East Durham Rural Corridor Area Action Partnership Profile Draft 4 December 2011
Durham Playing Pitch Strategy East Durham Rural Corridor Area Action Partnership Profile CONTENTS
1.0 East Durham Rural Corridor Playing Pitch Profile
2.0 Pitch Provision by Sector
3.0 Teams
4.0 Consultation Profile
5.0 Quality & Provision
6.0 Pitch Capacity
7.0 Strategic Recommendations
8.0 Potential Hub Sites
2 Durham Playing Pitch Strategy East Durham Rural Corridor Area Action Partnership Profile 1.0 EAST DURHAM RURAL CORRIDOR PLAYING PITCH PROFILE
1.1 Area Action Partnership
The East Durham Rural Corridor Area Action Partnership (AAP) serves the area highlighted in the map below. The geographical area covered by the AAP includes the major town of Sedgefield along with other major settlements such as Kelloe, Coxhoe and Trimdon. Other settlements in the AAP include Fishburn, Bradbury, Quarrington Hill and Trimdon Grange.
East Durham Rural Corridor includes the following wards:
• Coxhoe • New Trimdon & Trimdon Grange • Fishburn & Old Trimdon • Sedgefield • Cassop-cum-Quarrington
Note: All maps presented in this report are for indicative purposes only. A full set of larger scale detail maps are available separately.
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1.2 Total Area Population: 24,869 Map 1: East Durham Rural Corridor AAP
As highlighted in the table below, 64% of the population for the East Durham Rural Corridor AAP is considered to fall within the active age group as defined by Sport England.
Table 1: East Durham Rural Corridor Population by Active Age Groups
Active Age Group Sport Male Female Mixed
0-5 years Non active 1754
6-9 years Football 1075 8-12 years 1313 10-15 years 897 833 11-15 years 743 703 11-17 years 1050 1030 13-17 years Rugby 777 771 16-17 years Rugby 327 Football/ 16-45 years Hockey 4899 4817 18-45 years Rugby 4592 4490 18-55 years Cricket 6238 6198
Over 55 years Non active 7240
Total area population within 15875 Active Age Groups (6-55yrs)
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2.0 PITCH PROVISION BY SECTOR
2.1 Public Sector Provision Map 2: East Durham Rural Corridor Pitches Managed by the Public Sector
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Table 2: Names & types of grounds managed by the Public Sector Football Pitches Rugby Pitches
Name Ward Changing Full size Junior Senior Junior Cricket ATP Total Cassop-cum- Bowburn Park Y 1 1 1 1 4 Quarrington
Coxhoe Leisure Centre Coxhoe Y 1 1
Kelloe Recreation Ground Kelloe Y 1 1 1 3
Quarrington Hill Recreation Coxhoe N 1 1 Ground Trimdon Grange (Trimdon New Trimdon Y 1 1 2 Station Recreation Ground) &Trimdon Grange Butterwick Road Playing Fishburn & Old Y 2 2 Fields Trimdon
7 2 0 0 3 1 13
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Table 3: Names & Types of Pitches managed by Educational Facilities
Football Pitches Rugby Pitches
Name Ward Changing Full size Junior Mini Senior Junior Cricket ATP Total
Cassop Primary School Coxhoe N 1 1
Sedgefield Community Sports College Sedgefield Y 2 1 3
Sedgefield Primary School Sedgefield N 1 1
Fishburn Fishburn & Old Primary School Trimdon N 1 1
Trimdon Community College And Fishburn & Old Junior School Trimdon N 2 4 1 7
4 7 0 0 0 1 1 13
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Table 4: Names & Types of Pitches Managed by Sports Clubs Football Pitches Rugby Pitches
Name Ward Changing Full size Junior Senior Junior Cricket ATP Total Beechfield Park Coxhoe Y 1 1
Coxhoe Cricket Club Coxhoe Y 1 1
Station Road Ground Sedgefield Y 1 1 (Sedgefield CC) 1 0 0 0 2 0 3
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3.1 Football Team Information
Table 5: Football Clubs & Teams
Club Ground Mens Vets Ladies Total Senior Total Mini Total Junior Bowburn Athletic Quarrington Hill Recreation Ground 2 1 3 0 3
Coxhoe Athletic Beechfield Park 1 1 0 0
Coxhoe United Coxhoe Leisure Centre 1 1 0 0
Coxhoe United Youth Coxhoe Leisure Centre 0 4 7
Coxhoe WMC Coxhoe Leisure Centre 1 1 0 0
Kelloe Davy Lamp Kelloe Recreation Ground 1 1 0 0
Kelloe WMC Kelloe Recreation Ground 1 1 0 0
Quarrington Hill Quarrington Hill Recreation Ground 1 1 0 0
Fishburn Boys Butterwick Road Playing Fields 0 1 3
Trimdon United Juniors Trimdon Community College & Jnr School 0 2 5
Trimdon Veterans Trimdon Community College & Jnr School 1 1 0 0
Bowburn Youth Bowburn Park 0 0 0 0 4 5
Ferryhill Celtic Sedgefield Community Sports College 1 1 0 0
Sedgefield Black Lion Sedgefield Community Sports College 1 1 0 0
Sedgefield NET Park Sedgefield Community Sports College 1 1 0 0
Sedgefield St Edmunds Sedgefield Community Sports College 1 1 0 0
Sedgefield United Over 40s Sedgefield Community Sports College 1 1 0 0
Sedgefield Youth Sedgefield Community Sports College 0 0 1
Trimdon The Dovecote Trimdon Grange 1 0 0 1 0 0
Total 13 2 1 16 11 24
11 Durham Playing Pitch Strategy East Durham Rural Corridor Area Action Partnership Profile There are 16 senior football teams in the East Durham Rural Corridor AAP, one of which is a female team. There are 24 junior football teams including 3 junior girls’ teams and 11 mini football teams. The teams are all accommodated on 9 different pitches within the AAP as detailed in the table below.
3.2 Rugby Team Information
There is 1 rugby ground in the area which is used by 1 ruby team as detailed below.
Table 6: Rugby Clubs & Teams
Club Ground Mens Vets Ladies Senior Junior Mini
Sedgefield District RFC Sedgefield Community College 1 1
3.3 Cricket Team Information
There are 4 senior cricket teams in the East Durham Rural Corridor and 4 junior teams. The teams play across 4 different cricket grounds.
Table 7: Cricket Clubs & Teams Club Ground Mens Ladies Total Senior Total Junior Coxhoe CC Coxhoe Cricket Club 1 1 2 Sedgefield CC Station Road Ground 2 2 4 Trimdon Colliery CC Trimdon Community College & Junior School 1 1 2 Trimdon College & Def Trimdon Station Foundry Recreation Ground 1 1 2 Hill CC Totals 5 0 5 10
3.4 Hockey Team Information
There are no hockey teams recorded in the East Durham Rural Corridor AAP.
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This section provides stakeholder feedback and the details of findings secured from local sports clubs, schools and town/parish councils.
4.1 Methodology
Consultation and engagement with local stakeholders was undertaken using two main methods:
• Questionnaire surveys (postal and/or e-mail as appropriate) to pitch sports clubs (football, cricket, rugby and hockey); outdoor non-pitch sports clubs (bowls, tennis, netball and basketball); schools; and town/parish councils
• A community workshop organised with the local Community Sports Network (CSN)
The surveys were tailored to the different types or respondent. For example the surveys to pitch sport clubs were posted directly to the club secretary and were individualised to contain team and pitch information relevant to that club gathered from Sport England (clubs were then invited to amend that information if incorrect). The survey also contained a local map on which clubs could indicate other grounds that they might be prepared to play on as well as providing an opportunity to highlight any open space that they thought had potential for the development of new facilities.
The community workshops provided an opportunity for clubs and parishes to raise their own club/parish specific issues but were primarily aimed at securing collective views on key issues for the various sports. As the meetings were arranged on a Community Sports Network basis the general findings will often apply to more than one Action Area Partnership.
The results of the questionnaires which were returned from clubs in the East Durham Rural Corridor AAP are shown below. The table show the responses whilst the graph maps these responses in relation to specific pitches detailing those which are used most frequently and those which could accommodate extra provision.
13 Durham Playing Pitch Strategy East Durham Rural Corridor Area Action Partnership Profile In general the notes which accompanied the feedback maps detailed the following:
• With increased investment, Sedgefield Community College could accommodate 2 extra mini football pitches • With increased investment, Butterwick Road Playing Field could accommodate 1 additional full-size football pitch • Increase capacity could be obtained at Coxhoe Leisure Centre by introducing a 3G pitch surface and floodlights • In addition, land to the south of Coxhoe Leisure Centre could accommodate 2-3 extra full-size football pitches, however investment would be required to purchase this land • There is additional space for 1 ATP and 1 full-size football pitch at Bowburn Park. There was originally an alternative pitch at this facility but this is no longer in use • The cricket pitch at Trimdon Community College is reported to be the worst in the league • A new school has just been constricted on 1 of the pitches owned by Sedgefield St Edmunds School. Once the old school is demolished a new football pitch will be built at this site. It has been suggested that the site could also accommodate new cricket wickets.
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Table 8: Pitch Usage from Club Feedback Questionnaires
Suitable Site Like formal Other pitches Main Ground Relocation to adapt access used
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Graph 1: Club Feedback on Pitch Usage in the East Durham Rural Corridor AAP
This local profile complements a county wide/strategic consultation report that provides an overview of findings from strategic stakeholders including Sport England, the individual sports’ national governing bodies, County Durham Sport, Durham University and relevant Durham County Council officers.
The findings are outlined under 3 main headings:
• Pitch Sports (by individual sport) • Town/parish councils • Schools
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Table 9: Football Club Survey
• Almost half of clubs reported that pitch provision is insufficient to meet their needs for both fixtures and training • The majority of clubs reported pitch quality as poor or below average • There are no changing rooms at Quarrington Hill but only one changing facility was rated as poor (Butterwick Road) • 7 out of 11 clubs fielded the same number of teams last season. 3 clubs had more teams and 1 had less teams.
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Table 10: Football Club Future Plans Survey
• Nearly 75% of clubs plan to increase the number of members and teams in the future and 5 clubs wish to expand and/or refurbish their facilities • The most common barriers to development were a shortage of all weather pitches for matches and training, and a shortage of indoor training facilities. • Other common factors were an overall shortage of senior pitches and a lack of external funding.
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Table 11: Additional Football Comments Club Other Comments A new school has just been built on one of our pitches. Once the old school has been demolished a new pitch is to be Sedgefield St Edmunds built on this site There are no changing rooms on our site, no car park and not enough pitches. We need all of these facilities. Another Bowburn Athletic suggestion would be to replace the current grass pitch with a 3G artificial pitch.
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(Comments relating to football)
At the consultation workshop those involved in pitch sports worked together to draw up the following information.
Strengths • Good volunteer support • Growth of junior clubs • Positive impact on local communities • Pitch markings usually done no problem • County Council appear to be less strict than former district councils.
Issues • Recent loss/anticipated future loss of existing pitches & facilities e.g. Coxhoe • Changing facilities e.g. Lack of, size of, maintenance of these facilities • No space on sites to store equipment • Capacity e.g. insufficient pitches for number of clubs/teams and no capacity for growth of club • Poor quality and maintenance of pitches e.g. dog dirt; flooding/poor drainage; litter/broken glass; vandalism by cars driving on pitch; having to fertilize pitch themselves • Issues with communication between clubs and the council for problems relating to council owned pitches e.g. who to contact; no regular consultation to identify club’s needs (i.e. pre-season meeting) • Need more all weather pitches for training • Issues with lack of parking or having to pay to park • Lack of support for funding applications • No access to use school pitches.
Priorities • Changing facilities – should be available at all sites where league football is played • Capacity - extend access to more pitches e.g. on school sites • Improve maintenance of existing sites and pitches • Provide more 3G all weather pitches for training.
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Table 12: Cricket Survey
• Trimdon Colliery CC report that they do not have sufficient pitches for either matches or training and that pitch quality is poor. Changing facilities are rated as “average” • Sedgefield CC are generally happy with quantity and quality of ground and facilities • Both teams are fielding the same number of teams as last season.
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Table 13: Future Plans Survey
• Sedgefield CC plan to increase membership in the future and to refurbish their facilities • The factor restricting development for both is a lack of external funding. For Trimdon Colliery CC additional factors are a shortage of indoor training facilities, the cost of hiring the facilities and a shortage of volunteers.
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(Comments relating to Cricket)
• Cricket clubs – overall facilities tend to be quite good • Some clubs face problems with maintenance due to damage to pitches/ground over winter caused by football use – this means of quality of pitch can be a problem • General priority is to maintain what is already there and improve the quality of such as needed • Sports development important – e.g. need improved routes from schools to clubs.
4.6 Rugby Consultation
Sedgefield RFU Club plays at Sedgefield Community College but did not respond directly to the survey. The Rugby Union National Governing body view was that currently there are sufficient pitches to meet the need for league match play and that the quality of their main pitch was reasonable but that there were insufficient pitches to accommodate training needs.
He highlighted that current trends in participation are seeing a large increase in youth players however and sufficient pitches need to be planned for to accommodate such growth.
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There are no Hockey Clubs within the AAP. However, the North East Hockey League provided a good overview of Hockey in the County:
North East Hockey League In the North East hockey is a minority sport but it remains vibrant and there is a great deal of junior development activity bringing boys and girls into the sport across the whole region. Unfortunately, there is very little scope for them to take their interest into club hockey within County Durham.
Trends In County Durham there has been a slow decline in standards of hockey, but not the numbers involved, in recent years. However current investment in junior development is beginning to reverse that trend. Demand is increasing gradually.
Current facilities There are only a few pitches within County Durham and there is very little scope for further development of the game within the County. However, the facilities at Durham City are among the best in the country and provide the County Association with an excellent venue for representative matches etc.
Issues There is very limited scope for bringing the sport to the majority of urbanised areas within the County and a tendency for local authorities to build new artificial pitches with new '3G' surfaces which, although good for rugby and football, cannot be used for hockey. In addition, there are no hockey facilities in places such as Bishop Auckland, Spennymoor, Crook, Willington, Newton Aycliffe, Consett, Stanley, Easington, and Sedgefield.
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We received information from Sedgefield Town Council and two parish councils as summarised below: Table 14: Council Comments Council Information/Issues Future Plans/Aspirations/Other Comments Sedgefield • Sedgefield does not have a designated sports facility Town • Football pitches are often requested, STC does not have any • An outdoor bowling green is a top priority for official football pitches, currently all at the Community College Sedgefield • There are currently plans in place to build a rugby pitch adjacent • Working towards a “sports area” centered to the cricket field - planning permission now granted around the cricket club. Bowls, rugby, and the • The town council does not have designated pitches anywhere, just Sedgefield Harriers (running club)are in talks a playing field with Sedgefield CC to that end • Currently building a MUGA facility at the new Community College, • Support from DCC (planning) and funding development of sports facility and a cricket field would be of great guidance would be appreciated re the above benefit • The town council provided a sports hall at the • It is essential to provide a bowls facility as it is very necessary, Community College; this has been demolished possibly at cricket field. Now ongoing – preliminary investigations as part of BSF1. Essential that this facility is re. planning permission etc started and looking favourable provided under new regime. • The only changing facilities are at the cricket club and community college, we have no other facilities. Fishburn • The PC manages Butterwick Road Recreation Ground, Fishburn: 2 • With some investment it would be possible to football pitches and a bowling green. The Tennis courts are beyond provide a MUGA at Fishburn Primary School as repair. Cricket pitch is no longer in use due to the team well as improving the drainage of the current disbanding pitches • Fishburn PC leases the recreation ground from the Coal Industry • We would also like to add 2 further pitches to Social Welfare Organisation. We are never likely to be in a position the recreation ground, as the local junior side financially to upgrade the site as we do not have the precept to do has 4 teams and the current pitches are over that. External funding would be needed. used. Improved changing facilities also needed. Trimdon • PC is responsible for a cricket pitch, football pitches, and a Foundry • A multi use games area (MUGA) is required. bowling green.
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The School Sport Partnership promotes opportunities for children and young people using school and community sports facilities. Three key points were highlighted:
• Need for 3G/4G/Multi-Use Games Area synthetic pitches as many events and matches are cancelled due to weather or poor quality pitches • Improving school/community links and securing more community use of school facilities. Not all schools allow for hire for various reasons, such as costs of staff to open and close facilities • Need better parking access at sites for large events. Access is needed for buses carrying school children (this includes size of parking areas and spaces being available at time of events).
School questionnaires were distributed through the local School Sports Partnership co-ordinators. Information was received from several schools in the AAP as detailed in the table below.
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Table 15: Schools
School Community Use and Sports club links/Issues Plans/Aspirations
Sedgefield • The college caters for cricket, rugby, football and tennis Community • Lack of/poor changing and toilet facilities for pitches and • Outside changing rooms and toilet block. College outdoor facilities. Coxhoe • No current community use. Various requests to use main hall and • We would like to extend our playgrounds by Primary grass field - but lack of supervision means we have to decline creating a MUGA and ideally have a multi- school • Previous experience of allowing community use was very purpose sports hall, as currently our hall is very negative - not respecting property and leaving premises in poor small and not suitable for most PE sessions. condition. Fishburn • Some community use of school facilities • School used on a weekend re football, we have intermittent local gym use re aerobics but this is not frequent • All weather pitch would be great. We could • Extra use needs to be paid for and we have a lettings policy re then use and provide access for local this community on evenings/weekends. • Particular interest in football and cricket • Link with Fishburn Boys FC and potentially with Sedgefield cricket club. Sedgefield • No current community use Hardwick • School field is usually available after school hours – would • No plans at present. Primary consider some community use in the future. School Trimdon • School has a floodlit Muga Junior • Formal community use agreement School • Some spare capacity for use of Gymnasium, MUGA, Fitness Suite, • General maintenance of squash courts and Squash Court gymnasium area. Also changing room facilities • We focus on all areas of sport, but have a high demand and need improvements. interest for boys and girls football. • Links with Trimdon United, Coxhoe United, Martin Gray Football, local Karate Club, Active Kids – Dance Mats, Durham Cricket Club. Trimdon Village • Afterschool club – football – Martin Gray Academy paid for from • No plans at present. Infant our Disadvantage Funding. School
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Football • A significant number of clubs report that pitch provision is insufficient to meet their needs for both fixtures and training • The majority of clubs reported pitch quality as poor or below average • There are no changing rooms at Quarrington Hill but only one changing facility was rated as poor (Butterwick Road) • Nearly 75% of clubs plan to increase the number of members and teams in the future and five clubs wish to expand and/or refurbish their facilities • The most common barriers to development were a shortage of all weather pitches for matches and training, a shortage of indoor training facilities • Other common factors were an overall shortage of senior pitches and a lack of external funding • Club aspirations and priorities included; changing facilities, extending access to more pitches e.g. on school sites, improving the maintenance of existing sites and pitches and providing more 3G all weather pitches for training.
Cricket • Cricket clubs – overall facilities tend to be quite good and in general there are sufficient pitches to meet demand • General priority is to maintain what is already there and improve the quality of such as needed • Trimdon Colliery CC report that they do not have sufficient pitches for either matches or training and that pitch quality is poor. Changing facilities are rated as “average”.
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5.1 Supply & Demand Model: Football
Peak time analysis identifies that Sunday mornings are the busiest times for football pitches used in the East Durham Rural Corridor, with 100% of weekly usage by junior teams taking place at this time and 70% for seniors. This represents over usage of the facilities indicating a shortfall in senior and junior provision overall.
Table 16: Football Peak Times
Football
Senior Junior Ratio of home games 0.5 0.5 Temporal Use % Saturday AM 15% Saturday PM 15% Sunday AM 70% 100% Sunday PM Mid week 1- Specify day Mid week 2- Specify day
The shortfall/ surplus football analysis table above shows there is a considerable lack of provision for junior football in the area, and this occurs in all wards apart from Fishburn and Old Trimdon and New Trimdon and Trimdon Grange. If all pitches were secured under an appropriate management and letting system, all fixtures at peak times could be accommodated without over using pitches. Although there is no shortage of senior pitches highlighted above, during the consultation this was earmarked as an issue.
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Table 17: Football Shortfall or Surplus Football Saturday Saturday AM(senior) Saturday (senior) PM Saturday AM(junior) Saturday (junior) PM SundayAM (senior) Sunday PM (senior) SundayAM (junior) Sunday PM (junior)
Total 11.2 11.2 6.0 6.0 8.2 12.0 -2.0 6.0
Cassop-cum-Quarrington 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 -1.5 1.0
Coxhoe 3.3 3.3 1.0 1.0 0.9 4.0 -4.0 1.0
Fishburn and Old Trimdon 3.9 3.9 4.0 4.0 3.7 4.0 4.0 4.0
New Trimdon and Trimdon Grange 0.9 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.0 0.0 0.0
Sedgefield 2.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.0 -0.5 0.0
This suggests that the use of pitches needs to be more balanced within the AAP, and that the concentration of facilities in some areas is having a negative impact on the needs of those in less well equipped areas of the AAP.
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Peak time analysis identifies that Saturday afternoons is the busiest times for rugby in the East Durham Rural Corridor, with 90% of weekly usage by senior teams. There are no junior teams for rugby registered in the APP.
Table 18: Rugby Peak Times
Rugby
Senior Junior Ratio of home games 0.5 0.5 Temporal Use % Saturday AM Saturday PM 90% Sunday AM 10% Sunday PM Mid week 1- Specify day Mid week 2- Specify day
The peak time rugby analysis table below shows that there is a shortage of provision in Sedgefield ward where the team is registered.
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Table 19: Rugby Shortfall or Surplus
Rugby Union (senior) (senior) Saturday Saturday Saturday Sunday PM SundayAM PM (senior) PM AM(senior)
Total 0.0 -0.5 -0.1 0.0
Cassop-cum-Quarrington 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Coxhoe 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Fishburn and Old Trimdon 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
New Trimdon and Trimdon Grange 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sedgefield 0.0 -0.5 -0.1 0.0
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Peak time analysis identifies that Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning are key play times for senior cricket. This is a similar scenario for junior cricket although the spread is more even also including Saturday morning.
Table 20: Cricket Peak Times
Cricket
Senior Junior Ratio of home games 0.7 0.7 Temporal Use % Saturday AM 35% Saturday PM 45% 25% Sunday AM 40% 30% Sunday PM Mid week 1- Specify day 15% 10% Mid week 2- Specify day
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Table 21: Cricket Shortfall or Surplus
Cricket (junior) (junior) (senior) (senior) (senior) (senior) Sunday PM SundayAM Saturday Saturday PM Saturday Saturday PM Saturday AM Saturday Saturday AM Saturday
Total 5.0 3.4 4.0 4.3 3.6 5.0
Cassop-cum-Quarrington 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Coxhoe 2.0 1.7 2.0 2.0 1.7 2.0
Fishburn and Old Trimdon 1.0 0.7 1.0 1.0 0.7 1.0
New Trimdon and Trimdon Grange 0.0 -0.3 0.0 0.0 -0.3 0.0
Sedgefield 1.0 0.4 0.0 0.3 0.4 1.0
The shortfall/surplus cricket analysis table above indicates that the ward of New Trimdon and Trimdon Grange has a shortage in cricket provision.
The cricket pitch at Trimdon Community College is reported to be the worst in the league. Trimdon Colliery Cricket Club report that they do not have sufficient pitches for either matches or training and that pitch quality is poor. Changing facilities are rated as “average”.
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Table 22: Senior Peak Demand with Adjustments Football Football Rugby League Rugby League Rugby Union Rugby Union
Senior Saturday Saturday Sunday Sunday Saturday Saturday Sunday Sunday Saturday Saturday Sunday Sunday AM PM AM PM AM PM AM PM AM PM AM PM Total 8.2 8.2 5.2 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.5 -0.1 0.0 Cassop-cum-Quarrington 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Coxhoe 2.3 2.3 -0.2 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fishburn and Old Trimdon 2.9 2.9 2.7 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 New Trimdon and Trimdon Grange 0.9 0.9 0.7 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Sedgefield 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.5 -0.1 0.0 Table 23: Junior Peak Demand with Adjustments Football Football Rugby League Rugby League Rugby Union Rugby Union
Junior Saturday Saturday Sunday Sunday Saturday Saturday Sunday Sunday Saturday Saturday Sunday Sunday AM PM AM PM AM PM AM PM AM PM AM PM Total 4.0 4.0 -4.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Cassop-cum-Quarrington 1.0 1.0 -1.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Coxhoe 1.0 1.0 -4.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fishburn and Old Trimdon 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 New Trimdon and Trimdon Grange 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Sedgefield 0.0 0.0 -0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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Table 24: Mini Peak Demand with Adjustments Football Football Mini Saturday Saturday Sunday Sunday AM PM AM PM Total 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Cassop-cum-Quarrington 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Coxhoe 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fishburn and Old Trimdon 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 New Trimdon and Trimdon Grange 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Sedgefield 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
The supply in East Durham Rural Corridor is affected slightly when including team equivalents. For senior football the wards affected are; Coxhoe, Fishburn and Old Trimdon and Sedgefield. However junior football provision is more adversely affected as there was already a shortfall recorded on Sunday morning, which is exacerbated by including team equivalents. Mini football and rugby union are largely unaffected by the changes in capacity.
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6.1 Average Number of Games
Table 25: Average Number of Games per Pitch Home Games Per Week
Total Total Total Rugby Rugby Total Total Football Union League Cricket Hockey Average Number Games Games Games Games Games Of Games Per AAP Name Played Played Played Played Played Pitch East Durham Rural BEECHFIELD PARK 0.5 0 0 0 0 0.5 East Durham Rural BOWBURN PARK 4.5 0 0 0 0 2.25 East Durham Rural BUTTERWICK ROAD PLAYING FIELDS 2 0 0 0 0 1 East Durham Rural CASSOP PRIMARY SCHOOL 0 0 0 0 0 0 East Durham Rural COXHOE CRICKET CLUB 0 0 0 0.5 0 0.5 East Durham Rural COXHOE LEISURE CENTRE 6.5 0 0 0 0 6.5 East Durham Rural KELLOE RECREATION GROUND 1 0 0 0 0 0.33 East Durham Rural QUARRINGTON HILL RECREATION GROUND 3.5 0 0 0 0 3.5 East Durham Rural SEDGEFIELD COMMUNITY SPORTS COLLEGE 3 0.5 0 0 0 0.7 East Durham Rural STATION ROAD GROUND (SEDGEFIELD CC) 0 0 0 3 0 3 East Durham Rural TRIMDON COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND JUNIOR SCHOOL 4 0 0 0.5 0 0.75 East Durham Rural TRIMDON GRANGE 0.5 0 0 0 0 0.25 East Durham Rural TRIMDON STATION FOUNDRY RECREATION GROUND 0 0 0 0.5 0 0.25
Table 25 provides analysis of the average use of each pitch at the sites allowing public access across the AAP. The exercise is theoretical, as it assumes all pitches are used equally, but it does identify the sites which potentially overused such as Coxhoe Leisure Centre and Quarrington Hill Recreation Ground. The pitch capacity should be viewed in conjunction with the pitch quality information detailed in appendix 9.
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6.2 Additional Pitch Availability in East Durham Rural Corridor
There are no additional public sector grounds or private grounds registered in the East Durham Rural Corridor AAP, however there are several sites which have been identified as good prospects for development or expansion. These include:
• Station Road Ground – Sedgefield Cricket Club • Land to the south of Coxhoe Leisure Centre • Old school site - Sedgefield St Edmunds School.
Table 26: Additional Education Pitches Available in East Durham Rural Corridor Football Pitches Rugby Pitches
Name Location Changing Full size Junior Senior Junior Cricket Hockey Synthetic Total
Cassop Primary School Coxhoe N 1 1 Sedgefield Primary School Sedgefield N 1 1 Fishburn & Old Fishburn Primary School Trimdon N 1 1
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Table 27: Existing and Required Provision
39 Durham Playing Pitch Strategy East Durham Rural Corridor Area Action Partnership Profile Table 27 identifies that 17 pitches would be required to accommodate the current demand within the AAP areas. With around 27 pitches potentially available in the AAP, supply should exceed demand. It is clear from section 4 that in some instances this is not the case, consultation with clubs which require access to additional pitches should be carried out. Appropriately securing the pitch supply would enable the authority to allocate pitches where demand exceeds supply.
Table 28 identifies that the following pitches should be secured and laid out appropriately to ensure the provision caters for the current teams.
Table 28: Pitch Requirements Type Of Pitch Size Number of Pitches
Senior Football 90 x 60 4* Junior Football 70 x 50 6 Mini Football 24 x 18 3 Senior Rugby 100 x 70 0.5 Junior Rugby 70 x 55 0 Cricket 105 x 110 4 Hockey 95 x 70 0
* Pitches have been rounded up to the nearest 0.5 pitches.
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Securing and formalising access to the following sites and working with the providers to establish a system which allows pitches to be maintained, laid out and accessed under a central system would ensure the current and future pitch provision for the AAP.
Although the privately run clubs generally cater for their demand, accessing additional pitches when required will be key to ensuring the club development. Education and local authority maintained pitches need to work together, enabling rotation of pitches, whilst ensuring appropriately sized pitches can be laid out to cater for demand.
The following action plan and maps identifies potential strategic recommendations to address the issues identified.
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Map 5: Pitches with Community Use
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Map 6: Pitches to be Secured
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Map 7: Potential Hub Sites
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Map 8: Access to Potential Hub Sites
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Table 29: East Durham Rural Corridor Area Action-Plan
The following table outlines key policies that have been recommended in the main playing pitch strategy document. Where relevant, recommendations related to the AAP have been made for each policy. It is important to note, that more site specific recommendations have been put forward for each of the AAPs as part of the study. These are not published in this document, but are being considered by Durham County Council, and will inform future work as part of the neighbourhood planning process.
Policy Monitoring Ref Strategy Reference Lead Timescale Success Recommendations Existing playing fields are safeguarded, with consideration only given to disposal when a secured pitch stock LDF Safeguarded P1 Planning Immediate can be demonstrated, or alternative Policy high quality provision can be generated by the loss of pitches. Contributions towards off site or on- site provision of playing pitches will be sought under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 from all There is a need to consider investment in the existing housing developments in proposals of 1 stock (i.e. off site contributions) within the AAP. In or more units. Provision will also be LDF Safeguarded general supply is sufficient, but quality needs some P2 sought for subsequent maintenance Planning Immediate Policy improvement. The decision for off-site provision costs for a period of fifteen years. The should be made on a case by case basis in-line with following types of dwelling will not be the strategy to safeguard some sites over others. subject to obligations in respect of playing pitch provision; replacement dwellings, extensions and very sheltered housing. Influence the design, layout of pitches Pitches under educational ownership match those Education and specification of school facilities to owned by the council and therefore and make-up just / ensure their suitability for school and PFI Projects: Stanley, under half of the supply within the AAP. It is D1 Planning Short community use, securing formal Consett therefore important to secure community use at / Sport & community use agreements where these sites in-line with the overall provision strategy Leisure appropriate. for the AAP.
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Develop new multi pitch/ multi sport ‘hub’ sites which can provide facilities Develop AAP Profile for a range of training, development Themes, Identifying and performance sport. Where Planning The Key Sites. appropriate Hub sites should embrace A number of potential hub sites have been suggested D2 / Short Influence Planning artificial turf pitches technology (ATP) (see maps 7 & 8). Education Consents As A for training and formal fixtures, Delivery Mechanism; floodlit multi use games courts, grass Burnopfield pitches and adequate changing facilities. Implement The Existing sites include: 1. Sedgefield Community Individual AAP College (football and rugby) 2. Trimdon Community Prioritise investment to existing multi- Themes, Where Sport & College (football and cricket) 3. Station Road Ground D3 pitch sites which can offer secure Medium Possible Moving Leisure (Sedgefield) parish council plans to build a rugby environments for facilities. Teams And Resources pitch opposite the cricket ground. Also require bowls From The Poorest and are working towards a sports centre hub. Sites Develop AAP Profile Themes, Identifying Key The Sites. Influence Planning Develop new junior pitches across the Consents As A There is an opportunity to provide such facilities at County, establishing a minimum of one Sport & Medium / D4 Delivery Mechanism. hub sites and/ or consider establishing at existing multi-pitch junior soccer site in each Leisure Long Work With Schools To school sites. AAP. Ensure Appropriate Sized Pitches Are Laid Out To Reflect Their Pupil Ages Develop On AAP Profile Improve the quality of pitches, setting Priority pitches need to be agreed once the secured Recommendations a quality standard. Prioritise stock is confirmed. Policy will need to enable Sport & Implement The Q1 improvements that increase pitch Long investment across an AAP for priority sites, within Leisure Quality Assessment capacity in areas and sports that are which development takes place (i.e. not restricted As Part Of The Clean currently most deficient. within a set distance of development). And Green Teams Site Inspections. Influence PFI There are centres which could support and require Increase the use of synthetic pitches Projects, Support further investment in artificial pitches. These sites for training and where difficulty in Sport & Short / Q2 The Current should be prioritised in-line with the overarching pitch quality unduly limits carrying Leisure Medium Applications And strategy to ensure that quality in the area is capacity. Ensure Dual Use improved.
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Agreements Allow Community Use
Identify a long term framework of Develop Principles Sport & Short / Q3 ancillary facilities for retention, Set Out In AAP Leisure Medium improvement and disposal Profiles
Encourage Seek to attract commercial investment Several schools already have community-use Commercial Sector to deliver high quality training and Sport & Medium / agreements. However, the facilities are in need of M1 To Engage And performance sports facilities: 5 a-side Leisure Long improvement and would be ideal to attract Tender Within PFI leagues; softball; touch rugby. commercial investment. Opportunities
Contact Commercial Support development of facilities that Sector And Develop provide for growing mid week sports M2 Planning Long Opportunities Which demand, such as 5 a-side soccer and Tie In With Hub Site floodlit cricket. Concepts Ensure that ‘hub’ or integrated facility developments are reflective of the needs identified within consultation This area would benefit from the creation of hub Influence Design Of M3 (feedback from clubs) and contribute Planning Short sites and building on existing community use PFI Schools to the achievement of locally agreements could help to prioritise sites as such. determined sports development targets and priorities. Develop On Themes Within The AAP Enable and support self management Profiles, Where A priority for this area with a large proportion of the of facilities by voluntary sports clubs Sport & M4 Short Consultation Has provision currently falling within the education and other organisations where Leisure Identified Clubs sector. applicable. Seeking To Self Administer
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Create Working Group With Education Sites Quarrington Hill Recreation Ground, Beechfield Park, Without Formal Dual Coxhoe Leisure Centre, Kelloe Recreation Ground, Use Agreements. Butterwick Road Playing Fields, Trimdon Community Sport & A1 Administration Immediate Develop A College & Junior School, Bowburn Park, Sedgefield Leisure Communication Community Sports College, Trimdon Grange, Coxhoe Process To Enable Cricket Club, Station Road Ground, Trimdon Station Schools, The Local Foundry Rec. Authority And Teams To Liaise
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