STOCKTON-ON-TEES BOROUGH COUNCIL INDOOR, BUILT AND SPECIALIST FACILITIES ASSESSMENT REPORT FINAL REPORT: MARCH 2016 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 Peter Millward & Matthew Walton 23.11.2015 Quality control John Eady 23.12.2015 Client comments Neil Russell 08.02.2016 KKP amends Peter Millward & John Eady 15.02.2016 Final approval Neil Russell 02.03.2016 STOCKTON-ON-TEES BOROUGH COUNCIL INDOOR, BUILT AND SPECIALIST FACILITIES ASSESSMENT CONTENTS Executive Summary ........................................................................................................... i 1. Introduction ........................................................................................................... 1 2 Strategic context: Nationally .................................................................................. 6 3. Stockton’s population ............................................................................................ 9 4. Sports halls ......................................................................................................... 15 5 Swimming pools .................................................................................................. 31 6. Health and fitness suites and dance/exercise studios ......................................... 46 7. Other specialist provision .................................................................................... 55 8. Key facts ............................................................................................................. 60 Appendices (separate documents) . 1. Stockton-on-Tees Borough profile. 2. Individual facility profiles. 3. Sporting Future: A New Strategy for an Active Nation. Addendum Billingham Forum has recently (since completion of the original report) converted its four court sports hall into a two court hall plus a climbing facility. This will reduce the number of larger halls within the area (from 22 to 21) and also have a marginal impact on percentage measures in relation to the accessibility and quality of facilities, as shown in the assessment of sports halls. It will, in the development of an area strategy, place greater emphasis on the relationship with and access to school based sports facilities. STOCKTON-ON-TEES BOROUGH COUNCIL INDOOR, BUILT AND SPECIALIST FACILITIES ASSESSMENT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Background and methodology Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council (SBC), as all local authorities, is looking to reduce the net subsidy cost of leisure services. Together with changes to welfare benefits, greater need for social care and a new duty to improve the public’s health, this will continue to exert pressure on already reduced budgets. The following assessment sets out a long term approach to the provision of indoor, built and specialist facilities in Stockton. Sport England’s (SE) Assessing Needs and Opportunities Guide (ANOG) for Indoor and Outdoor Sports Facilities (2013) has been adopted to ensure a robust assessment of quality, quantity, accessibility, availability, supply and demand for key facility types. SE’s Active Places database found 142 facilities across 93 sites, including sports halls, swimming pools, health and fitness suites, dance/aerobic studios, indoor bowls, indoor tennis, squash courts, an ice rink and water sports and high ropes at the Tees Barrage. Strategic context The backdrop to the study includes key national strategies and guidelines, as shown below. Sporting Future: A New Strategy for an Active Nation (2015) – central government’s strategy for sport extends beyond measures of participation. It recognises sport’s impacts on physical health, mental health, individual development, social and community development and economic development. Sport England: A Sporting Habit for Life (2012 – 2017) - in 2017, five years after the Olympic Games, Sport England aspires to have transformed sport in England so that it is a habit for life for more people and a regular choice for the majority. National Planning Policy Framework (2012) - the NPPF set out planning policies for England and detailed how these changes are expected to be applied to produce distinct local and neighbourhood plans which reflect the needs and priorities of local communities and offer an economically, socially and environmentally sustainable solutions. Strategic Planning: Effective Cooperation for Planning Across Boundaries (2015) – the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) identified six key principles for strategic planning; to be focused, strategic, spatial, collaborative, showing leadership and accountability. It recommended locally designed and delivered approaches which emphasise collaboration and co-operation. Public Health England (2014) – a plan to tackle low activity levels through: Active society - making physical activity becomes a routine part of daily life. Moving professionals - using every contact to push the ‘active’ message. Active environments - available and accessible environments that encourage activity. Moving at scale - maximising existing assets that enable communities to be active. Investment in school sport (up to 2015) – the Primary PE and Sport Premium fund of £150m per annum was invested in school sport, directly through head teachers. Priority School Building Programme (2014 - 2017) - set up to address the needs of the schools most in need of urgent repair; 261 schools will be re-built between 2014 and 2017. March 2016 3-050-1415 Final Report Knight Kavanagh & Page i STOCKTON-ON-TEES BOROUGH COUNCIL INDOOR, BUILT AND SPECIALIST FACILITIES ASSESSMENT Stockton’s population The borough’s population (presently 194,119) is projected1 to rise to 206,753 by 2025 and to 215,858 by 2037. This is not, however, evenly distributed across all age groups and the largest increase (as with most local authority areas) will be in the numbers aged 65+ - this will rise by 21,434 (+68.3%) up to 2037 (from 31,395 in 2012 to 52,829). This steady increase in the numbers of ‘active elderly’ will translate to a different portfolio of activity demand than would have been the case a decade ago. Similarly, population change will vary by areas within Stockton, consequently local knowledge should be utilised in relation to house building programmes, localised age structures and other demographic factors to predict where growth will be concentrated and what forms it will take. The only adjoining district with a population of any appreciable scale which also runs up to the edge of Stockton’s boundary is Middlesbrough; it is thus the main area in which the RTPI’s strategic (cross boundary) guidelines are likely to prove relevant. The borough has limited ethnic diversity; 94.6% of the population classifying themselves as white (national average; 85.4%). This can, however, result in its own challenges in ensuring social inclusion and identifying and meeting the needs of minority groups. Unemployment is 1.3 times the national rate yet just below the regional average; while earnings are -2.1% below the national and +6.8% above the regional averages. The authority is characterised by an economically polarised population. Two times (19%) the national proportion (10%) of people fall within the country’s most deprived cohort2. Conversely, 29% are within the two least deprived groups (nationally; 20%). Health deprivation is more widely spread throughout Stockton’s population: 53% are in the three most deprived (worst) health cohorts (England 30%). Adult obesity (29%) is above the national (24%) and regional (27%) averages. Child obesity (22%) is above national (19%) and regional (21%) rates. By Year 6 more than one third of children (35%) are either overweight or obese. Avoidable ill health costs to the NHS (due to physical inactivity) are estimated to be £2.86m; although significant this is below national regional averages (per 100,000). Sports participation3 is above national and regional averages while sports club membership is below the national average. The most popular sports are gym, swimming, cycling, football and keep fit. A higher than average proportion of people attend the gym (Stockton 13.7%, England 10.9%) and lower numbers swim (Stockton 9.4%, England 11.5%). General population segmentation shows just over half (53%) of Stockton’s population falling into only four ‘groups’ (national average 24%). They are termed ‘Family basics’, ‘Aspiring homemakers’, ‘Domestic success’ and ‘Senior security’. Sport specific segmentation classifies the borough’s main groups as ‘Retirement home singles, ‘Comfortable mid-life males’ and ‘Pub league team mates’. The economic impact and value of sport in Stockton has been calculated by Sport England to be £54.7m p.a. (£42.0m participation, £12.7m non-participation related). 1 Source: Office for National Statistics. 2 Based on DCLGs Index of Deprivation. 3 Based on at least one times 30 minutes of moderate intensity sport per week. March 2016 3-050-1415 Final Report Knight Kavanagh & Page ii STOCKTON-ON-TEES BOROUGH COUNCIL INDOOR, BUILT AND SPECIALIST FACILITIES ASSESSMENT Sports halls There are 51 sports halls in Stockton: 29 are small halls (activity halls, one or two badminton courts) 22 are larger halls (three, four and eight court halls – see addendum). The main focus for service planning is on larger halls as they offer much greater flexibility and can accommodate a wider range of sports. Based upon Stockton’s larger halls: Three