CORNWALL COUNCIL PLAYING PITCH ASSESSMENT DRAFT REPORT FEBRUARY 2010 Integrity, Innovation, Inspiration 1-2 Frecheville Court off Knowsley Street Bury BL9 0UF T 0161 764 7040 F 0161 764 7490 E [email protected] www.kkp.co.uk Quality assurance Name Date Report origination H. Jones / J Woods 25 January – 8 February 2010 Quality control Lynne Harrop 5 – 8 February 2010 Client comments Final approval CORNWALL COUNCIL PLAYING PITCH ASSESSMENT CONTENTS PART 1: INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................... 8 1.1: Context ............................................................................................................................ 9 National context ............................................................................................................................ 9 Local context .............................................................................................................................. 13 1.2: Playing Pitch Strategy Methodology ................................................................................. 20 Playing Pitch Model (PPM) ......................................................................................................... 20 1.3: General issues ............................................................................................................... 27 1.3 Football ........................................................................................................................... 30 Current provision ........................................................................................................................ 30 Key issues for football ................................................................................................................ 33 Development priorities and opportunities ................................................................................... 42 1.4 Rugby ............................................................................................................................. 47 Current provision ........................................................................................................................ 47 Key issues for rugby ................................................................................................................... 49 Development priorities and opportunities ................................................................................... 53 1.5 Cricket ............................................................................................................................ 56 Current provision ........................................................................................................................ 56 Key issues for cricket .................................................................................................................. 58 Development priorities and opportunities ................................................................................... 62 1.6 American Football ............................................................................................................ 65 Current provision ........................................................................................................................ 65 Key issues for American Football ............................................................................................... 66 1.7: Education provision......................................................................................................... 68 Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 68 Primary schools .......................................................................................................................... 69 Secondary schools and FE colleges........................................................................................... 71 PART 2: ANALYSES ............................................................................................................. 75 Analysis areas ............................................................................................................................ 75 2.1. 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February 2010 3-002-0910 Draft report: Knight Kavanagh & Page 1 CORNWALL COUNCIL PLAYING PITCH ASSESSMENT PART 3: OVERVIEW AND CONCLUSIONS ......................................................................... 113 Pitch quality .............................................................................................................................. 114 Ancillary Facilities ..................................................................................................................... 116 Community access ................................................................................................................... 116 Housing development ............................................................................................................... 116 Demand .................................................................................................................................... 117 Planning obligations ................................................................................................................. 117 Security of tenure ..................................................................................................................... 118 Conclusions .............................................................................................................................. 118 APPENDIX 1: CONSULTEE LIST ............................................Error! 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APPENDIX 2: OUTDOOR SPORTS FACILITY SITE ASSESSMENTS ................................... 120 APPENDIX 3: KEY CHARACTERISTICS OF SPORT ENGLAND SEGMENTS ....................... 122 APPENDIX 4: PLAYING PITCH DIMENSIONS ..................................................................... 125 February 2010 3-002-0910 Draft report: Knight Kavanagh & Page 2 CORNWALL COUNCIL PLAYING PITCH ASSESSMENT TABLES AND FIGURES PART 1: INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................... 8 1.1: Context ...................................................................................................................................... 9 Table 1.1.1: Summary of Active People Survey results by key performance indicator (KPI) ..... 16 Table 1.1.2: Market segmentation in Cornwall ......................................................................... 18 1.2: Playing Pitch Strategy Methodology ........................................................................................ 20 Figure 1.2.1: Map of grass playing pitch analysis areas in Cornwall ......................................... 24 Table 1.2.1: Grass playing pitch Analysis Areas in Cornwall ..................................................... 25 Table 1.2.2: population growth .................................................................................................. 25 1.3: General issues ........................................................................................................................ 27 Table 1.3.1: Rating of pitch provision by Parish Councils .......................................................... 28 1.3 Football ....................................................................................................................................