Playing Pitch Strategy 2022
Rushcliffe Playing Pitch Strategy 2022
Mid-Point Review and Action Plan Update 2022
Contents
How the Playing Pitch Strategy has been applied and the lessons learnt?
Are there any new or emerging issues and opportunities?
Housing Growth Scenarios – Update
- Bingham Analysis Area
- Cotgrave and Radcliffe on Trent Analysis Area
- East Leake Analysis Area
- Keyworth Analysis Area
- West Bridgford and Ruddington Analysis Area
Introduction
This document follows a review of the Rushcliffe Playing Pitch Strategy (PPS) which was first published in October 2017 and reviewed in 2019. The strategy identifies the need for a review of the document within 3 years of it first being published, then every 2-3 years thereafter, this is because:
‘The nature of the supply and in particular the demand for playing pitches will likely to have changed over the three years. This should also help to ensure that the original supply and demand information is no more than two years old without being reviewed’ (Rushcliffe Playing Pitch Strategy – Strategy and Action Plan, October 2017, Page 92)
The strategy also identifies the review should contain the following elements:
- How the delivery of the recommendations and action plan has progressed and any changes required to the priority afforded to each action (e.g. the priority of some may increase following the delivery of others)
- How the PPS has been applied and the lessons learnt
- Any changes to particularly important sites and/or clubs in the area (e.g. the most used or high quality sites for a particular sport) and other supply and demand information, what this may mean for the overall assessment work and the key findings and issues
- Any development of a specific sport or particular format of a sport
- Any new or emerging issues and opportunities
This review has been necessary to ensure the delivery of the strategy’s recommendations and actions has taken place, and to identify any new developments that may change key priorities.
The review will not undertake a technical quality assessment of playing pitches but will seek advice and guidance from the National Governing Bodies of Sport (NGB’s), sports clubs/organisations and schools.
The strategy will be updated again within 3 years of the 2022 review.
Methodology
For the purpose of the strategy, the Borough is split into five distinct areas (termed analysis areas) with an action plan for each one, they are:
- Bingham
- Cotgrave and Radcliffe on Trent
- East Leake
- Keyworth
- West Bridgford and Ruddington
To ensure the review is consistent with the 2017 and 2019 versions, it was decided the best approach was to update the action plans using the same format and analysis areas.
Consultation with the following NGB’s has been sought to understand completed developments, new developments that have been identified as a priority and any new recommendations:
- Rugby Football Union (RFU)
- Nottinghamshire Football Association
- Nottinghamshire County Cricket Board/England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB)
- England Hockey
- England Athletics
- England Netball Bowls
- England Lawn Tennis Association (LTA)
In addition, this review has used The FA owned Rushcliffe Local Football Facility Plan (LFFP), published in June 2019, to identify and highlight the priorities for football capital investment across the borough. A review of this strategy will take place in early 2023.
As part of the Leisure Strategy consultation, sports clubs and organisations, including Town and Parish Councils, identified in the Playing Pitch Strategy action plan were contacted to help identify any changes to their site over the past three years. They were sent a questionnaire, with a link to the relevant action plan, requesting an update on the current status and recommended actions.
Seven local secondary schools were also contacted and asked to complete a questionnaire on the status of their facilities, three of those schools responded.
How the Playing Pitch Strategy has been applied and the lessons learnt?
Rushcliffe’s Playing Pitch Strategy has been used by Rushcliffe Borough Council, Sport England and the NGB’s to determine the demand and priorities for facility developments. This has helped shape projects in the borough and supported funding applications.
Linking with the Council’s Planning Officers has been important in making connections to the strategy with provision of new playing pitches and ancillary facilities, and identifying what, if any, developer contributions/Section 106 funding have been required in supporting any approved planning applications.
Are there any new or emerging issues and opportunities?
Undertaking this review has allowed information on emerging issues and opportunities to be gathered, and by updating the action plan, highlights the changing priorities for the borough. The key issues and opportunities this presents are:
- Due to a significant increase in housing growth applications, the document and action plan is becoming increasingly important to inform planning policy.
- Hockey across the borough needs to address security of tenure issues to ensure the long-term sustainability at existing grounds in order to protect the future of the sport in Rushcliffe.
- The security of tenure needs to be addressed at Regatta Way Sports ground to ensure the long-term sustainability of the football and cricket clubs that use the site as a home venue.
- Whilst demand for netball in Rushcliffe can be met, England Netball stated their priority for facilities in the borough is The Nottingham Emmanuel School.
- An opportunity to develop the in-field of the athletics track in Bingham, which is currently a condemned AGP, for field events/60 metre running track in consultation with Toot Hill School, England Athletics and Rushcliffe Athletics Club.
- Section 106 contributions and Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) implementation provides an opportunity to support priority projects across the borough.
- The FA owned Rushcliffe Local Football Facility Plan (LFFP) has presented the opportunity to align both strategies and source funding through the FA and Football Foundation to deliver priority football developments over the next few years.
- Housing developments at Fairham Pastures may present opportunities to link with sports clubs based in Clifton and surrounding areas. These developments should consider supply and demand identified in Nottingham City Council’s Playing Pitch Strategy, published in 2018, giving accessibility to users in both authorities.
- The ECB has identified a shortfall of the provision of cricket nets (indoor) across the borough.
Housing Growth Scenarios – Update
The following provides an update on population forecasts and club consultation to 2028 (in line with the Local Plan) which is used to provide an estimate of demand for sports pitches.
The 2017 strategy identifies two scenarios to show the demand for sports pitches generated from projected housing growth. The indicative figures are still based on the assumption that population growth will average 2.3 people per dwelling as based on average household size contained within the 2011 census.
- Scenario One: Likely demand generated for pitch sports from housing growth requirement over the remainder of the Local Plan period (April 2012 up to March 2028). This is based on the updated development assumptions during the remainder of the plan period.
- Scenario Two: Likely demand generated for pitch sports from housing growth over the period 2022-2028 based upon the updated assumptions contained within Local Plan Part Two Housing Trajectory (September 2019): Appendix B, page 160.
Scenario 1: Likely demand generated for pitch sports from housing growth requirement over the Local Plan period (2028)
The latest Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) housing trajectory identifies that there will be approximately 7,122 dwellings delivered in the district from 2022 to 2028. This is a slight decrease from the number stated in the 2017 Playing Pitch Strategy due to incorporating the reflection in population projections.
As of 31 March 2022, 5,597 have been built which equates to 42.6 % (Core Strategy identified 13,150 new homes to be delivered by 2028.)
The table below shows a likely breakdown of where new dwellings will be developed from April 2022 up to 2028.
| Location | Number of New Dwellings |
|---|---|
| Bingham | - |
| Land North of Bingham Strategic Allocation | 766 |
| Strategic Allocation at Former RAF Newton | 504 |
| Elsewhere in the Bingham sub-area | 410 |
| Cotgrave and Radcliffe on Trent on Trent | - |
| Cotgrave and Radcliffe on Trent on Trent sub-area | 1,000 |
| East Leake | - |
| Assumption for other development across the area | 650 |
| Keyworth | - |
| Keyworth sub-area | 640 |
| West Bridgford and Ruddington | - |
| Melton Road, Edwalton | 772 |
| Elsewhere in the West Bridgford and Ruddington sub-area | 1,300 |
| Strategic Allocation South of Clifton | 992 |
| Sustainable Urban Extensions without planning permission | - |
| Strategic Allocation East of Gamston/North of Tollerton | 88 |
| Total | 7,122 |
The table below shows the current participation figures in Rushcliffe and the difference from three years ago. (December 2022).
Rugby Teams
| Gender/Age Group | Number of Teams (2019) | Number of Teams (2022) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men (19-45 years) | 12 | 9 | -3 |
| Women (19-45 years) | 1 | 2 | +1 |
| Boys (13-18 years) | 11 | 17 | +6 |
| Girls (13-18 years) | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Mixed (7-12 years) | 19 | 21 | +2 |
Cricket Teams Including Women’s Softball
| Gender/Age Group | Number of Teams (2019) | Number of Teams (2022) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men (18-55 years) | 69 | 86 | +17 |
| Women (18-55 years) | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Boys (7-18 years) | 54 | 69 | +15 |
| Girls (7-18 years) | 9 | 10 | +1 |
| Gender/Age Group | Number of Teams (2019) | Number of Teams (2022) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men 11 v 11 (18-45 years) | 53 | 44 | -11 |
| Women 11 v 11 (18-45 years) | 2 | 4 | +2 |
| Boys 11 v 11 (12-17 years) | 95 | 136* | +41 |
| Girls 11 v 11 (12-17 years) | 19 | 25 | +6 |
| Boys 9 v 9 (10-11 years) | 52 | 67* | +15 |
| Girls 9 v 9 (10-11 years) | 10 | 15 | +5 |
| Mixed 7 v 7 (8-9 years) | 60 | 70 | +10 |
| Mixed 5 v 5 (6-7 years) | 41 | 54 | +13 |
Hockey Teams
| Gender/Age Group | Number of Teams (2019) | Number of Teams (2022) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men (17-55 years) | 21 | 19 | -2 |
| Women (17-55 years) | 16 | 13 | -3 |
| Mixed (17-55 years) | N/A | 1 | +1 |
| Masters (35+ years) | N/A | 8 | +8 |
| Boys (14-16 years) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Girls (14-16 years) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
If all estimated demand for access to natural grass pitches created by population growth in Rushcliffe were to be accommodated on new natural turf pitches, then 41.17 natural turf pitches would need to be provided. Some of this demand is likely to be provided on site as part of larger development sites. However, the Playing Pitch Strategy indicates that some demand can be accommodated on existing sites through investment to grow capacity or by improving pitch quality and in appropriate circumstances extending existing facilities. In addition, for some sports, even on a larger development, the most appropriate solution is to improve an existing site rather than create a new site.
Scenario 2: Likely demand generated for pitch sports from housing growth over the next five years (2022-2027)
It is estimated that approximately 5,900 dwellings will be built during this period.
Strategic Allocations without Planning Permission
In 2017, the Playing Pitch Strategy identified two large strategic allocations contained within the adopted Local Plan Part 1, Rushcliffe Core Strategy – South of Clifton and East of Gamston/North of Tollerton. In May 2019, outline planning permission was secured for 3,000 new dwellings on land South of Clifton. This is to include playing pitch provision of 87,480sqm and will include sports changing facilities with 8 changing rooms and associated officials changing and storage. The Borough Council has received matters applications for 3 phases of residential development. An outline planning application is currently under consideration for part of the East of Gamston/North of Tollerton allocation.
Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)
The Council adopted CIL in October 2019 to obtain contributions to priority sites, or pooling S106 contributions from major housing schemes to invest in priority sites. In either case, the preceding Action Plan and future consultation with NGBs should inform the playing fields that most require investment. There are two forms of CIL, Strategic CIL and Neighbourhood CIL.
Strategic CIL is a set proportion of funds allocated to a Borough-wide strategic pot. These funds will support the development of the borough as a whole and will support the development of projects highlighted as a priority for the Council through various strategies. Strategic CIL is solely for use towards key items of infrastructure, as identified in the Council’s CIL delivery programme.
Neighbourhood CIL is a set proportion of funds which are specifically identified for use in the areas where they have been collected, rather than being added to the Borough-wide strategic pot. Such funds are automatically passed to the Parish Council for those areas which have them or are otherwise retained by the Borough Council to be spent in consultation with the local community. Neighbourhood CIL funding can be spend on a much broader range of schemes than Strategic CIL and is not limited to just infrastructure projects.
Impact of Covid-19
In March 2020, the country went into lockdown due to the global pandemic Covid-19, and the government issued guidance on social distancing which limited people to outdoor exercise once a day.
In April 2021 Sport England published the first findings for the impact of Covid-19 on sport and physical activity. It revealed that ….
‘The majority of physically active adults in England managed to maintain their habits despite the challenges of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. However, the first eight months of coronavirus restrictions, as well as the storms that had a huge impact on outdoor activity in early 2020, also led to a worrying increase in the number of people who were inactive – doing less than 30 minutes of activity a week or nothing at all’ (Sport England, 29th April 2021. The impact of coronavirus on activity levels revealed, accessed 1 November 2022, The impact of coronavirus on activity levels revealed | Sport England).
The same report stated…
- Nationally, the number of ACTIVE adults fell by 1.9% or 710,000 compared to 12 months earlier
- Nationally, the number of INACTIVE adults rose by 2.6% or 1.2 million compared to 12 months earlier
- Nationally, the number of ACTIVE children and young people fell by 2.3% with just over 100,000 fewer children meeting the recommended level of activity compared to the same period 12 months earlier.
With the closure of gyms, stadiums, pools, dance and fitness studios, the number of people walking, running, cycling and doing at home fitness increased, limiting the negative impact on overall activity levels.
How it affected the Playing Pitch Strategy
In March 2020 when the pandemic began, all facilities and venues closed, and any active developments highlighted in the Playing Pitch Strategy were put on hold, resulting in work being delayed on many new facility improvements.
As restrictions started to lift, developments continued to experience delays due to the demand of materials increasing, the war in the Ukraine and Brexit, as many materials were being imported from abroad. And as NGB’s moved through the different steps of their ‘Return to Play’ guidance, some sports clubs were faced with facility access issues.
Restrictions on facilities and how operators had to use them put pressure on the space that was available, and some sports returned before others depending on whether they were played outdoors or indoors.
Cost of Living Crisis
A recent survey by London Sport showed the rising cost of living is limiting people’s ability to take part in sport and physical activity with 27% of people across the UK reporting that they are less active, and 33% are now discouraged from using their local leisure facilities, due to the associated costs. (London 2012 Games Legacy Report, July 2022)
An increase in running costs such as the cost of chemicals to keep swimming pools in operation, and fertiliser to treat grass pitches will have a huge impact on leisure facilities and sports clubs running their own facilities and as evidenced above, by the reduced number of people accessing their facilities and services. This brings challenges to look at how energy costs can be reduced, how they can be prioritised in clubhouse refurbishments and how the fabric of buildings can be improved.
Covid-19 and the current cost of living crisis has highlighted the importance of creating more opportunities for residents to enjoy the boroughs outdoor parks and open spaces to improve their mental and physical wellbeing, and that these opportunities are free at the point of entry.
Inclusion and Disability
Rushcliffe Borough Council recognises the importance of ensuring playing pitches and the buildings associated with them are accessible for everyone to enjoy. The Playing Pitch Strategy reflects this and states it is in place to help ‘address issues of accessibility, quality and management with regard to facility provision’.
Facility providers must consider how to address the needs of all residents, including those with a disability and their carers, and must include the location of facilities, accessibility, and provision of ancillary facilities such as toilets and changing places. These are conditions that are highlighted in guidance from Sport England and the NGB’s when considering planning applications to ensure all new developments have appropriate facilities in place that are accessible to all.
Action Plans
Site Hierarchy Tier
This review document has adopted the same tiered model approach identified in the 2017 Playing Pitch Strategy, and the review in 2019, to identify the hierarchy of priorities to the management and improvement of sites listed in the action plans. This approach is useful as it will allow for facility developments to be prioritised and programmed within a phased approach for the improvement of playing pitch sites and associated facilities.
| Hub Sites | Key Sites | Local Sites | Reserve Sites |
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| Strategically located. Priority sites for NGB. |
Strategically located within the Analysis Area. |
Services the local community. Likely to include education sites. |
Services the local community. |
| Accommodates three or more good quality grass pitches. Including provision of at least one AGP. Potential for development as a Parklife football hub. |
Accommodates two or more good quality grass pitches. |
Accommodates more than one pitch. |
Likely to be single-pitch site. |
| Single or multi-sport provision. Could also operate as a central venue. |
Single or multi-sport provision. Could also operate as a central venue. |
Single or multi-sport provision |
Supports informal demand and/ or training etc. |
| Maintenance regime aligns with NGB guidelines. |
Maintenance regime aligns with NGB guidelines. |
Standard maintenance regime either by the club or in-house maintenance contract. |
Basic level of maintenance i.e. grass cutting. |
| Good quality ancillary facility on site, with sufficient changing rooms and car parking to serve the number of pitches. |
Good quality ancillary facility on site, with sufficient changing rooms and car parking to serve the number of pitches. |
Appropriate access changing to accommodate both senior and junior use concurrently (if required). |
No requirement for access changing to accommodation. |
Action plan columns - Partners
The column indicating Partners refers to the main organisation that the Council will liaise with in helping to deliver the actions. The next stage in the development of the action plan will be to agree a Lead Partner to help deliver the actions.
Priority Level
Although Strategic Sites are mostly likely to have a high priority level as they have Borough wide importance, high priority sites have been identified on the basis of the impact that the site will have on addressing the key issues identified in the assessment and therefore some Key Centres are also identified as having a high priority level. It is these projects/sites which should generally be addressed within the short term (1-2 years).
As a guide, it is recommended that:
Key centres are a medium priority and have Analysis Area importance and have been identified on the basis of the impact that the site will have on addressing the issues identified in the assessment.
Low priority sites are club or education sites with local specific importance and have been identified on a site by site basis as issues appertaining to individual sites but that may also contribute to addressing the issues identified in the assessment.
The strategic actions have also been ranked as low, medium or high based on cost. The brackets in which these sit are:
- Low (L)- less than £50k
- Medium (M) - £50k-£250k
- High (H) - £250k and above
These are based on Sport England’s estimated facility costs.
The action plan has been created to be delivered over a ten-year period. The information within the Assessment Report, Strategy and Action Plan will require updating as developments occur. The timescales relate to delivery times and are not priority based. Timescales are recommended within the following three categories:
- Short (S) – 1 to 2 years
- Medium (M) - 3 to 5 years
- Long (L) - 6+ years
Aim
Each action seeks to meet at least one of the three aims of the Strategy; Enhance, Provide, Protect.
The following action plans provide an update for the playing pitches located in Rushcliffe. They include information on pitch and facility improvements that have taken place in the past two years as well as recommendations for improvements in the future.
Bingham Analysis Area
Current and future provision
| Sport | Analysis Area | Current Picture | Future Picture (2028) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Football (grass pitches) | Bingham |
Demand can presently be met. |
Shortfalls: One youth 9v9 match equivalent session per week. |
| Football (full sized 3G pitches) | Bingham | Shortfall of one full sized, floodlit 3G pitch within or accessible to the Area. |
Shortfall of one full sized, floodlit 3G pitch within or accessible to the Area. |
| Rugby Union | Bingham | Demand can presently be met. | Shortfall of 0.5 senior match equivalent sessions per week. |
| Cricket | Bingham | Demand can presently be met. | Demand can be met on the basis that actual spare capacity located at Butts Field, Sheldon Field or The Green can be accessed for clubs wishing to field new senior Saturday or Sunday teams. Otherwise demand cannot be met. |
| Hockey (sand/water AGPs) | Bingham | Demand can presently be met. | Demand can be met. |
| Tennis | Bingham | Demand can be met at all sites with the exception of East Bridgford Tennis Club (Butts Field). | Expected shortfalls at East Bridgford TC (Butts Field). |
| Bowls | Bingham | Demand can presently be met. | Future demand can be met. |
| Netball | Bingham | Demand can be met Borough wide. | Demand can be met Borough wide. |
| Touch | Bingham | No current demand. | No anticipated future demand. |
| Skateparks | Bingham | Demand to access skateparks can be met. Qualitative improvements needed at East Bridgford Skate Park and Cropwell Bishop Skatepark. |
Future demand anticipated able to be met Borough wide. Qualitative improvements required. |
| Athletics | Rushcliffe | Demand able to be met Borough wide. Qualitative improvements required. |
Future demand anticipated able to be met Borough wide. Qualitative improvements required. |
Bingham Area Action Plan
Key
| Site ID | Site | Sport | Management | Current Status | Recommended Actions | Lead Partners | Site Hierarchy Tier | Priority | Timescales | Cost | Aim |
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| 3 | Aslockton and Orston Football Club, Spa Lane, Orston, NG13 9PL |
Football | Sports Club | An Adult and youth 9v9 pitch rated as standard quality each with an actual spare capacity of 0.5 match sessions. | Sustain pitch quality through continued standard and regularity of maintenance. (Identified as a priority project in the 2019 FA Local Football Facility Plan). |
Sports Club, FA | Local Site | Medium | L | L |
Protect Enhance |
| 4 | Aslockton Tennis Club, Main Street, NG13 9AL |
Tennis | Sports Club | Two floodlit macadam courts rated as standard quality. Installation of LED lighting to improve playing experience and efficiency. | Ensure quality of courts is sustained for current and future use. | Sports Club, LTA | Local Site | Medium | L | L |
Protect |
| 5 | Bingham Bowling Club, The Dovecote, Bingham, NG13 8AH |
Bowls | Sports Club | One bowling green rated as standard quality. The green is identified as being overplayed by a total of 18 members and future demand expressed by the Club exacerbates the level of overplay. |
Ensure the quality of the green is sustained as a minimum and improved when possible through a more regular, and improved maintenance regime to prevent quality deterioration from overplay. |
Sports Club | Local Site | Medium | M | L |
Protect Enhance |
| 6 | Bingham Leisure Centre/Toot Hill School, The Banks, Bingham, NG13 8BL |
Hockey | Lex Leisure via joint use agreement |
Floodlit 92mx55m hockey suitable AGP resurfaced in 2016. Good quality, available for community use and used by South Nottingham Floodlit 92mx55m AGP currently unsuitable for |
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Protect Enhance Provide |
| 6 | Bingham Leisure Centre/Toot Hill School, The Banks, Bingham, NG13 8BL |
Tennis | School Sports Club |
10 macadam courts, three of which, are floodlit, rated as standard quality and are only available for the school and Bingham Tennis Club. Four are without floodlights, rated as poor quality and are available for community use. The remaining three are condemned and not used by the school or the public. Bingham Tennis Club are ClubSpark and deliver Tennis for Free. |
Ensure quality of standard quality courts are sustained and improved when possible for both current and future use from Bingham Tennis Club and Toot Hill School. Explore potential opportunities to improve quality of remaining 4 courts through resurfacing and the installation of floodlights. |
School, LTA, England Netball |
Hub Site | High | L | L |
Protect Enhance Provide |
| 6 | Bingham Leisure Centre/Toot Hill School, The Banks, Bingham, NG13 8BL |
Netball | School Sports Club |
10 courts overmarked on tennis courts, 3 of which are floodlit. The 3 floodlit courts have been resurfaced and are of standard quality, 4 courts are of standard quality and have been re-marked and 3 courts have been condemned. | Explore potential opportunities to improve quality of remaining 4 courts through resurfacing and the installation of floodlights. | School, England Netball |
Hub Site | Low | L | M |
Protect Enhance Provide |
| 6 | Bingham Leisure Centre/Toot Hill School, The Banks, Bingham, NG13 8BL |
Athletics | Lex Leisure via joint use agreement |
An eight-lane, 400m synthetic athletics track which was refurbished in August 2019 including long jump run ups, shot put landing area and steeplechase jump area (drainage). Throwing facilities situated elsewhere on neighbouring playing fields, these are limited in use. The cage has been condemned due to poor condition and the javelin run up is in need of re-surfacing. The track received TrackMark accreditation 2021 in four main units – Unit 1 Track; Unit 2 Field; Unit 3 Ancillary; Unit 4 Operations. Home to the only dedicated multi-discipline athletics club in Rushcliffe (Rushcliffe Athletics Club). |
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| 6 | Bingham Leisure Centre/Toot Hill School, The Banks, Bingham, NG13 8BL |
Football | Lex Leisure via joint use agreement |
Three standard quality adult pitches only available during the football season for community use and only for training. |
Sustain and improve pitch quality for school and community (available for community use during the football season only) use through more regular maintenance and remedial work. |
School FA |
N/A | Low | L | L |
N/A |
| 6 | Bingham Leisure Centre/Toot Hill School, The Banks, Bingham, NG13 8BL |
Rugby Union | School | Two poor quality (M0/D1) senior pitches unavailable for community use. | Sustain and improve pitch quality for school use through more regular maintenance and remedial work. | School RFU |
N/A | Low | L | L |
N/A |
| 9 | Butt Field Sports Club, Bingham, Moorbridge Road East, Bingham, NG13 8GG |
Football | Town Council owned Sports Club managed |
Three adult pitches, one youth 9v9, two youth 7v7 and two 5v5 pitches, all rated as good quality and confirmed a being played to maximum capacity by The Grounds Management Association (GMA). Current users are Bingham Town FC with two men’s adult teams; one women’s team; one men’s disability adult team; 25 boys teams; 12 girls teams. There is currently a large waiting list for boys football. Basis of site is the development of affiliated football, women & girls football. Grass pitches have been improved and is now part of the FA’s Grass Pitch Maintenance Programme. |
Develop and deliver an additional full sized 3G pitch onsite to address 3G pitch shortfalls for
Explore the opportunity to purchase additional land to create additional grass pitches to help |
Sports Club Town Council FA |
Local Site | High | S | L |
Protect Enhance |
| 9 | Butt Field Sports Club, Bingham, Moorbridge Road East, Bingham, NG13 8GG |
Cricket | Town Council owned Sports Club managed |
A standard quality natural grass cricket square with nine wickets. The pitch is overplayed by 10 match equivalent sessions per season (and 27 match sessions per season when considering future demand). Club user Bingham CC has four senior Saturday teams using facilities at Barrowby (Lincs) and Bottesford (Leics) to complete fixtures. The Club continue to aspire to develop an additional grass cricket square on site and NTP fixed nets. |
Sustain square quality through continued maintenance, remedial and preparatory regime. Explore the feasibility of acquiring more land to create an additional square to accommodate future growth aspirations. Explore opportunities to accommodate future growth aspirations on squares which are |
Sports Club Town Council ECB |
Local Site | High | M | L/M |
Protect Enhance |
| 10 | Butts Field, College Street, East Bridgford, NG13 8LE |
Football | Parish Council | One adult pitch overmarked with a youth 9v9 rated as standard quality. Pitch has no spare capacity. One mini 7v7 pitch rated as standard quality, has spare capacity of 0.5 match sessions per week. |
Sustain and improve pitch quality through more regular enhanced maintenance and remedial work to better sustain overmarking. | Parish Council Sports Club FA |
Local site | Medium | M | L |
Protect Enhance |
| 10 | Butts Field, College Street, East Bridgford, NG13 8LE |
Cricket | Parish Council | An average quality natural grass cricket square with eight wickets. The pitch has actual spare capacity both midweek and on Sundays equating to 17 match sessions per season. There is no additional capacity on Saturdays. The club trialled junior cricket in Summer 2022 so there is potential for future growth midweek and at weekends. |
Maximise use. Sustain square quality through continued maintenance, remedial and preparatory regime. |
Parish Council ECB |
Local site | Low | S | L |
Protect Enhance |
| 10 | Butts Field, College Street, East Bridgford, NG13 8LE |
Tennis | Parish Council | Three macadam courts without floodlights rated as poor quality. East Bridgford Tennis Club uses the site with a membership of 144. LTA guidance suggests this is over capacity by 24 members. The pavilion has been extended to increase usage of other sports. |
Resurface courts to improve quality. Improved court quality will help, in part, to sustain Explore opportunities to install floodlights at the site to increase court capacity. |
Parish Council LTA |
Local site | High | S | M |
Protect Enhance |
| 10 | Butts Field, College Street, East Bridgford, NG13 8LE |
Bowls | Parish Council | One bowling green rated as good quality. | Sustain quality of the green through consistent, good quality maintenance. |
Parish Council | Local Site | Medium | M | L |
Protect Enhance |
| 18 | Cropwell Bishop Primary School, NG12 3BX |
Football | School | One youth 9v9 pitch rated as standard quality unavailable for community use. | Sustain and improve pitch quality for school use, through better and more regular maintenance and remedial work. | School FA |
Local Site | Low | L | L | Protect |
| 24 | Flintham Cricket Club, Inholms Road, Flintham, NG23 5LF |
Cricket | Sports Club | Average quality natural grass cricket square with ten wickets. Since 2019, the club now have a second team and junior cricket resulting in no spare capacity on a Saturday and an increase of midweek usage. There is some capacity midweek and every Sunday all day. Since 2017 drainage has been installed. Since 2019 a digital scoreboard has been purchased and NTP nets installed. |
Sustain square quality through continued maintenance, remedial and preparatory regime.
Explore opportunities to extend the outfield. |
Sports Club ECB |
Local Site | Medium | M | L | Protect |
| 46 | Orston Primary School, Church Street, NG13 9NS |
Football | School | One youth 9v9 pitch rated as standard quality not available for community use. | Sustain and improve pitch quality for school use, through better and more regular maintenance and remedial work. | School FA |
Local Site | Low | L | L | Protect |
| 64 | The Sheldon Field Cropwell Butler, NG12 3AB |
Football | Parish Council | Two adult pitches rated as standard quality. Pitches cumulatively have actual spare capacity of 1.5 match sessions per week. |
Sustain and improve pitch quality through more regular enhanced maintenance and remedial work. | Parish Council FA |
Local Site | Medium | M | L |
Protect Enhance |
| 64 | The Sheldon Field Cropwell Butler, NG12 3AB |
Cricket | Parish Council | A standard quality natural grass cricket square with 5 wickets. There is spare capacity all day on a Saturday however, it is unlikely to be available for other users. There is no capacity on a Sunday. |
Sustain square quality through continued maintenance, remedial and preparatory regime. | Parish Council ECB |
Local Site | Low | M | L |
Protect Enhance |
| 78 | Whatton Sports Ground, Dark Lane, Whatton in the Vale, NG13 9FE |
Football | Playing Fields Trust |
One adult pitch rated as standard quality and has an actual spare capacity of one match session per week. One mini 7v7 pitch rated as standard quality has an actual spare capacity of one match session. |
Sustain and improve pitch quality for current use, through better and more regular maintenance and remedial work. | Trust FA |
Local Site | Medium | M | L |
Protect Enhance |
| 78 | Whatton Sports Ground, Dark Lane, Whatton in the Vale, NG13 9FE |
Cricket | Playing Fields Trust |
A standard quality grass square with 10 wickets. Since 2017 the club have re-introduced a second team resulting in no capacity on Saturdays with occasional capacity on Sundays for additional matches. The pavilion has been completely refurbished to a high standard. |
Sustain square quality through continued
Explore options to refurbish facilities as needed.
Explore options to refurbish facilities as needed. |
Trust ECB FA |
Local Site | Low | L | M |
Protect Enhance |
| 83 | Bingham RFC, Brendon Grove, Bingham, NG13 8TN |
Rugby Union | Sports Club | One senior pitch rated as poor quality (M1/D3). Pitch is maintained to a basic level by Bingham Town Council. Small training area which is of an overall poor quality. Clubhouse is outdated and of an overall poor quality. Club has recently seen significant growth in the mini age groups. Floodlights have been installed which has helped alleviate some capacity issues mid-week. |
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| 86 | Robert Miles Junior School, Market Place, Bingham, NG13 8AP |
Football | School | One mini 7v7 pitch rated as standard quality not available for community use. | Sustain and improve pitch quality for school use, through better and more regular maintenance and remedial work. |
School FA |
Local site | Low | L | L |
Protect |
| 93 | The Green, Tenman Lane, Car Colston, NG13 8JE |
Cricket | Sports Club | Used by Car Colston CC. One standard quality natural grass cricket square with 10 wickets. There is capacity all day on Saturdays and alternate capacity on Sundays. |
Sustain square quality through continued maintenance, remedial and preparatory regime. | Sports Club ECB |
Local site | Medium | M | L | Protect |
| 96 | Barnstone Bowls Club, Works Lane, Barnstone, NG13 9JT |
Bowls | Sports Club | One bowling green rated as good quality. | Sustain quality of the green through consistent, good quality maintenance. | Sports Club | Local site | Medium | M | L | Protect |
| New | East Bridgford Skate Park | Skate park | Parish Council | Poor quality skatepark. The Parish Council have plans to update the skatepark and are currently exploring funding options. | Seek to improve quality through repair and more regular maintenance work. Explore opportunities to replace provision with low-cost maintenance alternatives. |
Parish Council | Local site | Low | S-M | L |
Protect Enhance |
| New | Barnstone Skate Park, Works Lane, Barnstone, NG13 9JJ |
Skate park | Parish Council | Standard quality skatepark. The Parish Council have been approached by some young adult users regarding an extension of provision. | Sustain and maintain. Explore opportunities to extend provision with consultation with users. |
Parish Council | Local site | Low | S-M | L |
Protect Enhance |
| New | Cropwell Bishop Skate Park, Nottingham Road, Cropwell Bishop |
Skate park | Parish Council | Poor quality skatepark. | Seek to improve quality through repair and more regular maintenance work. Explore opportunities to replace provision with low-cost maintenance alternatives. |
Parish Council | Local site | Low | S-M | L |
Protect Enhance |
| New | Royal Airforce Newton |
To be confirmed | To be confirmed | Reserved Matters approval granted for 528 dwellings (Redrow Homes) in July 2020 including the 2.3 ha of playing field land secured as part of the outline permission. |
Determine management and maintenance model for new playing field provision and determine optimal sporting pitch type based on demand from the new community, given the site is not considered easily accessible or local to existing demand requiring additional capacity. | Borough Council | Local site | Low | M-L | M | Provide |
Cotgrave and Radcliffe on Trent on Trent Analysis Area
Current and future provision
| Sport | Analysis Area | Current Picture | Future Picture (2028) |
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| Football (grass pitches) | Cotgrave & Radcliffe on Trent |
Shortfalls: 0.5 youth 9v9 match equivalent sessions per week. |
Shortfalls: One youth 11v11 match equivalent session per week. One youth 9v9 match equivalent session per week. One mini 7v7 match One mini 5v5 match equivalent session per week. |
| Football (full sized 3G pitches) | Cotgrave & Radcliffe on Trent | Demand is able to be met. | Demand is able to be met. |
| Rugby Union | Cotgrave & Radcliffe on Trent | Demand is able to be met. | Demand is able to be met. |
| Cricket | Cotgrave & Radcliffe on Trent | Demand is able to be met. | Demand is able to be met. |
| Hockey (sand/water AGPs) | Cotgrave & Radcliffe on Trent | Demand is able to be met. | Demand is able to be met. |
| Tennis | Cotgrave & Radcliffe on Trent | Demand is able to be met. | Demand is able to be met. |
| Bowls | Cotgrave & Radcliffe on Trent | Demand is able to be met. | Demand is able to be met. |
| Netball | Cotgrave & Radcliffe on Trent | Demand can be met Borough wide. | Demand can be met Borough wide. |
| Touch | Cotgrave & Radcliffe on Trent | Demand is able to be met. | Demand is able to be met. |
| Skateparks | Cotgrave & Radcliffe on Trent | Demand to access skateparks is able to be met. | Demand to access skateparks is able to be met. |
| Athletics | Rushcliffe | Demand met Borough wide. Qualitative improvements required. |
Future demand anticipated to be met Borough wide. |
Cotgrave & Radcliffe on Trent Area Action Plan
Key
| Site ID | Site | Sport | Management | Current Status | Recommended Actions | Lead Partners | Site Hierarchy Tier | Priority | Timescales | Cost | Aim |
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| 7 | Bingham Road Playing Fields, Bingham Road Radcliffe on Trent, NG12 2AX |
Football | Sports Club | An adult and a youth 11v11 pitch which are both standard quality and contain no spare capacity. Site also contains a youth 9v9 pitch overmarked by a mini 7v7 pitch which is overplayed by 0.5 match sessions per week. This site is leased from Redhill Academy. |
Sustain and improve pitch quality for 6 pitches in current use, through better and more regular maintenance and remedial work. (Identified as a priority project in Explore potential funding opportunities for changing room improvements (Identified as a priority project in the 2019 FA Local Football Facility Plan). |
Sports Club FA |
Local site | High | M | L | Enhance |
| 17 | Cotgrave Leisure Centre, Woodview, NG12 3PJ |
Football | Commercial | One adult pitch rated as standard quality available with 4 regular teams playing and a strong partnership with Cotgrave FC where a wide range of junior teams use the pitches on Saturdays, Sundays. |
Sustain and improve pitch quality in current use, through better and more regular maintenance and remedial work. Explore opportunity for additional football pitches on open space that is currently used for dog walking (Maddison Park). |
Commercial Cotgrave Town |
Local site | Medium | M | L | Protect Enhance |
| 48 | Radcliffe On Trent Junior School, Cropwell Road, NG12 2FS | Cricket | School | One standard quality NTP. Wicket is unavailable for community use. | Ensure the quality of the wicket is sustained and that adequate funds are available to resurface the wicket in the future. |
School ECB |
Local site | Low | L | L | Protect |
| 49 | Radcliffe-On-Trent Cricket Club, Nottingham Road, NG12 2DU |
Cricket | Sports Club | Two good quality natural grass cricket squares, one square has 14 wickets and one has 8 wickets. The 14 wicket square has a capacity rating of 30, the eight wicket square has a capacity rating of 12. No capacity on Saturdays with good capacity on Sundays. Currently 4 teams playing on site including Midlands CC. |
Sustain square quality through continued maintenance, remedial and preparatory regime. | Sports Club ECB |
Local site | Medium | M | L | Protect |
| 50 | Radcliffe-On-Trent Bowling Club, Glebe Road, NG12 2FR |
Bowls | Sports Club | One bowling green rated as good quality. | Sustain quality of the green through consistent, good quality maintenance. | Sports Club | Local site | Low | L | L | Protect |
| 53 | Arthur Ridley Sports Ground, Colliers Way, Cotgrave, NG12 3HA (Cotgrave Colts) |
Football | Parish Council | Two poor quality adult pitches. One pitch is overmarked by a youth 9v9 and one is overmarked by two mini 7v7 pitches. Each pitch is overplayed one match session each. Current users are Cotgrave Colts with 16 teams. FA Pitch Assessment undertaken in April 2019. Clubhouse upgrade in 2021. |
Sustain and improve pitch quality through more regular enhanced maintenance and remedial work. (Identified as a priority project in the 2019 FA Local Football Facility Explore potential funding opportunities for changing room improvements (Identified |
Parish Council | Local site | High | S | L | Protect Enhance |
| 57 | South Nottingham Academy and Sixth Form, Cropwell Road, Radcliffe on Trent, NG12 2FQ |
3G pitch | Education/ Commercial |
104mx60m floodlit 3G pitch available for community use built in 2007 and resurfaced in 2022. FA certified and rated as good quality. |
Ensure the pitch is maintained to sufficient quality to maintain certification and encourage the provider to ensure a mechanism for sustainability. | School | Key site | High | S-M | H | Protect Enhance |
| 72 | Upper Saxondale Tennis Club, Serpentine Close, Saxondale, NG12 2NS |
Tennis | Sports Club | Three macadam courts without floodlights rated as good quality and available for community use. |
Ensure quality of courts is sustained for both current and future use. | Sports Club | Local site | Low | L | L | Protect |
| 72 | Upper Saxondale Tennis Club, Serpentine Close, Saxondale, NG12 2NS |
Bowls | Sports Club | One bowling green rated as standard quality. | Sustain quality of the green through consistent, good quality maintenance. | Sports Club | Local site | Low | L | L | Protect |
| 77 | Wharf Lane Recreation Radcliffe on Trent, NG12 2AN |
Football | Parish Council |
One adult pitch rated as standard quality. Match pitch for Radcliffe Olympic FC. Pitch meets requirements for Step 6 football. Poor quality changing facilities. |
Sustain and improve pitch quality for current use, through better and more regular maintenance and remedial work. Support Radcliffe Olympic FC with meeting FA grounding regulations if it aspires to gain promotion. Radcliffe-on-Trent Parish Council have expressed the desire to upgrade the pavilion to include changing rooms on this site. |
Parish Council FA |
Local site | Medium | M | L | Protect Enhance |
| 80 | Woodview Ground (Miners Welfare), Woodview, Cotgrave, NG12 3PJ |
Football | Community Organisation |
Two adult pitches rated as standard quality. Pitches have a cumulative spare capacity of one match session per week. The site also contains two mini 5v5 pitches rated as standard quality which have a cumulative actual spare capacity of one match session per week. |
Sustain and improve pitch quality for current use, through better and more regular maintenance and remedial work. | Community Organisation FA |
Key site | Medium | M | L | Protect Enhance |
| 80 | Woodview Ground (Miners Welfare), Woodview, Cotgrave, NG12 3PJ |
Bowls | Sports Club | Cotgrave Bowling Club has ceased operation and the site no longer has two bowling greens. One green has been transformed into a Community Garden, and the other is being used informally for football sessions. |
Explore opportunities to re-purpose the second green in line with the Local Football Facilities Plan. Remove bowls for site 80 in this strategy. |
Sports Club | Key site | High | S | L | Protect Enhance |
| 80 | Woodview Ground (Miners Welfare), Woodview, Cotgrave, NG12 3PJ |
Cricket | Community Organisation |
A poor-quality grass cricket square with six wickets. Site now unused since Cotgrave CC folded mid 2016-2017 season. All Stars cricket is no longer played on site and therefore there is no cricket use on site. |
Sustain community based project to utilise the site. | Community Organisation FA |
Key site | Low | S | L | Protect Enhance |
| 91 | Kinoulton Primary School, NG12 3EN | Football | Education | One youth 9v9 pitch rated as standard quality available with no recorded community use. | Sustain and improve pitch quality for school use, through better and more regular maintenance and remedial work. | School FA |
Local site | Low | L | L | Protect |
| 92 | Candleby Lane Primary School, Cotgrave, NG12 3JG |
Football | Education | One mini 7v7 pitch rated as standard quality not available for community use. | Sustain and improve pitch quality for school use, through better and more regular maintenance and remedial work. | School FA |
Local site | Low | L | L | Protect |
| New | Radcliffe-On-Trent Skate Park, NG12 2AN |
Skate Park | Parish Council | High quality skate park, complete replacement of facility in Spring 2020 with concrete skatepark |
Sustain and maintain new skatepark through regular maintenance. | Parish Council Skatepark User Group |
Local site | High | S-M | M | Protect |
East Leake Analysis Area
Current and future provision
| Sport | Analysis Area | Current Picture | Future Picture (2028) |
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| Football (grass pitches) | East Leake | Demand is able to be met. | Demand is able to be met. |
| Football (full sized 3G pitches) | East Leake | Demand is able to be met. | Demand is able to be met. |
| Rugby Union | East Leake | Demand is able to be met. | Demand is able to be met. |
| Cricket | East Leake | Demand is able to be met. | Demand is able to be met. |
| Hockey (sand/water AGPs) | East Leake | Demand is able to be met. | Demand is able to be met. |
| Tennis | East Leake | Demand is able to be met. | Demand is able to be met. |
| Bowls | East Leake | Demand is able to be met. | Demand is able to be met. |
| Netball | East Leake | Demand is able to be met Borough wide. | Demand is able to be met Borough wide. |
| Touch | East Leake | Demand is able to be met. | Demand is able to be met. |
| Skateparks | East Leake | Demand to access skateparks is able to be met. Qualitative improvements took place November 2018 at East Leake Skate Park. |
Demand to access skateparks is able to be met. |
| Athletics | Rushcliffe | Demand is able to be met Borough wide. Qualitative improvements required. |
Future demand anticipated is able to be met Borough wide. |
East Leake Action Area Plan
| Site ID | Site | Sport | Management | Current Status | Recommended Actions | Lead Partners | Site Hierarchy Tier | Priority | Timescales | Cost | Aim |
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| 15 | Costock Road Playing Fields, East Leake, LE12 6LY | Football | Charity Organisation |
An adult and youth 9v9 pitch rated as standard quality. Adult pitch played to capacity, youth 9v9 pitch has actual spare capacity of one match session per week. Pitch Improvement Programme carried out in Summer 2019. New pavilion with changing facilities including 2 function rooms, bar and catering facilities opened in November 2022. |
Sustain and improve pitch quality for current use, through better and more regular maintenance and remedial work. (Identified Implement the pitch improvement programme recommendations. |
Community Organisation, FA |
Key site | High | M | L | Protect Enhance |
| 16 | Costock Road Playing Fields, East Leake, LE12 6LY | Cricket | Charity Organisation (East Leake Playing Fields Charity) |
East Leake CC play on site with 1 team playing on Saturdays. Ellerslie CC also use the facility on Saturdays – no capacity on Saturdays. There is full capacity on Sundays. |
Explore opportunities for East Leake CC to grow and develop, increasing opportunity to play cricket on site. | Charity Organisation, ECB |
Key site | Low | L | L | Protect |
| 16 | Costock Road Playing Fields, East Leake, LE12 6LY | Rugby Union | Charity Organisation (East Leake Playing Fields Charity) |
One senior pitch rated as standard quality (M1/D1). East Leake RFC reformed in 2021 with plans to join the league in 2023/24. Potential for an additional team in the future as the club grows. |
Sustain pitch through continued regular maintenance to accommodate current and future usage. |
Charity Organisation, RFU |
Key site | Low | L | L | Protect |
| 20 | East Leake Bowling Club, Gotham Road, East Leake, LE12 6JG |
Bowls | Sports Club | One bowling green rated as good quality. | Sustain quality of the green through consistent, good quality maintenance. | Sports Club | Local site | Medium | M | L | Protect |
| 21 | East Leake Leisure Centre/ East Leake Academy, Lantern Lane, East Leake, LE12 6QN |
Football | Commercial School |
One adult 11v11 and one 9v9 pitch all standard quality. Available for community use and used by East Leake Bantams, East Leake Robins and Sutton Bonington FC. |
Sustain quality of all pitches through continued regular maintenance to accommodate both current and future use. | Commercial, School, FA |
Local site | Low | M | L | Protect Enhance Provide |
| 21 | East Leake Leisure Centre/ East Leake Academy, Lantern Lane, East Leake, LE12 6QN |
3G | Commercial School |
One full sized 3G pitch marked out for 11v11, 9v9 and 7v7 football. Available for community use and is regularly used for matches and training. |
Sustain and maintain quality of the pitch to accommodate future use. |
Commercial, |
Local site | Low | M | L | Protect Enhance Provide |
| 21 | East Leake Leisure Centre/ East Leake Academy, Lantern Lane, East Leake, LE12 6QN |
Tennis | Commercial School |
Eight macadam courts rated as poor quality. Courts only receive curricular use. Four are over marked by netball courts. |
Explore funding opportunities to resurface courts to improve overall quality for curricular use. Resurfacing courts will also improve quality of poor quality netball courts. |
Commercial, School, LTA |
Local site | Medium | M | M | Protect Enhance Provide |
| 21 | East Leake Leisure Centre/ East Leake Academy, Lantern Lane, East Leake, LE12 6QN |
Netball | Commercial School |
Three poor quality netball courts over marked on tennis courts, used by Thistle Netball Club. | Explore funding opportunities to resurface courts to improve overall quality for curricular use. Resurfacing courts will also improve quality of poor quality netball courts. |
Commercial, School, LTA |
Local site | Medium | M | M | Protect Enhance Provide |
| 21 | East Leake Leisure Centre/ East Leake Academy, Lantern Lane, East Leake, LE12 6QN |
Cricket | Commercial School |
Four outdoor cricket nets and an artificial wicket. Available for community use during the cricket season. |
Sustain and maintain quality of the pitch to accommodate future use. | Commercial, School, ECB |
Local site | Medium | M | M | Protect Enhance Provide |
| 21 | East Leake Leisure Centre/ East Leake Academy, Lantern Lane, East Leake, LE12 6QN |
Athletics | Commercial School |
A 400 metre, 8 lane grass running track and a 200 metre running track, both marked out during the summer term only. Available for community use. | Explore opportunities to look at developing athletics facilities. | Commercial, School |
Local site | Medium | M | M | Protect Enhance Provide |
| 26 | Gotham Village Hall Recreation Ground, Nottingham Road, Gotham, NG11 0HE |
Football | Gotham Memorial Hall/Recreation Ground Trust (GMHRT) |
Two standard quality adult pitches which have spare capacity of 1.5 match sessions per week. One standard quality mini 7v7 pitch which has actual spare capacity of one match session per week. Two standard quality youth 9v9 pitches which have an actual spare capacity of two match sessions per week. |
Sustain quality of all pitches through continued regular maintenance to accommodate both current and future use. | GMHRT, Parish Council, FA |
Local site | Medium | M | L | Protect Enhance |
| 26 | Gotham Village Hall Recreation Ground, Nottingham Road, Gotham, NG11 0HE |
Cricket | Gotham Memorial Hall/Recreation Ground Trust (GMHRT) |
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| 26 | Gotham Village Hall Recreation Ground, Nottingham Road, Gotham, NG11 0HE |
Tennis | Gotham Memorial Hall/Recreation Ground Trust (GMHRT) |
Three poor quality floodlit artificial turf courts. Home base of Gotham LTC. | Explore funding opportunities to resurface courts to improve overall quality for both tennis and netball. | GMHRT, Parish Council, GSAC, LTA |
Local site | Medium | M | M | Protect Enhance |
| 26 | Gotham Village Hall Recreation Ground, Nottingham Road, Gotham, NG11 0HE |
Netball | Gotham Memorial Hall/Recreation Ground Trust (GMHRT) |
Two non-floodlit courts rated as poor quality. | Ensure a sinking fund is in place to resurface courts. | GMHRT, GSAC, Parish Council, England Netball |
Local site | Medium | M | L | Protect Enhance |
| 26 | Gotham Village Hall Recreation Ground, Nottingham Road, Gotham, NG11 0HE |
Bowls | Gotham Memorial Hall/Recreation Ground Trust (GMHRT) |
One bowling green rated as good quality. | Sustain quality of the green through consistent, good quality maintenance. | GMHRT, Parish Council |
Local site | Medium | M | L | Protect Enhance |
| 58 | Sutton Bonington Playing Fields, Main Street, Sutton Bonington, LE12 5PE |
Football | Parish Council | One standard quality adult pitch. Pitch has 0.5 match sessions of actual spare capacity per week. Site also contains an unused, standard quality mini 7v7 pitch. Planning permission has been granted for the development of changing facilities. |
Sustain quality of all pitches through continued regular maintenance to accommodate both current and future use. | Parish Council, FA |
Local site | Medium | M | L | Protect |
| 58 | Sutton Bonington Playing Fields, Main Street, Sutton Bonington, LE12 5PE |
Cricket | Parish Council | Standard quality natural grass cricket square with 11 wickets. The club is keen to lease from 2023. |
Explore opportunities for pitch improvements. |
Sports Club, ECB |
Local site | Medium | M | L | Protect |
| 60 | Sutton Bonington Tennis & Bowls Club, Marle Pit Hill, Sutton Bonington, LE12 5PG |
Bowls | Sports Club | One bowling green rated as standard quality. | Sustain quality of the green through consistent, good quality maintenance. | Sports Club | Local site | Medium | M | L | Protect Enhance |
| 60 | Sutton Bonington Tennis & Bowls Club, Marle Pit Hill, Sutton Bonington, LE12 5PG |
Tennis | Sports Club | Four floodlit macadam courts. Two courts are good quality, two are poor quality. |
Ensure that the quality of poor quality courts does not deteriorate to an extent where they are unusable. Look to improve quality of courts through resurfacing. Ensure a sinking fund is in place to resurface courts in the future. |
Sports Club | Local site | Medium | M | L | Protect Enhance |
| 66 | Thrumpton Cricket Club, Church Lane, NG11 0AX |
Cricket | Sports Club | One standard quality grass cricket square with six grass wickets and an NTP. Square is identified as being overplayed by a total of nine matches per season. No capacity on a Saturday, alternate Sunday capacity is available. Improvements to the pavilion and changing rooms have been completed. Two farm gates have been incorporated to the boundary making the site more accessible. |
Sustain square quality through regular maintenance. Explore opportunities to develop the pavilion further. Greater use of the NTP accompanying the grass wicket square is required to negate |
Sports Club, ECB |
Local site | Medium | M | L | Protect Enhance |
| 69 | University of Nottingham (Sutton Bonington Sports Centre), College Road, Sutton Bonington, LE12 5RB |
Football | University | One adult pitch rated as standard quality not available for community use. |
Sustain and improve pitch quality for University use, through better and more regular maintenance and remedial work. Explore opportunities for community use. |
University, FA |
Local site | Medium | L | L | Protect |
| 69 | University of Nottingham (Sutton Bonington Sports Centre), College Road, Sutton Bonington, LE12 5RB |
AGP | University | 3G pitch which has passed testing for FA 3G turf pitch register. | Sustain and maintain through regular maintenance. | University | Local site | Low | L | L | Protect |
| 69 | University of Nottingham (Sutton Bonington Sports Centre), College Road, Sutton Bonington, LE12 5RB |
Rugby Union | University | A standard quality (M1/D1) senior pitch used exclusively by the University of Nottingham. |
Ensure quality of the pitch is sustained for use from the University. Explore opportunities for community use. |
University, RFU |
Local site | Medium | L | L | Protect |
| 69 | University of Nottingham (Sutton Bonington Sports Centre), College Road, Sutton Bonington, LE12 5RB |
Tennis | University | Two standard quality macadam courts. | Sustain and maintain through regular maintenance. | University | Local site | Low | L | L | Protect |
| 89 | Brookside Primary School, School Green, East Leake, LE12 6LG |
Football | School | One standard quality youth 9v9 pitch not available for community use. | Sustain and improve pitch quality for school use, through better and more regular maintenance and remedial work. | School, FA |
Local site | Low | L | L | Protect |
| 95 | Willoughby-On-The Wolds Bowls Club, Main Street, LE12 6SY |
Bowls | Sports Club | One bowling green rated as standard quality. Membership has increased significantly. The ancillary pavilion is rated as poor quality. |
Sustain quality of the green through consistent, good quality maintenance. Explore opportunities to develop the clubhouse to meet growing demand. |
Parish Council | Local site | Medium | M | L | Protect |
| New | East Leake Skatepark | Skate park | Parish Council | Skatepark replaced in 2018 with concrete provision. | Sustain and maintain through regular maintenance. | Parish Council | Local site | Low | S-M | L | Protect |
| New | Land South of Clifton | N/A | N/A |
Planning permission has been secured for 3000 new dwellings. It will include playing pitch provision of 87,480sqm and will include Several applications for residential development also submitted for consideration (phase 3 by Countryside) and |
Develop new onsite playing provision and establish a sustainable maintenance and management model for the new playing field provision and determine optimal sporting pitch type based on demand from the new community. |
Council | N/A | Low | L | H | Provide |
Keyworth Analysis Area
Current and future provision
| Sport | Analysis Area | Current Picture | Future Picture (2028) |
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| Football (grass pitches) | Keyworth | Demand is able to be met. | Demand is able to be met. |
| Football (full sized 3G pitches) | Keyworth | Demand is able to be met. | Demand is able to be met. |
| Rugby Union | Keyworth | Demand is able to be met. | |
| Cricket | Keyworth | ||
| Hockey (sand/water AGPs) | Keyworth | Demand is able to be met. | Demand is able to be met Borough wide. |
| Tennis | Keyworth | Demand is able to be met. | Demand is able to be met. |
| Bowls | Keyworth | Current demand is able to be met. | Future demand is able to be met. |
| Netball | Keyworth | Demand is able to be met Borough wide. | Demand is able to be met Borough wide. |
| Touch | Keyworth | Demand is able to be met. | Demand is able to be met. |
| Skateparks | Keyworth | Demand to access skateparks is able to be met. | Demand to access skateparks is able to be met. |
| Athletics | Rushcliffe | Demand is able to be met Borough wide. Qualitative improvements required. |
Future demand anticipated is able to be met Borough wide. |
Keyworth Action Plan
Key
| Site ID | Site | Sport | Management | Current Status | Recommended Actions | Lead Partners | Site Hierarchy Tier | Priority | Timescales | Cost | Aim |
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| 8 | Bunny C of E Primary School, Church Street, Bunny, NG11 6QW |
Football | School | One youth 9v9 pitch rated as standard quality not available for community use. | Sustain and improve pitch quality for school use, through better and more regular maintenance and remedial work. | School, FA |
Local site | Low | L | L | Protect |
| 13 | Colston Bassett Cricket Club, Washpit Lane, Colston Bassett, NG12 3FS |
Cricket | Sports Club | A standard quality natural grass square with eight wickets. No capacity on Saturdays due to Keyworth CC utilising the site and spare capacity on alternate Sundays. Purchased training nets in 2018. |
Sustain square quality through continued maintenance, remedial and preparatory regime. | Sports Club, ECB |
Local site | Low | M | L | Protect |
| 14 | Costock C of E Primary School, Main Street, LE12 6XD |
Football | School | One youth 9v9 pitch rated as standard quality not available for community use. | Sustain and improve pitch quality for school use, through better and more regular maintenance and remedial work. | School, FA |
Local site | Low | L | L | Protect |
| 30 | Keyworth Bowling Club, Elm Avenue, Keyworth, NG12 5AN |
Bowls | Sports Club | One bowling green rated as standard quality. | Sustain quality of the green through consistent, good quality maintenance. | Parish Council | Local site | Medium | M | L | Protect |
| 31 | Keyworth & District Lawn Tennis Club, Elm Avenue, Keyworth, NG12 5AN |
Tennis | Sports Club | Four floodlit macadam courts, 2 standard quality which were re-painted in 2022 and 2 excellent quality due to being resurfaced in October 2018. |
Ensure quality of courts are sustained for current and future use. Ensure a sinking fund is in place for the replacement of courts in the future to protect court quality. |
Sports Club, LTA |
Local site | Medium | L | L | Protect |
| 34 | Normanton Playing Fields, Platt Lane Keyworth, NG12 5GE |
Football | Sports Club | Five standard quality adult pitches of which two are overmarked by youth 9v9 pitches, two standard quality mini 7v7 and 5v5 pitches. FA Pitch Improvement Programme assessment undertaken December 2015. A full sized 3G pitch was installed in 2020 to help address shortfall. |
Improve grass pitch quality through more regular enhanced maintenance and remedial work as detailed within the produced technical programme of works. (Identified as a priority project in the 2019 FA Local Explore the opportunity to upgrade the sewer system to serve the ground. |
Sports Club, FA |
Key site | Medium | M | L | Protect Enhance Provide |
| 34 | Normanton Playing Fields, Platt Lane Keyworth, NG12 5GE |
Cricket | Sports Club |
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| 35 | Keyworth Primary and Nursery School, Nottingham Road, Keyworth, NG12 5FB |
Football | School | One mini 7v7 pitch rated as standard quality not available for community use. | Sustain and improve pitch quality for school use, through better and more regular maintenance and remedial work. | School, FA |
Local site | Low | L | L | Protect |
| 36 | Kinoulton Cricket Club, Hickling Lane, Kinoulton, NG12 3ED |
Cricket | Keyworth | A standard quality natural grass square with nine wickets and an accompanying NTP. No capacity on Saturdays, capacity available on alternate Sundays. Sewer tank work has been completed. Entrance and car park also renovated to account for improved provision of juniors and women. |
Sustain square quality through continued maintenance, remedial and preparatory regime. | Sports Club, ECB |
Local site | High | M | L | Protect |
| 38 | Langar C of E Primary School, Barnstone Road, NG13 9HH |
Football | School | One mini 7v7 pitch rated as standard quality not available for community use. | Sustain and improve pitch quality for school use, through better and more regular maintenance and remedial work. | School, FA |
Local site | Low | L | L | Protect Enhance Provide |
| 65 | The South Wolds Academy & Sixth Form, Church Drive, Keyworth, NG12 5FF |
Football | School | One youth 9v9 pitch rated as poor quality not available for community use. | Pitch requires improved maintenance and remedial work during academic closures to improve quality. |
School, FA |
Local site | Low | M | L | Protect Enhance Provide |
| 65 | The South Wolds Academy & Sixth Form, Church Drive, Keyworth, NG12 5FF |
3G | School | One artificial pitch which is available for community use. | Sustain and maintain community usage. | School, FA |
Local site | High | S | L | Protect Enhance Provide |
| 65 | The South Wolds Academy & Sixth Form, Church Drive, Keyworth, NG12 5FF |
Tennis | School | Four macadam courts without floodlights rated as standard quality. Courts not available for community use. |
Ensure quality of courts are sustained for current and future use. Ensure funding is in place for the |
School, |
Local site | Low | M | L | Protect Enhance Provide |
| 65 | The South Wolds Academy & Sixth Form, Church Drive, Keyworth, NG12 5FF |
Rugby Union | School | One poor quality (M0/D0) senior rugby union pitch, unavailable for community use. | Pitch requires improved maintenance and remedial work during academic closures to improve quality. |
School, |
Local site | Low | M | L | Protect Enhance Provide |
| 70 | Upper Broughton Cricket Club, LE14 3BB |
Cricket | Sports Club | A good quality natural grass square with eight wickets. Minimal spare capacity which cannot accommodate additional play. | Sustain square quality through continued maintenance, remedial and preparatory regime. |
Sports Club, |
Local site | Low | M | L | Protect |
| 71 | Upper Broughton Youth and Social Club, LE14 | Tennis | Sports Club | Two poor quality artificial surface courts with floodlights (installed in 2018). Home venue of Upper Broughton TC which is deemed as being 53 members over capacity. | Explore funding opportunities to resurface courts to increase quality. | Sports Club, LTA |
Local site | High | M | M | Protect Enhance |
| 79 | Willow Brook Primary School, Keyworth, NG12 5BB |
Cricket | School | One standard quality NTP. Wicket is unavailable for community use. | Ensure the quality of the wicket is sustained and that adequate funds are available to resurface the wicket in the future. | School, ECB |
Local site | Low | M | H | Protect |
| 84 | Keyworth RFC, Willoughby Road, Widmerpool, NG12 5PU |
Rugby Union | Sports Club | Two standard quality (M1/D1) senior rugby union pitches. Main pitch is fully floodlit, the other is partially floodlit. |
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| 87 | Crossdale Drive Primary School, Keyworth, NG12 5HP |
Football | School | One youth 9v9 pitch rated as standard quality not available for community use. | Sustain and improve pitch quality for school use, through better and more regular maintenance and remedial work. | School, FA |
Local site | Low | L | L | Protect |
| 94 | Bridegate Lane, Hickling, LE14 |
Cricket | Sports Club | A standard quality natural grass cricket square with eight wickets. Hickling CC folded in 2021 and as a result this site has had no cricket play since and no maintenance. NCCC have tried several times to contact the landowner, with no avail. Potential loss of site for cricket. |
Sustain square quality through continued maintenance, remedial and preparatory regime. Explore opportunities to keep this site available for cricket. |
Sports Club, ECB |
Local site | Low | M | L | Protect |
| New | Keyworth (Platt Lane) Skate Park |
Skate park | Parish Council | High quality skate park, complete replacement of facility in April 2022 with concrete skatepark. |
Sustain and maintain new skatepark through regular maintenance. | Parish Council | Local site | Low | S-M | H | Protect Enhance |
West Bridgford and Ruddington Analysis Area
Current and future provision
| Sport | Analysis Area | Current Picture | Future Picture (2028) |
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| Football (grass pitches) | West Bridgford and Ruddington | Shortfalls: 5.5 adult match equivalent sessions per week. |
Shortfalls: 3.5 youth 11v11 match equivalent session per week. |
| Football (full sized 3G pitches) | West Bridgford and Ruddington | Shortfall of two full sized, floodlit 3G pitches within or accessible to the Area. |
Shortfall of three full sized, floodlit 3G pitches within or accessible to the Area. |
| Rugby Union | West Bridgford and Ruddington | Shortfall of nine match equivalent sessions per week. |
Shortfall of 11 match equivalent sessions per week. |
| Cricket | West Bridgford and Ruddington | Current shortfall of 34 match sessions on a Saturday and Sunday. | Future shortfall of 118 match sessions per season on a Saturday and 42 match sessions on a Sunday. |
| Hockey (sand/water AGPs) | West Bridgford and Ruddington | Shortfall of 3.5 match sessions per week. |
Shortfall of 3.5 match equivalent sessions per week. Increasing to 13 match equivalent sessions per week if the AGP at West |
| Tennis | West Bridgford and Ruddington | Demand is able to be met. | West Bridgford Tennis Club will require additional court space if future demand aspirations are realised. |
| Bowls | West Bridgford and Ruddington | Shortfall of one flat bowling green. | Shortfall of one flat bowling green. |
| Netball | West Bridgford and Ruddington | Demand is able to be met Borough wide |
Demand is able to be met Borough wide |
| Touch | West Bridgford and Ruddington | Demand is able to be met. | Demand is able to be met. |
| Skateparks | West Bridgford and Ruddington | Demand to access skateparks is able to be met. | Demand to access skateparks is able to be met. |
| Athletics | Rushcliffe | Demand is able to be met Borough wide. Qualitative improvements required. |
Future demand anticipated is able to be met Borough wide. |
West Bridgford and Ruddington Area Action Plan
Key
| Site ID | Site | Sport | Management | Current Status | Recommended Actions | Lead Partners | Site Hierarchy Tier | Priority | Timescales | Cost | Aim |
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| 1 | Alford Road Playing Field, West Bridgford, NG12 4AU |
Football | Borough Council |
Three poor quality adult pitches overplayed by 3.5 match equivalent sessions per week and two poor quality mini 7v7 pitches. |
Improve quality of all pitches on site through better and more regular maintenance and remedial work to reduce overplay and shortfalls in the Analysis Area. (Identified as a priority project in the 2019 FA Local Football Facility Plan). |
Council, FA |
Local site | High | s | L | Protect Enhance |
| 1 | Alford Road Playing Field, West Bridgford, NG12 4AU |
Rugby Union | Borough Council |
One senior pitch rated as poor quality (M0/D1). | Sustain and ensure quality is improved through an increased maintenance regime. | Council, RFU |
Local site | High | S | L | Protect Enhance |
| 11 | Bridgford Park, West Bridgford, NG2 5GF |
Tennis | Borough Council |
Two medium quality macadam courts which are not floodlit. |
Explore future options for the courts. | Borough Council, LTA |
Local site | Low | M | M | Protect Enhance |
| 19 | David Lloyd, Rugby Road, West Bridgford, NG2 7HX |
Tennis | Commercial | Five artificial turf courts rated as good quality of which three are floodlit. | Ensure quality of the courts is sustained for private use. | Commercial, LTA |
Local site | Low | L | L | Protect |
| 23 | Ellerslie Cricket Club, Little Bounds, West Bridgford, NG2 7QA |
Cricket | Sports Club | A standard quality natural grass square with 10 wickets and an NTP. The pitch is overplayed by 25 match equivalent sessions per season. Installed newly acquired practice nets in 2019. Increase to the height of the ball strike netting from 9 metres to 12 metres, due to take place in February 2023. |
As a priority, improve quality of the cricket square through increased remedial and preparatory work to mitigate overplay. Greater utilisation of the NTP will reduce shortfalls on main square. Improve pavilion to include additional changing rooms and an accessible toilet. |
Sports Club | Local site | High | S | L | Protect Enhance |
| 27 | Gresham Sports Park, Gresham Park Road, West Bridgford, NG2 7YF |
Football and Touch | Five good quality adult pitches which have minimal spare capacity and a mini 7v7 good quality pitch. Pitches underwent improvements in 2021 to help resolve drainage issues. Pitches are over marked with touch pitches in the summer for use by Nottingham Touch and Nottingham Touch Leagues. |
Sustain pitch quality through continued and better standard and regularity of maintenance and remedial works. | Council, FA |
Hub site | Medium | S | L | Protect | |
| 27 | Gresham Sports Park, Gresham Park Road, West Bridgford, NG2 7YF |
3G pitch Football and Touch | Following developments in 2021, the site now has two excellent quality, full-sized 3G pitches with floodlighting. Nottingham Touch Leagues report insufficient capacity for touch during the winter months and unmet demand, with the league unable to grow and accept these new teams due to a lack of pitch space. |
Sustain and maintain quality of the pitch to accommodate future use. Seek to secure additional capacity where possible to facilitate growth of the |
Council, FA |
Hub site | Low |
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Protect Enhance |
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| 29 | Jubilee Playing Field, Loughborough Road, Ruddington, NG11 6NX |
Football | Four standard quality youth pitches -11v11, 9v9, 7v7 and 5v5. Spare capacity on 11v11 pitch. | Explore funding to improve quality of pitches for both current and future use (Identified as a priority project in the 2019 FA Local Football Facility Plan). |
Parish Council, FA |
Local site | High | M | L | Protect | |
| 37 | Nottinghamshire Sports Club, Holme Road, West Bridgford, NG2 5AA |
Rugby Union | Sports Club | One floodlit senior pitch rated as good quality (M2/D1). First team pitch for professional club Nottingham Rugby Ltd. Three good quality senior pitches (M2/D1) of which two are floodlit, cumulatively overplayed by 6.5 match sessions per week, largely due to daily training demand from Nottingham Rugby Ltd. Site also used by Nottingham Corsairs RFC and Nottingham Trent University. Nottingham Rugby Ltd has aspirations to develop a World Rugby compliant 3G pitch in place of the main senior natural turf pitch which presently exists. Changing and clubhouse provision reported to be inadequate and congested when site is in use by multiple sports clubs playing home matches. The disused tennis courts are being used for overflow parking on site. |
Clubs (Nottingham Rugby and Nottingham Corsairs RFC) onsite to continue exploring the feasibility of delivering a World Rugby compliant 3G pitch in replacement of the current main natural turf pitch to help meet some of the overcapacity pitch Ensure pitch quality and standards of maintenance and remedial work are sustained to best accommodate current Consider feasibility to extend and improve quality of clubhouse and |
Sports Club,
Sports Club, |
Hub site | High | S | L | Protect Enhance |
| 37 | Nottinghamshire Sports Club, Holme Road, West Bridgford, NG2 5AA |
Hockey | Sports Club | Floodlit hockey suitable AGP 98mx61m available for community use and used. Resurfaced in 2014 and rated as good quality. Boots Hockey Club has short-term lease of the pitch until April 2024. The club have raised concerns that the lease will not be renewed. |
Ensure pitch quality is sustained through regular and rigorous maintenance. Seek to renegotiate the existing lease agreement to secure long-term future use of the site for Boots Hockey Club. Explore options for a new site servicing Boots Hockey Club to alleviate shortfalls in the analysis area. |
Sports Club, England Hockey |
Hub site |
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Protect Enhance |
| 37 | Nottinghamshire Sports Club, Holme Road, West Bridgford, NG2 5AA |
Cricket | Sports Club |
Two good quality natural turf cricket squares with 12 wickets each. Pitches used exclusively by Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club. Disused bowling green has been developed to offer additional cricket net provision. |
Sustain square quality through continued maintenance, remedial and preparatory regime. Not available for recreational cricket. |
Sports Club, ECB |
Hub site | Low | L | L | Protect Enhance |
| 38 | Lady Bay Sports & Social Club, Gertrude Road, West Bridgford, NG2 5DB |
Tennis | Sports Club | Seven standard quality macadam courts, all fully floodlit consisting of 5 full sized courts and two mini pitches. |
Ensure quality of the courts is in sustained and a sinking fund is in place for future resurfacing. | Sports Club, LTA |
Local site | Low | L | L | Protect Enhance |
| 38 | Lady Bay Sports & Social Club, Gertrude Road, West Bridgford, NG2 5DB |
Bowls | Sports Club | Disused bowling green. Former site of Lady Bay Bowling Club. Current planning application being considered to develop the bowls provision into an additional tennis court and ancillary activity. |
Convert bowls green into tennis provision due to lack of demand. | Sports Club | Local site | Medium | L | L | Protect Enhance |
| 39 | Lothian Road/ Tollerton Park, NG12 4EH | Football | Parish Council | One 11v 11 pitch rated as standard quality currently used by Tollerton FC. A 9v9 pitch is also marked out on this pitch. |
Improve quality of the pitch to accommodate future use. Explore options to enhance ancillary facilities. |
Parish Council, FA |
Local site | Low | L | L | Protect Enhance |
| 40 | Elms Park Playing Fields, Loughborough Road, Ruddington, NG11 6NX |
Football | Parish Council | Two adult pitches rated as good quality played to capacity. One mini 7v7 pitch rated as standard quality has no peak time capacity. Site user Ruddington FC has aspirations to move up the football pyramid (currently step 7) but requires floodlighting, turnstiles and seating. Fa Pitch Improvement Programme assessment undertaken October 2016. |
Sustain and improve pitch quality through more regular enhanced maintenance and remedial work as detailed in the technical Work with Ruddington FC to establish if potential ground improvements can be made |
Parish Council, Sports Club, FA |
Key site Local site |
Medium | S | M-H | Protect Provide Enhance |
| 40 | Elms Park Playing Fields, Loughborough Road, Ruddington, NG11 6NX |
Cricket | Parish Council |
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Explore feasibility of creating additional grass wickets to accommodate additional matches. Greater utilisation of the NTP accompanying the grass square would help alleviate overplay.
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Sports Club, ECB |
Key site Local site |
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Protect Provide Enhance |
| 40 | Elms Park Playing Fields, Loughborough Road, Ruddington, NG11 6NX |
Bowls | Sports Club | One bowling green rated as good quality. Green is close to capacity and will operate over capacity if future demand of ten members is achieved. | Ensure quality of the green is sustained through regular and consistent maintenance to sustain current and future levels of play. | Sports Club, | Key site Local site |
Medium | M | L | Protect |
| 41 | Musters Tennis Club, Musters Road, West Bridgford, NG2 6BE |
Tennis | Sports Club | Four artificial turf courts rated as standard quality without floodlights. | Ensure quality of the courts is sustained and a sinking fund is in place for future resurfacing. | Sports Club, LTA |
Local site | Low | L | L | Protect Enhance |
| 41 | Musters Tennis Club, Musters Road, West Bridgford, NG2 6BE |
Bowls | Sports Club | One bowling green rated as good quality. | Ensure quality of the green is sustained through regular and consistent maintenance. | Sports Club | Local site | Medium | M | L | Protect Enhance |
| 43 | Nottinghamians Rugby Club, Nottingham Cricket Club, Adbolton Lane, Holme Pierrepont, NG12 2LU |
Rugby Union | Sports Club | Two standard quality (M1/D1) senior pitches with minimal spare capacity. Pitches are primarily utilised by Nottinghamians RFC and West Bridgford RFC as a secondary venue. |
Ensure current levels of maintenance are sustained as a minimum to ensure pitch quality does not deteriorate. Increase pitch maintenance to create additional spare capacity for increasing use from West Bridgford RFC. Explore options to improve clubhouse to include a match officials changing room. |
Sports Club | Local site | Medium | M | L | Protect Enhance |
| 43 | Nottinghamians Rugby Club, Nottingham Cricket Club, Adbolton Lane, Holme Pierrepont, NG12 2LU |
Cricket | Sports Club | A standard quality natural grass cricket square with nine wickets. The pitch is utilised by West Bridgfordians CC on a Saturday and Nottingham Badshahs CC on a Sunday. |
Improve square quality through improved maintenance, remedial and preparatory regime. Increasing quality of the square will partially mitigate effects of overplay. | Sports Club | Local site | Medium | M | L | Protect Enhance |
| 44 | Nottingham Forest FC Academy |
Football | Sports Club |
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| 47 | Plumtree Cricket Club, Bradmore Lane, Plumtree, NG12 5EW |
Cricket | Sports Club |
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Sports Club, ECB |
Local site |
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Protect Provide |
| 52 | Regatta Way Sports Ground, Regatta Way, West Bridgford, NG2 5AT |
Football | Sports Club |
Three standard quality adult pitches overplayed by a total of 4.5 match sessions per week. Two standard quality youth 9v9 pitches played to capacity, six mini 7v7 and West Bridgford Colts lease agreement with the school ceases in 2032 - currently in |
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Sports Club, FA |
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Protect Enhance |
| 52 | Regatta Way Sports Ground, Regatta Way, West Bridgford, NG2 5AT |
Cricket | Sports Club | Two standard quality grass squares with nine wickets each. Gedling and Sherwood CC have developed a fourth team resulting in no capacity on a Saturday and limited capacity available on Sundays. | Sustain square quality through continued maintenance, remedial and preparatory regime. | Sports Club, ECB |
Key site | Medium | M | L | Protect Enhance |
| 56 | Rushcliffe School, Boundary Road, West Bridgford, NG2 7BW |
Football | Commercial | Five standard quality adult pitches, three 11v11, one 9v9 and one 5v5. Proposals to develop a football suitable ATP will include the loss of one existing adult football pitch. |
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School, Commercial, FA |
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| 56 | Rushcliffe School, Boundary Road, West Bridgford, NG2 7BW |
3G pitch | Commercial |
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| 56 | Rushcliffe School, Boundary Road, West Bridgford, NG2 7BW |
Tennis | School |
Seven standard quality floodlit macadam courts. Courts are available for community use but receive limited use. |
Ensure quality of the courts is in sustained and a sinking fund is in place for future resurfacing. | School, LTA |
Hub site | Low | L | L | Protect Enhance |
| 56 | Rushcliffe School, Boundary Road, West Bridgford, NG2 7BW |
Netball | School | Six floodlit courts rated as poor quality. Courts are available for community use but receive limited use. | Ensure quality of the courts is in sustained and a sinking fund is in place for future resurfacing. | School, England Netball |
Hub site | Low | L | L | Protect Enhance |
| 61 | The Becket School, Wilford Lane, West Bridgford, NG2 7QY |
Football | School | An adult, two youth 11v11, two youth 9v9 (one overmarked on an adult pitch), one mini 7v7 and two mini 5v5 all rated as standard quality. Pitches are all deemed to be at capacity through both usage from curricular use and main external site user Holy Spirit Celtic FC. |
Sustain and maintain pitch quality for both current and future use, through better and more regular maintenance and remedial work. (Identified as a priority project in the 2019 FA Local Football Facility Plan). |
School, FA | Hub site | Medium | M | L | Protect Enhance |
| 61 | The Becket School, Wilford Lane, West Bridgford, NG2 7QY |
Hockey | School | One full sized hockey suitable AGP with floodlighting. Available for community use and used by Manning HC and as a secondary venue by West Bridgford HC. Standard quality pitch built in 2009 and has approached the ten year recommended surface lifespan. Potential to be used by Boots HC should access to Nottingham Sports Club cease. |
Maintain the pitch rigorously and regularly to ensure quality for use. Consider resurfacing Encourage school to carry out England Hockey approved pitch inspection. Encourage the provider to put in place a mechanism for future sustainability. |
School, England Hockey |
Hub site | Medium | S-M | L-M | Protect Enhance |
| 61 | The Becket School, Wilford Lane, West Bridgford, NG2 7QY |
Rugby Union | School | A poor quality (M0/D1) senior pitch overmarked by a youth 9v9 football pitch. Pitch not available for community use due to Holy Spirit Celtic FC accessing overmarked youth 9v9. |
Look to improve pitch quality through improved maintenance for curricular use. | School, RFU |
Hub site | Low | L | L | Protect Enhance |
| 61 | The Becket School, Wilford Lane, West Bridgford, NG2 7QY |
Tennis | School | Six macadam courts rated as standard quality without floodlights and are available for community use. |
Ensure quality of the courts is in sustained and a sinking fund is in place for future resurfacing. | School, LTA |
Hub site | Low | L | L | Protect Enhance |
| 61 | The Becket School, Wilford Lane, West Bridgford, NG2 7QY |
Netball | School | Five non-floodlit courts rated as standard quality. | Ensure quality of the courts is in sustained and a sinking fund is in place for future resurfacing. | School, England Netball |
Hub site | Low | L | L | Protect Enhance |
| 62 | Nottingham Forest FC (The City Ground), NG2 5FJ |
Football | Sports Club | Nottingham Forest FC stadium. Plans for stadium redevelopments to UEFA compliance. | Ensure stadium is protected for professional use. | Sports Club | Key site | High | S | H | Protect |
| 63 | The Nottingham Emmanuel C of E School, Gresham Park Road, West Bridgford, NG2 7YF |
Football | School | Two adult and a youth 9v9 pitch unavailable for community use due to pitch quality. Pitches have issues with geese foul. |
Explore opportunities to increase pitch quality through removing geese from the immediate area. | School, FA |
Local site | Medium | M | L | Protect Enhance |
| 63 | The Nottingham Emmanuel C of E School, Gresham Park Road, West Bridgford, NG2 7YF |
Rugby Union | School | A poor quality (M0/D1) senior pitch primarily used for curricular use, but also as an overspill pitch my Nottingham City based Club, Nottingham Moderns RFC. Community use is available and being used by Moderns RFC. |
Explore opportunities to increase quality of the pitch through increasing levels of maintenance. | School, RFU |
Local site | Medium | M | L | Protect Enhance |
| 63 | The Nottingham Emmanuel C of E School, Gresham Park Road, West Bridgford, NG2 7YF |
Tennis | School | Six floodlit macadam courts rated as good quality and are available for community use. | Ensure quality of the courts is in sustained and a sinking fund is in place for future resurfacing. | School, LTA |
Local site | Low | L | L | Protect Enhance |
| 63 | The Nottingham Emmanuel C of E School, Gresham Park Road, West Bridgford, NG2 7YF |
Netball | School | Five floodlit courts rated as good quality. | Ensure quality of the courts is in sustained and a sinking fund is in place for future resurfacing. | School, England Netball |
Local site | Low | L | L | Protect Enhance |
| 74 | West Bridgford School, Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, NG2 7FA |
Football | School | Two standard quality youth 11v11 pitches, and a standard quality youth 9v9 pitch. Pitches are unavailable for community use, although have previously received Football Foundation funding to improve quality of pitches prior to pitches being unable to be used for community use. |
Explore opportunities to work with the school to provide community access to the pitches to alleviate shortfalls in the analysis area. |
School, FA |
Key site | Low | S | L | Protect Enhance |
| 74 | West Bridgford School, Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, NG2 7FA |
AGP Hockey | School | Full sized floodlit hockey suitable AGP, built in 2007 and rated as poor quality. Main site used by West Bridgford HC. Concerns over long-term viability of club use and cost accessibility. West Bridgford Hockey Club’s lease agreement with the school ceases in 2023. The club have received confirmation that the school have no plans to resurface the pitch. |
Consider more sustainable and secure options including a new site servicing West Bridgford Hockey Club with a minimum of 2 AGP pitches to alleviate shortfalls in the analysis area. | School, England Hockey |
Key site | High | S | H | Protect Enhance |
| 75 | West Bridgford Tennis Club, Little Bounds, West Bridgford, NG2 7QA |
Tennis | Sports Club | There are six floodlit courts, three of which are artificial turf and rated as standard quality and the remaining clay surface and rated as good quality. Demand for court time increased in 2022. |
Ensure quality of the courts is in sustained and a sinking fund is in place for future resurfacing. | Sports Club, LTA |
Local site | Low | L | L | Protect |
| 76 | West Park, Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, NG2 7JE |
Football | Borough Council Sports Club |
Five standard quality 5v5 pitches played to capacity with no peak time capacity. | Sustain and improve pitch quality for both current and future use, through better and more regular maintenance and remedial work. |
Sports Club, FA |
Key site | Medium | M | L | Protect |
| 76 | West Park, Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, NG2 7JE |
Cricket | Borough Council Sports Club |
A standard quality natural grass square with 10 wickets. No capacity on a Saturday with capacity available on alternative Sundays. One artificial wicket rated as poor quality. |
Enhance and improve square quality through continued maintenance, remedial and Explore the opportunity to increase cricket play. Explore the opportunity to replace net provision, improve artificial wickets. |
Sports Club, ECB |
Key site | Medium | L | L | Protect |
| 76 | West Park, Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, NG2 7JE |
Tennis | Borough Council Sports Club |
One full size macadam court without floodlights rated as standard quality. There are 4 mini tennis red courts rated as poor quality with only 2 in use. |
Ensure quality of the court is sustained and a sinking fund is in place for future resurfacing. Explore opportunity to increase usage of mini tennis courts. |
Sports Club, LTA |
Key site | Low | L | L | Protect |
| 82 | Roko Health Club, Wilford Lane, West Bridgford, NG2 7RN |
Football | Commercial | Two poor quality adult pitches played to capacity. Pitch assessment completed on 20 June 2019. |
Improve pitch quality through improved and more regular maintenance. | Commercial, FA |
Local site | Medium | M | L | Protect Enhance |
| 85 | West Bridgford Sports Club, Stamford Road, West Bridgford, NG2 6GF |
Rugby Union | Sports Club | One floodlit senior pitch rated as standard quality (M1/D1) overplayed by 1 match session. One senior pitch rated as standard quality (M1/D1) overplayed by 3 match sessions. Girls development is priority for the club, as this grows, there will be additional pressure on the pitches. |
West Bridgford RFC to explore As advised by RFU Pitch Report for West Bridgford RFC it is recommended that the Source funding to support the need for requiring own equipment for maintenance. |
Sports Club, RFU |
Key site | High | S | L | Protect Enhance |
| 85 | West Bridgford Sports Club, Stamford Road, West Bridgford, NG2 6GF |
Cricket | Sports Club | A standard quality natural grass cricket square with 10 wickets and an NTP, in additional to a standalone NTP on site. The square is overplayed by 39 match equivalent sessions per season. The quality of the grass square had significant renovation work in Autumn 2022 to improve quality. Both NTP’s have been renovated, allowing additional use for junior cricket. |
Sustain and maintain the cricket square and both NTP’s through regular maintenance. | Sports Club, ECB |
Key site | Medium | S | L | Protect Enhance |
| 88 | Abbey Road Primary, Tewkesbury Road, West Bridgford, NG2 5ND |
Football | School | One youth 9v9 pitch rated as standard quality not available for community use. | Sustain quality of pitch for curricular use through regular maintenance. | School, FA |
Local site | Low | L | L | Protect |
| 90 | Greythorn Primary School, West Bridgford, NG2 7BT |
Football | School | One youth 9v9 pitch rated as standard quality not available for community use. | Sustain quality of pitch for curricular use through regular maintenance. | School, FA |
Local site | Low | L | L | Protect |
| New | Tollerton Skate Park | Skate park | Parish Council | Standard quality skatepark. | Seek to improve quality through repair and more regular maintenance work. Explore opportunities for future replacement. |
Parish Council | Local site | Low | S-M | L | Protect Enhance |
| New | Lady Bay Skate Park (The Hook), Holme Road, West Bridgford, NG2 5BG |
Skate park | Council | High quality skate park complete replacement of facility in Spring 2019 with concrete skatepark. |
Sustain and maintain new skatepark through regular maintenance. | Council | Local site | Low | S-M | L | Protect Enhance |
| New | Rushcliffe County Park Skate Park, Ruddington, NG11 6JS | Skate park | Council | High quality skatepark complete replacement of facility in 2020 with concrete skatepark. |
Sustain and maintain new skatepark through regular maintenance. | Council | Local site | High | S-M | H | Protect Enhance |
| New | Land East of Gamston | N/A | N/A | Allocation proposing the development of circa 4000 new dwellings. An outline planning application for the first 2,250 dwellings was submitted in December 2020 but recently undetermined. |
Subject to application and approval, develop new onsite playing provision and establish a sustainable maintenance and management model for the new playing field provision. See Part 7 scenarios for further detail on potential demand for additional playing pitch provision as a result of new development. |
Council | N/A | Low | L | H | Provide |
Accessible Documents
- Air Quality Action Plan 2021
- Air Quality Annual Status Report 2023
- Air Quality Annual Status Report 2022
- Air Quality Annual Status Report 2021
- Air Quality Strategy for Nottingham and Notts
- Auditor's Annual Report 2021
- Internal Audit Annual Report 2021/22
- Auditor's Annual Report 2021-22
- Annual Governance Statement 2021-22
- Annual Governance Statement 2020-21
- Asset Management Strategy
- Become a Councillor 2022
- Budget and Financial Strategy 2021-22
- Budget and Financial Strategy 2022-23
- Budget and Financial Strategy 2023-24
- Budget and Financial Strategy 2024-25
- Capital and Investment Strategy
- Climate Change Strategy 2021-2030
- Complaints Policy
- Compulsory Purchase Order Procedure Protocol
- Confidential Reporting Code
- Contaminated Land
- Corporate Enforcement Policy
- Corporate Strategy 2024-2027
- Council Constitution
- Council Tax Recovery and Enforcement Policy 2023
- Customer Access Strategy
- Discretionary Housing Payments Policy 2023-2024
- Disabled Facilities Grant Policy 2022
- Equalities Scheme 2021-25
- Empty Homes Strategy
- Environment Policy 2023
- External and Internal Communications Strategy
- Freedom Of Information Policy
- HB Recovery and Enforcement Policy
- Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy
- Housing Allocations Policy
- Housing Enforcement Policy
- ICT Strategy 2022 -25
- Information Management and Governance Strategy 2022-25
- Rushcliffe Borough Council Information Retention Schedule
- Internal Audit Annual Report 2023/24
- Leisure Strategy 2021-2027 review
- Local Code of Corporate Governance 2024/25
- Local Plan Part 1: Core Strategy
- Local Plan Part 2: Land and Planning Policies
- Local Plan Monitoring Report
- Local Scheme of Validation
- Off-street Car Parking Strategy
- Pay Policy Statement
- People Strategy 2021-26
- Planning Enforcement Policy
- Procurement Strategy
- Playing Pitch Strategy 2022
- 2021-22 Public Inspection Notice
- RIPA Policy and Guidance
- Risk Management Strategy 2023-26
- Statement of Gambling Licensing Principles
- Statement of Accounts 2019-20
- Statement of Accounts 2020-21
- Statement of Accounts 2021-22
- Statement of Accounts 2021-22 (unaudited)
- Statement of Accounts 2022-23 (unaudited)
- Statement of Accounts 2022-23 (audited)
- Statement of Accounts 2023-24 (unaudited)
- Statement of Licensing Policy
- Street Trading Policy
- Supplementary Planning Documents
- Tenancy Strategy 2019
- Transformation Strategy and Efficiency Plan
- Tree Management and Protection Policy 2023
- WISE Agreement
- Conservation Areas
- Neighbourhood Plans
- The Nature of Rushcliffe 2021
- The Nature of Rushcliffe 2019
- Design Code Baseline Appraisal
- Air Quality Annual Status Report 2024
- Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy 2020 - 2025
- External Audit Completion Report 2024
- External Audit Completion Report 2023
- Rushcliffe Nature Conservation Strategy
- Solar Farm Landscape Sensitivity and Capacity Study
- Annual Governance Statement 2023-24