$95M
10.80%
Track master plan milestones and governing body alignment
Sports Planning
Sports facilities planned around how athletes actually use them
Stadia, training facilities, sports fields, and community recreation infrastructure across Australia. We plan and engineer sports assets that serve players, spectators, and operators for decades.
Sports facilities designed for governing body compliance, athlete safety, and long-term venue operation.
Stadia and Venues
Stadium master planning, spectator flow, broadcast and media facilities, accessibility, and venue precinct design for professional and elite sport.
Training and Performance Facilities
High-performance training centres, sports science facilities, recovery and rehabilitation spaces, and elite athlete environments.
Community Recreation and Sports Fields
Council recreation precincts, multi-sport fields, surface specification, lighting design, and pavilion planning aligned to governing body standards.
Sports Planning
Core Expertise
89.7%
Site progress
Sports delivery
Sports planning that respects how venues actually operate, how athletes actually perform, and how governing bodies actually approve.
Core capability
Designed Around Sport Requirements
Field dimensions, surface specifications, run-off zones, and equipment clearances built to the specific sport's governing body standard. Not generic recreation templates.
Sport-fit design
Built to the sport's standardField, surface, and equipment matched to governing body specifications
Core capability
Governing Body and Compliance Aligned
Designs that meet sport governing body requirements, building code, accessibility standards, and council development controls the first time.
Standards aligned
Approved without reworkAligned to governing body, accessibility, and council requirements
Core capability
Coordinated with Operations and Events
Spectator flows that work on event day. Broadcast positions that match camera angles. Back-of-house that serves how teams and operators actually run venues.
Operations and events fit
Designed for event dayOperations, athletes, and spectators aligned
Sports planning
with an operator mindset
We plan sports facilities the way operators actually run them. Realistic event-day flows, maintenance access that works, and engagement with sport governing bodies before formal design lodgement.
Operator-ready designs
Planning and design documentation prepared so venue operators, councils, and clubs can run the facility without re-engineering it.
Sport governing body engagement
Pre-design discussions with relevant sport governing bodies so dimensions, surfaces, and equipment align with what each sport actually requires.
Surfaces and equipment that meet specifications
Field surfaces, turf systems, lighting, fencing, and equipment matched to governing body technical requirements and competition tier.
Overview
Benefits
Project metrics
From master plan through to opening day
Sports planning moves through master planning, feasibility, governing body engagement, detailed design, council approval, construction, and venue opening. We stay involved across each stage so opening day matches the brief.
Enquire nowA clear sports planning approach
Four stages we run on every sports planning engagement.
Master planning and brief development
Confirm sport types, competition tiers, user groups, and operational requirements before locking the facility approach.
Governing body engagement and detailed design
Confirm specifications with governing bodies, develop detailed planning and design alongside architectural, civil, and services disciplines.
Council approval and documentation
Submit development applications, respond to council comments, and obtain formal approval for construction.
Construction and venue opening
Respond to RFIs, support surface and equipment commissioning, attend governing body certification visits, and close out venue handover.
SPORTS PLANNING COST
+10.90% ↑
Master plan issued
Venue planning complete
$95,800
Planning
Planning stages
Strategise, plan, deliver, operate
Strategise
Define the brief
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Plan
Design the facility
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Deliver
Build and fit-out
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Operate
Hand to operator
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Got questions? Let's clear them up
What does RECOR's sports planning service cover?
Stadia and major venues, training and high-performance facilities, sports fields and recreation precincts, governing body compliance, council development applications, and master planning across feasibility through venue opening.
Which sport governing body standards do you work to?
FIFA, World Rugby, FIBA, AFL, NRL, Cricket Australia, Tennis Australia, Football Australia, Netball Australia, Athletics Australia, Hockey Australia, and other domestic and international governing body standards depending on the sport and competition tier. We also work to council recreation guidelines and accessibility standards.
Can you handle planning approvals for sports facilities?
Yes. We prepare development applications, manage council and authority correspondence, respond to objections, and obtain consent for stadia, training facilities, and community recreation projects.
Do you work on community recreation facilities as well as major venues?
Yes. Council recreation precincts, school sports facilities, multi-sport fields, club facilities, and community pavilions are a regular part of our work alongside elite and professional venues.
Do you support venue opening and operations transition?
Yes. We support surface and equipment commissioning, attend governing body certification visits, coordinate with operators and event teams, and close out venue handover with as-constructed documentation.
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