KEY Priorities in Area North Football Cricket • The provision of appropriate/enhanced changing facilities • To improve and upgrade changing/pavilion facilities at: at Somerton Recreation Ground (Priority 1), and also: Martock Recreation Ground (Martock CC). Langport Recreation Ground; Forton Playing Fields; Jubilee Park, Bruton, Martock Recreation Ground and Long Furlong Lane, East Coker. • The provision of an additional single football pitches to support growth in demand, notably in Somerton • To encourage use of Huish Episcopi 3G AGP for junior and mini matchplay (up to u14) Rugby Hockey • Upgrading/enhancement of changing facilities at • To ensure that there is sufficient capacity to absorb Somerton Recreation Ground (Somerton RFC) and training requirements for hockey provision in South Martock Recreation Ground (Martock RFC). Somerset • To investigate possibilities of obtaining appropriate security of tenure at Pitney Playing Fields and reinstatement of pitch (to support Somerton RFC) or increase rugby pitch provision at Somerton Recreation Ground (preferred option of Somerton RFC). KEY Priorities in Area East Football Cricket • Determine the viability of delivering a new or larger 3G • To improve and upgrade changing/pavilion facilities at: AGP in Area East Donald Pither Memorial Ground (Castle Cary CC and FC); Sparkford CC • To monitor grounds no longer in use for cricket e.g. Ilchester Sports Ground Rugby Hockey • To secure a community use agreement for rugby pitches used • To try and secure access to sand based AGPs for hockey by Wincanton RFC at King Arthur’s Community School, in Area East (at Independent schools) Wincanton. • To ensure that there is sufficient capacity to absorb • To investigate the possibilities of reinstating rugby at Moor training requirements for hockey provision in South Lane, Wincanton Somerset KEY Priorities in Area South Football Cricket • To make effective use of existing pitch provision to meet • To provide a new cricket pitch in Yeovil demand in Yeovil in particular: Review the future of • To secure the use of ‘second grounds’ for 3rd Saturday XI Turners Barn Lane as a site for adult football pitches;. teams (to assist peaking of demand on Saturday Increase use of pitches at Yeovil Recreation Centre. afternoons) (& district) Secure community access to school pitches at schools in • To improve and upgrade changing/pavilion facilities at: Yeovil. West Coker Recreation Ground (Hardington & West • Developing the use of 3G AGPs in Yeovil, in particular for Coker CC); junior and mini matchplay by clarifying the type of matches which can be played on the 3G AGP at Westfield Academy and support FA Accreditation for the 3G AGP at Bucklers Mead Academy. Rugby Hockey • None identified • To protect the stock of sand based AGPs capable of accommodating hockey and to ensure that hockey use is prioritised on these pitches • To ensure that there is sufficient capacity to absorb training requirements for hockey provision in South Somerset KEY Priorities in Area West Football Cricket • The provision of new appropriately sized football pitches in a • To address the overcrowding at Henhayes Recreation Ground sustainable location to address long standing and well where cricket shares the ground with rugby and football documented deficiencies and sub standard facilities in Chard and • To secure community use of school non-turf wickets particularly to meet demand generated by new housing growth. at Holyrood Academy, Chard and Wadham School, Crewkerne • Provision of/access to appropriately sized football pitches in a • To improve and upgrade changing/pavilion facilities at: Ilminster sustainable location to support football in Crewkerne, meet Recreation Ground (for Ilminster CC); increasing demand and to address the overplaying of Henhayes • To support the provision of non-turf practice facilities for cricket Recreation Ground clubs to take pressure off grass pitches and, where appropriate, • The provision of a new 3G AGP in Area West in a sustainable non turf wickets to encourage junior play (& district) location. • To improve the quality of some standard rated pitches e.g, at • The provision of new appropriately sized football pitches in a West & Middle Chinnock Sports Club sustainable location to support football, meet demand generated from new housing in Ilminster Rugby Hockey • The provision of changing facilities and floodlighting for Chard • To protect the stock of sand based AGPs capable of RFC at the club’s Crewkerne Road site. accommodating hockey and to ensure that hockey use is • To provide an additional pitch for Crewkerne RFC to alleviate prioritised on these pitches pressure on pitch at Henhayes Recreation Ground (shared with football and cricket) • To secure community use agreements for rugby pitches used by Chard and Crewkerne RFCs at Holyrood Academy, Chard and Wadham School, Crewkerne respectively • To investigate in the longer term the viability of developing a world rugby compliant hub site (including a World Rugby AGP) to serve South Somerset, particularly Area West. .