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

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SECTION 1:BACKGROUND AND CONTEXTIntroduction1. Nortoft was commissioned by <strong>Stoke</strong>-on-Trent City Council to undertake aSport and Activity Strategy. The Strategy covers the period up to 2016although it looks beyond this date where appropriate.2. This Strategy follows on from the 2002-2007 Sports Strategy undertaken bythe City Council. This earlier Strategy had a large number of action points, asignificant proportion of which have either been completed or are largelycompleted. Its successes include:• The establishment of new sports clubs; Penkhull Tennis Club, PrioryBowls Club, Chell Badminton Club, Sneyd Green Gymnastics Club,Florence Ladies FC, Milton United Ladies FC;• The establishment of junior sections at St Peter’s Tennis Club, FlorenceTennis Club and Linley and Kidsgrove Rugby Club (St Joseph’s PrimarySchool);• The provision of sports science via the university as part of the Gifted andTalented programme;• The implementation of the Walking the Way to Health Programme, andestablishment of several walking groups;• The designation of Berry Hill High School as a specialist sports college;• The establishment of projects that encourage the direct involvement oflocal people and organisations in decision-making and the delivery of sportand recreation services. Projects have been established at: BirchesHead, Norton Recreation Centre, Bentilee and Red House;• The establishment of a website linked via www.stoke.gov.uk about smallgrant opportunities for clubs;• New community sports facilities at: James Brindley, Trentham, St Peter’s,and Sandon High Schools; Priory, St Joseph’s, Sneyd Green, and JohnBaskeyfield Primary Schools; Wallace Sport and Education Centre;• All leisure facilities updated to meet Disability Discrimination Act (DDA)requirements;Nortoft Partnerships Ltd <strong>Stoke</strong>-on-Trent Page | 4Sport & Physical Activity Strategy 2009 – 2016October 2009
• Improved football pitches and facilities at Bradeley, Willfield, Milton andSpringbank;• New rugby pitches at Trentham Fields including a synthetic turf pitch andassociated changing;• Central Forest Park skate plaza, and smaller skate facilities at MountPleasant Park, Trentham Lakes, Tunstall Park and Burslem Park;• The improvement of 10km of greenways for recreational walking, newcycle routes, and upgraded bridleways to make them multi-user; and• Feasibility studies for ice rink and indoor tennis provision.Purpose of the Strategy3. This Strategy is committed to improving the City in relation to its sports andrecreation facilities and its green spaces, which in turn supports the City’sVision set down in the Community Strategy 2004-2014:“By 2014 <strong>Stoke</strong>-on-Trent will be a thriving and diverse city where people wantto live, work and study”4. This Strategy is for the whole of the <strong>Stoke</strong>-on-Trent community, and is notsimply a strategy for the City Council. It looks at the role that sport and activerecreation can play in the wider agenda, and the priorities for the future, bothin relation to places and people for the next 8 years. This takes the Strategybeyond the end dates of the Sustainable Community Strategy (2004-2014)and the current Corporate Plan (2007-2010), but links to the end point one ofthe key planning dates, which is 2016. This time horizon enables moreeffective facility planning because of the long timescales often involved in thelarger developments.5. The strategy has two sets of aims which are described in more detail below.People6. The first aim is people-orientated, and concerned with increasing participationin sport and active recreation. For the purposes of this Strategy, ‘activerecreation’ includes activities that are now directly aligned with the healthagenda, such as walking, cycling and fitness, as well as the more ‘traditional’sports such as swimming and football. It does not include gardening, dancing(e.g. ballet or at nightclubs), or travel to work/school, although these allcontribute towards a more active lifestyle.7. However, to focus only upon the lower levels of activity would potentially missthe very important ‘high level’ sports opportunities which a City such as <strong>Stoke</strong>-Nortoft Partnerships Ltd <strong>Stoke</strong>-on-Trent Page | 5Sport & Physical Activity Strategy 2009 – 2016October 2009
Page 4 and 5: 6. The 2012 Olympics will provide a
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Impact of the current economic clim
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SECTION 3STRATEGY DIRECTION AND TAR
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SECTION 3:STRATEGY DIRECTION AND TA
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Key Objectives up to 2016 Prioritie
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TABLE OF CONTENTSSECTION 4: .......
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sport and dance clubs. For young pe
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e alternative types of provision th
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BSF in Stoke-on-Tr
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Figure 2:Stoke-on-
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• Review of National Governing Bo
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Local Supply and Demand Balance12.
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Consultation21. The theoretical mod
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34. Some of the stakeholders reques
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Strategic Framework for SportsStrat
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smaller facilities such as the work
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Consultation ......................
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The facility hierarchy3. The hierar
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7. There are two principal types:
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often on a key-holder basis, or sim
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Super Hub and Hub Facilities34. The
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Disability Centre36. Stoke<
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as being the ‘walking catchment
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Water space and participationAdult
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also the subject of a parallel proj
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Household survey57. The household s
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Children and Young People’s Surve
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support swimming provision should t
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Future provision for community swim
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LONGTON HSPOOLLONGTON LEISURECENTRE
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79. Although this network addresses
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Figure 10:Pools with community use
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Trent’s pools were able to match
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• New and refurbished facilities
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Name of FacilityExistingmanagement(
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94. The map suggests that, in relat
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ConsultationE lected Mayor’s Gree
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• Norton Table Tennis Club is bas
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University. The Fenton Manor site i
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128. The details of the requirement
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Figure 14:Sports Halls - proposalsN
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Name of FacilityProposalSize (no.Ba
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Standards for new provision130. It
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Synthetic Turf Pitches (STPs)Introd
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• England Hockey permits the use
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Condition of facilities144. STPs re
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Schools reorganisation programmeBac
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Household Survey162. The main issue
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Figure 20:Large size STPs and typeN
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RecommendationsFacility list171. Ne
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Sports Specific FacilitiesIntroduct
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Athletics Tracks and Indoor Trainin
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ConsultationNational Governing Body
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north and one site in the south of
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available to registered members. Th
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Assessment222. The table below illu
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Figure 26:Household Survey - health
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Schools reorganisation programme -
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specialist equipment or dedicated t
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Indoor TennisIntroduction241. Tenni
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Figure 29:Tennis - indoor courts in
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Standards of provision and develope
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Figure 30:Outdoor tennis courts in
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Figure 31:Outdoor tennis courts, th
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Figure 32:Household survey - outdoo
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community use), so the current scho
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285. Improve the quality of the ten
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Standards of provision288. Increase
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Figure 34: Indoor bowls - comparato
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304. A key issue however will be wh
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316. The facility to be considered
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Figure 36:Bowling green listName of
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Figure 37:Outdoor bowls greens - qu
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Figure 38:Outdoor bowls - household
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333. All sites should meet the desi
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secondary school aged, and registra
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Figure 40:Travel time to nearest go
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ConsultationElected Mayor’s Green
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enable the development of more golf
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BoxingSa/LThe main facilities for b
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equipment. These facilities may als
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TriathlonSaVolleyballSaWrestlingSaC
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Figure 44:Squash courtsNortoft Part
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Local Community FacilitiesIntroduct
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Assessment366. All the centres were
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371. On average, 10% of people use
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RecommendationsFacility list380. Wi
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Figure 47:Dance StudiosNortoft Part
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Figure 48:Martial Arts FacilitiesNo
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Skate Parks and Sports Courts/Multi
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Figure 50:Sports Courts/MUGAs with
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Sports courts and MUGAs415. A total
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Figure 52:Activities enjoyed by chi
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Recommendations431. Existing facili
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esponse to the growing interest in
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programme(s) offered and the staff
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Existing facilitiesFacilityDimensio
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SECTION 7:PLAYING PITCH STRATEGYInt
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Figure 1: Overall pattern of change
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Methodology13. The steps taken to d
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Table 2:Estimated population for 20
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The demand for pitches20. A review
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• An assessment of the balance in
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Figure 3:Participation in football
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Figure 4:Clubs with more than 6 tea
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Figure 5:Football sites with secure
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Figure 7:Junior Football PitchesNor
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Grass vs synthetic turf pitches51.
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Figure 9: Forecast balance in suppl
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Figure 10:School sites and pitchesS
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Provision by area71. The area summa
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Figure 14:Football sites in Norther
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Figure 15:Forecast balance in suppl
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Football Site Quality and Managemen
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Standards of provision for football
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Figure 21:Cricket PitchesNortoft Pa
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Balance in supply and demand131. In
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Burslem, JG Meakins and Norton Cric
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South Western143. There are current
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Rugby UnionOverall152. There are fo
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157. Figure 26 summaries the positi
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Planning policies170. The following
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Determining the value of off-site c
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• The pitches to be used by the c
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anticipated including the publishin
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Community UseageSenior FootballJuni
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Summary of facility proposals5. The
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Site Facility Proposal to meet comm
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Site Facility Proposal to meet comm
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Figure 3:Other facility proposalsOt
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Review and monitoring7. The Strateg
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