WOLVERHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL PLAYING PITCH STRATEGY FINAL ASSESSMENT REPORT JANUARY 2012 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 K Freely, L Hunsley 24 th June 2011 Quality control C Fallon 5th July 2011 Client comments Carolle House 25 th July 2011 Final approval Carolle House WOLVERHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL PLAYING PITCH STRATEGY CONTENTS PART 1: INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................... 6 PART 2: CONTEXT .......................................................................................................... 7 2.1: National context ..................................................................................................... 7 2.2: Regional context .................................................................................................. 14 2.3: Local context ........................................................................................................ 14 PART 3: PLAYING PITCH STRATEGY METHODOLOGY ............................................ 15 3.1: Background information ....................................................................................... 15 3.2: Playing Pitch Model (PPM) ................................................................................... 16 3.3: Report structure ................................................................................................... 22 PART 4: GENERAL SPORTS ISSUES .......................................................................... 23 4.1: Introduction .......................................................................................................... 23 4.2: Clubmark .............................................................................................................. 23 4.3: Wolverhampton CLUB Registration ...................................................................... 24 4.4: Development groups ............................................................................................ 24 PART 5: PARTICIPATION TRENDS.............................................................................. 25 5.1: Active People Survey ........................................................................................... 25 5.2: Market segmentation ............................................................................................ 27 PART 6: NEIGHBOURING AUTHORITIES .................................................................... 30 6.1: South Staffordshire ............................................................................................... 31 6.2: Dudley .................................................................................................................. 31 6.3: Sandwell .............................................................................................................. 32 6.4: Walsall ................................................................................................................. 32 PART 7: FOOTBALL ..................................................................................................... 33 7.1: Introduction .......................................................................................................... 33 7.2: Consultation ......................................................................................................... 35 7.3: Current provision .................................................................................................. 35 7.4: Development ........................................................................................................ 43 7.5: Key issues for football .......................................................................................... 45 7.6: Provision of football pitch sites assessed by quality and capacity ......................... 54 7.7: ‘Shortfall, adequacy and requirement’ .................................................................. 63 PART 8: CRICKET ......................................................................................................... 70 8.1: Introduction .......................................................................................................... 70 8.2: Current provision .................................................................................................. 71 8.3: Development ........................................................................................................ 73 8.4: Key issues for cricket ........................................................................................... 75 8.5: Provision of cricket pitch sites assessed by quality and capacity .......................... 81 8.6: ‘Shortfall, adequacy and requirement’ .................................................................. 82 PART 9: RUGBY ............................................................................................................ 87 9.1: Introduction .......................................................................................................... 87 9.2: Current provision .................................................................................................. 87 9.3: Development ........................................................................................................ 89 9.4: Key issues for rugby ............................................................................................. 90 WOLVERHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL PLAYING PITCH STRATEGY PART 10: HOCKEY ....................................................................................................... 92 10.1: Introduction ........................................................................................................ 92 10.2: Development ...................................................................................................... 92 10.3: Pitch supply ........................................................................................................ 93 10.5: Usage ................................................................................................................. 97 PART 11: BOWLS ......................................................................................................... 99 11.1: Introduction ........................................................................................................ 99 11.2: Current provision ................................................................................................ 99 11.3: Development .................................................................................................... 101 11.4: Key issues for bowls ......................................................................................... 103 PART 12: TENNIS ........................................................................................................ 106 12.1: Introduction ...................................................................................................... 106 12.2: Current provision .............................................................................................. 106 12.3: Development .................................................................................................... 109 12.4: Key issues for tennis ........................................................................................ 110 PART 13: ATHLETICS ................................................................................................. 113 13.1: Introduction ...................................................................................................... 113 13.2: Development .................................................................................................... 113 13.3: Current provision .............................................................................................. 113 13.4: Key issues for athletics ..................................................................................... 113 PART 14: EDUCATION PROVISION ........................................................................... 115 14.1: Introduction ...................................................................................................... 115 14.2: PE and School Sport ........................................................................................ 115 14.3: Building Schools for the Future (BSF) .............................................................. 115 14.5: Current provision .............................................................................................. 138 14.6: Primary school consultation summary .............................................................. 144 PART 15: SUMMARY .................................................................................................. 148 APPENDIX ONE: PPM CALCULATIONS .................................................................... 149 APPENDIX TWO: LIST OF SITES BY COMMUNITY USE .......................................... 155 APPENDIX THREE: CONSULTEE LIST ...................................................................... 160 APPENDIX FOUR: SITE VISIT PROFORMAS ............................................................ 165 WOLVERHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL PLAYING PITCH ASSESSMENT PART 1: INTRODUCTION This is the Final Playing Pitch Assessment Report for Wolverhampton City Council (WCC) prepared by Knight Kavanagh & Page (KKP). The Study is being led by a steering group made up of Wolverhampton City Council (WC)