APPENDIX 2 15 October 09 Synthetic Turf Pitches · Background to Synthetic Turf Pitch Runs This analysis has been undertaken to look at the current need for Synthetic Turf Pitches

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APPENDIX 2

15 October 09 Synthetic Turf Pitches

Background to Synthetic Turf Pitch Runs This analysis has been undertaken to look at the current need for Synthetic Turf Pitches (STPs) in Cannock based on demand arising from the 2009 population base.

The model then assesses the impact on demand of projected population and sports participation changes expected in 10 years time (i.e. by 2019). Finally the model has looked at the implications on supply and demand of providing two new STPs on

two sites in the District, one 3rd Generation pitch (3G) in Cannock and an extended sand based STP in Rugeley.

Nb. The model assesses supply and demand for STPs generally; it does not take into account the type of STP or its sports specific uses. The specialist STPs near

Cannock include the two water-based hockey pitches as Cannock Cricket and Hockey Club in South Staffordshire. These are managed on a multi-sport basis

therefore the assumptions of the model should be broadly correct.

STP Runs Undertaken

RUN 1 : Existing position

Current supply of STP facilities (with updated/checking of existing facilities data),

based on 2009 population estimates.

RUN 2 : Existing Provision with 2019 population projections and

participation increases

As Run 1, but with 2019 population projections and with participation increases (including planned STP developments listed in commitments section).

RUN 3 : Scenario 1 – Provide one new STP in Cannock and one extension to an existing STP in Rugeley

OPEN: Cardinal Griffin, Cannock (GR: 397656.7, 311005.8) – full sized 3G, and

Rugeley Leisure Centre (GR: 403968, 317660) – extend existing sand based STP to a full sized sand based STP (currently too

small to be logged on Active Places).


Run 1: Existing STP Provision, 2009 Population

Summary of Main Findings

i) Run 1: Demand for STPs

• Run 1 provides the baseline position and benchmark, assessing the current position of supply and demand in the District. The 2009 resident population of Cannock is 96,100 (ONS). The model estimates that this population

generates demand for STPs equivalent to 2,200 visits per week in the peak period (vpwpp) which is equivalent to 129,650 visits per annum. The

breakdown between each of the LAs in the study area is shown below:

District Population Demand (vpwpp)

Cannock Chase 96,100 2,200

East Staffordshire 110,000 2,500

Lichfield 99,000 2,050

South Staffordshire 106,500 2,150

Stafford 125,500 2,700

Walsall 256,250 6,000

Wolverhampton 236,850 5,700

STUDY AREA 1,030,300 23,300

• Maps 1 and 2 below show the distribution of demand set out in terms of the

number of visits. This illustrates demand reflects the distribution of the

population across the District being focussed in Cannock, Cheslyn Haye, Rugeley and Norton.

ii) Run 1: Supply of STPs

• There are no STPs in Cannock, the nearest being in Burntwood Leisure Centre

in Lichfield (one 3G pitch), Cannock Cricket and Hockey Club in South Staffordshire (three STPs, 2 water based and one sand based) and Oak Park Leisure Centre in Walsall (one sand based STP) (see Map 3). Whilst there is

an STP at Rugeley Leisure Centre (sand based) it does not meet the minimum size specification for modelling therefore is too small to contribute

to the modelling exercise.

District Number of sites

Number of Pitches

Demand vpwpp

Capacity vpwpp

Cannock Chase 0 0 2,200 0

East Staffordshire 4 4 2,500 2,450

Lichfield 4 4 2,050 2,850

South Staffordshire 1 3 2,150 2,200

Stafford 3 3 2,700 2,200

Walsall 7 7 6,000 4,550

Wolverhampton 5 6 5,700 4,200

STUDY AREA 24 27 23,300 18,500


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Cannock ChaseCannock ChaseCannock ChaseCannock ChaseCannock ChaseCannock ChaseCannock ChaseCannock ChaseCannock Chase

Units of Visits per Week in the Peak Period in 1Km squares

Map produced by The Planning Data Management Service

12/08/09 Job BQ using Mapinfo for Sport England

Additional material ®Sport England 2009

Source: 2001 Census, Output Area Boundaries, ITN Roads data.

® Crown Copyright 2009. Licence numbers C02W0003683 & 100033111

Crown Copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO

®The Automobile Association 1999, all rights reserved

2009 DEMAND

CANNOCK STPS FPM ANALYSIS


Map 2 - Demand – Units of Visits Per Week






0 population

w ithin Cannock

outside Cannock

160 (1)

125 to 150 (2)

100 to 125 (5)

75 to 100 (13)

50 to 75 (30)

40 to 50 (11)

30 to 40 (11)

20 to 30 (8)

15 to 20 (11)

10 to 15 (10)

5 to 10 (28)

>0 to 5 (7)

2009 DEMANDPeak period demand in 1Km squares

Expressed as Visits per Week in the Peak Period










Map 3 – Supply of STPs

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BrownhillsBrownhillsBrownhillsBrownhillsBrownhillsBrownhillsBrownhillsBrownhillsBrownhills

BurntwoodBurntwoodBurntwoodBurntwoodBurntwoodBurntwoodBurntwoodBurntwoodBurntwood

CannockCannockCannockCannockCannockCannockCannockCannockCannock

Cheslyn HayCheslyn HayCheslyn HayCheslyn HayCheslyn HayCheslyn HayCheslyn HayCheslyn HayCheslyn Hay

Great WyrleyGreat WyrleyGreat WyrleyGreat WyrleyGreat WyrleyGreat WyrleyGreat WyrleyGreat WyrleyGreat Wyrley

HednesfordHednesfordHednesfordHednesfordHednesfordHednesfordHednesfordHednesfordHednesford

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RugeleyRugeleyRugeleyRugeleyRugeleyRugeleyRugeleyRugeleyRugeley

Armitage

Bednall

Bishton

Brocton

Colton

Colwich

Essington

Gentleshaw

Hammerwich

Hatherton

Huntington

Little Hay wood

Little Wy rley

Milf ord

Shareshill

Slitting Mill

StonnallThornes

Upper Landy wood

Upper Longdon

Walton-on-the-Hill

Wolseley Bridge

STP LOCATIONS & 1 MILE WALKING CATCHMENTS



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RUN 1 : EXISTING PROVISION 2009



iii) Run 1: Satisfied Demand for STPs

• The model estimates that, of the demand figure of 2,200 vpwpp, some 1,600

vpwpp are being satisfied by current supply (outside of the District), i.e. about 72% of current demand. Although Cannock Chase does not have any

pitches within its District there is still over 70% of its demand being met by pitches in neighbouring districts – compared to its neighbours it is relatively well provided for in the circumstances. This compares to Lichfield which is

the highest level of satisfied demand at 80% and Walsall the lowest at 61% [England 59%, Study area 67%].

• In terms of the modal split of satisfied demand across Cannock, the model

estimates that 96% of satisfied demand is met by residents who travel by car

(England 85%), 3% by public transport (England 3.1%) and 1% on foot (England 12%). Given that there are no STPs in the District it is not

surprising that any satisfied demand is predominantly met by car transport.

District Satisfied demand vpwpp

As %age of peak

period demand

Modal split As %age

By car By public transport

On Foot

Cannock Chase 1,600 72 96 3 1

East Staffordshire 1,700 69 87 3 10

Lichfield 1,650 80 86 2 12

South Staffordshire 1,450 69 97 2 1

Stafford 2,050 76 94 2 4

Walsall 3,650 61 80 4 16

Wolverhampton 3,600 63 79 4 17

STUDY AREA 15,700 67 86 3 11

iv) Run 1: Unmet Demand for STPs

• The model estimates that, of the demand figure of 2,200 vpwpp, some 600 vpwpp (36,300 pa) are not being satisfied by current supply - i.e. unmet

demand is about 28% of current total demand. This is equivalent to around 1 full sized STP.

• There are two reasons why unmet demand arises – either the population cannot get to the facility because they live outside of the catchment area or

because the facility is too busy. In Cannock unmet demand is primarily due to lack of capacity (81%) with 19% because residents live outside the catchment of any STP, most of which is made up of people who don’t have

access to a car.


District Unmet demand split

Unmet

demand (vpwpp)

Unmet demand

(as % total

demand)

Unmet demand as STP units

Access to car, but

outside 20 min drive catchment (as % total

unmet)

No access to a car,

and outside walking

catchment (as % total

unmet)

No capacity (as % of

total unmet)

Cannock Chase 600 28 0.8 3.8 14.9 81.3

East Staffordshire 750 31 1.0 1.8 5.9 92.3

Lichfield 400 21 0.6 2.0 4.0 94.0

South Staffordshire 650 31 0.9 3.2 7.2 89.6

Stafford 650 24 0.9 4.7 12.3 83.0

Walsall 2,350 39 3.2 0.6 4.5 94.9

Wolverhampton 2,100 37 2.8 0.7 5.0 94.3

STUDY AREA 7,600 10.1 6.5 1.7 6.5 91.8

• Map 4 shows that unmet demand, which is relatively high, is focused on Cannock and Rugeley.

v) Run 1: Used capacity of STPs

• The model estimates that the used capacity at STPs in Cannock is zero because there are no qualifying STPs in the District. The table below shows that neighbouring LA throughputs however are generally very high, partially

accounted for by Cannock exports – this is not uncommon.

District Capacity used - vpwpp

As %age of available capacity

Satisfied Demand -

vpwpp

Cannock Chase 0 0.0 1,600

East Staffordshire 2,300 95.4 1,700

Lichfield 2,550 90.6 1,650

South Staffordshire 2,200 100.0 1,450

Stafford 2,200 100.0 2,050

Walsall 4,550 100.0 3,650

Wolverhampton 4,200 100.0 3,600

STUDY AREA 18,100 97.9 15,700


Map 4 – Unmet Demand

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No unmet demand

w ithin Cannock

outside Cannock

40 to 43 (3)

30 to 40 (2)

20 to 30 (19)

15 to 20 (25)

10 to 15 (17)

5 to 10 (23)

>0 to 5 (47)

UNMET DEMANDUnmet demand in 1Km squares

Expressed as Visits per Week in the Peak Period










0-Iteration model, no N+10 limit, maximum travel time = 1 hour


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1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

Cannock Chase East Staffordshire Lichfield South Staffordshire Stafford Walsall WolverhamptonVPWPP

CAPACITY UTILISED CAP DEMAND SATISFIED DEMAND UNMET DEMAND • The table above summarises the analysis findings to date emphasising the

lack of supply in Cannock compared to other LAs but also showing that its neighbours, particularly those to the south have high levels of unmet demand and facilities which cannot meet demand as they are operating at full

capacity.

• Cannock residents are obliged to travel outside the district to use their nearest facility. Those used will include Burntwood Leisure Centre, Lichfield

which is predicted to be operating at 100%, the STPs at Cannock Cricket and Hockey Club, South Staffordshire, which are also operating at 100% and facilities in Walsall, all of which are operating at 100%. In other words all

nearby facilities in neighbouring local authorities are full.

vi) Run 1: Import Export

• Cannock exports ALL of its demand (except that met through the sub-sized STP at Rugeley Leisure Centre which has not been modelled) which amounts to 1,587 visits pwpp – 46% of Cannock’s demand goes to South Staffordshire

(mainly to Cannock Cricket and Hockey Club and 27% to Lichfield (primarily Burntwood Leisure Centre). Clearly no demand is retained in the Borough or

imported. Most of the exported demand is met by South Staffordshire (727 vpwpp) and Lichfield (426 vpwpp) with lesser amounts by Walsall (160 vpwpp) and Stafford (89 vpwpp) – see the pie chart below:


Exports:

CANNOCK CHASE

• The chart below particularly demonstrates the high level of exported demand,

which represents the whole of demand that is satisfied for Cannock, and the high levels of imported demand to South Staffordshire and Lichfield. Cannock Chase is the only LA in the study area which has no full sized STPs.

DEMAND FOR STPS IN PARTICIPANTS PER WEEK IN NORMAL PEAK PERIOD

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Cannock Chase East

Staffordshire

Lichf ield South

Staffordshire

Stafford Walsall Wolverhampton

As % Demand

note: imported demand

also expressed as a

% of LA demand

although it comes from

SATISFIED

RETAINED

EXPORTED

IMPORTED

UNMET

vii) Run 1: Population within STP catchments

• Drive catchments: The model shows that the whole population of the District live within a 20-minute drive of at least one STP with 63% living within a 20 minute drive time of more than 2 STPs and 12% of one STP (see chart and

map below). There is a distinctive split however between the north and south of the district with best accessibility is in the south of the District where


access to STPs in the adjacent LAs and major urban areas is easier in terms

of numbers of STPs and proximity.

% Population within 20 mins drive catchment of STP sites

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

AREA TOTAL Cannock Chase East Staffordshire Lichfield South

Staffordshire


NO STPS 1 STP 2 STPS >2 STPS

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NUMBER OF ACCESSIBLE STPS WITHIN DRIVE TIME CATCHMENTS


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• Walking catchments: In terms of walking access to STPs, the model shows

that 98% of Cannock residents live outside a 20 minute walking catchment of any STP – this is a very significant number given that the District contains

two towns but not unsurprising given that there are no full sized STPs in the Borough. Map 6 overleaf shows how most of the urban area of Cannock

Chase falls outside the walking catchments.

% Population within 20mins walking time of STP sites

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10%

20%

30%

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50%

60%

70%

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AREA TOTAL Cannock Chase East Staffordshire Lichfield South

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Little Wy rley

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Shareshill

Slitting Mill

StonnallThornes

Upper Landy wood

Upper Longdon

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NUMBER OF ACCESSIBLE STPS WITHIN WALKING CATCHMENTS


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Conclusions from Run 1 for STPs.

Cannock Chase has no STPs within the District and all demand is exported to adjacent local authority areas. This means there is a high level of unmet demand.

The main facts include:

• Demand from the resident population for STPs in Cannock amounts to 2,200 visits per week in the peak period (vpwpp).

• 72% of demand (1,600 visits) from across the District is being satisfied by

exporting demand to neighbouring local authorities.

• 28% of demand (600 visits) is not currently being met by supply within or

without the District (unmet demand).

• The majority of unmet demand arises from insufficient STP capacity

(81%).

• Unmet demand across the District is equivalent to one full sized STP.

• All of the population of Cannock live within a 20 min drive of one or

more STPs but there is a very distinctive north-south split with the north having poorest accessibility to STPs (Map 5).

• 98% of the population live outside a 20 min walk catchment of any STP.

• Cannock export 45% of its satisfied demand to South Staffordshire and 27% to Lichfield.


Run 2: STP Provision including known commitments with 2019

Population Projections and Participation increases.

Run 2 tests the implications of changes in supply arising from projects which are already committed to by local authorities in the study area and changes in

demand arising from population growth projections (ONS) and targets for sport participation increases of 1% pa.

The impacts of these changes are summarised below:

• Demand for STPs increases by 235 vpwpp to 2,450 vpwpp, or 143,450 per annum

• Supply of STPs remains the same in Cannock but there are 3 new STPs

in South Staffordshire, two in Wolverhampton and one in Walsall. One

of the South Staffordshire and the Walsall STPs are near to the boundary with Cannock (see Map 7) therefore accessible by residents in the south of the

district.

• With the increase in demand and a significant increase in supply the level of

satisfied demand increases from 72% to 76% (1,850 vpwpp), an increase of 250 vpwpp being satisfied.

• Unmet demand stays the same in terms of the number of visits (600 vpwpp)

and is still equivalent to one STP, but as a percentage this represents a fall

in unmet demand from 28% to 24% of total demand – again as a result

of an increase in supply in nearby local authority areas.

• The number of exported visits increases significantly from 1,587 vpwpp

to 1,858. The percentage of demand exported increases from 72% to 76% (explaining the increase in satisfied demand and fall in unmet demand) with some 950 vpwpp being exported to South Staffordshire (Run 1 - 727) and

400 to Lichfield (Run 1 - 426). The pie charts below show Cannock exports some half of its demand to South Staffordshire (51%) and that Cannock’s

exported demand is equivalent to just over a quarter of South Staffordshire’s imports. In fact Cannock residents utilise more of South Staffordshire’s capacity that its own residents!

Exports Imports

CANNOCK CHASE SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE


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RUN 2 EXISTING PROVISION 2019 POPULATION


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• In terms of accessibility 78% of the Cannock population can now access two

or more STPs by car within 20 minutes (as opposed to 63% in Run 1) (See Map 8) due primarily to a new STP in South Staffordshire. The map shows

how access is poorest in Rugeley and the north of the District. However walking access is largely unchanged as there is still no provision within the

District itself or within walking distance. Map 9 demonstrates however those nearby STPs in neighbouring areas are most accessible for residents in the south of the District.

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Run 3: Change the supply to provide a new STP in Cannock and an

extended STP in Rugeley

Summary of Main Findings In this run the supply of STPs in the surrounding local authority areas remains static but new STPs are provided in Cannock, at Cardinal Griffin School, and the existing small STP at Rugeley Leisure Centre is extended into a full sized STP, one STP in

each main urban area of the District.

i) Run 3: Demand for STPs

• The demand in Run 3 remains the same as Run 2.

DEMAND AS VISITS PER WEEK IN THE PEAK PERIOD

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ii) Run 3: Supply of STPs

• The number of STPs in Cannock increases by 2, which provides capacity for 1,355 vpwpp and 79,706 annually. The provision of 2 STPs supplies just over

½ of Cannock’s demand in terms of visits.

District Number of sites

Number of Pitches

Demand vpwpp

Capacity vpwpp

Cannock Chase 2 2 2,450 1,350

East Staffordshire 4 4 2,800 2,450

Lichfield 4 4 2,300 2,850

South Staffordshire 4 6 2,200 3,850

Stafford 3 3 2,950 2,200

Walsall 8 8 6,650 5,250

Wolverhampton 7 8 6,100 5,700

STUDY AREA 32 35 25,350 23,650


Map 10 – Supply of STPs

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RUN 3 NEW CANNOCK STP AND IMPROVE RUGELY


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ii) Run 3: Satisfied Demand for STPs

• Satisfied demand rises significantly by 12% to 88% (Run 1 – 72%). Out of 2,439 demanded visits, 2,155 are now being met. This is the highest level of

satisfied demand in the study area. However, even with the addition of 2 pitches within Cannock Chase, satisfied demand is still heavily reliant on being met by pitches in adjoining districts.

SATISFIED DEMAND AS VISITS MODAL SPLIT OF PER WEEK IN THE PEAK PERIOD SATISFIED DEMAND

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• In terms of the modal split of satisfied demand across Cannock, the model

estimates that 87% of satisfied demand is met by residents who travel by car. This is significantly lower than Run 1, which was 96%, because so much demand was exported and would rely heavily on car transportation. In terms

of walkers now 11% of satisfied demand is met by those who travel on foot, which compares to only 1% in Run 1.

District Satisfied

demand vpwpp

As %age of peak period

demand

Modal split As %age

By car By public transport

On Foot

Cannock Chase 2,150 88 87 3 11

East Staffordshire 1,750 63 87 3 10

Lichfield 2,000 87 86 2 12

South Staffordshire 1,750 81 92 2 6

Stafford 2,350 80 94 3 4

Walsall 4,600 70 78 4 18

Wolverhampton 4,550 74 76 4 21

STUDY AREA 19,150 76 83 3 14


iii) Run 3: Unmet Demand for STPs

• With the rise in satisfied demand, unmet demand consequently falls from

28% in Run 1 to 12% in Run 3. It now accounts for 300 vpwpp, half of the level in Run 1 (600).

District

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Lichfield 300 0.4 2.8 6.0

South Staffordshire 400 0.6 3.3 7.1

Stafford 600 0.8 5.3 14.6

Walsall 2,050 2.7 0.7 4.5

Wolverhampton 1,550 2.1 0.8 5.1

STUDY AREA 6,200 8.3

• Map 11 shows that unmet demand is focused on the urban areas generally

with no specific hotspots, and equates to nearly half a pitch. Of the

remaining 300 vpwpp of unmet demand, 85% is due to the lack of capacity and 15% due to living outside of the catchment.

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represents an optimum location to meet ALL unmet demand in the study area, not just for Cannock.

• On the other hand, from Cannock’s point of view, residents living in the south

of the district already have relatively good access to a range of STP types

within and without the District. Therefore to address Cannock’s unmet demand with the most positive improvement to accessibility, another STP in

Rugeley might be a better option.


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Run 3: Used capacity of STPs

• The model estimates that the used capacity at STPs in Cannock will be 100%

- i.e. to the new STPs are expected to operate at full capacity. The table below shows that neighbouring LA throughputs are also generally very high,

with most spare capacity now being in Lichfield and South Staffordshire given the doubling of supply in South Staffordshire in Run 2 and the retention of

Cannock’s own demand, rather than exporting much of it to South Staffordshire and Lichfield, in Run 3.

District Capacity

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Satisfied Demand -

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East Staffordshire 2,350 96.7 1,750

Lichfield 2,600 90.7 2,000

South Staffordshire 3,500 91.1 1,750

Stafford 2,200 100.0 2,350

Walsall 5,250 100.0 4,600

Wolverhampton 5,650 99.6 4,550

STUDY AREA 22,950 97.0 19,150

• The table below summarises the analysis findings and shows that the new

capacity provided is fully utilised but does not meet all of the demand generated by Cannock’s residents. Most of that demand is either satisfied locally or still

exported (see below) and a relatively small amount of demand (compared to other local authorities in the study area) is now unmet.

• The introduction of 2 new pitches in Cannock has the impact of reducing the

throughput of other pitches in neighbouring boroughs, most notably South

Staffordshire and Lichfield, in particular throughput falls by 5,691 visits pa at Cannock Cricket at Hockey Club.


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Total Demand Satisfied Demand

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Run 1 - vpwpp 0 1,587 0 0 1,587 0

Run 1 - % 0 72 0 0 100

Run 2 - vpwpp 0 1,858 0 0 1,858 0

Run 2 - % 0 76 0 0 100

Run 3 - vpwpp 868 1,287 487 868 1,287 487

Run 3 - % 36 53 20 40 60

• Cannock now exports less of its demand with the provision of 2 new STPs in

the Borough as it retains 868 vpwpp from its own residents. However, over half of its total demand is still exported (53% in Run 3 compared to 76%

in Run 2). This amounts to 1,287 visits pwpp in total and the exports to South Staffordshire stay at around the same level as in Run 2 (730 vpwpp) but significantly reduce to Lichfield (251 vpwpp in Run 3 compared to 426 in

Run 2) – see the pie charts below:

Exports:

CANNOCK CHASE

• In terms of satisfied demand (i.e. percentages exclude unmet demand) Cannock is still heavily reliant on exports to South Staffordshire and Lichfield

to meet its demand– 40% of Cannock’s satisfied demand is met by Cannock facilities but 60% is still exported with 34% being exported to South Staffordshire.


• Cannock now has some imports coming in from adjacent local authorities as

shown in the pie chart below – mainly from Stafford and Lichfield.

Imports

CANNOCK CHASE

• The chart below particularly demonstrates that of the total demand arising in Cannock, Cannock still exports a lot of demand compared to other local

authorities in the study area and has low levels of imports.


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vi) Run 3: Population within STP catchments

• Drive catchments: The model shows that the whole population of the District live within a 20-minute drive of at least one STP with 92% now living within a

20 minute drive time of more than 2 STPs (see chart and map below). The best accessibility is in the south of the District as there is now provision in

Cannock town and accessible facilities near to the border in surrounding local authorities of South Staffordshire and Lichfield. Accessibility is poorest in the north-east.

• Walking catchments: In terms of walking access to STPs, the model shows a

significant improvement in accessibility. In Run 1 98% of Cannock residents lived outside a 20 minute walking catchment of any STP whereas in Run 3 this is reduced to 58%. Map 14 shows there is a large area of Cannock

(east) which falls outside the 1 mile walking catchment of Cardinal Griffin.

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Conclusions from Run 3 for STPs.

The provision of 2 new STPs in Cannock Chase has a very positive impact on supply and demand and improves accessibility, particularly for walkers:

• Demand from the resident population for STPs in Cannock amounts to 2,450

visits per week in the peak period (vpwpp).

• Supply increases by 2 STPS in Cannock Chase providing capacity for 1,350 vpwpp. The two STPs are expected to operate at full capacity given the level of demand in the Borough.

• Satisfied demand increases from 72% to 88% (2,150 visits) [England

63%] but 60% of satisfied demand is still met by exporting demand to neighbouring local authorities.

• Unmet demand falls from 28% to 12% (300 vpwpp) and is equivalent to half a full sized STP.

• The majority of unmet demand arises from insufficient STP capacity

(85%).

• All of the population of Cannock live within a 20 min drive of one or

more STPs.

• There is a significant reduction, from 98% to 58% of the population

who live outside a 20 min walk catchment of any STP.


Overall Conclusions

Cannock Chase currently has no STPs within the Borough and residents rely on using facilities in adjacent local authorities, primarily South Staffordshire (Cannock

Cricket and Hockey Club) and Lichfield (Burntwood Leisure Centre). Despite having no facilities the model estimates that some 72% of people in Cannock Chase, who wish to use an STP, do so by driving to an STP outside the district.

Access to STPs is not really sustainable in terms of transportation and

disadvantages those who do not have access to a car, particularly as 98% of residents live outside a 20-minute walking catchment of any STP. There is an imbalance of accessibility and choice in terms of the number and type of STPs

available for use between the south of the Borough compared to the north. Those living in the south have access to a number and range of types of STPs in South

Staffordshire, Walsall and Lichfield whereas those in the north really only have access to the small sand-based STP in Rugeley. The STPs used by Cannock Chase residents are also operating at full capacity therefore there is a capacity issue and a

significant proportion of unmet demand (81%) is due to inadequate supply of STPs.

The model then predicted what the situation would be like in 10 years time, 2019. Two changes which are expected to take place include:

• An increase in supply with the construction of several new STPs in

surrounding LAs (but not in Cannock) which are already in the pipeline • An increase in demand arising through population growth and sports

participation increases. The overall result is that there is more new supply than there is demand and as such Cannock resident will increase their usage and travel more to outside facilities

to play sports on STPS, primarily to South Staffordshire – satisfied demand will increase to 76% of total demand (compared to 72% in 2009). The additional

supply (in South Staffordshire, Wolverhampton and Walsall) is all to the south of Cannock Chase which further improves access and choice for residents in the south of the District but there is no improvement in access in the north.

Finally the model examined the impact of providing two new STPs in the District,

one 3G pitch at Cardinal Griffin School, Cannock and one sand-based STP at Rugeley Leisure Centre. These two additional STPs have a positive effect and create a relatively high level of satisfied demand at 88%. However, to achieve this

there is:

• Still a very high level of exported demand – 60% of satisfied demand (Runs 1 and 2 – 100%) is exported

• Both new STPs would operate at 100% capacity • there is still a significant % of the population who need to walk to such

facilities who cannot access an STP - 58% of the population live outside a

walk catchment • the range of STP surfaces will not allow a full range of sports activities – i.e.

there is only one 3G pitch in Cannock and only one sand-based pitch in

Rugeley.


Whilst the model estimates that unmet demand is equivalent to ½ an STP, given

the above, it is suggested that there is a need for at least one further STP. Should this be progressed consideration would need to be given to the type of STP and its

location. There appear to be two locational options arising from the modelling:

• North East Cannock - South of district o This location will meet the most unmet demand from residents in the

whole of the study area (see Aggregate Demand Map 12) – i.e. it is a

good strategic location. This is primarily because south of Cannock there is a large urban area which generates a lot of demand.

o An STP in the north-east of Cannock town would improve walking access for Cannock residents (see Map 13).

• Rugeley - North of district – o Rugeley, and its hinterland, has the most significant issues with

accessibility in relation to access and choice. There are limited alternative nearby STPs in adjoining LA areas in terms of numbers or types. A new full sized STP at Rugeley Leisure Centre will provide one

new facility but it is predicted this will operate at full capacity.

o Whilst Cannock itself would only have 1 3G STP, if you take into

account facilities over the border there is good access to those living in the south of the District to the full range of STPs. Residents in the north would have to travel much further to access these facilties.

The modelling clearly supports the provision of the two proposed STPs at Cardinal

Griffin School and Rugeley Leisure Centre. It is therefore recommended that the Sports Strategy seek to secure their delivery in the short term. Furthermore the model indicates that a third STP might be required and it is suggested that,

following delivery and monitoring of the operation of the two STPs referred to above, that the Sports Strategy seeks to provide a third STP in the medium to long

term.

DRAFT - App 3 Cannock Chase Individual Sports Athletics 1

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PPG 17 Individual Sports Report

Athletics - Draft 1.0 Introduction 1.1 This section provides information in relation to the current provision and

future needs for Athletics facilities in Cannock Chase. 2.0 Sport England Strategic Planning Tools 2.1 Sport England has developed a strategic planning tool called the Facilities

Planning Model (FPM). This tool estimates the amount of community demand for Sports Halls and Swimming pools. However, it does not estimate the demand for Athletics provision.

2.2 The Sport England Active Places Power (APP) database has been used

as a starting point for the mapping and facility assessments. The information held on the Sport England database was checked by the Cannock Chase Local Authority and telephone audits were completed by the Leisure Database Company under the instruction of Sport England. All changes were then made prior to the start of the analysis.

2.3 Sport England has developed a number of strategic planning tools for

sports facility assessment, which have been used in this report. The assessment results are reviewed alongside other local information.

2.4 A brief summary of the analysis tools is provided below.

A general note – the population figures for Active Places Power are based on the 2001 census.

2.5 Provision per 1,000 population

This tool is available for most built sports facilities, and is an estimate of the number or area of facilities against the number of residents. This is expressed as a unit of a facility, e.g. number of fitness stations per 1,000 population, and athletics tracks by the number of lanes. It is a simple tool which is a useful starting point for assessing provision of facilities.

The disadvantage is that the tool treats the authority as an island. No account is taken of facilities just over the border of the authority, nor of any movement of people in and out of the authority. It also takes no account of commuter or tourist demand.


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2.6 Travel Time (catchments)

Provides information on personal access to the nearest facility in terms of travel time of users (using output area centroids). Travel time is based on OS Oscar data and ignores local authority boundaries. This has been used to assess the travel time, walking, car or public transport to facilities from across the district. The APP is only available at an individual local authority level, so some maps have been redrawn on the GIS.

2.7 Office National Statistics (ONS) Comparison & Classification Report

This provides benchmarks for the number of facilities provided against other ‘similar’ local authorities around the country. ONS have taken all local authorities and compared them using various indicators with each other, producing a list with their ‘similar’ authorities. It is interesting to note that when undertaking this analysis Ashfield, North West Leicestershire and Erewash Councils are classed through the ONS classification as ‘very similar’ and therefore are compared to each other.

2.8 This analysis has been undertaken to look at the current need for Athletics provision in Cannock Chase based on demand. It also has looked at the supply and demand as well as accessibility to neighbouring Local Authorities facilities.

2.9 The analysis does not take into account population projections and

participation increases. 3.0 National Policy 3.1 Athletics Stadia (400m oval track, sprints, horizontal and vertical jumps

and throws) could be regarded as a sub-regional facility for Counties such as Staffordshire or for other areas such as London boroughs and Cities the size of Hull, plus authorities like Kirklees. The UK Athletics Facility Strategy 2007-2012 identifies that a hierarchy of provision is required for competition and training purposes for both outdoor and indoor facilities. The firm, but not strict, criteria for the provision of these facilities is:

• One outdoor synthetic track (6 or 8 lanes) per 250,000 people within 20 minutes drive (45 minutes in rural areas);

• One indoor training centre per 500,000 people living within 30 minutes drive (45 minutes rural areas).

3.2 Training Facilities;

These should be built in areas where the criteria for a 6 or 8 lane track cannot be met and where communications are difficult. They would be synthetic tracks of smaller dimensions e.g. a 300m oval, a 200m J-Track


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or a 110m straight with floodlighting and field event provision. Most usefully these could be located on education sites to maximise use.

4.0 Current Provision 4.1 Places where athletics takes place within Cannock Chase or nearby

• Road running is generic across the District;

• Cross Country running mainly over Cannock Chase meeting at Birches Valley or Marquis Drive Visitor Centres which are operated by the Forestry Commission;

• The Cannock Sports Stadium closed as of 31 July 2008;

• The Rowley Park Athletics Stadium in Stafford, is where Cannock and Stafford Athletics Club are based, and includes track and filed and road running;

• Other tracks within 30 minutes drive time range include: Aldersley Stadium Wolverhampton, Walsall Campus of Wolverhampton University, Tipton Sports Academy in Sandwell.


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5.0 Historical Context 5.1 Cannock Chase has only had one Athletics Facility.

• Cannock Stadium was opened as a cinder track in 1950. It was an early conversion to a synthetic surface in 1986;

• Subsequently synthetic tracks were constructed: 1. to the north at Stafford (date to be checked APP says 97 probably 94)

and Shobnall Fields East Staffs 1990 2. to the south at Tipton Sports Academy (1998) and Wolverhampton

University’s Walsall Campus (2004) 3. to the west at Oakengates, Telford (1994);

• Consequently the market has been substantially diluted by significant new provision. This has impacted on school usage. A number of Walsall schools previously used Cannock Stadium and now go elsewhere;

• County championships have gone elsewhere and County School Championships rotate between the four synthetic tracks of Staffordshire and Stoke County Sports Partnership (CSP).

6.0 Accessibility

• The issue of accessibility to an athletics track from anywhere within the District is addressed more readily by the tool below Travel Time to Facility;

• This is a strategic planning tool which measures Accessibility across the Borough as a whole. It also takes into account facilities which are beyond the Borough’s boundary. It takes perspective of potential facility users by representing them at the centre of their output area. Each output area is signified by a triangle coloured according to how close or far away this output area is from the nearest facility, the third nearest facility or an average of all three (depending which option has been chosen). This ranges from light blue triangles which are the output areas with shortest travel time to red triangles which are furthest away;

• In Cannock Chase District there are 298 Output Areas (OA’s) in the District. Each output area has about 300 people so each OA represents about 0.3% of the population. Clearly not all of these people will be interested in using a particular facility type. This Tool measuring strategic accessibility relates to the population as a whole;

• The map overleaf shows that everywhere in Cannock District is between 18 and 29 minutes drive from an athletics track;

• Only about 30 of these output areas (about 9,000 people) are within 20 minutes drive. Most of the output areas under 20 minutes (the blue


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triangles) are in the far south of the District which probably suggests a travel time to Aldersley Leisure Village or Wolverhampton University’s Walsall Campus.

6.1 Cannock Chase District – access to athletics track by car

Travel time to Facility Each triangle represents the centre of one output area (about 300 people)


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Time to the nearest Athletics facility

Facility type: Athletics Tracks

Sub Facility Type: All

Local Authority: Cannock Chase District

Travel Type: Travel Time

Mode of Travel: By Car

Symbol Range (minutes) Output Area count

18.3 - 20.434 30

20.4341 - 22.568 67

22.5681 - 24.702 114

24.7021 - 26.836 65

26.8361 - 28.97 22

• The current strategy, Athletics Facilities: Planning & Delivery 2007 – 2012

states under the criteria for new projects that “the firm, but not strict, criteria for the provision of these facilities is: one outdoor synthetic track (6 or 8 lanes) per 250,000 within 20 minutes drive (45 minutes in rural areas).”


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Total Population

% Population

0 - 10 mins 0 0

10.1 - 20 mins 4,494 4.87

20.1 - 30 mins 86,113 93.29

30.1 - 45 mins 1,701 1.84

45.1 - 60 mins 0 0

> 60 0 0

Total 92,308

6.1.1 Key Findings

• Since July 2008, less than 5% of the District’s population has been able to access a synthetic athletics track within the national standard of 20 minutes drive time for an urban population. However, 98% of the District’s population can access at least one athletics track within 30 minutes drive time. Only six Output Areas with circa 1,701 people in the far east of the District are more than 30 minutes drive from a synthetic athletics track.

6.1.2 Cannock Chase and neighboring Authorities – Population within

Catchments

Facility type: Athletics Tracks

Sub Facility Type:

All

Local Authorities:

Cannock Chase District, South Staffordshire Lichfield

Mode of Travel: By Car

Output Areas

Drive time from centre of output area to nearest track in minutes

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6.1.3 Output Areas in Cannock Chase District –

• Yellow is 20 to 30 minutes from a track, brown triangles are Output Areas which are 30 – 45 minutes drive from a synthetic athletics track.


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6.2 Output Areas in South Staffordshire –

• Yellow triangles are more than 20 minutes from a track but less than 30 minutes;

• Green triangles are more than 10.1 minutes from a track but less than 20 minutes.

• In South Staffordshire there are 10 output areas around Huntingdon which are more than 20 minutes drive. There are a further 20 output areas at Great Wyreley, straddling the A34. These will total around 9,000 people from South Staffordshire who are beyond 20 minutes from a current track.


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6.3 Output Areas in Lichfield District Council – • Yellow triangles are more than 20 minutes from a track but not all would be

able to reach a Cannock track within 20 minutes.

• The yellow triangles on the west side of Lichfield District are shown above. These output areas more than 20 minutes drive from a track include about 30 OA’s on the North West corner of the City of Lichfield;

• Using Friary Grange as a reference point, which is slightly nearer to the

Cannock boundary than these 30 Output Areas, the Find my Nearest for Power Users tool on Active Places Power, indicates that Chase Leisure Centre is about 27 minutes drive, well beyond the 20 minutes threshold. These 30 Output Areas would be nearer to the existing Tamworth Track than to one constructed anywhere within Cannock Town;

• There are also about 15 Output Areas in North West of Lichfield District which

could reach a track in Rugeley within 20 minutes drive, but would not reach one located in Cannock Town.


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6.4 Output Areas in Stafford Borough Council – • No residents living in a yellow coloured Output Area could reach a track in

Cannock Town within 20 minutes drive.

• There are only five OAs within the south east corner of Stafford Borough which are more than 20 minutes drive of a track. One (300 residents) of these might be closer to a site in Rugeley than to Rowley Park, but a track constructed anywhere in Cannock Chase District would not improve access for a significant number of Stafford Borough residents.


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6.5 Output Areas in Walsall – • There are about 21 Output Areas which are currently beyond 20 minutes

drive and could reach a track in Cannock Chase within this time.

Summary of total residents living more than 20 minutes drive of an existing track, by District

Approx total population (not just athletes)

Cannock Chase 87,300 South Staffordshire 35,300 Lichfield 9,000 Stafford 0 Walsall 6,300 Total 137,900


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7.0 Demand

• The below table shows the Cannock & Stafford Athletics Club membership for the past six years1;

Year Number of Members 2003 - 2004 367 2004 - 2005 374 2005 - 2006 432 2006 - 2007 392 2007 - 2008 368 2008 - 2009 313

• Membership information on registered athletes for Cannock & Stafford Athletics Club has been supplied by England Athletics from the official affiliation database. There were 245 registered athletes during the 2008 – 2009 year compared with 239 for April 2009 to date. Although there is no detailed breakdown on the age groups for the 2008-09 year, the athlete profile of the club for this year is as follows2;

Age Group Number of Registered Athletes Senior 69 Under 20 43 Under 17 53 Under 15 54 Under 13 20

• Nationally, Athletics is one of the most widely provided sports within Schools and is provided by nine in ten schools;

• Nationally, Athletics, along with Football, Swimming, Dance and Rugby is one of the most common Club Link3 sports;

• The average number of Sports provided by Cannock and Rugeley Schools during 2007 – 2008 academic year was 19.69 compared with 14 in 2003 – 20044. Although this is increasing variety and opportunity it could also be having an impact on the amount of time spent and the number of young people participating in different sports;

• The 2007 Year 65 survey highlighted that the most popular sports across Cannock Chase was Football for Boys (55.9%) and Swimming (19.9%) for

1 The information has been provided by the Cannock & Stafford Athletics Club, via England Athletics.

2 Information provided from England Athletics official affiliation database.

3 PE & Sport Strategy for Young People - Now the ambition is for each child to have access to five hours a week by 2012.

This should be made up of two hours of physical education within the curriculum and three hours offered on school sites or in the community; via Club Links. 4 Cannock and Rugeley School Sport Survey 2007-08.

5 Sport Across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent County Sports Partnership commissioned Staffordshire University in May

2007 to complete a Year 6 Sport Survey. 424 respondents from Cannock Chase Schools.


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Girls and Athletics did not feature in the top five sports; this was also reflected across the County;

• The 2007 Year Survey also noted a key finding for future choices of sport was that Football was also the most popular sport for Boys (17.6%) and the joint second most popular for girls along with Swimming (10.7%). Gymnastics was the most popular female sport (14.8%);

• The Sport England Active People surveys have shown an increase in Athletics Activity from 2.98% for Active People 1 to 4.9% for Active People 2;

• The Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Sports (SASSOT) Facilities Framework identified that County participation in Athletics (athletics track and field, cross country and road running and jogging) across the CSP (4.34%)was greater than both regional (West Midlands 4.02%) and national (3.93%) averages6.

8.0 Quantity of Provision

• There is good provision within the District for road running including routes away from traffic such as the 15 miles Heritage Trail. There are a few major barriers such as the M6 Toll Motorway but generally residents have opportunities for road running. Open spaces such as the municipal golf course offer other options;

• Fell running / cross country opportunities are very good largely because Cannock Chase AONB runs between the principal settlements of the District with Cannock / Hednesford to the south and Rugeley to the north;

• It is important to have the correct distribution of tracks across the region which, given their sub-regional status means it is not necessary to have a track in each Local Authority area. In a West Midlands regional context there are 10 authorities out of 34 which do NOT have a synthetic athletics track. Cannock Chase is now one of these;

• Cannock Sports Stadium; comprising of 400m oval track, 2x 10 lane straights, vertical and horizontal jumps and throws, seating, changing rooms and ancillary facilities closed to the public on 31 July 2008;

• Cannock & Stafford Athletics Club (AC) are Club Mark accredited along with Newcastle AC, Stafford Harriers and Tamworth AC.

The Regional Facilities Strategy identifies and supports7:

• Stoke-on-Trent as a location for a regional indoor facility;

• Tamworth as a location for a small scale indoor facility;

• Relocation of the Cannock Chase Track. It also goes on to recommend a review of the network of athletics provision in the southern half of the Staffordshire area.

6 SASSOT – Nortoft Partnerships Ltd – Sports Facilities Framework Report, March 2008

7 Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent Sports Facilities Framework – March 2009


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8.1 Comparator Provision of Athletics Tracks

• In terms of Facilities per 1,000 population the following Table illustrates the Regional and the County Sports Partnership.

Authority Lanes Population 2001 Capacity Ratio

Stafford 8 120,656 0.066 East Staffordshire 8 103,731 0.077 Tamworth 8 74,510 0.107 Staffordshire Total (ex. Stoke) 24 806,687 0.029 Stoke 8 240,694 0.030

CSP Total 32 1,047,381

0.030

England Total 1,784 50,000,000 0.035

• The implication is that the Staffordshire and Stoke CSP is slightly below an England ratio for Facilities per 1000 population but this measure does not take account of cross boundary usage;

• Cannock Chase’s population has access to a particularly large number of synthetic tracks in Birmingham and the northern part of the Black Country which also impact upon the supply / demand ratio;

• The Facilities per 1000 population ratio for Birmingham and the Black Country is very similar to England as a whole.

8.2 Current Catchment

• Using Active Places Power with a 30 minute drive time, there are 8 synthetic athletics tracks between 21 and 30 minutes drive for Cannock Chase residents;

• As a broad indication of catchment population, a Single Facility Catchment was calculated around Chase Leisure Centre, using 10 minutes and 15 minutes drive thresholds. The 15 minutes threshold would clearly pass more than 50% of the distance to one or more existing tracks in other Districts;

• Within 10 minutes there are 47,077 at 2001 Census population.

• The 15 minutes drive time above would give limited overlap with the catchments of Rowley Park, Aldersley Stadium, Wolverhampton and Walsall Campus of Wolverhampton University, if one simply halves the travel time from Chase Leisure Centre;

• Within 15 minutes there are 125,725 at 2001 Census population.


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10. Policy Challenge 10.1 The problem with athletics tracks is that a sizeable portion of potential

users will be either too young to drive legally, or may not have access to car even if they are old enough. However, track and field athletics has too low a participation rate to warrant track facilities which can depend solely upon users who walk.

10.2 If this was the case, it is quite a modest population to support a track. The

challenge to the viability of this facility was probably compounded by the fact that Cannock Stadium appears to have had only grass pitches on the same site. Athletics tracks are usually found on sites with other intensive use sports facilities where overhead costs are spread across several facilities.

10.3 Undertaking comprehensive research into the demand for and supply of facilities for a particular sport is expensive. National governing bodies do this infrequently. The last comprehensive study of athletics facilities across England was commissioned in 1997 by the Amateur Athletic Association of England in conjunction with the English Sports Council. The work was undertaken by consultants McAlpine Thorpe & Warrier (MTW Report). This was completed in March 1998 and formed the basis for the National Athletics Facilities Strategy 1998 – 2004.

10.4 The subsequent and current strategy, UK Athletics Facilities Planning and

Delivery 2007 – 2012 built upon the research done in 1997. www.uka.org.uk - see under Governance, Facilities, Planning & Delivery.

10.5 In 1997, the supply of tracks in Midlands AAAs area was one track per

244,600 population. This represented one track for 265 track and field athletes (MTW 3.2.1).

10.6 The MTW report also calculated ‘the population required to generate a

sufficient number of track and field athletes to justify an outdoor track, based upon regional participation rates.’ For the Midlands AAAs area this was 1 per 273,000 population.

10.7 The MTW report which subsequently became the National Strategy

recommended 15 – 17 new tracks across England. This was at a time when Lottery Sports Funding was at its height, and governing bodies could afford to “think big”. Not a single one of the 15 – 17 new tracks proposed was in West Midlands Region, and only three were in Midlands AAAs area, in Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Avon. (MTW 10.1.7).

10.8 Comparing supply of synthetic athletics tracks in West Midlands Region

with the 1997 MTW Survey:


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• Cannock Stadium has closed (August 2008)

• University of Wolverhampton, Walsall Campus has opened

• Shrewsbury’s London Road track has opened. 10.9 The MTW report also stated: “It is the case that many outdoor tracks are

under-utilised compared to the capacity available, however conservatively defined. …. It has been beyond the scope of this study to identify tracks which should possibly be closed down, but where usage falls significantly below say 150 – 200 club athletes and there are other tracks in the vicinity with spare capacity, this should be seriously considered.” (MTW 10.1.9).

11.0 Summary and Conclusions 11.1 At best, any new track in Cannock Chase would have a catchment of only

137,900 (2001 census) people before it began to impinge on the 20 minutes drive time catchments of other existing tracks.

11.2 Using the Governing Body’s (NGB) own standards, rural areas can be

expected to drive up to 45 minutes to a track. A proportion of those 137,900 are very definitely rural dwellers, particularly many of those is the yellow shaded output areas in the western portion of Lichfield District. They should be better able to drive more than 20 minutes to use a track according to the NGB standards.

11.3 A new 400 metre athletics track located within Cannock Chase District

would be drawing from a catchment population which barely half of the 250,000 recommended by the Governing Body as a minimum needed to support a full track.

11.4 A further issue is that Stafford’s Rowley Park Track has a catchment

population of only 109,103 within 20 minutes drive. Even at this distance it overlaps marginally on an evenly split travel time with seven surrounding tracks (see table below).

11.5 The 30 minutes drive for Rowley Park is 661,363 but obviously at this

distance it would be massive overlap with the catchments of many other tracks:


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Active Places Power Travel Times from Rowley Park Stafford to nearby synthetic tracks

Travel time by road.

Catchment margin is half this if travel time is evenly split. Unless a track is operating at capacity (unlikely) this is a reasonable assumption

Aldersley Leisure Village, Wolverhampton

28 minutes 14 minutes

Walsall Campus of Wolverhampton Uni.


Tipton Sports Academy, Sandwell

33 minutes 16.5 minutes

Hadley Stadium, Sandwell 36 minutes 18 minutes Oakengates, Telford 38 minutes 19 minutes Northwood Stadium, Stoke 39 minutes 19.5 minutes Alexandra Stadium, Birmingham


11.6 There is insufficient population according to the Governing Body’s

standards to support a track at both Stafford and Cannock; 11.7 The current Governing Body strategy recommends consideration of

Training Facilities, wherever possible on a school site, when there is a gap in provision which is too small to warrant a full track. Cannock Chase District would fall into this category;

11.8 However, at current participation levels for track and field, when allowance

has been made for provision elsewhere, there are far too few people living within a reasonable catchment, to justify a 6 lane track, let alone an eight lane facility.

11.9 An intermediate solution may be to consider a training facility which acts in a satellite capacity to nearby facilities. The facility mix will need to be developed through further consultation with users and the Governing Body (England Athletics and UK Athletics).

12.0 Key Issues 12.1 The National Governing Body for Athletics (UK Athletics) are reviewing the

current national Strategy (Athletics Facilities – Planning and Delivery 2007 – 2012) in light of the requirement to develop Whole Sports Plans (WSP’s);

12.2 It is anticipated that a revised draft Strategy would be circulated for

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clubs working together over a defined geographical area. The relevant network for Cannock Chase is the South Staffordshire Network; which comprises of Tamworth Athletics Club, Cannock & Stafford Athletics Club and Burton Athletics Club.;

12.3 The new Strategy is likely to set out a hierarchy of provision for Athletics

facilities at National, Regional and Local levels and it will be the key planning framework for Clubs and Local Authorities to address issues of provision and access;

12.4 It is likely that planning and provision of Athletics facilities will be based on

Athletics Network Areas rather than District and Borough Council areas in the future;

12.5 The key issue looking forwards is determining, agreeing and funding the

package of measures that secure access to track and field athletics for the Cannock Chase population; working with South Staffs Athletics Network, Sport England, England Athletics and UK Athletics;

12.6 Once the National Strategy is finalised and in place, a local review of

Athletics provision in the South of Staffordshire (including Cannock Chase) would need to be conducted, building on the work completed to date by the CSP via the Nortoft Study.

App 4 Cannock Chase Individual Sports Indoor & Outdoor Bowls 200110

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Indoor and Outdoor Bowls Provision

Introduction 1.0 Sport England Strategic Planning Tools 1.1 Sport England has developed a strategic planning tool called the Facilities

Planning Model (FPM). This tool estimates the amount of community demand for Sports Halls, Swimming pools and can be used for Indoor Bowls facilities.











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1.8.1 Supply & Demand Balance (Indoor Bowls Only)

Examines local supply and demand, using capacity (visits per week during the peak period) within the local authority area. It compares the total demand against the total supply in the area, and expresses it as a percentage of supply. This does not look at location of facilities, or supply and demand across administrative boundaries. Therefore the FPM model is far better to use than this tool and given it can only be used for pools, halls and indoor bowls.

1.9 This analysis has been undertaken to look at the current need for Indoor Bowls provision in Cannock Chase based on demand, there has also been reference to Outdoor Bowls facilities. It also has looked at the supply and demand as well as accessibility to neighbouring Local Authorities facilities.


participation increases.


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2.0 Current Provision (Indoor)

Quantity 2.1 Places where Indoor Bowls take place within Cannock Chase or near by

are identified on the below map in yellow and are within twenty miles of Cannock Chase;

• There is a 2 Rink Indoor Flat Bowls facility at Chase Leisure Centre that was built in 1991. This is the only facility in the District.

• There is one other facility within Staffordshire; Tamworth and District Indoor Bowls Club. This is a private club with 400 members. It is a 6 Rink Flat Bowls facility and was opened in 1990;

• Within a 25 mile radius of Cannock (WS11) there are six facilities, all offering between 4-8 rinks. Out of the six facilities 4 are available on a pay and play basis, while the other two are registered membership.


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2.2 The below table illustrates the Indoor provision

Facility no. of rinks Usage type

Miles from WS11 Region

CHASE LEISURE CENTRE 2 Pay and Play 0.56 West Mids

ERDINGTON COURT SPORTS CLUB 4 Registered Membership use 12.75

West Mids

TAMWORTH & DISTRICT INDOOR BOWLS CLUB 6 Pay and Play 16.66

West Mids

STIRCHLEY INDOOR BOWLS CENTRE 6 Pay and Play 18.42 West Mids

CHURCH GRESLEY INDOOR BOWLS CLUB 8

Registered Membership use 19.85 East Mids

SOLIHULL INDOOR BOWLS CLUB LTD 8 Pay and Play 22.07 West Mids


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Quality 2.3 The sub-regional strategy1 highlighted that the indoor rink at Chase

Leisure Centre was relatively poor quality, and the size does not allow for club competition. It also noted that Tamworth and District Indoor Bowls Club is the only indoor bowls club in Staffordshire. The strategy recommends investigating the feasibility of a multi-code indoor bowls centre in Stoke and a review of the long term future of the indoor bowls facility at Chase Leisure Centre.

3.0 Local Supply and Demand Balance (LSDB)

Symbol

Range Local Authority

Count

0 - 31.782 (24)

31.783 - 63.564 (4)

95.347 - 127.128 (3)

127.129 - 158.91 (3)

3.1 The map above and the table below show that West Midlands average

LSDB is less than half the England figure and that Cannock Chase is above the Regional average but still well below England.

1 Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent Sports Facilities Framework – March 2009


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3.2 One cautionary note is that only three West Midlands authorities, Stratford, Rugby and Tamworth can be said to have good provision on this indicator. Bromsgrove, Malvern Hills and Shrewsbury are also not too far short of 110%.

3.3 However, 23 out of 34 West Midlands local authorities have no indoor

bowls provision at all. 3.4 There are some sports, for example rugby league, which have a heavy

regional presence but are largely absent elsewhere in the country. Indoor bowls seems to thrive more in areas where the outdoor game is on flat greens. This transfers more readily indoors in the winter. It has already been highlighted earlier in this report that the outdoor provision in Cannock Chase is set up around the crown green game and this could partly explain why the usage and occupancy of the Chase Leisure Centre provision is so low.

4.0 Key Research 4.1 Research was undertaken with the clubs who hire the facility in order to

ascertain their view on the current facility. 4.2 The Chase Leisure Centre facility is only used between the months

October to March and is used by previously five but now four clubs. It is also available for casual usage on a pay and play basis or as part of the targeted sessions (Young at heart). Due to its size it does not allow for club competition.

This equates to around 2,000 visits per year.

4.3 General feedback from the clubs was that the facility was somewhat

rundown and in need of investment. It was felt housekeeping improvements were required as often the carpet needed a litter pick and periodically lights were missing. Two lanes, while restrictive was adequate for social bowling. The green was generally in good condition with close and amenable toilet facilities.

4.4 In terms of accessibility no problems were identified with access to the

facility. Parking was identified as poor as although there is a big car park it is not solely used by centre users and can get full. Bookings were always dealt with effectively.


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Facility Quantity Quality Accessibility Indoor Bowls Survey results indicate Survey results indicate that users

consider the indoor bowling provision to be rundown and in need of refurbishment. Green generally in good condition however lighting and housekeeping were identified as issues. Acknowledged the benefit of indoor facilities for the winter months social bowling although a little restrictive with only 2 lanes.

Noted as good in terms of booking accessibility and availability, however it was noted the car park gets very full, not always centre users.

5.0 Accessibility 5.1 The issue of accessibility to an indoor bowls facility from anywhere within

the District is addressed more readily by the tool below Travel Time to Facility.

5.2 This is a strategic planning tool which measures Accessibility across the

Borough as a whole. It also takes into account facilities which are beyond the Borough’s boundary. It takes perspective of potential facility users by representing them at the centre of their output area. Each output area is signified by a triangle coloured according to how close or far away this output area is from the nearest facility, the third nearest facility or an average of all three (depending which option has been chosen). This ranges from light blue triangles which are the output areas with shortest travel time to red triangles which are furthest away.

5.3 In Cannock Chase District there are 298 Output Areas (OA’s) in the

District. Each output area has about 300 people so each OA represents about 0.3% of the population. Clearly not all of these people will be interested in using a particular facility type. This Tool measuring strategic accessibility relates to the population as a whole.


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Symbol Time in Minutes

0 - 10

10.1 - 20

20.1 - 30

30.1 - 45

45.1 - 60

5.4 The above table and map represents the travel time by public transport

from OA’s to an Indoor Bowls facility. It identifies that all residents can access a facility within 45 minutes by public transport from within the District. Cannock Town and Norton Canes are within 30 minutes which is a realistic maximum for many of those who will have concessionary public transport. While these travel distances may appear high, this is considered acceptable in light of it being a regional sub facility and the lack of supply from neighbouring authorities.

5.5 The map below and table show the travel time by Car to an indoor facility

from a OA. 70% of the district residents (64,000) are able to access an indoor facility within 15 minutes drive with the remaining 30% of the district taking up to 22 minutes. The English Indoor Bowls Association recommend a 20 minute drive time accessibility standard.


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Symbol Range (minutes) Site count

3.33 - 7.038 63

7.039 - 10.746 87

10.747 - 14.454 66

14.455 - 18.162 19

18.163 - 21.87 62

6.0 Demand 6.1 Bowls is one of the very few sports which primarily attract older people.

For both outdoor and indoor bowls, participation peaks amongst women in their early 70’s and in men in their late 70’s. Indoor bowls appeals to men and women equally.

6.2 Bowls has very limited participation from black or ethnic minority groups.

The indoor game draws the largest proportion of its players from the social groups A and C2DE.

6.3 The Cannock and Staffordshire area is dominated by crown green bowls,

in relation to the outdoor game. This does not translate easily into an indoor setting, and there are very few examples nationally of indoor crown green facilities.

6.4 The two indoor bowls facilities in Staffordshire offer flat green bowls. The

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• Fairlawns, a Wolverhampton based Club has recently moved to the new Shrewsbury facility;

• Monday – Phoenix Bowls Club, mostly Cannock based users;

• Wed – Stafford Bowls Club;

• Thurs – Albrighton Bowls Club, mostly South Staffordshire based users;

• Sun- Tanmill Bowls Club (Nov – Feb). 6.5 The facility is also available for casual use on Tuesdays and Fridays. It is

also used on these days by the ‘Young at Heart Group’. 6.6 The key relevant data from the Active People Surveys, show that 1.04% of

adults nationally have played bowls (all) at least once in the last four weeks, compared to 0.78% in the West Midlands and 1.13% across the County. Whilst circa 0.8% nationally take part at least once a week (for 30 minutes), compared to 0.7% regionally, with bowls attracting primarily older people.

. 6.7 Within the expected population growth, the proportion of residents aged

over 65 is due to increase substantially, from 14.6% of the current population to 23.8% in 2031. This trend exceeds the national trend and must be considered in future service demand and provision in the District


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Region : West Midlands Region

Local Authority : All

Facility Type : Indoor Bowls

Spatial Unit : Local Authority

Opening/Ownership Group :

Community use, all ownership type

% England Demand Met:

58.43

% West Midlands Region Demand Met:

23.31

No. Local Authority Capacity Demand Balance % of Demand Met

1 Birmingham District 1492.5 8180 -6687 18.25 %

2 Bridgnorth District 0 565 -565 0 %

3 Bromsgrove District 936 908 28 103.08 %

4 Cannock Chase District 297 826 -529 35.96 %

5 City of Stoke-on-Trent 0 2257 -2257 0 %

6 City of Wolverhampton District 0 2291 -2291 0 %

7 County of Herefordshire 918 1904 -986 48.21 %

8 Coventry District 891 2653 -1762 33.58 %

9 Dudley District 0 3076 -3076 0 %

10 East Staffordshire District 0 984 -984 0 %

11 Lichfield District 0 947 -947 0 %

12 Malvern Hills District 891 833 58 106.96 %

13 Newcastle-under-Lyme District 0 1217 -1217 0 %

14 North Shropshire District 0 602 -602 0 %

15 North Warwickshire District 0 598 -598 0 %

16 Nuneaton and Bedworth District 0 1114 -1114 0 %

17 Oswestry District 0 379 -379 0 %

18 Redditch District 0 637 -637 0 %

19 Rugby District 1248 846 402 147.52 %

20 Sandwell District 0 2663 -2663 0 %

21 Shrewsbury and Atcham District 936 956 -20 97.91 %

22 Solihull District 1248 1993 -745 62.62 %

23 South Shropshire District 0 500 -500 0 %

24 South Staffordshire District 0 1095 -1095 0 %

25 Stafford District 0 1237 -1237 0 %

26 Staffordshire Moorlands District 0 1017 -1017 0 %

27 Stratford-on-Avon District 1872 1204 668 155.48 %

28 Tamworth District 936 589 347 158.91 %

29 Telford and Wrekin 0 1308 -1308 0 %

30 Walsall District 0 2483 -2483 0 %

31 Warwick District 0 1199 -1199 0 %

32 Worcester District 0 801 -801 0 %

33 Wychavon District 0 1188 -1188 0 %

34 Wyre Forest District 0 992 -992 0 %


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7.0 Personal Share

Region : West Midlands Region

Local Authority : Cannock Chase District

Facility Type : Indoor Bowls

Facility Unit : Number Of Rinks

Opening/Ownership Group :

Community use, all ownership type

England Ratio : 0.58

West Midlands Region Ratio:

0.25

Cannock Chase District Ratio:

0.08

SNo. Ward Total Population

Total Demand Total Share Personal Share

1 Brereton and Ravenhill Ward 6515 64.5 2.9 0.04

2 Cannock East Ward 6996 68.6 5.7 0.08

3 Cannock North Ward 7590 72.8 6.3 0.09

4 Cannock South Ward 7139 68.2 5.8 0.09

5 Cannock West Ward 6708 82 7.5 0.09

6 Etching Hill and The Heath Ward

7011 56.4 3.4 0.06

7 Hagley Ward 3346 32.9 2 0.06

8 Hawks Green Ward 6324 23.2 2.1 0.09

9 Heath Hayes East and Wimblebury Ward

5852 48.2 3.9 0.08

10 Hednesford Green Heath Ward

4834 37.9 3.2 0.08

11 Hednesford North Ward 7046 59.6 4.6 0.08

12 Hednesford South Ward 5094 43 3.7 0.09

13 Norton Canes Ward 6387 66 5.3 0.08

14 Rawnsley Ward 4925 40.3 3 0.07

15 Western Springs Ward 6379 62.3 3.1 0.05

7.1 The table above run by Ward shows that Cannock fares significantly

worse on personal share than it does on the LSDB tool. The reason for this is that LSDB does not allow movement across boundaries. Personal Share does allow movement within the constraints of the travel parameters.

7.2 Cannock Chase’s immediate neighbours do not have an indoor bowls

centre, consequently, there will be a proportion of people in neighbouring authorities who can reach Chase Leisure Centre by car or public transport and have little other option. This has been demonstrated through the current user profile described in the demand section. This means that more people than Cannock Chase residents have been allocated by the modeling to use the facility. The personal share values drops accordingly.


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8.0 Single Facility Catchment 8.1 In order to identify the potential catchment area of the Chase Leisure

Centre facility, the travel time by car to nearby indoor facilities was halved. The catchment is still at least 17 minutes to Erdington or Tamworth. Therefore, using the Single Facility Catchment tool based on a15 minutes and 20 minutes drive time levels, resulted in the below;

• The gross population figure for 15 minutes drive is 125,725

• For 20 minutes, this rises to: 344,082 8.2 This information was then used in the Sports Facility Calculator. Under

normal circumstances, Sport England actively discourages people from using this tool for strategic gap analysis. However, in this case, there is so little surrounding provision, that it is possible to make a calculation based upon the catchment populations above. This has been done using the Cannock age / gender profile. Although a significant proportion of these people will be from outside the District, this is probably as good as using the England age / gender profile which would be the other straightforward alternative.

Indoor Bowls (15 Minutes Drive)

Population 125,725

7.21 Rinks

1.20 Centres of 6 rinks

8.3 The above table shows that a site at or near Chase Leisure Centre, the

District could potentially support based on population an indoor bowls centre of up to 8 rinks, largely relying on a drive time of 15 minutes (30 minutes by public transport).

8.4 However, what these figures do NOT reveal is the desire or otherwise of

local bowlers to have an indoor centre. If most of the outdoor provision is on crown greens, and there is little desire to play flat green indoors in the winter, the figures above could be misleading. A feasibility study is the only way to address this more fully – and even this is likely to be somewhat speculative.


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9.0 Population and Households in Cannock Chase 2006-20262 9.1 The West Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy (WMRSS) indicates a

requirement for Cannock Chase District to accommodate an additional 5,800 dwellings (net) between 2006 and 2026.

9.2 Consideration must also be given to an additional 1,000 dwellings (net) to

be accommodated in Lichfield District but on the periphery of Rugeley. The population generated by these additional 1,000 dwellings are more likely to look to Rugeley for services rather than the principle settlements in Lichfield District which are further away.

9.3 The proposed additional 1,000 dwellings in Lichfield District, adjacent to

Rugeley would generate a population of approximately 2,200 people. 9.4 The below tables shows the net population change between 2006 – 2026

based on distribution of new dwellings built, at an average household size of 2.21 persons per household. It also shows a significant ageing population.

Age Rugeley

and Brereton

Cannock and

Hednesford

Norton Canes

Cannock Chase District

Adjacent to

Rugeley in

Lichfield

0-4 1,400 3,600 400 5,300

5-14 3,100 8,000 900 12,000

15-29 4,200 11,800 1,200 17,100

30-44 5,400 15,100 1,700 22,100

45-54 3,100 8,200 900 12,200

55-64 3,200 7,600 1,000 11,800

65-74 2,000 4,900 700 7,600

75-84 1,200 3,200 300 4,800

85+ 400 1,000 100 1,400

2006 Total 23,900 63,300 7,100 94,300

2006 - 2026 Population Net

Change 1,130 3,770

900

5,800 2,200

2026 Projected Population 25,030 67,070 8,000 100,100 2,200

102,300

27,320

2 Source: Staffordshire County Council, Research Unit 2009.


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10.0 Key Findings 10.1 The indoor provision in Cannock Chase is identified in the sub-regional

strategy as relatively poor, and confirmed by centre user surveys. Quality improvements and maintenance are required.

10.2 Current facility levels are 0.2 rinks per 1000 population which matches the

west regional standards, and is above most neighbouring authorities (with the exception of Tamworth) but is below the national average of 0.4. The current facility is very under utilized, especially by District residents/groups.

10.3 Accessibility is generally good within the District by car with all residents

being able to access a facility within 22 minutes drive (slightly outside the recommendation of a 20 minute drive time standard set by the English Indoor Bowling Association). Focus will be on the development of the quality of the existing provision.

10.4 Facilities should also reflect the quality aspects deemed most important by

the current users;

• Well maintained facilities;

• Accessible car parking LOCAL STANDARDS

PPG17 AREA LOCAL STANDARD

Quantity

Local standards be set at existing levels of provisions at 0.02 rinks per 1000 population in line with West Midlands level (below national comparison of 0.04).

Quality

Emphasis should be placed on maintaining the quality of the existing facility. Quality standards recommend that new or refurbished facilities should be developed in line with Sport England Design Guidance Notes for indoor bowls facilities and that facilities should reflect the quality aspects deemed most important by local residents

Accessibility

Local standards to be set at existing accessibility standard of a 22 minute drive time.


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11.0 Current Provision (Outdoor) The map below shows where outdoor Bowls provision is located across the Cannock Chase District. There are 3 Council owned and 12 Private.


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Quantity 11.1 Outdoor bowling provision appears in good supply within the District.

There are fifteen bowling greens in the District, with a further three right on the border. The majority of provision is provided privately.

NO. SITE_NAME Ownership

1 Rear of Red Lion PH, Main Road, Brereton private

2 Lea Hall Club, Sandy Lane, Rugeley private

3 Hagley Park, Burnthill Lane, Rugeley private

4 Rugeley Progressive WMC (40 Market Street) private

5 Hednesford Ex-servicemans club, Anglesey Street private

6 Chadsmoor Progressive Working Mens Club private

7 Cannock Town Centre, Market Place Private

8 Bridgtown Working Men's Club, 190 Walsall Rd Private

9 Heath Hayes Constitutional Club Private

10 Sycamore WMC, Hednesford Road, Norton Canes Private

11 Cannock Park Public

12 Rugeley Power Station, Power station road Private

13 Cannock & Rugeley Cricket Club, Littleworth Rd, Private

14 The Rag Inn,Ironstone Rd, Rawnsley Private

15 The Plough Inn, 56 Main Rd, Brereton, Rugeley private

Outside District

1 Chase Park, Hatherton Private

2 Coppice Lane, Cheslyn Hay Private

3 Greenheath, Teddesley Way, Huntington Private

There currently appears to be an adequate supply within the District with all greens having at least single club affiliation. Provision per 1,000 population The table below details information from neighbouring local authorities on current provision. Provision in Cannock Chase is high in comparison to some of its ONS neighbours in the West Midlands. Area Facility per 1000 population Cannock Chase District 0.159 East Staffs 0.24 Lichfield District 0.017 Sandwell District 0.06 Tamworth 0.05 Wolverhampton 0.1045

NB. The above table is based total population figures.


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Quality 11.2 There are several local leagues in which Cannock Chase teams can be

identified, including the Lichfield and District league, Lichfield 50+, Walsall, St Giles Hospice, and Cannock. Dudley, Stafford and Willenhall. All clubs surveyed confirmed their facilities were acceptable for league matches.

11.3 Quality audits were not undertaken as part of this work. However all clubs

affiliated to District bowling greens were surveyed in terms of district provision.

12.0 Key research 12.1 The quality of current outdoor provision is good/average. A user survey

was carried out with all the known league clubs in the District to ascertain their views on quality and accessibility. In general clubs are happy with the facilities they play at and tend to maintain the greens themselves. Price does not seem to be an issue although engagement of juniors/youths was mentioned as an area for improvement. Most clubs had floodlighting and some ancillary facilities, all except Cannock Park which was reported as being an excellent green but no longer well maintained and has no facilities.

12.2 The Red Lion at Rugeley was identified as one of the poorest greens,

while there was no concensus on the best green. All greens appeared to be well maintained with good overall quality provision.

12.3 A citizens panel consultation exercise was also undertaken which looked

at outdoor provision and open spaces. This consultation found; Respondents rated the quality of the greens as good to average. The most popular most of transport to access bowling greens was by car (61%), and walking (26.1%). Respondents reported the most acceptable travel times as being 6-10minutes (14.5%),11-15 minutes (20%) and 16-20 minutes (13.6%).

12.4 It was reported the features that make a good quality facility/green were

• Good playing surface (69.6%)

• No dog fouling (53.5%)

• Reasonable cost (50.8%)

• Changing facilities (50%). 12.5 It is worth noting that the percentage of respondents who played bowls

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13.0 Accessibility 13.1 In terms of accessibility there is reasonable provision across the District,

with 7 greens in Rugeley, 7 in Cannock and 1 in Norton. The only evident gap is in the south of the District, which is currently accommodated by cross boundary provision (Coppice lane, Cheslyn Hay,Chase Park at Hatherton).

13.2 There is currently a good spread of outdoor facilities that are accessible to

most of the district. However, 80% of these are in private ownership and may have limited accessibility.

14.0 Key Findings 14.1 With at least one club being affiliated to every green in the District this

would suggest current supply is adequate. We must therefore endeavour to protect and maintain existing levels of provision.

14.2 Current provision appears adequate to meet current demand and is higher

than most neighbouring ONS local authorities. It is however largely dependent upon private provision.

LOCAL STANDARDS

PPG17 AREA LOCAL STANDARD

Quantity

The current provision appears adequate for the demand and therefore will need protecting. The standard reflects existing provision of 0.159 bowling greens per 1000.

Quality

Emphasis should be placed on protecting and maintaining the quality of the existing facility. Quality standards recommend that new or refurbished facilities should be developed in line with Sport England Design Guidance Notes Facilities should reflect the quality aspects deemed most important by local residents –ie. Good playing surface Clean and debris free Reasonable cost Provision of ancillary facilities

Accessibility

An accessibility standard of 1 mile has been applied, equating to a 15 minute walk time (in line with consultation findings).


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15.0 Next Steps The research shows that there is over fifteen crown green bowling clubs playing within the District, none of whom are accessing the indoor flat green provision at Chase Leisure Centre. While it has been identified that outdoors is crown green and indoor is flat provision, the challenge is to look at the feasibility of conversion for the winter period. Consultation is required with the clubs to identify why they are not using the indoor facility and look at future development of this facility. Future consideration may also need to be given in light of the population projections within this age group, and future user growth demands within the District. If the indoor facility is to go, would there be any demand for an artificial green (floodlit) outdoors which might be available up to 9 months of the year? This is less attractive in Crown Green areas but may be worth considering as a policy option. The cost would probably be just over £100,000 for the floodlit green, whereas a full sized indoor centre would be several times this figure. An alternative might be to cover an outdoor provision, allowing all year round play.

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Indoor & Outdoor Tennis Provision













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participation increases. 3.0 Current Provision (Indoor)

Quantity 3.1 There are no Indoor Tennis Centre’s within Cannock Chase. There is

however, a commitment to build a facility in Stafford and this will be operated on a pay and play basis and there are three further facilities that have indoor Tennis provision within the County.

3.2 The current closest indoor tennis provision is at Wolverhampton Lawn

Tennis and Squash Club which is 8.48 miles from Cannock Chase1. These are all identified on the below map.

3.3 Tennis and short Tennis can be played in Sports Halls across the District.

Information on Sports Halls is contained under the Sports Halls section.

1 Taken from Active Places Power November 2009.


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Access 3.4 The locations of the existing Indoor Tennis provision and the planned

location at Stafford Sports College are identified on the map above. The map shows that most of the indoor provision is to the south of Cannock and are located in the Black Country and to the North of Birmingham, with a School facility in East Staffordshire and two to the North of the County.

3.5 Access to facilities is on Pay and Play, Registered Membership and

School / Community Association basis. These are identified by the Pink, Yellow and Blue stars on the map.

3.6 The below table and map show that the majority (circa 80%) of the

population live within 30 minutes drive of an indoor tennis facility; this should increase to all the district once the indoor facility at Stafford has been developed.


21.83 - 24.134 42

24.1341 - 26.438 59

26.4381 - 28.742 89

28.7421 - 31.046 58

31.0461 - 33.35 50


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Quality 3.7 A quality assessment has not been completed of the indoor tennis

facilities as there are no facilities in the District. 4.0 Adequacy of current provision

Provision per 1,000 population 4.1 The Table below details information from Active Places Power, which

shows the number of Indoor Tennis Courts per 1,000 population in Cannock Chase compared to a number of neighbours and also against regional and national average levels.

Local Authority Indoor Tennis Courts per 1,000

Pop England 0.03 West Midlands 0.01 Cannock Chase 0.00 Tamworth 0.00 Ashfield 0.00 North West Leicestershire 0.00 Erewash 0.00


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4.2 With no Indoor Tennis facilities within the Borough, levels of provision are

naturally below regional and national, however, this is also the case for Cannock Chase’s ONS neighbours.

5.0 Sub-regional perspective 5.1 The key points of information from the sub-regional strategy are

summarised below:

• Tennis participation in Staffordshire is weaker than in the neighbouring Black Country where there are bigger clubs and facilities - there are also less coaches and fewer indoor facilities

• Indoor tennis facility provision within Staffordshire is currently considered to meet demand – although this will not be the case in the future. Therefore, the strategy recommends the support of proposals ‘for a 3 court indoor tennis venue in the south of Stoke-on-Trent’ and the need to ‘await decisions on a new 3 court indoor tennis centre at Stafford Sports College’

• The strategy did not include any Cannock Chase specific recommendations for indoor tennis

6.0 Summary of need for Indoor Tennis provision 6.1 As detailed earlier, there are a number of facilities to both the north and

south of the District. Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) guidelines indicate that indoor tennis facilities usually generate a drive-time catchment of circa 30 minutes and that one indoor tennis court can serve 200 regular tennis players. Circa 80% of the District currently have access to an indoor tennis facility within 30 minutes drive and this should increase to 100% of the District following the development of the indoor tennis provision at Stafford Sports College.

6.2 Given the findings set out above and the fact that there are no Cannock

Chase specific recommendations in relation to indoor tennis in the sub-regional strategy, there is not considered to be a need for any dedicated indoor tennis facility within Cannock Chase District. It is recommended that efforts focus upon:

• Ensuring local residents are aware of the indoor tennis facilities provided within surrounding areas

• exploring opportunities for increased access to these facilities for Cannock Chase residents


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• where there is a demand and working in partnership with the LTA develop tennis opportunities in Sports Halls across the District.

7.0 Current Provision (Outdoor) 7.1 Quantity There is a range of outdoor tennis provision across the District that is

provided by Cannock Chase District Council (Public), private organisations and on School sites (education sector). This amounts to a total of 50 operational tennis courts across 15 locations on a range of different surfaces.

7.2 Public Cannock Chase District Council provides 11 courts within Cannock,

Hednesford and Heath Hayes parks with one court at Ravenhill Park in Rugeley. The courts are currently offered free of charge with no accessibility limitations. All courts are a tarmac surface.

7.3 Private

• There are two private clubs in the District, both based in Rugeley, these being Etching Hill Tennis Club (3 courts; 1 acrylic and 2 macadam) and Lea Hall Miners Welfare Centre (4 tarmac courts).

Both facilities offer community use, with pay and play, are floodlit and have bar/catering and ancillary facilities available.

7.4 School Provision

The District High schools collectively provide 32 courts; 7 in Rugeley, 6 in Norton Canes and 19 in Cannock and Hednesford. There are a further 3 tennis courts sited at Fair Oak School (Rugeley) but advice from Staffordshire County Council confirms they are not in operational use.

While there are five courts identified at Cardinal Griffin, these are on the site which has been earmarked for the new Synthetic Turf Pitch.

7.5 Boundary provision

Chase Park also offers 3 artificial surface courts which are open April to October; illustrated on the map as a purple star.


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7.6 Access

The location of the outdoor tennis courts is illustrated on the map below. This includes a 1 mile radius (circa 15 minutes walk time) around each site.


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7.7 The map illustrates that all the major urban areas fall within a 15 minutes

walk (1 mile) of an outdoor tennis court.


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School courts are predominantly not available for community use, however, some schools reported little/no demand/had not been asked before.

7.8 Two courts at Hagley Park Sports College are hired out to the community

via Rugeley Leisure Centre however there is not a high reported demand for such a facility. Blake Technology College and Kingsmead School hire their courts out during the summer months.

8.0 Accessibility and Socio- Economic Deprivation

8.1 Residents from OA’s with a high Indices of Multiple Deprivation2 (IMD or

deprived areas) are more likely to need walking access to outdoor tennis courts. Without this they are unlikely to participate.

8.2 This access must be to courts which have pay and play access or to a

Council site with free access.

8.3 The pink area in the south-east of the District (Norton Canes) has the poorest access areas to a facility by walking and it is also one of the most

2 The English Indices of Deprivation (IMD) are the Government’s official measure of multiple deprivation at small area

level. The IMD brings together 37 different indicators which cover specific aspects or dimensions of deprivation: Income, Employment, Health and Disability, Education, Skills and Training, Barriers to Housing and Services, Living Environment and Crime.

Symbol IMD Score

4.6 - 12.91

12.91 - 21.23

21.23 - 29.54

29.54 - 37.86

37.86 - 46.17


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deprived areas with Cannock Chase, based on the IMD score. The nearest tennis courts are at Norton Canes High School (6 courts) which are not currently open for community use, and not previously been used for community use.

8.4 The nearest Council outdoor tennis courts are provided at Heath Hayes

Park. This is approximately 1 mile from most of the Norton Canes residents. However, consideration does need to be given crossing major road networks and social mobility.

8.5 Starting in the north of the District in Rugeley, we can see that there is one

isolated OA in pink which is in the far north of the Town. There are five outdoor tennis areas; 1 Council, 2 private and 2 school sites. This would be considered to be adequate.

8.6 In the north of Cannock Town there are two pink OA’s. One has its

northern boundary at the Athletics Stadium site and stretches south to Chadsmoor. This ranges from 500 metres to 1,000 metres from Blake Valley Technology College where there are 5 tennis courts and are accessible to the community.

8.7 The OA on the far northern edge of Town beyond Broadhurst Green /

Bradbury Lane also has Cannock and Hednesford Parks with free access to Council tennis courts.

Quality - Schools3

9.0 All School tennis courts are made up of a tarmac surface; some have

painted line markings, some have thermoplastic lines. In the main, courts are fenced off collectively. Nets and posts are generally renewed in line with re-surfacing, however, this is at individual schools discretion.

9.1 Staffordshire County Council Grounds department maintain the area

around the court, i.e. weeding/spraying and they provided the following conclusions on the quality of the courts.

• None of the school provision provides floodlights and so this may cause a barrier.

• The newest and best courts are those at Norton Canes

• The poorest courts are those at Kingsmead where the surface is crumbling and water runs down from above onto the courts leaving a silt residue.

3 Desk top Quality Assessment completed via consultation with individual School sites and the County Council Grounds

Department.


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9.2 The overall quality of the school courts appears acceptable although we were unable to ascertain availability of ancillary facilities such as changing rooms during the assessment.

Provision per 1,000 population

10.0 Based on the current population there is currently 1.86 outdoor tennis

courts per 1,000 population4. 22% of the tennis courts are provided by the Council and are a free of charge to use.

10.1 APP is not able to provide information on outdoor tennis courts, therefore

the information that has been obtained is limited. That said, in comparison to other areas in the West Midlands for which data is available, provision for outdoor tennis is higher in Cannock Chase than Lichfield, with 0.55 courts per 1,000, Wolverhampton, with 0.26 courts per 1,000 and Sandwell, where just 0.09 courts per 1,000 population are provided.

10.2 Cannock Chase can be broken down in to three key areas; Rugeley and

Brereton, Cannock and Hednesford and Norton Canes. The existing standards and access to outdoor tennis courts are as follows per 1,000 population:

Area Number Of

Tennis Courts

5

Total Population

Capacity Ratio Per 1000

Rugeley and Brereton 15 23,900 0.62

Cannock and Hednesford 30 63,300 0.47 Norton Canes 8 7,100 1.12

11.0 Population and Households in Cannock Chase 2006-20266 11.1 The West Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy (WMRSS) indicates a

requirement for Cannock Chase District to accommodate an additional 5,800 dwellings (net) between 2006 and 2026.

11.2 Consideration must also be given to an additional 1,000 dwellings (net) to

be accommodated in Lichfield District but on the periphery of Rugeley. The population generated by these additional 1,000 dwellings are more likely to look to Rugeley for services rather than the principle settlements in Lichfield District which are further away.

4 Compared to Tamworth Borough with 0.08 outdoor tennis courts per 1,000 population.

5 Map 7.7. Within 1 Mile radius. Therefore, one tennis court location has been included within Norton Canes and Cannock

and Hednesfords assessment. 6 Source: Staffordshire County Council, Research Unit 2009.


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11.3 The proposed additional 1,000 dwellings in Lichfield District, adjacent to Rugeley would generate a population of approximately 2,200 people.

11.4 The below tables shows the net population change between 2006 – 2026

based on distribution of new dwellings built , at an average household size of 2.21 persons per household.. It also shows a significant aging population.

Age Rugeley

and Brereton

Cannock and

Hednesford

Norton Canes

Cannock Chase District

Adjacent to

Rugeley in

Lichfield

0-4 1,400 3,600 400 5,300

5-14 3,100 8,000 900 12,000

15-29 4,200 11,800 1,200 17,100

30-44 5,400 15,100 1,700 22,100

45-54 3,100 8,200 900 12,200

55-64 3,200 7,600 1,000 11,800

65-74 2,000 4,900 700 7,600

75-84 1,200 3,200 300 4,800

85+ 400 1,000 100 1,400

2006 Total 23,900 63,300 7,100 94,300

2006 - 2026 Population Net

Change 1,130 3,770

900

5,800 2,200

2026 Projected Population 25,030 67,070 8,000 100,100 2,200

102,300

27,320

11.5 The below table shows the impact of the increase in population and the required number of tennis courts per 1,000 population in 2026.

Area 2026 Total Population

Existing Number Of

Tennis Courts

Capacity Ratio Per

1000

Variance of Courts per

1,000 population

Number of tennis courts

needed for a ratio of 0.55

Cannock Chase District 102,300 50 0.48 - 1.38 56.2

Rugeley and Brereton 27,230 15 0.55 - 0.07 14.9

Cannock and Hednesford 67,070 30 0.44 - 0.03 36.8 Norton Canes 8,000 8 1.0 0.12 4.4

11.6 The impact of the population growth of the District on the number of courts

per 1,000 is a reduction of 1.30 courts per 1,000. This would make it lower than Lichfield at 0.55 courts per 1,000 population.

11.7 Therefore, in order to meet a standard of 0.55 courts per 1,000 population

there would have to be a net gain of 6 courts within the District or


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increased access to existing provision that would include floodlighting for increased hours used.

12.0 Local Standards PPG17 Area Local Standard Quantity

A local standard for the number of tennis courts per 1,000 population will be set at 0.55. This would require a net gain of 6 outdoor tennis courts being provided within the District between now and 2026 so that there would be a total 56 outdoor tennis courts for a population of 102,300. Contributions should be sought from all new housing developments and construction projects to invest in quality outdoor tennis provision.

• The number of outdoor tennis courts should be maintained and protected in the Rugeley Area in order to satisfy the quantity standard;

• There should be a net gain of 6 outdoor tennis courts in Cannock and Hednesford in order to satisfy the quantity standard;

• There will be an oversupply of outdoor tennis courts in Norton Canes.

Based on the accessibility and the planned development of an Indoor Tennis Facility in Stafford no indoor facility should be developed within Cannock Chase. However, an indoor tennis court could be marked out in chase leisure Centre and Rugeley Leisure Centre along with nets to support the development of the sport.

Quality Any new or refurbished facilities should be developed in line with Sport England Design Guidance Notes for Tennis along with the Lawn Tennis Associations input and guidance, particularly access for people with disabilities. Facilities should also reflect the quality aspects deemed most important by the current users;

• Safe surface and clear lines

• Where demand exists, support tennis clubs to improve court quality and/or install floodlighting (in order to increase capacity) of existing tennis court provision;

• Well maintained facilities;

• Affordable charges. Existing facilities should be maintained and invested in to ensure they meet the above standards. Continue to support and encourage junior development at key tennis clubs in


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order to increase participation levels in the sport.

Accessibility All residents will live within

• 10 minute drive time of a pay and play outdoor tennis facility

• 30 minute drive time of a pay and play indoor tennis facility

• 15 minute walk time for those within high IMD areas of a pay and play outdoor tennis facility

The Council should work with communities and Education to see if the shortfalls or maintaining access to existing outdoor tennis provision; particularly pay and play provision can be secured and addressed by the local Education Authority with Community Access, thus providing facilities within the heart of communities. The Council should continue to provide concessionary access on a pay and play basis to assist in removing cost as a barrier to participation. Ensure local residents are aware of the outdoor tennis courts provided by other providers

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APPENDIX 6 PPG 17 Individual Sports Report

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1.8 The analysis does not take into account population projections and participation increases.

2.0 Current Provision

Quantity

2.1 There are currently two Golf Courses within the District, one operated by the Local Authority and one private club with pay and play access. There is also one driving range within the District. These are detailed in the table below including the one driving Range within the District.

Facility Type : Golf

Facility Sub Type: Driving Range

Site Name Ward Number of

Holes / Bays

Access Type

Ownership Type

SOUTH POPLARS GOLF

CENTRE Norton Canes Ward

19 Pay and Play

Commercial


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Facility Type : Golf

Facility Sub Type: Standard

Site Name Ward Number of

Holes / Bays

Access Type

Ownership Type

BEAU DESERT GOLF

CLUB Hednesford North Ward

18 Pay and Play

Sports Club

CANNOCK PARK GOLF COURSE

Cannock West Ward

18 Pay and Play

Local Authority

2.2 Places where Golf takes place within Cannock Chase or near by are

identified on the below map and are within ten miles of Cannock Chase WS11 and they have been categorised under three headings;


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2.3 The map below identifies the type of Golf Course, Private/Municipal18 hole, Private/Municipal 9 Hole, Par and driving range.


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Key Findings

• There are a total of 27 Golf Facilities within ten miles of WS11, of which 23 (85%) are pay and play

• There are 15 Private 18 Hole Courses, 6 Municipal 18 Holes Courses, 3 Private 9 Hole Courses, 2 Municipal 9 Hole Courses and 13 Driving Ranges

2.4 The below table shows Cannock Chase compared to the Office of

National Statistics (ONS) identified similar Local Authorities. It compares the number of Golf Courses as well as the number of Driving Ranges. Cannock Chase is ranked with having the fewest Golf Courses and Driving Ranges within the District boundaries.

Facility Type : Golf Course

Facility Sub Type :

Local Authority Population Number of Golf Courses

Cannock Chase District 92,146 2

Local Authorities Considered by ONS to be Similar: Ashfield District 111,374 4

North West Leicestershire District

85,511 3

Erewash District 110,117 7

Facility Type : Golf Course

Facility Sub Type : Driving Range

Local Authority Population Number of Golf Courses

Cannock Chase District 92,146 1

Local Authorities Considered by ONS to be Similar: Ashfield District 111,374 2

North West Leicestershire District

85,511 1

Erewash District 110,117 2

3.0 Accessibility 3.1 The issue of accessibility to a Golf Course from anywhere within the

District is addressed more readily by the tool below Travel Time to Facility.


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3.2 This is a strategic planning tool which measures Accessibility across the Borough as a whole. It also takes into account facilities which are beyond the Borough’s boundary. It takes perspective of potential facility users by representing them at the centre of their output area. Each output area is signified by a triangle coloured according to how close or far away this output area is from the nearest facility, the third nearest facility or an average of all three (depending which option has been chosen). This ranges from light blue triangles which are the output areas with shortest travel time to red triangles which are furthest away.

3.3 In Cannock Chase District there are 298 Output Areas (OA’s) in the

District. Each output area has about 300 people so each OA represents about 0.3% of the population. Clearly not all of these people will be interested in using a particular facility type. This Tool measuring strategic accessibility relates to the population as a whole.


3.62 - 5.272 59

5.273 - 6.924 82

6.925 - 8.576 95

8.577 - 10.228 55

10.229 - 11.88 7


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3.4 The above table and map represents the travel time by car from OA’s to a Golf Course. It identifies that all residents can access a facility within 12 minutes by Car from within the District.

3.5 The map below and table show the travel time by Walking to a Golf

Course from an OA. Circa 10% of the district residents (9,000) are able to access a Golf Course within 15 minutes walk with circa 63% (58,880) taking 33 minutes and the whole District can access a Golf Course by Walking within 53 minutes.


3.72 - 13.596 30

13.5961 - 23.472 97

23.4721 - 33.348 69

33.3481 - 43.224 70

43.2241 - 53.1 32

3.6 The Cannock Park Golf Course that is operated by the Council is operated

on a pay and play basis with a concessionary fee scheme. This allows customers who are on means tested benefits, over 60’s and students to have 50% discount.


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3.7 The location of the Course is set within Cannock in the south west of the District and is within reasonable walking distance to the District largest urban area.

4.0 Sub-regional perspective 4.1 The key points of information from the sub-regional strategy are

summarised below:

• The provision for Golf across Staffordshire is above both the regional and national averages, for ‘standard’ courses, Par 3 courses and for Golf Driving ranges; except for provisions of Golf in Stoke-on-Trent

• A standard per 1,000 population is not appropriate, both because of the variation across the County area, and because of the importing from other areas.

• The strategy did not include any Cannock Chase specific recommendations for Golf.

5.0 Local Standards 5.1 Due to the strategic nature of Golf Courses it is not considered appropriate

to set local standards. 5.0 Policy Implications 5.1 100% of the district can access a pay and play Golf Course by car within

10 minutes of driving. 5.2 Although Cannock Chase has fewer Golf Courses than its ONS

Neighbours, there are sufficient opportunities to access cross border provision for Cannock Chase residents.

5.3 Current demand appears to be being accommodated by the current

provision and it is unlikely that future demand will result in the need for new facilities being provided by the Council.

5.4 In consideration of the lack of Golf Courses and Driving Range’s within the

District, the Council should protect existing provision from development. 5.5 Support the work of clubs to promote the take up of Golf with children and

young people. 5.6 All Golf courses should be safe and secure facilities, through a continued

programme of upgrading and installing perimeter safety fencing, where appropriate.


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5.7 Safeguard the quality of Cannock Park Golf Course through the

management and monitoring of the grounds maintenance contract.

Documents

APPENDIX 2 15 October 09 Synthetic Turf Pitches · Background to Synthetic Turf Pitch Runs This analysis has been undertaken to look at the current need for Synthetic Turf Pitches