Sports Pitches
Playing Pitch Audit
An audit of the borough's playing pitches is to be carried out to develop appropriate standards and prioritise the development of sport and sports facilities over the next 10 years.
The audit comes hot on the heels of the borough's Parks and Green Spaces Strategy which is currently being implemented. The Playing Pitch Audit is a specific recommendation of this strategy.
We are also looking to review its leisure provision in a move towards producing a wider leisure related strategy, so a comprehensive audit and assessment of playing pitch provision is integral to such an emerging strategy and will help to prioritise future facilities and their uses.
Consultants Ploszajski Lynch have been appointed to conduct the audit and assessment of all playing pitches including public, private, education, natural turf and synthetic surfaces and their associated facilities like pavilions, changing accommodation, toilets and showers.
The consultants will be looking at pitches used for football, rugby, cricket, hockey, Gaelic football, hurling, bowls, tennis and golf.
As well as making site visits to all pitches the consultants will be carrying out a postal survey of all local clubs and pitch providers, speaking to Council officers, local clubs and Club Forums and consulting local sports councils, National Playing Fields Association, County Playing Fields Association and other key stakeholders.
If you have any queries about the project please contact the lead consultant, Jim Lynch, by email on info@plcleisureconsulting.co.uk or on 01277 232 171.
Playing Pitch Strategy Update - May 2005
We are pleased to announce that the initial draft document was completed on time in March 2005. That draft was circulated internally for initial comment and consultation. Specific consultations will take place (or have already taken place) with relevant interest groups. The first draft has now been amended and is now available below for open consultation.
Your comments on the documents (and particularly the recommendations) are very important to us. Please use the comments form below to let us know what you think? For example:
- Do the findings reflect your understanding of the state and quality of pitches in the borough?
- Have we covered all the issues relating to pitch/pavilion management and maintenance?
- Are there reasons (other than the ones in the draft documents) as to why you don't/can not use the pitches/changing rooms in the borough?
- What are your views on the recommendations?
Please note: This consultation closed on 11 July 2005.
Playing Pitch Audit comment form|
Playing Pitch and Outdoor Sports Facilities Strategy 2005-2010 (Final Draft) - April 2005 
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