Community sports clubs are calling for compensation if one-off events such as Summerfest force them to cancel regular games or practices on council-owned grounds.
And others want preferential treatment given to bookings made by groups who regularly use the grounds.
Tauranga City Council is forming a draft outdoor spaces policy
which would set out the processes surrounding bookings for areas such as Blake Park, Wharepai Domain, Coronation Park and The Strand.
Previously council gave priority to international events and placed sport training nights at the bottom of the list in the case of a double booking but the proposed new policy would see staff weigh up everything from community benefit, economic returns and the impact on regular users in the case of a double booking.
Representatives from several sporting codes and organisations such as The Tauranga Dog Training Club who had made submissions to the draft policy spoke at yesterday's City Vision meeting, with the majority in favour of the changes.
