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BASSETLAW PLAYING PITCH STRATEGY STRATEGY & ACTION PLAN JUNE 2019 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 BASSETLAW PLAYING PITCH STRATEGY STRATEGY & ACTION PLAN CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS ............................................................................................................. 1 PART 1: INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................ 2 PART 2: VISION ............................................................................................................. 13 PART 3: AIMS ................................................................................................................ 14 PART 4: SPORT SPECIFIC ISSUES SCENARIOS AND RECOMMENDATIONS .......... 15 PART 5: STRATEGIC RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................... 38 PART 6: ACTION PLAN ................................................................................................. 52 HARWORTH ANALYSIS AREA .......................................................................... 56 RETFORD ANALYSIS AREA .............................................................................. 60 RURAL ANALYSIS AREA ................................................................................... 67 WORKSOP ANALYSIS AREA ............................................................................ 79 PART 7: HOUSING GROWTH SCENARIOS .................................................................. 89 APPENDIX ONE: INCREASING FOOTBALL USE OF 3G PITCHES ............................. 99 APPENDIX TWO: SPORTING CONTEXT .................................................................... 103 APPENDIX THREE: FUNDING PLAN .......................................................................... 114 APPENDIX FOUR: GLOSSARY ................................................................................... 119 BASSETLAW PLAYING PITCH STRATEGY STRATEGY & ACTION PLAN ABBREVIATIONS 3G Third Generation (artificial turf) AGP Artificial Grass Pitch BCGBA British Crown Green Bowling Association BDC Bassetlaw District Council BE Bowls England BPL Barnsley Premier Leisure CFA County Football Association CIL Community Infrastructure Levy CISWO Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation CSP County Sports Partnership EA England Athletics ECB England & Wales Cricket Board EH England Hockey FA Football Association FC Football Club FF Football Foundation FE Further Education FIT Fields in Trust GIS Geographical Information Systems HE Higher Education HPA The Hurlingham Polo Association KKP Knight, Kavanagh and Page LTA Lawn Tennis Association NFA Nottinghamshire County Football Association NCCC Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club NGB National Governing Body NPPF National Planning Policy Framework PPS Playing Pitch Strategy RFL Rugby Football League RFU Rugby Football Union RUFC Rugby Union Football Club S106 Section 106 SHFA Sheffield & Hallamshire County Football Association SE Sport England TGR Team Generation Rate WR World Rugby June 2019 Knight Kavanagh & Page 1 BASSETLAW PLAYING PITCH STRATEGY STRATEGY & ACTION PLAN PART 1: INTRODUCTION This is the Playing Pitch Strategy (PPS) for Bassetlaw District Council (BDC) and its partners. Building upon the preceding Assessment Report it provides a clear, strategic framework for the maintenance and improvement of existing outdoor sports pitches and ancillary facilities between 2018 and 2037. This will align with the emerging Bassetlaw Local Plan as will the emerging Bassetlaw Open Space Strategy, particularly in relation to playing fields. A Steering Group has led and will continue to lead the PPS to ensure the delivery and implementation of its recommendations and actions. It is made up of representatives from the District Council, Sport England and National Governing Bodies of Sport (NGBs). The following types of pitch sports and outdoor sports facilities were agreed by the steering group for inclusion in the Assessment and Strategy. Pitch sports: Football pitches Rugby union pitches Rugby league pitches Cricket pitches Third generation artificial grass (3G) pitches Artificial grass pitches (AGPs - including use for hockey) Pitch sports have been assessed using the guidance set out in Sport England’s Playing Pitch Strategy Guidance: An approach to developing and delivering a playing pitch strategy (2013). Outdoor sports: Outdoor bowling greens Outdoor tennis courts Athletics tracks Polo fields Outdoor sports have been assessed using Sport England’s Assessing Needs and Opportunities Guidance (2014). Non-pitch outdoor sports require a different methodology to assess demand and supply to that used for pitch sports. A Playing Pitch Strategy will provide the evidence required to help protect playing fields and outdoor sports facilities to ensure sufficient land is available to meet existing and projected future pitch requirements. Planning policy and other relevant sport related corporate strategies must be based upon a robust evidence base in order to ensure planning, local policies and sport development criteria can be implemented efficiently and effectively. The strategy is capable of the following in Bassetlaw District: Providing a clear framework for all playing pitch providers, including the public, private and third sectors; Clearly addressing the needs of all identified sports within the local area, picking up particular local demand issues; Addressing issues of population growth, and or major growth/regeneration areas; Addressing issues of cross boundary facility provision; Addressing issues of accessibility, quality and management of provision; Standing up to scrutiny at a public inquiry as a robust study; Providing realistic aspirations which are implementable within the local authority’s budgetary position and procurement regime. June 2019 Knight Kavanagh & Page 2 BASSETLAW PLAYING PITCH STRATEGY STRATEGY & ACTION PLAN The partner organisations have a vested interest in ensuring existing playing fields, pitches and ancillary facilities can be protected and enhanced. Many of the objectives and actions will need to be delivered and implemented by sports organisations and education establishments in addition to the Council. Strategy structure The Strategy has been developed as a result of the research and analysis of playing pitch and outdoor sport provision and usage within Bassetlaw to provide: A vision for the future improvement and prioritisation of outdoor sports facilities. A number of aims to help deliver the recommendations and actions. A series of sport by sport recommendations which provide a strategic framework for sport led improvements to provision A range of sport by sport and local authority wide scenarios to help inform policy recommendations and prioritisation of actions. A series of strategic recommendations which provide a strategic framework for the improvement, maintenance, development and, as appropriate, rationalisation of provision. A prioritised area-by-area action plan to address key issues. The Strategy and Action Plan recommends a number of priority projects across Bassetlaw which should be implemented over the Local Plan period. It provides a framework for improvement and, although resources may not currently be in place to implement it, potential partners and possible sources of external funding may come forward in the future (see Appendix Four: Funding Plan1). Monitoring and updating It is important to ensure there is regular annual monitoring and review of the actions identified in the Strategy. This monitoring should be led by the Council and supported by the Steering Group. As a guide, if no review and subsequent update has been carried out within three years of the PPS being signed off by the Steering Group, then Sport England and the NGBs would consider the PPS; and the information on which it is based, to be out of date. If the PPS is used as a ‘live’ document, and kept up to date, the time frame can be extended to five years. The PPS should be reviewed on an annual basis from the date it is formally signed off by the Steering Group. This will help to maintain the momentum and commitment built up when developing the PPS. Taking into account the time spent developing the PPS this should also help to ensure that the original supply and demand information is no more than two years old without being reviewed. Part 8 of this strategy report contains a suggested process for undertaking the update and monitoring. The Steering Group will need to agree the process prior to the adoption of this strategy. 1 Please note that Sport England funding streams may be subject to change throughout 2018/19 June 2019 Knight Kavanagh & Page 3 BASSETLAW PLAYING PITCH STRATEGY STRATEGY & ACTION PLAN Study area Bassetlaw is located in Nottinghamshire of which it is one of ten constituent Local Authorities, located on the northernmost border of the County. It is bordered by seven neighbouring Local Authorities including within three County Council areas. These include Lincolnshire County to the East (North Lincolnshire, West Lindsey), other Nottinghamshire districts of Mansfield and Newark & Sherwood to the South, the Derbyshire County district of Bolsover to the West, and to the north lie the South Yorkshire districts of Rotherham and Doncaster. The strategy covers the District boundary area of

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