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MILTON KEYNES INTERNATIONAL SPORTING CITY Prepared for the ISC Steering Group FIRST REPORT (Final Version) January 2011 Nortoft Partnerships Limited 2 Green Lodge Barn, Nobottle, Northampton NN7 4HD Tel: 01604 586526 Fax: 01604 587719 Email: [email protected] Web: www.nortoft.co.uk planning • regeneration • health • sport • leisure • events TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 7 Background and brief 7 Examples of International Sporting Cities 8 Existing facilities 8 Elite and performance sport 8 Financial viability 9 Tourism 9 Regeneration 9 International Sporting City for MK 11 Supporting the wider agenda 11 Sports participation and health 11 Inward investment and economic prosperity 12 Jobs and employment 13 Event income 14 Health and social savings 15 Wider economic benefits 17 The Delivery Strategies 17 Refresh of the Sport and Leisure Strategy 17 Refresh of the Sports Development Strategy 17 MK Events Strategy 18 International Sporting City within SEMLEP 19 The ISC objectives 21 CURRENT PICTURE 24 Sporting Needs 24 Sport and Leisure Strategy Refresh 24 Supply and demand – current and future 25 Swimming pools, sports halls, and artificial grass pitches 28 Swimming Pools 28 Sports Halls 28 Artificial Grass Pitches 31 Natural turf pitches 32 Cricket 32 Football 32 Rugby 33 Sporting Need – Performance Level 33 Badminton 33 Baseball/Softball 34 Basketball 34 Cricket 35 Football (training base camp and stadium) 35 Rugby 36 Nortoft Partnerships Ltd International Sporting City Page 2 of 78 First Report (Final Version) January 2011 Cycling 36 Tennis 37 Adventure Sports 39 Events 43 World Cup 43 MK Marathon 2012 43 Sky Ride Cycle Event 43 Olympics 2012 45 Rugby World Cup 2015 45 UK Corporate Games 2013/14 45 Hosting of visiting teams 45 Other Events 46 OTHER OPPORTUNITIES 47 Commercial Sector 47 SUPPORTING INFRASTRUCTURE 49 Hotels 49 Culture and Retail 49 Accessibility 49 Sports science/medicine 50 House of Sport 52 Disability Sport 52 ISC LOCATIONS AND CLUSTERS 53 Introduction 53 Locations 53 Clusters 56 Cluster One: Central MK 58 Willen Lakeside 58 Newlands 58 Campbell Park 59 Wider CMK 60 CMK Community Sports 60 Planet Ice 60 CMK Block 4 Sports Quarter 61 Cluster Two: South and East MK 62 MK Bowl and Elfield Park 62 Major Cycling Centre 62 Team Training Base 62 The Bowl: Sports Quarter 63 Sports Quarter Site Options Comparisons 64 Stadium: MK and Arena: MK 65 Woughton on the Green 65 Regional Coach Education and Development Centre 65 National Baseball and Softball Training Centre 66 Mount Farm Lake Tennis Centre 66 Nortoft Partnerships Ltd International Sporting City Page 3 of 78 First Report (Final Version) January 2011 Bletchley Leisure Centre 66 Caldecotte Lake 66 Big Rock 67 Western Expansion Area 67 Cluster 3: North MK 68 Stanton Low Country Park 68 Stantonbury Campus (Athletics and Events) 68 North MK Lakes Area (Watersports, Triathlon and Cycling) 68 Clusters – a summary 70 DELIVERY 73 NEXT STEPS 76 GLOSSARY 77 Nortoft Partnerships Ltd International Sporting City Page 4 of 78 First Report (Final Version) January 2011 TABLE OF FIGURES Figure 1: Other sporting cities 8 Figure 2: “Team Bath” a major elite athlete focussed sports city 10 Figure 3: Relationship with other strategies 11 Figure 4: Regional employment and expenditure 13 Figure 5: Unemployment Trends, 2000‐2010 13 Figure 6: Economic impact of sporting events 14 Figure 7: Wider economic benefits 15 Figure 8: Sport and Physical Activity Benefits 16 Figure 9: The SEMLEP Area 19 Figure 10: Key Objectives of the International Sporting City 21 Figure 11: Major and smaller sports facilities across MK 26 Figure 12: Major facilities across MK 27 Figure 13: Large Sports Halls and Pools in SEMLEP area 30 Figure 14: Cycling in MK 38 Figure 15: Great Swim, Salford 2010 (L) and Adventure Ropes, MK (R) 40 Figure 16: “Yes!” Rother Valley (L) and Adrenaline Alley (R) and Big Rock, MK (C) 41 Figure 17: Adventure Sports Potential 42 Figure 18: Olympics 2012 opportunities 44 Figure 19: Sports Medicine/Science Hub 51 Figure 20: Public Transport Corridors 53 Figure 21: Population density at 2010 54 Figure 22: Population density at 2020 54 Figure 23: Areas of population growth 2008 ‐ 2020 55 Figure 24: Major facility proposals and venue options 57 Figure 25: MK Bus Station Plaza Skate Park (L) and Stoke Skate Park (R) 60 Figure 26: Sports Quarter Site Options Comparisons 64 Nortoft Partnerships Ltd International Sporting City Page 5 of 78 First Report (Final Version) January 2011 Figure 27: Big Rock Climbing Centre 67 Figure 28: Cluster 1 – Central MK 70 Figure 29: Cluster 2 – South & East MK 71 Figure 30: Cluster 3 – North MK 72 APPENDICES APPENDIX 1 Steering Group Membership APPENDIX 2 Future leisure trends APPENDIX 3a Sports Facility Refresh ‐ Sports halls requirements APPENDIX 3b Sports Facility Refresh ‐ Pools requirements APPENDIX 4 Consultation results APPENDIX 5 MK Dons training ground requirements Nortoft Partnerships Ltd International Sporting City Page 6 of 78 First Report (Final Version) January 2011 INTRODUCTION Background and brief 1. The brief for this International Sporting City (ISC) work derives directly from the emerging Milton Keynes Core Strategy: “To develop Milton Keynes as an International Sporting City ... a concept which seeks to attract and support regional, national and international facilities and events, and to improve people’s health and wellbeing through new opportunities to participate in sport and active recreation.” 2. One of the original drivers for the work was the 2018 World Cup bid, and since this report was commissioned it has been announced that the competition will be held in Russia. However, the leading work by the MK Dons, and the strength of the partnership that the public, private and voluntary sectors in the City built around it, has generated a robust legacy, which can now drive forwards the wider ISC vision and its delivery across the whole range of sporting opportunities in the City. 3. This report sets the ISC in the context of key policies and strategies such as MKC’s Core Strategy, current issues and opportunities, and other bids for major sporting events. As the ISC facilities, events and supporting infrastructure must be viable and sustainable in capital and revenue terms, this report provides the justification of supply, demand, need and opportunity for facilities and events, and wherever possible offers practical options that have the potential to be deliverable and viable. 4. The ISC proposals have been developed with the close involvement of the steering group, chaired by the Chief Executive of Milton Keynes Council. The steering group comprises senior representatives of a wide range of stakeholders including the public, private and third sectors, interested parties, major landowners and leading sports interests (see Appendix 1 for the Steering Group membership). It is hoped that this group will evolve to support the delivery of the ISC and the wider sport and active recreation goals set out by the vision above. 5. In relation to some of the specifics which were contained within the 2018 World Cup bid, there is still a clear need for a major new training ground in MK as one cornerstones of the ISC, where visiting international and national squads can be hosted for high quality training and events, in football and other sports. 6. There would also be benefit in increasing the capacity of Stadium:MK and it is now proposed to raise the seating level to 32,000, which can be done without the need to lift the roof. The larger capacity will support opportunities which might arise linked to the 2015 Rugby World Cup and build on the growing track record of hosting international football matches. 7. These requirements are explored in more detail, together with opportunities to provide for a wide range of sports with which Milton Keynes residents are already involved. Nortoft Partnerships Ltd International Sporting City Page 7 of 78 First Report (Final Version) January 2011 Examples of International Sporting Cities 8. One of the first questions to be addressed at the outset of the work was – What should the overall nature of an International Sporting City in Milton Keynes be? There are a number of variations on the theme of Sporting Cities in the UK and elsewhere, some being tourism led, others are performance sport, others stadia, and others have a wider goal. The table in Figure 1 illustrates how widely different the concepts of a “Sporting City” can be. Figure 1: Other sporting cities Types of Sports City Examples Tourism and leisure led Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Doha Sports Cities La Manga Sports Club Center Parcs David Lloyd Tennis Centres Stadia led Manchester Sports City Sheffield Sports City Elite athlete led Team Bath Aberdeen Sports Village Loughborough University The Regional Institutes of Sports Regeneration led Cardiff International Sports City 9. An early meeting of the ISC steering group considered the broad question about what an ISC should mean to Milton Keynes. They took into account a number of different factors which are summarised below. Existing facilities 10. The existing major facilities in MK are not found in one location, and any new facilities may need a variety of locational criteria such as; triathlon near water, and urban sports needing a more central venue. The ISC therefore needs to be a network of facilities and opportunities, perhaps in the form of a central hub, or hub with spokes. Elite and performance sport 11. There are relatively few elite athletes and the income generated from their use of facilities would be low. However their use would largely be off‐peak, and so relatively easily be matched with community demands, which are primarily during evenings and weekends. 12. Any elite athlete facilities which were developed would be likely to find significant competition from existing University Sports Cities and the Institutes of Sport and Nortoft Partnerships Ltd International Sporting City Page 8 of 78 First Report (Final Version) January 2011 Sports Medicine network.