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

Four STP’s are available on a pay and play basis and three
other sites are available through sports clubs / community
organisation bookings. Two of the STPs are 3rd
Generation and not suitable for competitive hockey and
two further small sized STPs are suitable for football only.
As the map below illustrates, the South of the borough is
within 20 minutes walking distance of a STP. Central and
Eastern areas of the borough have no STP provision.
Map 45 – Catchment maps – Synthetic Turf Pitches
Location of Synthetic
Turf Pitches
Supply and Demand
The FA guidelines recommend 1 STP per 50,000
population. Brent has 5 STPs which meet the Sport
England criteria, 4 of which are in good condition, so this
is slightly below the recommended FA provision. Three of
the STPs are on school sites, 1 of which does not provide
any community use.
To assess the level of supply of STPs in the borough, Brent
capacity ratio can be compared to the London average.
The 5 STPs that meet Sport England’s criteria are included
in the analysis.
Table 31: Capacity ratio’s – STP’s
Facility
Type
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73
22
24
CURRENT
PROVISION
63
Facilities TOTAL
(pitches)
Legend
Pay & Play
Sports Club / Community
Association
Private
1.6km Buffer Pay & Play
1.6km Buffer Sports Club /
Community Association
1.6km Buffer Private
Ward Boundaries
Borough Boundary
6
36
!
CAPACITY RATIO
( Facility type per 1000 population)
2001
(263507)
2011
(293900)
Brent’s capacity ratio in 2001 was slightly below the
London average, whilst this was a marginal deficit this
will increase to the equivalent deficiency of 1 pitch by
2016 if no further STPs are provided with population
growth.
Map 46: Travel time map – STP’s
The map above illustrates that
people across the centre of the
borough from South West to
North East are more that 20
minutes from a synthetic turf
pitch. The wards particularly
affected are Alperton, Wembley
Symbol
Range
(minutes)
1.62 - 8.286
8.287 - 14.952
14.953 - 21.618
21.619 - 28.284
28.285 - 34.95
Central, Tokyngton, Barn Hill, Welsh Harp, and parts of
Queensbury and Kenton. However the Active Places data
doesn’t recognise the Goals synthetic turf pitches located
in Alperton and Moberly Sports Centre in Kensal Rise as
2016
(305400)
London
average
- DEFICIENCY / + SURPLUS
(In comparison with
London average)
Current
(2001)
STP’s 5 5 0.019 0.017 0.016 0.02 -0.3
pitches
Mid
(2011)
-0.9
pitches
Future
(2016)
-1.2
pitches
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