times and develop the evidence base for funding applications

Other Organisations

In addition to Local Authorities and NBGs, APP is designed for any organisation responsible for sport provision or those wanting to perform research in this sector.

Registration applications are welcomed from:

• Government Departments and Lottery Distributors
• Private sector and commercial organisations including Planning and Leisure consultancies*
• Individual clubs, Trusts and academic institutions

*Access chargeable and only available when more functionality has been released.

How to register

The site is password protected and users will be assigned different rights according to their needs and level of use.

• Existing users – you’re automatically registered with the new system
• In addition anyone can register for access online through a two step process
• Depending upon your organisation and your functionality requirements, access will be granted automatically