Sports Facilities Audit & Needs Assessment
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SPORTS FACILITIES AUDIT & NEEDS ASSESSMENT KETTERING BOROUGH REPORT: June 2020 QUALITY, INTEGRITY, PROFESSIONALISM Knight, Kavanagh & Page Ltd Company No: 9145032 (England) MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS Registered Office: 1 -2 Frecheville Court, off Knowsley Street, Bury BL9 0UF T: 0161 764 7040 E: [email protected] www.kkp.co.uk CONTENTS GLOSSARY ....................................................................................................................... 1 SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................... 2 1:1 Introduction ............................................................................................................... 2 1.2: Scope of the project ................................................................................................. 2 SECTION 2: BACKGROUND ............................................................................................ 6 2.1: National context ....................................................................................................... 6 2.2: Local context .......................................................................................................... 12 2.3 Demographic profile ................................................................................................ 16 2.4: Local health and wellbeing activities ...................................................................... 28 SECTION 3: INDOOR SPORTS FACILITIES ASSESSMENT APPROACH .................. 30 3.1: Methodology .......................................................................................................... 30 3.2: Site visits ................................................................................................................ 33 3.3: Facilities Planning Model overview ........................................................................ 35 3.4: Sports hall sizes ..................................................................................................... 36 SECTION 4: VILLAGE/COMMUNITY HALLS ................................................................. 37 4.1: Village/Community Halls ........................................................................................ 37 4.2 Demand .................................................................................................................. 39 4.3 Summary of village halls and community centres key facts and issues .................. 40 SECTION 5: SPORTS HALLS ......................................................................................... 41 5.1: Supply .................................................................................................................... 41 5.2: Facilities Planning Modelling – Overview of Findings ............................................ 55 5.3: Supply and demand summary ............................................................................... 63 5.4: Summary of key facts and issues .......................................................................... 70 SECTION 6: SWIMMING POOLS .................................................................................... 72 6.1: Supply .................................................................................................................... 72 6.2: Facilities Planning Model – Overview of Findings .................................................. 84 6.3: Supply and demand summary ............................................................................... 93 6.4: Demand ................................................................................................................. 94 6.5: Summary of findings and needs ............................................................................ 95 SECTION 7: HEALTH AND FITNESS SUITES ............................................................... 97 7.1: Supply .................................................................................................................... 95 7.2: Demand ............................................................................................................... 108 7.3: Dance studios ...................................................................................................... 109 7.4: Summary of key facts and issues ........................................................................ 112 SECTION 8: SQUASH ................................................................................................... 114 8.1 Supply ................................................................................................................... 114 8.2: Demand ............................................................................................................... 116 8.3: Summary of facts and issues ............................................................................... 117 SECTION 9: GYMNASTICS .......................................................................................... 119 9.1: Supply .................................................................................................................. 119 9.2: Demand ............................................................................................................... 121 9.3: Summary of key facts and issues of dedicated gymnastics facilities ................... 123 SECTION 10: INDOOR BOWLS .................................................................................... 124 10.1: Supply ................................................................................................................ 126 10.2: Demand ............................................................................................................. 129 10.3: Summary ............................................................................................................ 129 SECTION 11: SAILING CENTRE .................................................................................. 130 11.1: Supply ................................................................................................................ 131 11.2: Demand ............................................................................................................. 133 11.3: Summary of sailing ............................................................................................ 134 SECTION 12: SUMMARY AND STRATEGIC RECOMMENDATIONS ......................... 135 Appendix 1: Consultee list .......................................................................................... 136 Appendix 2: Sport England’s Economic Impact Model 2015 indicator ................... 138 KETTERING BOROUGH: SPORTS FACILITIES AUDIT & NEEDS ASSESSMENT GLOSSARY ALS Active Lives Survey ANOG Assessing needs and opportunity guidance BBE Basketball England BE Badminton England BAME Black, Asian and minority ethnic CCG Clinical Commissioning Groups CSP County Sports Partnership ECB England and Wales Cricket Board FPM Facilities Planning Model GIS Geographical Information Systems IMD Indices of multiple deprivation JCS Joint Core Strategy KBC Kettering Borough Council KKP Knight, Kavanagh and Page NGB National Governing Body NHS National Health Service NPPF National Planning Policy Framework ONS Office for National Statistics PPS Playing Pitch Strategy S106 Section 106 SE Sport England SFS Sports Facilities Strategy TTE Table Tennis England June 2020 3-019-1719: Knight Kavanagh & Page 1 KETTERING BOROUGH: SPORTS FACILITIES AUDIT & NEEDS ASSESSMENT SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION 1:1 Introduction Kettering Borough Council (KBC) commissioned Knight Kavanagh & Page Ltd (KKP) to deliver a Sports Facilities Audit and Needs Assessment for the authority. It is an assessment of formal indoor and built sports facility requirements across the Borough. The desktop research, consultation and site assessments took place between March and August 2019. The results provide a detailed assessment of the current provision of indoor and built sports facilities and it identifies the need (demand) and gaps (deficiencies) in provision. The assessment is part of a wider series of inter-related documents for sport and recreation that also includes a Sports Facilities Strategy (SFS), a Playing Pitch Strategy (PPS) and Open Space Standards Paper. The inter-relationship between the portfolio of documents must be noted as some sports covered by the PPS also use indoor facilities for matches/training or use open space areas for informal use. Similarly, there may be forms of open space which feature a playing pitch or sporting facility. These documents will guide the future provision and management of sports facilities and playing pitches to serve both the existing and proposed communities across Kettering up to 2031. The strategies will meet the needs of different service areas within the Authority. They will provide a concise, robust, comprehensive and up-to-date evidence base for the preparation of the Site Specific Part 2 Local Plan (SSP2) for Kettering Borough and set out a strategic and action planned approach to the enhancement of existing and creation of new pitch and sporting provision, including changing room and ancillary support facilities The Report refers to Kettering as a borough throughout unless specifically referring to Kettering town. 1.2: Scope of the project The assessment provides an overview of the current provision across the Borough taking account of its condition, location, availability and overall quality. It considers demand for facilities based on population distribution, planned growth and taking into consideration