Tameside Council Playing Pitch Strategy - Assessment Report 2015 Integrity, Innovation, Inspiration 1-2 Frecheville Courtoff Knowsley StreetBury BL9 0UF T 0161 764 7040F 0161 764 7490E [email protected] Tameside Council: Playing Pitch Strategy Assessment Report CONTENTS PPS GLOSSARY ...................................................................................................... 3 PART 1: INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................ 4 PART 2: FOOTBALL .............................................................................................. 15 PART 3: ARTIFICIAL GRASS PITCHES ................................................................ 37 PART 4: RUGBY UNION ........................................................................................ 49 PART 5: HOCKEY .................................................................................................. 63 PART 6: CRICKET ................................................................................................. 69 APPENDIX 1: SPORTING CONTEXT .................................................................... 84 APPENDIX 2: LOCAL CONTEXT ........................................................................... 91 APPENDIX 3 ........................................................................................................ 110 2015 Assessment Report Knight Kavanagh & Page 2 Tameside Council: Playing Pitch Strategy Assessment Report PPS GLOSSARY 3G Third generation (artificial grass pitch) AGP Artificial grass pitch CC Cricket club CSP County sports partnership ECB England and Wales Cricket Board EH England Hockey FA Football Association FC Football club FE Further education FPM Facilities Planning Model GIS Geographical information systems HC Hockey club HE Higher education JFC Junior football club KKP Knight, Kavanagh and Page LCCB Lancashire County Cricket Board LMS Last Man Stands NGB National governing body (of sport) NPPF National Planning Policy Framework OSSRA Open Space, Sport & Recreation Assessment PQS Performance quality standard PF Playing field RFL Rugby Football League RFU Rugby Football Union RFC Rugby football club S106 Section 106 MYE Mid-Year Estimate 2015 Assessment Report Knight Kavanagh & Page 3 Tameside Council: Playing Pitch Strategy Assessment Report PART 1: INTRODUCTION This is the Playing Pitch Strategy (PPS) Assessment Report prepared by Knight Kavanagh & Page (KKP) for Tameside Council (TC). The study covers playing pitches as set out below: Football Cricket Rugby union Hockey Artificial grass pitches (AGPs) for hockey/football This report presents a supply and demand assessment of playing pitch facilities in accordance with Sport England’s playing pitch strategy guidance: An Approach to Developing and Delivering a Playing Pitch Strategy. It has been followed to enable a clear picture of the balance between the local supply of, and demand for, playing pitches and other outdoor sports facilities to be developed. The guidance details a stepped approach to developing a PPS. These steps are: Stage A: Prepare and tailor the approach Stage B: Gather information and views on the supply of and demand for provision Stage C: Assess the supply and demand information and views Stage D: Develop the strategy Stage E: Deliver the strategy and keep it robust and up to date. Stages A-C are covered in this report. 2015 Assessment Report Knight Kavanagh & Page 4 Tameside Council: Playing Pitch Strategy Assessment Report Stage A: Tailoring the approach Why the PPS is being developed This strategy sits within the context of the overall strategic review of sports and leisure services in Tameside, and will form part of the overall assessment of assets and provision/ opportunities across Tameside. Tameside is considered by Sport England to be an important area for concentrated work and focus around creating opportunities for sport and physical activity. Tameside Council is a major provider of sports pitches. Responsibility for this falls to more than one directorate although the one mainly responsible within the Council is the Place Directorate. This provision is complemented by facilities owned and managed by the education, voluntary and private sectors. Current provision is uneven across the Borough and access to, and quality of pitches and ancillary facilities has a significant bearing on their levels of use. The overall aim of this project is to: Assess the supply and demand balance and evidence the quality of existing provision. Inform the strategic development of playing pitch sites. Inform sports specific development. Inform the realignment/targeting of resources both revenue and capital. Inform planning policy/applications/decisions. Promote participation and improve health outcomes. Note and take account of potential changes to the supply of provision due to capital programmes e.g. for educational sites. Ensure that the management and maintenance of playing pitch provision is as efficient and effective as possible. Develop a priority list of deliverable projects which will help to meet any current deficiencies and provide for future demands. In addition to the generic key drivers set out above the main pitch sport national governing bodies of sport (NGBs) have set out sport specific key drivers for Tameside, to note the key drivers for Rugby League are within the context below however there are no Rugby League clubs located in Tameside: NGB Key drivers – to: England & Wales Work to deliver the ECB Champion Counties Strategic Plan 2014 – Cricket Board (ECB) 2017. Improve the quality of cricket pitches to achieve greater capacity. Ensure that access to education sites is improved to accommodate cricket. Ensure sufficient provision to cater for predicted growth. Enhance opportunities for informal cricket e.g. Last Man Stands (LMS) Ensure sustainable assets which may be appropriate for community asset transfer. England Hockey Establish ‘The Single System’ in the study area to support the (EH) development pathway for players, coaches and officials of all ages and abilities to reach their full potential. Ensure access to good quality AGPs and ancillary facilities both now 2015 Assessment Report Knight Kavanagh & Page 5 Tameside Council: Playing Pitch Strategy Assessment Report NGB Key drivers – to: and in the future. Ensure that there is sufficient provision (including accessibility) for predicted growth to support priority clubs Ensure access to school sites is maintained and secured via appropriate community use agreements. Ensure any new hockey provision in the study area supports localised hockey demand and relevant hockey development programmes. The Football Work to deliver the stated outcomes of the FA National Facilities Association (FA) Strategy (2013 – 2015) and The FA National Game Strategy (2011 – 2015) Ensure that investment (current and future) is ‘value for money’. Ensure access to education sites to accommodate the game. Protect the right sites for current and future football participation. Provide new pitches and facilities to FA standards where needed. Implement an accurate pricing policy for grassroots football clubs including discounts for FA Charter Standard Clubs. Ensure that there is an appropriate maintenance of grass pitches and AGPs particularly those which have received grant funding (i.e., Football Foundation). Ensure sustainable assets which may be appropriate for community asset transfer. Rugby Football Work towards achievement of the stated outcomes of the Rugby Union (RFU) Football Union National Facilities Strategy (2013-2017). Ensure sustainable access to pitches in Tameside to satisfy predicted growth (particularly in light of the World Cup (2015). Protect and improve pitch quality plus that of ancillary facilities and floodlights as current and future demand requires. Improve access to training areas in order to preserve pitches for matches. 2015 Assessment Report Knight Kavanagh & Page 6 Tameside Council: Playing Pitch Strategy Assessment Report The study area Tameside consists of nine towns in a mainly urban area to the east of Manchester. It stretches from the city of Manchester to the Peak District and shares borders with Stockport, Oldham, Manchester and the borough of High Peak. Tameside has 19 wards which are illustrated below of which these have been sectioned into analysis areas for the purpose of the study; Ashton, Denton, Droylsden and Audenshaw, Dukinfield and Stalybridge, Hyde, Longdendale, and Mossley Figure 1.1: Map and neighbourhoods for Tameside 2015 Assessment Report Knight Kavanagh & Page 7 Tameside Council: Playing Pitch Strategy Assessment Report Figure 1.2: Map of analysis areas Table 1.1: Analysis areas with population figures Analysis Area Ward Population (2013 MYE) Ashton Ashton Waterloo, Ashton Hurst, 47,302 St Michaels, St Peters Denton Denton North East, Denton 33,726 South, Denton West Droylsden and Audenshaw Audenshaw, Droylsden West 34,767 Droylsden East Dukinfield and Stalybridge Stalybridge North, Stalybridge 47,212 South, Dukinfield Stalybridge, Dukinfield Hyde Hyde Newton, Hyde Godley, 36,609 Hyde Werneth Longdendale Longdendale 9,843 Mossley Mossley 11,138 Total 220,597 What are the key characteristics of the study area? Tameside is a metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester in North West England. It is named after the River Tame, which flows through the towns of Ashton-under-Lyne, Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, Dukinfield, Hyde, Mossley and Stalybridge.