Stoke-on-trent sport and physical activity strategy 2009-2016

94. The map suggests that, in relation to meeting general community use:• There is good accessibility in terms of travel time to halls in most areas of<strong>Stoke</strong>-on-Trent, but a lack of provision in some areas such as WestonCoyney and Blurton;• The reliance in the Longton area and west side of <strong>Stoke</strong>-on-Trent on sportshalls with relatively limited community use;• The overlapping catchments of some sites.95. The Facilities Planning Model takes this analysis a stage further, and additionallyincorporates factors such as deprivation, car ownership, facility quality andopening hours.Facilities Planning Model assessment96. The Facilities Planning Model has been used in a number of stages; an initialreview to highlight the key issues, and different scenarios tests where halls weretheoretically ‘opened’ and ‘closed’ to assess the potential impact. The keyfindings are summarised below, but it should be noted that these did not take intoaccount any changes in the University Quarter.97. The FPM modelling showed that:• <strong>Stoke</strong>-on-Trent currently has too few sports halls of 3+ badminton court sizeto meet all of the demand;• The City has relatively very few ‘ancillary’ halls which are on the same site asa main sports hall, and capable of hosting an intensive programme of activity;• For sports halls of 3+ badminton courts, the current rate of provision is 0.27courts per 1000 population compared to the national average of 0.34 courtsper 1000;• <strong>Stoke</strong>-on-Trent has a lower level of demand for sports hall space than thenational average (estimated from overall lower participation rates in sport) –but this is not quantifiable;• <strong>Stoke</strong>-on-Trent has a level of ‘satisfied demand’ of over 88%, higher than thenational average of 82%;• <strong>Stoke</strong>-on-Trent has a higher proportion of users walking to use the facilities,rather than travelling by car, compared to the national average, howeveraround 30% of the City’s population cannot walk to a sports hall within 20minutes;• Unmet demand is primarily from people without access to a car who live morethan 1.6 km from a sports hall;• A number of people use the facilities in Newcastle, particularly those close tothe boundary;Nortoft Partnerships Ltd <strong>Stoke</strong>-on-Trent Page | 134Sport & Physical Activity Strategy 2009-2016October 2009