PLAYING PITCH STRATEGY Action Plan Update
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LONDON BOROUGH OF RICHMOND UPON THAMES PLAYING PITCH STRATEGY Action Plan Update March 2019 LONDON BOROUGH OF RICHMOND UPON THAMES PLAYING PITCH STRATEGY – Action Plan Update Purpose of this document This document relates to, and should be read in conjunction with, the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Playing Pitch Strategy (PPS), which was developed for the Council by Knight, Kavanagh & Page (KKP) and published in March 2018. Monitoring and updating the PPS forms an important part of the planning process, with guidance from Sport England recommending that the actions identified within the Strategy are reviewed on an annual basis. In light of this, the Council participated in a ‘Stage E’ meeting in March 2019 with representatives of Sport England, Sport Richmond, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), England Hockey, the Football Association (FA), the Football Foundation, the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), and the Rugby Football Union (RFU). The intention of this meeting was to monitor the delivery of the recommendations and action plan identified in the PPS, and to highlight emergent issues and opportunities. This meeting was not intended to review the overarching strategic recommendations identified within Part 5 of the PPS, which are considered to remain applicable and relevant. Guide to using this document The site by site action plans identified within ‘Part 6’ of the Playing Pitch Strategy have been replicated in the tables below, each of which covers one of the three study areas utilised in the original assessment study (Hampton & Teddington; Richmond; and Twickenham). For reference, these tables are identified on pages 45-51, 54-59, and 62-65 of the PPS, respectively. In addition, two further columns have been included, ‘Actions taken’ and ‘Issues raised’. These relate to items emerging from the ‘Stage E’ meeting identified in the section above. Where new material has been added – and/or existing actions, information or recommendations have been affected – the relevant box is highlighted using a light orange fill. This is intended to aid users to easily identify where new information has been provided as part of the monitoring update. Explanatory text regarding various heading and categories identified within the table is included on pages 40-42 of the original document, however for convenience this is also replicated in Appendix 1. Caveats Please note, this document reflects a snapshot of information gathered at a particular point in time, in March 2019, with minor factual corrections subsequently provided by the National Governing Bodies as part of a review process. The identified actions and recommendations should not however be taken as confirmation in any way, particularly in relation to the identification of funding. Priorities do change over time, and so other projects that are not identified below may also come forward. Due to resource constraints, other than when it was raised on a site-specific basis, a review of the demand and supply that informed the Council’s Playing Pitch Assessment has not been included as part of this monitoring exercise. Further information If you would like further information regarding this document, please contact the Richmond Local Plan Team ([email protected]). LONDON BOROUGH OF RICHMOND UPON THAMES PLAYING PITCH STRATEGY – Action Plan Update – March 2019 HAMPTON & TEDDINGTON AREA Site by site action plan Site Site Sport Manage- Current status Recommended actions Actions taken Issues raised Partners Site Timescales1 Cost2 Aim ID ment (March 2019) (March 2019) hierarchy tier 6 Broom Road Cricket Council Two standard quality Review quality issues in an ECB Key Centre L L Protect Recreation Ground squares which host ten and attempt to improve quality to Enhance four grass wickets, good. respectively. Used to capacity by Twickenham, Hampton Wick Royal and Barnes cricket clubs. Football Two good quality adult Sustain current levels of FA L L pitches and one standard quality through appropriate quality mini 7v7 pitch. Both maintenance. pitch types are substantially Alleviate overplay through S L overplayed. the transfer of demand to sites with actual spare capacity. 8 Bushy Park Cricket Royal Four grass cricket squares Sustain and look to improve A new pavilion is ECB Hub Site L L Protect Parks and a standalone NTP quality through an enhanced being provided with Royal Enhance square all of which are maintenance regime. an improved offer, Parks standard quality. One including the square has 15 grass replacement of nets wickets, two squares each used by Teddington have ten grass wickets CC. accompanied by an NTP Ensure leases with clubs are S L and the final square has ten maintained and renewed grass wickets accompanied when applicable. by two NTPs. Two squares Look to secure funding in S L / M are leased by Teddington order to refurbish poor quality CC with Teddington Town, nets Hampton Hill and Hampton Wick Royal cricket clubs Support Bushy Park Girls CC S L leasing a square each. with its aspirations for access Bushy Park Girls CC rents to a dedicated home ground. the use of the squares leased to Hampton Wick Royal CC and Teddington Town CC. All squares are played to capacity at peak time. Hampton Wick Royal CC considers its practice nets to be poor quality. Football Two youth 9v9, four mini Sustain quality through an FA sought grant FA L L 7v7 and one mini 5v5 pitch appropriate maintenance from Football Royal all of which are good quality. regime. Foundation; subject Parks The youth 9v9 and mini 7v7 to pitch advisor pitches have actual spare inspection. 1 Timescales: (S) -Short (1-2 years); (M) - Medium (3-5 years); (L) - Long (6+ years). 2 (L) -Low - less than £50k; (M) -Medium - £50k-£250k; (H) -High £250k and above. 3 LONDON BOROUGH OF RICHMOND UPON THAMES PLAYING PITCH STRATEGY – Action Plan Update – March 2019 Site Site Sport Manage- Current status Recommended actions Actions taken Issues raised Partners Site Timescales1 Cost2 Aim ID ment (March 2019) (March 2019) hierarchy tier capacity peak time whereas Alleviate overplayed sites S L the mini 5v5 pitch is played with the transferal of demand to capacity. to pitches with spare capacity. Rugby Two standard quality senior Improve the quality of the RFU S L Union pitches. Each pitch is pitches through an enhanced Royal overplayed by 1.5 match maintenance in order to Parks equivalent sessions per alleviate overplay. week. Teddington RFC Explore the feasibility of S L leases the pitches on a ten secure tenure for Teddington year licence agreement. RFC through negation of a This provides limited long term lease. security tenure. 10 Carlisle Park Cricket Council One standard quality square Review quality issues in an ECB Key Centre S L Protect with eight grass wickets and attempt to improve quality to Enhance an NTP. Spare capacity of good and seek resolution to one match equivalent pavilion access issues. session at peak time. Pavilion restrictions impair use. Football One adult, two youth 9v9 Sustain quality through an L L and two mini 7v7 pitches all appropriate maintenance of which are good quality. regime. The adult pitch has actual Utilise actual spare capacity No longer actual Now being used by FA S L spare capacity of one match through the transfer of spare capacity. Hampton Prep equivalent session at peak demand from overplayed independent time whereas the youth 9v9 sites or via future demand. school, with and mini 7v7 pitches each potential future have spare capacity of two quality issues match equivalent sessions. through overuse. Tennis Three Two good quality and Sustain quality of the good Two courts Now consider four LTA L L five four poor quality quality courts and look to refurbished. courts to be good macadam courts. improve poor quality courts. and three to be Explore options to install Access system now poor quality. S L LTA’s access system. installed. Bowls One good quality green Sustain green quality and Bowls L L used by Hampton Bowling retain for current use. England Club. 12 Clarendon School Football School One standard quality adult Ensure any future use of the Uncertain future as FA Local Site L L Protect pitch which is available for pitch is supported by a school has been School community use but currently community use agreement. closed. unused. Spare capacity discounted due to unsecure tenure. 18 Hampton and Football Club One floodlit good quality Sustain pitch quality through FA Local Site L L Protect Richmond Borough adult pitch which has spare appropriate maintenance. Club Football Club capacity of 0.5 match Ensure ancillary facilities and S L / M equivalent sessions at peak playing provision is suitable time. Club plays at Step 2 in for the Club to progress the football pyramid. through the football pyramid. 4 LONDON BOROUGH OF RICHMOND UPON THAMES PLAYING PITCH STRATEGY – Action Plan Update – March 2019 Site Site Sport Manage- Current status Recommended actions Actions taken Issues raised Partners Site Timescales1 Cost2 Aim ID ment (March 2019) (March 2019) hierarchy tier 19 Hatherop Park Football Council One youth 11v11, one youth Sustain good quality pitches FA Local Site L L Protect 9v9, one mini 7v7 and one through appropriate Enhance mini 5v5 pitch. The mini 7v7 maintenance and seek to pitch is good quality with all improve standard quality remaining pitches standard pitches. quality. The mini 5v5 pitch has spare capacity at peak time equating to 0.5 match equivalent sessions, whilst remaining pitches are played to capacity at peak time. 20 Hampton Rangers 3G Club Two small sized floodlit 3G Retain pitches for FA Local site S L Protect Juniors Football Club pitches which are both recreational use. Club available for community use. 21 Hampton School Cricket School Five grass cricket squares Sustain good quality squares ECB Key Centre L L Protect and a standalone NTP.