East Riding Playing Pitch Strategy 2012 "Strategic Asset Management leading to Local Investment" EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE PLAYING PITCH STRATEGY 2012 ©2012 East Riding of Yorkshire Council. All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the prior permission of the East Riding of Yorkshire Council CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND ................................................................... 1 1.1. Introduction ................................................................................................................ 1 1.2. Scope of the study ..................................................................................................... 1 1.3. Methodology ............................................................................................................... 2 1.4. Study Area ................................................................................................................... 5 SECTION 2: STRATEGIC CONTEXT .............................................................................................. 7 2.1. National Context........................................................................................................ 7 2.2. Local Context ........................................................................................................... 10 2.3. Sport England's Active People Survey ................................................................. 11 SECTION 3: SUPPLY & DEMAND IN THE EAST RIDING ........................................................ 13 3.1. The East Riding ....................................................................................................... 13 3.2. Pitch Supply .............................................................................................................. 13 3.3. Artificial Grass Pitches (AGPs) ............................................................................. 15 3.4. Pitch Quality ............................................................................................................. 17 3.5. Pitch Demand: ......................................................................................................... 19 3.6. Team Generation Rates: ......................................................................................... 21 3.7. Latent Demand ........................................................................................................ 23 3.8. Demand for Pitches at Peak Times: ..................................................................... 23 3.9. Cross Boundary Demand and Supply .................................................................. 24 3.10. Assessment Results .................................................................................................. 25 SECTION 4: PITCH SUPPLY & DEMAND AT A LOCAL LEVEL .............................................. 29 4.1. Bridlington ................................................................................................................ 29 4.2. Driffield & Rural ...................................................................................................... 34 4.3. East Wolds & Coastal ............................................................................................. 38 4.4. South West and Mid Holderness .......................................................................... 42 4.5. North Holderness .................................................................................................... 47 4.6. South East Holderness............................................................................................ 51 4.7. Beverley ..................................................................................................................... 55 4.8. Beverley Rural .......................................................................................................... 60 4.9. Cottingham ............................................................................................................... 65 4.10. Hessle ......................................................................................................................... 70 4.11. South Hunsley and Dale ......................................................................................... 74 4.12. Willerby, Kirk Ella and Tranby ........................................................................... 79 4.13. Goole & SARM (Snaith, Airmyn, Rawcliffe & Marshland) .............................. 83 4.14. Howden & Howdenshire ....................................................................................... 88 4.15. Pocklington and Wolds Weighton ........................................................................ 93 SECTION 5: LOCAL STANDARDS ................................................................................................ 99 5.1. Quantity Standards .................................................................................................. 99 5.2. Quality Standard .................................................................................................... 100 5.3. Access Standards .................................................................................................... 100 SECTION 6: POLICY OPTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................. 101 6.1. Extending community use of schools ................................................................ 101 6.2. Re-Designating Existing Pitches to New Use ................................................... 101 6.3. A Hierarchical Approach to Site Development ................................................ 102 6.4. Improve Quality and Enhance Carrying Capacity ............................................ 103 6.5. Exploring Other Management Options ............................................................. 103 6.6. Developing New Facilities on New Sites ........................................................... 103 6.7. Recommendations ................................................................................................. 103 6.8. Area Specific Priorities .......................................................................................... 108 Appendix A: Sports Club Questionnaire Appendix B: Schools Questionnaire Appendix C: Playing Pitch Model Appendix D: Sport England Analysis, AGP provision in the East Riding & Hull EXECUTIVE SUMMARY INTRODUCTION The Playing Pitch Strategy will help make informed planning decisions, target financial support and investment and further develop community use of school facilities. The overall aim is to provide a framework within which planning, investment and sport development decisions can be made, linking closely with other strategies to form part of the evidence base for the Local Development Framework (LDF). The assessment covers the key pitch sports of football, cricket, rugby union, rugby league and hockey and has been based on Sport England's Playing Pitch Methodology 'Towards a Level Playing Field' and through use of the Playing Pitch Model (PPM) toolkit. The development of the strategy has involved consultations with key stakeholders, including Sport England and National Governing Body (NGB) representatives. Questionnaires were sent out to schools and local sports clubs and site visits undertaken. OVERVIEW OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND The audit has identified 404 playing pitches available for community use and a further 117 school playing pitches currently not in community use. About 45% of all community use pitches are provided by the private sector or by voluntary groups (mainly Playing Field Associations), 28% by parish or town councils, 21% are on school sites and 6% are provided by East Riding of Yorkshire Council. The current demand for pitches has been established through a range of methods including the sports club questionnaire, analysis of local league handbooks, consultation with NGB local representatives and desktop research. The study has identified a total of 258 football, rugby, cricket and hockey clubs in the East Riding generating a total of 1,144 teams playing regular fixtures. KEY FINDINGS BY SPORT . Football There are 175 known football clubs in the East Riding generating 710 teams, which consists of 249 senior, 293 junior and 168 mini-soccer teams and includes 14 women's, 37 junior girls and a number of mixed mini teams. These teams play in a number of different leagues, predominantly at the weekend. A total of 287 football pitches have been identified that are available for community use but there are also a significant number of school playing fields (with either marked out pitches or generic fields) that do not have community use. There are also 9 full-sized Artificial Grass Pitches (AGPs) available for community use in the East Riding, 4 of which meet the Football Association's performance standards: the 3G (Third Generation) pitches at South Hunsley, Longcroft, South Holderness and Bishop Burton. There is also a smaller sized AGP (60 x 40 metres) at Howden School. Sport England and Football Association mapping indicates an undersupply of 3G AGP’s to service the training requirements of clubs. There are opportunities to resurface some existing sand based pitches no longer required for hockey (this joint work between NGB’s is happening at present) but also a need for some new provision. The assessment has shown that there is a surplus of 67 adult grass pitches and shortfalls of -62 junior and -59 mini-soccer ones. Quantity deficiencies of junior