The Department for Culture, Media and Sport last week said that approved applications for development on playing fields were set to bring in around 268m of planned investment in sports facilities, down from 274m in the previous year.
As a result of the 807 approved planning applications in 2002/3 (695 in 2001/2), at least 472 would lead to improved sporting facilities like Astroturf pitches, swimming pools and floodlights.
But Alison Moore-Gwyn, the chairman of the association, said all-weather floodlit facilities and indoor facilities were "incredibly expensive to maintain".
While she welcomed any move by the Government to encourage school sport, she said no Government had made any revenue funding available to pay for repairs and maintenance.
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