Nomination Form

All sites to be afforded protection by Fields in Trust need to satisfy the following criteria if they are to be accepted into The Queen Elizabeth II Fields Challenge.

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The criteria are:

• The site must be owned by the organisation putting the field forward to become a Queen Elizabeth II Field.
• Evidence of ownership, and where relevant freehold interest, permitting the use of the site for outdoor, sport, play and/or recreation must be produced.
• Sites may be provided with facilities and equipment or used as general open space, and established for that purpose by way of planning requirements.
• Each site’s principal use should be outdoor sport, play or recreation. We aim to be flexible and therefore dedications including village halls and indoor leisure, heritage, cultural facilities that promote community recreation will be considered.
• Satisfactory evidence that the use or proposed use is a lawful use in planning terms.
• Generally the minimum size is 0.2 hectare (0.5 acre).
• Sites need to be accessible in terms of location.
• Sites need to be affordable for the local community.
• Sites should be open to the public, established charitably, be held by a sports club under the Community Amateur Sports Club regime, or held as Public Open Space.
• All sites will need local managers, who will be responsible for the quality of the facilities, their maintenance and development, improving participation and use and financial and operational sustainability.
• Sites must be compliant with existing legislation relating to sport, play or open space.