Planning for Sport and Active Recreation Facilities ... - Brent Council

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From the site survey the symptoms of poor conditions in local authority sites included water-logged pitches indicating
poor drainage, poor condition of goalmouths, uneven surfacing, high proportion of weeds, damage caused by vehicles
and horses being driven/ridden across the pitches, collapsed drains, golf divots and large stones and bricks observed at
surface level.
Floodlighting
There are currently no floodlit grass pitches in the borough, other than ones on private pitch sites. There are
decommissioned floodlights at Alperton Sports Ground and the former London Wasps rugby training ground at Vale
Farm, Sudbury Avenue.
All Pitches Changing Facilities
Only some of Brent’s playing pitches have changing room facilities. The changing rooms that are available were also
assessed in accordance with the Sport England VQA. The results are shown in the table below.
Table 23: Changing Facilities Quality Ratings
Rating No. of LA sites No. of Education sites No. of Private sites
Excellent 3 2 3
Good 3 3 1
Average 3 1 4
Poor 1 0 1
Very Poor 1 0 1
Total 11 7 10
A total of 11 local authority changing facilities were assessed, equating to one third of Brent sports pitches having
changing rooms available for public use. Just over half are in good or excellent condition with Gladstone Park,
Willesden Sports Ground and GEC Sports Ground rated the highest. Two were rated as poor; Silver Jubilee Park and
Tokyngton Recreation Ground.
Seven of the 22 education facilities have changing facilities, most of which are in good condition. Two (Claremont
High School and JFS) were rated as being in excellent condition,
More than three quarters of the private playing pitches have changing room facilities available, which are mainly of
average condition. Three of the facilities, at the Pavilion Stonebridge, Goals at Alperton Sports Ground and Wembley
Cricket Club were rated as excellent.