Tapper, JKobayashi, K2018-06-052017-10-2720182017-10-160261-4367GD4QG (isidoc)https://hdl.handle.net/10182/9529Despite the importance of facilities as primary sites for delivery of leisure and sport services, there has been a scarcity of academic literature on the provision of community sports facilities and the processes through which they are developed. In particular, this paper provides empirical analysis of leisure facility provision with a focus on practice and experience of policy and planning actors. By employing a case study approach and semi-structured interviews, the study identified a sharp contrast between the discourse of neo-liberalism and the realities of a highly regulated environment for the private sector under a national legislation of New Zealand, namely the Resource Management Act 1991. While both public and private actors recognised benefits of the resource consent process in mitigating the negative environmental impacts and facilitating public input, the findings also revealed its potential impediments to both private and philanthropic developments and their potential resultant benefits to communities and social citizenship due to its costly, restrictive and undifferentiated nature. Consequently, the paper suggests that future research needs to examine empirical evidence of how social citizenship and citizen engagement are enhanced by both public and private sectors through planning and development of community sports facilities and services.pp.282-294en© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Groupsports facility planning and provisionneo-liberalismsocial citizenshipResource Management Actresource consent processJournal Article10.1080/02614367.2017.1394361ANZSRC::150404 Sport and Leisure ManagementANZSRC::120201 Building Construction Management and Project PlanningANZSRC::120599 Urban and Regional Planning not elsewhere classified1466-4496ANZSRC::3508 TourismANZSRC::4406 Human geographyANZSRC::4410 Sociology