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CORNWALL COUNCIL IN CONJUNCTION WITH CORNWALL SPORTS PARTNERSHIP FACILITY NEEDS FOR COMMUNITY SPORT IN CORNWALL AUGUST 2009

Quality assurance Name Date

Report origination Jonathan Woods 9 July 2009

Quality control Lynne Harrop 12 July 2009

Initial comments Simon Blamey 7 August 2009

Initial amendments Jonathan Woods 13 August 2009

Final comments

Final amendments

CORNWALL COUNCIL FACILITY NEEDS FOR COMMUNITY SPORT IN CORNWALL

August 2009 Report (v3 part 1): Knight Kavanagh & Page

CONTENTS

SECTION PAGE

Executive summary

1 Introduction 1

Methodology 3

PPG17 compliance 3

Audit 3

Consultation 4

Analysis 4

Demographic context 5

Policy context 16

2 Key considerations and issues 17

Cornwall Strategic Partnership 17

Sustainable Community Strategy for Cornwall 17

Local Area Agreement (2008-2011) 17

Building Schools for the Future 18

Partnership working 19

Positioning of current sites 19

Management arrangements 20

Age of facilities 21

Strategic facility programming 22

3 Current provision 23

Web survey 23

Sports halls 25

Swimming pools 29

Synthetic turf pitches 33

Health and fitness facilities 35

Indoor bowls facilities 38

Indoor tennis facilities 39

Ice rinks 40

Sport and recreation facilities in Devon 40

Quantitative analysis 43

Sports halls 43

Swimming pools 44



Additional population analysis 47

Additional community sports facilities 48

Qualitative analysis 49



SECTION PAGE

Accessibility analysis 50

Sports halls 51

Swimming pools 53

Synthetic turf pitches 55



Indoor tennis facilities 60

Management type 61

Summary of shortfalls and key issues 62

Quantity 62

Quality 62

Accessibility 62

Key issues 63

Local minimum provision standards 65

Population projections 65

Participation increases 66

Quantity standards per 1,000 people 66

4 Future provision 70

The vision 70

Management framework model 71

Operational requirements 72

Facility development 75

Policy options 75

Sports hall development 75

Swimming pool development 77

Synthetic turf pitch development 79

Health and fitness facilities development 80

Indoor bowls facility development 80

Indoor tennis facility development 80

Ice rink development 80

Stadium development 81

Sources of funding 82

5 Headline action plan 84

The way forward 89

Appendix 1 Review of policy 90

Appendix 2 Audit proforma 100

Appendix 3 Facility management type and accessibility rank 106

Appendix 4 Summary of audit findings by facility 111



EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Introduction This is the executive summary of an assessment of specified sport and recreation facilities in Cornwall produced by Knight, Kavanagh and Page (KKP) during April and May 2009. It provides evidence that will help to make informed decisions and plan for sport and recreation within Cornwall, and by Cornwall Council (which became a unitary authority on 1 April 2009), particularly in relation to indoor sports halls; swimming pools; synthetic turf pitches (STPs); health and fitness facilities; indoor bowls; indoor tennis and ice rinks. The report also includes reflects on development of a ‘community stadium’. The report considers the quantity, quality and accessibility of current provision so that recommendations and actions are understood and justified. This co-ordinated picture of provision will enable identification and prioritisation of strategic facility needs to support national, regional and local ambitions for sport and physical activity, particularly those relevant to increasing physical activity levels, Cornwall’s Sustainable Community Strategy and Local Area Agreement. Methodology The study, combining visual audit and consultation, was based on an assessment of facilities provided in Cornwall by the public, private and voluntary sectors. It included: 1. Identification of local need for sport and recreation facilities, including the additional

need generated by projected housing development and increases in participation, a review of recent research relating to sport and recreation facilities and identification of aspirations for specialist facilities.

2. Assessment of the number, distribution, condition and accessibility of each type of facility; this includes, and takes account of, facilities in neighbouring areas. Facility specific catchments and minimum provision standards are proposed as appropriate.

3. Consideration of the impact of likely development and presentation of scenarios to cater for identified shortfalls and gaps. Needs identified for specific types of facility are also considered.

4. A framework comprising an aim, objectives and principals (based on research and consultation findings) is proposed to assist strategy production.

Key findings Generally, there is a good network of sport and recreation facilities in Cornwall. Most of the resident population lives within identified catchment areas of the type of facilities researched and the majority of facilities are in good condition. Creation of a unitary local authority (i.e., Cornwall Council) provides opportunities to enhance, rationalise and strengthen the networks so that they continue to contribute to the well-being of Cornwall. Shortfalls in the quantity, quality and accessibility of sport and recreation facilities in Cornwall, as identified from the supply and demand analysis, are summarised as follows: Quantity A sizeable proportion of sports halls are on education sites. Cornwall currently meets provision needs in terms of (4-court, or larger) sports halls.



When predicated population growth and participation projections are taken into consideration there is a need for increased provision of 4-court sports halls.

There is potential to extend the network of sports halls by developing dual-use facilities on education sites.

According to Active Places, Cornwall is currently over-provided in terms of swimming pools.

When predicated population growth and participation projections are taken into consideration the County is under provided in terms of pools.

The ASA estimate a swimming pool deficit equivalent of two 25m x 12.5m – 6 lane swimming pools and two (8m x 12.5m) learner pools.

Provision of facilities suitable to accommodate higher levels competition swimming is identified; a 50m pool is unlikely to be viable.

STPs are more sparsely distributed in the north and west of the County Anticipated demand (in 2026) for health and fitness gyms equates to 3,410 stations,

which is more than double what is currently available. A sizeable proportion of health and fitness provision is made by CC, which is

important in terms of continuing to provide a ‘mixed market’ and providing opportunities for disadvantaged groups not catered for by other providers.

There is under (current and projected) provision of indoor bowls facilities in Cornwall. The majority of areas with few sport and recreation facilities are sparsely populated. Quality The majority of sport and recreation facilities in Cornwall are assessed to be in ‘good’ or better condition. 12 facilities are either in ‘poor’ or ‘very poor’ condition. Of particular concern are sport and recreation facilities available for public use at: Fowey Community Leisure Centre Penrice Community College Liskeard School and Community College Accessibility Over 98% of Cornwall’s resident population live within 20 minutes of a sports hall in

Cornwall. 99% of Cornwall’s resident population live within 20 minutes of a 25 metre (or larger)

swimming pool in Cornwall. There are several catchment gaps for both halls and pools, but none of these are

considered to be significant because they correspond with areas that are sparsely populated.

The most significant catchment gaps for existing STPs (in terms of their size) are adjacent to (and partially include) Helston (west Cornwall), Wadebride (north Cornwall) and Launceston (east Cornwall).

There is a good spread of health and fitness provision across the County. But (with the exception of the Looe area), deficiencies occur in sparsely populated areas.

The catchment gap for indoor bowls facilities (based on a 30 minute drive time catchment) in north Cornwall covers a relatively sparsely populated area, but a similar catchment gap in west Cornwall includes several significant communities.

The most significant catchment gaps for indoor tennis facilities (based on 30 minute drive-time catchments) cover relatively sparsely populated areas in north Cornwall and the Lizard Peninsular in west Cornwall.



Facilities with greatest potential of becoming more accessible and increasing ‘community use’ are located on education sites.

Key issues Research and analysis of the assessment identified the following key issues for sport and recreation facilities in Cornwall: Facility development Secure developer contributions as a potential source of funding for the development

of sport and recreation facilities. Areas of the County likely to experience the most housing development are Truro,

Falmouth and the Penryn and the Camborne, Pool, Redruth area. A proactive approach to developing new and replacing/refurbishing ageing sport and

recreation facilities is important in terms of sustaining a good network of sport and recreation facilities.

It will be important either to increase the capacity of facilities operating at (or near) capacity, particularly in areas where demand is likely to increase (e.g., those designated for housing development) or develop additional facilities.

Development of a stadium in Cornwall should be located north west Truro and will require significant ‘public sector’ capital funding and strong leadership from CCl. There are opportunities to locate it with community sport and recreation facilities.

School redevelopment Make greater use of schools for ‘community sport’, particularly as a result of school

redevelopment as part of PFI and BSF initiatives. Community use Securing consistent and clear community use agreements will help to improve

access to dual-use facilities and could help to develop the network of sport and recreation facilities in Cornwall.

Adopting a central programming and remote management approach to provision of ‘public sector’ sport and recreation facilities could help to encourage financially and developmentally more efficient and effective community use.

It is generally important to increase access to sport and recreation facilities, particularly in disadvantaged areas (where disposable income and participation levels tend to be low).

Ensuring good access to facilities for generic sports development activity is important in terms of increasing levels of participation.

Generic Provision for elite performers could be improved. Introduction of a ‘leisure card’ for residents of Cornwall could help to harmonise sport

and recreation facility service provision and more effectively target concessions.



Minimum provision standards Setting local minimum provision standards provide a contemporary and informed view of sport and recreation facilities and provides tools to facilitate speedy and successful negotiation of developer contributions via development of supplementary planning documents, to resist unsuitable planning applications for development and ensure effective planning. Locally derived quantity standards (per 1,000 people) are calculated as part of this study. They are aspirational and based on identification of current and future demand, premised on the calculation of effective catchment areas:

Type of facility Component Minimum provision standard

4-badminton court sports halls

Quantity 191.98 square metres per 1,000 population.

Quality 4-badminton court sports halls (and ancillary facilities) should be in at least ’adequate’ condition

10.

Accessibility All residents in Cornwall should live within a 20 minute drive time of a 4-badminton court (or bigger) sports hall.

Minimum size 33m x 18m x 7.6m (based on Sport England guidance)

25m swimming pools


Quality 25m swimming pools (and ancillary facilities) should be in at least ’adequate’ condition

11.

Accessibility All residents of Cornwall should live within a 20 minute drive time of a 25m swimming pool.

Minimum size 25 metre pool with 4 lanes (i.e., 2 metres per lane) and adequate accommodation for competitors and spectators to stage local galas and events.

Synthetic turf pitches (STPs)


Quality STPs (and ancillary facilities) should be in at least ’good’ condition

12.

Accessibility All residents in Cornwall should live within a 15 minute drive time of a full-size STP with ‘adequate daytime community use’

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Minimum size Length (i.e., direction of play): 100m

Width: 53m

Health and fitness facilities


Quality Fitness facilities should be in at least ’good’ condition13

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Accessibility All residents of Cornwall should live within a 15 minute drive time of a ‘public’ fitness facility.

Minimum size 20 stations

Indoor bowling facilities


Quality Indoor bowls facilities should be in at least ’good’ condition9.

Accessibility All residents of Cornwall should live within a 30 minute drive time of an indoor bowls facility.

Minimum size Indoor rink dimensions: Length = 36.5m, Width = 4.6m



Conclusions and recommendations Closure of facilities (particularly those serving sparsely populated areas) would increase the number of residents who live outwith the identified catchment areas and make it more difficult to achieve the specified minimum provision standards. In addition to which, increasing the number of people in Cornwall that participate in sport and are physically active, to help generate long-term improvement in overall levels of health and well-being in the County, through a network of good quality, accessible and readily available sport and recreation facilities will require implementation of a number of strategic objectives: Creation of a comprehensive network of facilities. This will be based on facilities

managed and operated by the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. Catering for the needs of residents of new dwellings by developing new or enhancing

nearby facilities. Sustaining and improving the quality and accessibility of identified sport and

recreation facilities. Minimising the impact of increases in energy costs to facility users. Increasing levels of use of Cornwall Council managed facilities by physically inactive

people. Adopting a common community use agreement for sport and recreation facilities on

education sites used by the community. Successful implementation of the recommendations will also require adherence to a number of strategic, management and operational principles. The report also lists potential sources of funding that can support the identified actions that include: Development of a ‘sport and recreation facility management framework’ that positions

CC at the heart of provision in Cornwall. Making greater use of school facilities for 'community sport'. Optimising the benefits of PFI and BSF initiatives to 'community sport'. Producing an up to date Playing Pitch Assessment for Cornwall. Mapping access to sport and recreation facilities using public transport. Amending and adopting CC planning documentation to incorporate assessment

recommendations and minimum provision standards. Developing a 'leisure card' for Cornwall residents. Improving the quality, safe guarding the future of and developing additional indoor

sport and recreation facilities in Cornwall. CC and its partners will now begin the ‘journey’ by agreeing and adopting the components of the assessment and developing a ‘facilities strategy’ accordingly. Training and development amongst staff and partners is also advocated to generate ownership of the strategy, alongside adoption of a series of outcome measures against which the progress made will be assessed.


August 2009 Report (v3 – part1): Knight Kavanagh & Page 1

SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION This review and analysis is cognisant of the positive impact that sports provision and the services delivered therein has on well-being and community cohesion across Cornwall. Knight, Kavanagh and Page (KKP) was commissioned jointly by Cornwall Council (CC) and Cornwall Sports Partnership (CSP) to undertake an assessment of specified sport and recreation facilities in Cornwall to establish the necessary evidence to underpin planning for sport and recreation within the new unitary authority. This Assessment also reflects Sport England’s stated aim to get one million people nationally playing more sport by 2012 and the recently launched national strategy for physical activity which outlines the Government’s ambition of getting two million more people active by 2012 in order to leave a lasting legacy from the Olympic and Paralympic Games. To support such ambitions, facility requirements in the county need to be fully understood and then taken forward in a co-ordinated fashion, informed by an accurate and defensible strategic overview and clearly stated priorities. Local government reorganisation (and creation of Cornwall Council in April 2009) is an opportunity to improve the overall picture of the provision of sport and recreation facilities in Cornwall. This assessment will help to achieve this objective by assessing strategic facility needs in the Area. It is undertaken in line with Planning Policy Guidance Number 17 (PPG17). It will provide CC (and its partners) with an objective, robust, PPG17 compliant, clear strategic pathway for improvement, development and protection of facilities. Research and analysis is utilised here to produce an accurate, relevant and easily interpreted document, appropriate to guide future provision and management of existing facilities and underpin policy and development criteria. A co-ordinated picture of provision will enable identification and prioritisation of strategic facility needs. It will also allow CC (and its partners) to utilise the information to plan for sport covering facility needs for indoor sports halls; swimming pools; synthetic turf pitches (STPs); health and fitness facilities; indoor bowls; indoor tennis and ice rinks. Sound demographic understanding and interpretation of how issues such as social change, housing development and other regeneration and intervention based projects affect needs and perceptions is also vital. The assessment includes: A comprehensive review of existing provision of different types of sports facilities

detailing quantity and accessibility. Identification of local needs (both current and future), taking into account

anticipated development and demographic change. Justifiable identification of deficiencies and surpluses in provision and options for

dealing with them now and in the future. Prioritisation of improvement, provision and funding of sports facilities. This will provide CC (and its partners) with a vision within a clear framework for practical action to protect, improve and, as appropriate, increase provision of such facilities, where there is an actual or potential deficit and to identify opportunities for the development of, in particular, large scale, ‘iconic’ building(s).



This report considers the quantity, quality and accessibility of current provision so that the recommendations and actions are understood and justified. To this extent, it has three phases plus appendices, as follows:

Phase Description

Introduction Details of the brief and methodology, plus the scope of the Study. Background information about Cornwall and a summary of the policy context for providing sport and recreation facilities.

Assessment Identification of local need for sport and recreation facilities, including the additional need generated by projected housing development and increases in participation, a review of recent research relating to sport and recreation facilities and identification of aspirations for specialist facilities.

Assessment of the number, distribution, condition and accessibility of each type of facility; this includes, and takes account of, facilities in neighbouring areas. Facility specific catchments and minimum provision standards are proposed as appropriate.

Consideration of the impact of likely development and presentation of scenarios to cater for identified shortfalls and gaps. Needs identified for specific types of facility are also considered.

Strategy aspirations

A framework comprising an aim, objectives and principals (based on research and consultation findings) is proposed to assist strategy production.

Appendices Including summary of the quality and accessibility assessments and the proforma used for the audit of sport and recreation facilities.



METHODOLOGY The term ‘sport and recreation facilities’ includes large, purpose built sport and recreation centres of ‘district wide/national’ significance, locally significant facilities and facilities provided by both the education and private sectors. Within this framework, ownership and management are fundamentally important. They determine the effectiveness with which facilities serve the community and meet local need. This study is, therefore, based on an assessment of facilities provided in Cornwall by the public, private and voluntary sectors. PPG17 compliance PPG 17 ‘Planning for Open Space, Sport and Recreation’ was published in July 2002 followed in September of the same year by ‘Assessing Needs and Opportunities: A Companion Guide to PPG 17’. It re-affirms the importance of local authorities undertaking ‘robust assessments of the existing and future needs of their communities’. Paragraph 5 states that ‘good quality assessments and audits, leading to clear strategies supported by effective planning polices, will provide vital tools for resolving potential conflicts that arise between different uses and users of open space, sports and recreational facilities.’ Paragraph 10 goes on to state that ‘existing open space, sports and recreational buildings and land should not be built on unless an assessment has been undertaken which has clearly shown the land to be surplus to requirements.’ Evaluation of whether a facility is ‘surplus to requirements’ should include consideration of all the functions that it could be used for. Audit Active Places Power data/information provided an initial starting point in terms of identifying facilities to be included in the Study. (Information from this assessment should be used to update the Active Places database). This data was augmented by CC officers during April and May 2009 with a non-technical, visual assessment of sport and recreation facilities to provide quality information for inclusion in the Study. The Facilities Planning Model was also used to determine accessibility and the extent to which local demand is met. The combination of existing and CC generated assessment data provides a ‘snap shot’ of the current situation ensuring that the Study is PPG17 compliant. It allows for: Analysis of the quantity of provision. Assessment of the levels and types of use of facilities. Assessment of quality. A standardised audit pro-forma (see Appendix 2) was used by CC officers (combined with KKP training and support) to assess each facility ensuring consideration and assessment on a ‘like for like’ basis. Analysis of the distribution of, and interrelationship between, sport and recreation facilities also underpins evaluation of demand. The audit also considered the ‘life expectancy’ and/or basic building development requirements of facilities.



The condition of existing provision was audited and quantified based on criteria for each facility type relating to facility condition, accessibility and maintenance which translated to numeric values (i.e., good = 5, poor = 1). These were used during the non-technical, visual inspections carried out by CC staff. The results were inputted into a database and contributed to assessment findings and development of standards. It gives an indication of areas of high demand, where there is potential to provide improved and/or additional facilities to meet such demand and the options to, where appropriate, protect the current stock. Ownership and management are also fundamental and are covered below. This can determine the effectiveness with which facilities serve the community and meet local need. Consultation We had over 20 meetings with facility owners, managers and operators in order to identify key issues and determine community sport and recreation needs across the County. We also conducted a web survey of principal facility users (as identified by Cornwall Council staff) to help verify information garnered from other sources. Analysis The key focus of this part of the Study is to present the key findings and issues related to sport and recreation facility provision in Cornwall. It draws together the key issues that must be addressed via clear strategic pathways for improvement, investment and protection of sport and recreational facilities. The key aims are to provide: Assessment of key sport and recreation facilities including quality, quantity,

distribution and accessibility. Evaluation of the distribution and usage of sport and recreation facilities. Analysis and identification of current unmet and future demand. Assessment of the impact of national/regional/local initiatives and development plans

on provision of indoor facilities. Active Places Power is applied as a planning tool to model provision of sport and recreation facilities. It has been designed to inform investment decisions across Government and to assist local authorities to conduct audits of their sports provision and develop local strategies. It also helps national governing bodies of sport (NGBs) to identify areas in need of an improvement in sports facility provision.



DEMOGRAPHIC CONTEXT Cornwall Council has recently (1 April 2009) become a unitary authority, based on the previous six district/borough councils in Cornwall and Cornwall County Council. It is located in the South West peninsular of England and shares a single boundary with Devon county. The following factors influence current and future supply and demand for sport and recreation facilities in the County. Population The total population, derived from Office of National Statistics (ONS)1 population projections, in mid-2009 in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (stand alone ONS figures for Cornwall are not available) was 544,400. The following chart comparatively shows the age and gender distributions of the population in Cornwall. It illustrates that there are relatively more 55-59 year olds and a smaller of people in the younger age ranges. Consequently, consideration should be given to how services might be oriented (at this stage) to cater for the short and medium term needs and demands of older people. Figure 1: Age/gender distribution of the population in Cornwall

ONS projections show that, if current trends continue, the population in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly will grow by 109,000 people (i.e., approximately 20%) between 2009 and 2026. The population will become older; numbers aged over 60 will increase significantly by a little over 26% in the next 16 years, whilst those aged between 55 and 59 will decrease by 1%.

1 ONS figures are officially published figures. They are rounded to the nearest 100.



Sport and recreation facilities Active Places allows sports facilities in an area to be identified. Nationally, it contains information about over 50,000 facilities, across eleven facility types. The map below shows sporting facilities, by type, identified in Cornwall: Figure 2: Map of principal sports facilities in Cornwall identified in Active Places

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Selected Sports Facilities By Type

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Sports Hall, Pool, STP and Indoor Tennis

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Sports Hall, STP and Indoor Tennis

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Synthetic Turf Pitch (STP)

Indoor Tennis

Key for principal sports facilities in Cornwall map

Map ID

Facility Name Principal facilities

1 Beach Leisure Club Swimming Pool

2 Bodmin College Sports Hall

3 Brannel School Sports Hall

4 Budehaven Leisure Centre Sports Hall

5 Budehaven Leisure Centre Synthetic Turf Pitch

6 Budock Vean Hotel Swimming Pool

7 Callington Sports & Leisure Sports Hall, Swimming Pool, Synthetic Turf Pitch and Indoor Tennis

8 Camborne Science And Community College Sports Hall

9 Camelford Leisure Centre Sports Hall and Swimming Pool

10 Cape Cornwall Golf And Country Club Swimming Pool



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11 Cape Cornwall School Sports Hall

12 Carn Brea Leisure Centre Sports Hall and Swimming Pool

13 China Fleet Country Club Sports Hall and Swimming Pool

14 Cornwall College (Camborne) Sports Hall and Synthetic Turf Pitch

15 Dragon Leisure Centre Sports Hall, Swimming Pool, Synthetic Turf Pitch and Indoor Tennis

16 Duchy College Sports Hall

17 Falmouth School Sports Hall

18 Fistral Spa Swimming Pool

19 Fowey Community Leisure Centre Sports Hall and Swimming Pool

20 Goonhavern Primary School Sports Hall

21 Hayle Community School - A Language College Sports Hall

22 Hayle Outdoor Pool Swimming Pool

23 Helston Community College Sports Hall

24 Helston Sports Centre Swimming Pool

25 HMS Raleigh Gymnasium (Hm Forces) Sports Hall, Swimming Pool and Synthetic Turf Pitch

26 Humphry Davy School Sports Hall

27 Jubilee Pool (Penzance) - outdoor Swimming Pool

28 Landewednack Primary School Sports Hall

29 Launceston College Sports Hall

30 Liskeard School And Community College Sports Hall and Synthetic Turf Pitch

31 Looe Sports Hall Sports Hall

32 Lostwithiel Golf & Country Club Swimming Pool

33 Ludgvan Community Centre Sports Hall

34 Lux Park Leisure Centre Sports Hall, Swimming Pool, Synthetic Turf Pitch and Indoor Bowls

35 Mounts Bay School And Community Sports Centre

Sports Hall and Indoor Tennis

36 Mullion School Sports Hall

37 Newquay Sport And Community Centre Sports Hall

38 Newquay Tretherras School Synthetic Turf Pitch

39 Newquay Water World Swimming Pool

40 Nirvana Health Club Swimming Pool

41 Ocean Spa Swimming Pool

42 Penair School Sports Hall and Synthetic Turf Pitch



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43 Pencoys Primary School Sports Hall

44 Penmere Leisure Club Swimming Pool

45 Penrice Community College Sports Hall

46 Penryn College Sports Hall and Synthetic Turf Pitch

47 Penryn Junior School Sports Hall and Swimming Pool

48 Pentire Hotel Swimming Pool

49 Penventon Health & Leisure Spa Swimming Pool

50 Penwith College Sports Hall

51 Penzance Astro Park Synthetic Turf Pitch

52 Penzance Leisure Centre Sports Hall and Swimming Pool

53 Perranarworthal Village Memorial Hall Sports Hall

54 Phoenix Leisure Centre Sports Hall and Swimming Pool

55 Polkyth Leisure Centre Sports Hall and Swimming Pool

56 Poltair Community School & Sports College Sports Hall and Synthetic Turf Pitch

57 Polurrian Leisure Club Swimming Pool

58 Pool Business And Enterprise College Sports Hall and Synthetic Turf Pitch

59 Redruth School: A Technology College Sports Hall and Swimming Pool

60 Richard Lander School Sports Hall and Synthetic Turf Pitch

61 Roserrow Golf & Country Club Swimming Pool

62 Saints Health And Fitness Centre Sports Hall

63 Saltash Leisure Centre Swimming Pool

64 Saltash.Net Community School Sports Hall

65 Ships & Castles Leisure Pool Swimming Pool

66 Sir James Smiths School Sports Hall and Synthetic Turf Pitch

67 Splash Leisure Pool Swimming Pool

68 St Ives Leisure Centre Swimming Pool

69 St Ives School Sports Hall

70 St Just Sports Centre Sports Hall

71 St Mellion International Resort Swimming Pool

72 St Michaels Spa Swimming Pool

73 St Moritz Hotel Swimming Pool

74 The Garden Sports and Leisure Swimming Pool

75 The Roseland Community School Sports Hall

76 Torpoint And Rame Sports Centre Sports Hall

77 Torpoint Community School Sports Hall



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78 Tregenna Castle Hotel / Golf & Country Club Sports Hall and Swimming Pool

79 Trevose Golf And Country Club Swimming Pool

80 Truro College Sports Facilities Synthetic Turf Pitch

81 Truro High School For Girls Sports Hall and Swimming Pool

82 Truro Leisure Centre Sports Hall and Swimming Pool

83 Truro School Sports Hall, Swimming Pool and Synthetic Turf Pitch

84 Wadebridge Leisure Centre Sports Hall and Swimming Pool

85 Wadebridge School Sports Hall

86 Whitsand Bay Country Club Swimming Pool

87 Whitstone Head School Sports Hall

88 Ymca (Cornwall) Sports Hall

89 Heron Tennis Indoor Tennis

90 Newquay Treviglas Indoor Tennis

91 Veryan Indoor Bowls Club Indoor Bowls

92 Carnmoggas Indoor Bowls Club Indoor Bowls

93 Newquay Indoor Bowls Club Indoor Bowls

Note: The list above was amended and updated by CC and CSP officers, by identifying additional facilities and changes to existing facilities, at the start of the assessment to ensure that it was comprehensive.



Health A range of indicators suggest that a significant proportion of the County’s population has health problems. Figure 3: Cornwall – Indices of deprivation 2007 – Health rank

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On average people living in areas in the west of the County experience greater health deprivation compared to those resident in north Cornwall and in the Truro area. Of particular concern is the need for more services to be provided locally and for greater service integration Physical activity The Active People Survey 1 was carried out on behalf of Sport England between October 2005 and October 2006 and was the largest sport and active recreation survey undertaken in Europe. The survey provides statistics on participation for all 354 local authorities in England. In total 363,724 adults were interviewed (a minimum of 1,000 in each local authority area). The data can be used to identify how participation varies from place to place and between different groups in the population. The survey was repeated in 2008 (i.e., Active People Survey 2). Active People analysis reveals that activity levels (i.e., 30 minutes moderate intensity activity 3 times a week) in Cornwall are lower than regional averages. According to results published in December 2008, 21.7% of adults in Cornwall are considered to achieve 3 instances of 30 minutes moderate activity. This compares to 20.9% who achieved the 3 x 30 minutes standard as reported in October 2006. The change is less than one percent and is not statistically significant and remains below the regional average (i.e., 21.9% and 22.5% in 2006 and 2008 respectively). The implication of this is that activity levels in Cornwall need to increase.



To achieve this, a comprehensive network of sport facilities is required to complement and support participation initiatives taking place in the County. The map below (i.e., Figure 4) suggests that increased participation is most needed in parts of north, central and west Cornwall. Sports facilities in these areas could, potentiality help to increase participation. Figure 4: Cornwall participation (3 x 30) estimates by middle super output area (2006)

Source: Sport England

Other Active People 2008 headline participation results for Cornwall include: Participation by National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SEC), which is

a flexible and structured, occupational based classification, classes 1-4 (i.e., managers, professionals and people employed in ‘intermediate occupations’) is lower



in areas that were previously known as ‘Kerrier’ and ‘Restormel’ than elsewhere in Cornwall.

Participation by 16-34 year olds is highest in what was previously known as ‘Caradon’.

Lowest levels of reported male participation occur in ‘Kerrier’ and ‘Restormel’. Relatively, there is a higher proportion of active disabled adults in ‘Caradon’

compared with other parts of Cornwall. These results should be interpreted in the context of local populations profiles (see below) and could influence the orientation of sport and recreation facilities (i.e., how they are managed and operated). As well as identifying local activity rates the Survey in 2008 identified that over two thirds (i.e., 67.3%) of respondents in Cornwall were very or fairly satisfied with sports provision in their local area, which is lower than the regional average (68.5%) but higher than the national average (66.6%). In all cases satisfaction levels declined between 2006 and 2008. Sport England’s segmentation model comprises 19 ‘sporting’ segments. It is designed to assist understanding of attitudes, motivations and perceived barriers to sports participation and to assist agencies involved in delivery of sport and recreation to develop tailored interventions, communicate more effectively with the target market and to better understand participation in the context of life stage and lifecycles. Across Cornwall, Active People data indicates higher proportions of people in segments six, eleven, thirteen and nineteen (see below). Figure 5: Market segmentation in Cornwall

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Definitions of the most significant market segments are as follows:

Ref. Market segment

Key characteristics % of Cornwall population

Activities/sports that appeal to segment

BO6 Tim, settling down males

Tim loves sport. He manages trips to the gym, weekends at the canoe club and the odd mid-week game of squash. He hopes things won’t change too much when the baby comes, but he knows they may not be able to enjoy such regular snowboarding holidays in the future.

8.9% Football Golf Squash Cricket Rugby union Shooting American football

C11 Philip, comfortable mid-Life males

Philip is 48 and married with two older children. Whilst there are still some university fees to pay, Philip is at the height of his career, enjoying a comfortable salary at an established firm.

He enjoys participating in a number of activities; likely to be a member of fitness/sports clubs. Motivated by meeting friends, taking the children, improving performance and enjoyment. Help with childcare may encourage this type to participate more although lack of time is a significant factor.

9.1% Sailing Gym Football Jogging Badminton Golf Cycling Cricket

C13 Roger and Joy, early

retirement couples

Roger is 57 and Joy is 51. Last year Roger’s took early retirement and Joy works as a receptionist in the local GP surgery.

They participate one/two times a week; enjoy low impact activities and are likely to be a member of a sports club. Their motivations include keeping fit, to help with injury and because they generally enjoy sport. Better facilities and improved transport may encourage greater participation.

9.3% Swimming Sailing Walking Golf Aqua aerobics Shooting Bowls Fishing

D19 Elsie and Arnold, retirement home singles

Relatively low participation rates. Poor health and disability are major inhibitors. Participation mainly in low intensity activity. Safer neighbourhoods or people to go with would encourage participation. Organised, low-impact, low intensity events would be welcomed.

8.9% Walking Bowls Dancing

This information is particularly useful when considering the orientation, marketing and promotion of sport and recreation facilities. For example, provision of internet information (to assist decision making and as a primary source of information) is probably more significant to younger age groups than older ones. However, what is communicated is more importantly than how it is said. Further market segmentation is available from Experian in the form of Mosaic, which classifies all consumers in the United Kingdom in 61 types aggregated into 11 groups. The result is a classification that paints a picture of UK consumers in terms of their socio-demographics, lifestyles, culture and behaviour to provide a view of UK consumers at the start of the 21st century. The table below shows the top five mosaic classifications in Cornwall, compared to the country as a whole:



Mosaic group description

Population in Cornwall Percentage National Percentage

1 - Ties of Community 25,881 25.3% 16.5%

2 - Grey Perspectives 24,702 24.1% 6.8%

3 - Happy Families 12,282 12.0% 11.9%

4 - Rural Isolation 11,971 11.7% 5.3%

5 - Suburban Comfort 11,824 11.5% 15.7%

The Groups are described as follows:

Mosaic category Description

Ties of Community People whose lives are mostly played out within the confines of close knit communities. Living mostly in older houses in inner city neighbourhoods or in small industrial towns, most of these people own their homes, drive their own cars and hold down responsible jobs. Community norms rather than individual material ambitions shape the pattern of most residents' consumption.

Grey Perspectives Mostly of pensioners who own their homes and who have some source of income beyond the basic state pension. Many of these people have, on retirement, moved to the seaside or the countryside to live among people similar to themselves. Today many of these people have quite active lifestyles and are considered in their purchasing decisions.

Happy Families People whose focus is on career, home and family. These are mostly younger age groups who are married, or at least in a permanent relationship, and are now raising children in post war family houses, often in areas of the country with rapidly growing populations. The focus of expenditure is on equipment for the home and garden, and the immediate family unit is the principal focus of leisure activities.

Rural Isolation People whose pattern of living is distinctively rural. They live not just outside major population centres but also deep in the countryside, in small communities which have been little influenced by the influx of urban commuters. These are places where people with different levels of income share attachments to local communities, and where engagement with the community and with the natural environment are more important to most residents than material consumption.

Suburban Comfort People who have successfully established themselves and their families in comfortable homes in mature suburbs. Children are becoming more independent, work is becoming less of a challenge and interest payments on homes and other loans are becoming less burdensome. With more time and money on their hands, people can relax and focus on activities that they find intrinsically rewarding.

The largest segment profiled for Cornwall is the ‘Ties of Community’ group, which accounts for 25.3% of households in the area. Neighbourhoods of ‘Ties of Community’ are very old established communities that have, by tradition, relied on manual rather than white-collar jobs for employment. As a result, in past generations, relatively few children have been motivated to stay on at school to obtain technical qualifications and the labour force has little to offer employers other than craft skills. Communities of this type contain a younger than average population, with many young married couples and co-habiting



partners bringing up young children benefiting from social support networks. Many people are likely to live out their entire life in these neighbourhoods. The view that Cornwall has an elderly population is borne out to some extent by identification of the ‘Grey Perspectives’ category as second largest group. It also has the greatest differential from the ‘National Percentage’, and, therefore, should be considered to have a relatively elderly population. Management and operation of sport and recreation facilities will need to be cognisant of the profile of both categories to maximise their impact and enhance financial viability. To this extent, the mosaic profile of Cornwall would suggest that sport and recreation facilities should be well targeted, affordable and cater for a mass market by intrinsically rewarding a range of tastes. Further (spatial) analysis would help to identify synergies between participation levels and communities/areas with specific characteristics (i.e., how individual facilities should be programmed and marketed).



POLICY CONTEXT The implications of the policy context relevant to sport and recreation facility provision in Cornwall are reviewed in Appendix 1. The principal findings can be summarised as follows:

Policy area Summary and implications

National planning policy

PPG 17 provides guidance to local authorities about planning and providing for sport and recreation facilities, in particular the need to undertake robust quantitative and qualitative assessments and the development of rigorously researched local standards of provision. This assessment is consistent with the guidance and could help to secure developer contributions to help finance new and/or improved sport and recreation facilities.

National sports policy

Government policy provides a general framework for significantly increasing levels of participation/physical activity and support for elite sport. Sports facilities in Cornwall should underpin these objectives via the creation of a network suitable for sports development and, where appropriate, elite sport. Development of school sport facilities (potentially through the BSF programme) will assist in creation of appropriate networks and help to stimulate PE and school sport.

Other (relevant) national policy

The benefits of increasing participation in sport and active recreation are both explicit and implicit in much government policy. Development of a network of appealing, accessible sport and recreation facilities should embrace, and demonstrate contribution to, these wider social objectives.

There is recognition, amongst policy makers, that “as more people move into rural areas they demand improved sport and recreation facilities near to where they live”. Development of sustainable communities (comprising appropriate, accessible sport and recreation facilities that are in good condition) will help to address this issue. Consideration should also be given to how sport could benefit from tourism.

Integration of planning and transport is particularly significant in terms of access to services in rural areas. Development of appropriate minimum provision standards comprising an accessibility component is important in addressing this issue.

Regional planning policy

The Draft Regional Spatial Plan provides a framework for development in South West England for the 20 years to 2026. It brings together policies for development with other policies and programmes that influence the nature of places and how they function, including those governing health, social issues, the economy, culture, skills and the environment.

The focus for residential development is in key centres. This makes these areas the most likely to secure significant developer contributions (partly as a result of increased demand) for sport and recreation facilities. Key centres in Cornwall are Truro, Falmouth and Penryn and the Camborne-Pool-Redruth area.

Local planning policy

This assessment will contribute to development of an evidence base for inclusion of in Cornwall Council’s Local Development Framework (LDF). Local Plans adopted and published by previous district/borough councils in Cornwall will continue to be relevant until they are replaced. In addition, two Area Action Plans are relevant: Truro and Threemilestone – aspires to development of a ‘sports hub’ to help

satisfy existing and potential unmet future demand and as a location for a rugby and football stadium.

Camborne-Pool-Redruth – relocation of Carn Brea Leisure Centre is a key issue.

Other (relevant) local strategies

Sport and recreation facilities will contribute to increasing and sustaining activity levels and achievement of targets, such as increasing adult participation to 25% in 2010 (as encapsulated in NI8).



SECTION 2: KEY CONSIDERATIONS AND ISSUES A number of considerations and issues specific to the County were explored in development of this Strategy: Cornwall Strategic Partnership The Cornwall Strategic Partnership is a voluntary partnership which brings together the key public service providers in Cornwall with voluntary and business sector organisations. Its role is to shape the future wellbeing of Cornwall and improve quality of life for local people. The Partnership has three key roles: Creating the long term vision for Cornwall, expressed through the Sustainable

Community Strategy. Overseeing the associated three year action plan (i.e., the Local Area Agreement). Responsibility to involve communities and special interest groups in shaping

Cornwall's future. Sustainable Community Strategy for Cornwall The Sustainable Community Strategy sets out what is important for quality of life in Cornwall and what can be done to protect or improve it in a way that is sustainable. It is the overarching strategy for Cornwall that aims to address the issues which cannot be resolved by one organisation alone. It links to other strategic policies including: Regional Spatial Strategy Regional Economic Strategy Council Plan Local Development Framework Children and Young People's Plan Cornwall Housing Strategy Local Transport Plan Local Delivery Plan for Health Health & Wellbeing Strategy In terms of sport and physical activity it seeks to ‘encourage healthy lifestyles and reduce risks to health and well being’. It will achieve this by ‘halting the rise in obesity by promoting sport and active recreation’. It also provides a framework for how sports related services should be provided. Local Area Agreement (2008-2011) A Local Area Agreement (LAA) is a three year agreement that sets out the priorities for a local area. It is outcome based and enables local authorities and their partners to deliver national outcomes in a way that reflects local priorities. Cornwall's Local Area Agreement focuses on key strategic priorities, drawn from Cornwall's 20 year vision document, the Sustainable Community Strategy. The Local Area Agreement sets out measurable achievements in the form of an action plan for the 3 year period between April 2008 and March 2011. The headline outcomes include:



Inequalities between communities have reduced People across Cornwall have healthy lifestyles and reduced risks to health and well

being. A network of towns, ports, villages, and rural settlements that supports cultural,

economic, and social prosperity. A balanced housing market with affordable, decent, and sustainable homes. An increase in adult participation in sport and active recreation (i.e., target NI8) will contribute to the aspiration to halt the rise in obesity (i.e., HCOP3) Building Schools for the Future (BSF) In 2005, Cornwall County Council was awarded ‘One School Pathfinder’ money to rebuild Penryn College. Redevelopment of the College included sports facilities (such as a 6-badminton court sports hall, studio, two synthetic turf pitches, a tented indoor sports area and grass pitches). The second BSF funding package, awarded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families to the Council in early 2007, was used to build a new Camelford Primary School, which was constructed alongside Sir James Smith School to form an all-through (5–16) education campus. In its recently prepared ‘Readiness to Deliver’ submission to Partnerships for Schools, CC commits itself to “transformational change” as a result of BSF investment. Its vision for the programme includes “facilitating integrated universal, targeted and additional services as well as community and extended services”. There are six initial priority schools (i.e., Camborne Science and Community College, Pool Science and Enterprise College, Humphry Davy School, Poltair School, Redruth School: A Technology College and Curnow Special School) and aspirations for replacement and refurbishment of sports facilities, such that all schools will meet Building Bulletin 98 requirements (re sports halls and synthetic turf pitches). The BSF programme provides significant opportunity to transform secondary education, whilst providing an opportunity to meet defined community sports and recreation needs, particularly in terms of delivering the ‘school sport’ agenda of two hours physical education and the ‘extended offer’ of up to five hours in and outside of the school curriculum. An integral part of the BSF investment programme in Cornwall is likely to be the ‘PE and Sport Stakeholder Group’. Its aim should be to identify and incorporate an assessment of community sports needs into the Strategy for Change Stages 1 and 2 documents to ensure that PE and sport are integral parts of the transformational educational programme. To make the most of the opportunity the Group should identify ways of meeting sport and physical activity curriculum and out of school PE and sports needs. It should also strive to ensure that the opportunities for integrated community use of educational sites are embedded into the BSF programme. There is clearly a need to take full advantage of the opportunity to make greater use of schools and take advantage of the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and BSF. Recommendations need not only to be based on sound evidence (an up to date assessment of playing pitches is required in addition to this assessment in order to provide a more comprehensive evidence base), but also to enable local agencies and



stakeholders to open the door and influence the manner in which programmes such as BSF are planned and delivered. Conversely, if the opportunities presented by BSF are not shaped and made to fit into a county-wide sports facilities framework, there is a danger that it will be delivered in such a way as to limit opportunity and cannibalise key catchments, actually restricting progress towards a situation where affordable community use of schools is the norm. Partnership working In recent years, previous local authorities in Cornwall have built strong and important partnership-based relationships both internally and with sporting and non-sporting agencies. This could have significant benefit for development of sport and recreation and in the context of future facility development. Key to this is ensuring that a justified and agreed approach underpins future decisions with regard to sports and physical activity across the County. Positioning of current sites The County comprises several areas that exhibit different characteristics (e.g., the China Clay area is one of the most disadvantaged). Each has significantly different profiles in terms of population density and ‘make up’. The East - West divide (as identified by many people that live and work in the Country) is another significant characteristic. The location and facility mix of sport and recreation opportunities should reflect this as demand and accessibility is likely to differ considerably from place to place. Current sport and recreation provision in Cornwall is the result of a combination of differing priorities, policies, political decisions and opportunism during two tier local government. Fortunately, this has resulted in a fairly balanced distribution of sport and recreation facilities across the Area. Cornwall Council currently operates fourteen bespoke sports/leisure facilities through a variety of management arrangements and eight additional dual-use sports facilities. It also owns and manages several grass pitch sites. The ‘built’ facilities are: Budehaven Leisure Centre Camborne Science and Community

College Camelford Leisure Centre Dragon Leisure Centre Helston Sports Centre Helston Community College Jubilee Pool (Penzance) Liskeard School and Community

College Lux Park Leisure Centre Millenium House Newquay Sport and Community

Centre

Newquay Water World Penzance Leisure Centre Phoenix Leisure Centre Pilgrim’s Pitch Polkyth Leisure Centre Saltash Leisure Centre Ships & Castles Leisure Pool Splash Leisure Pool St Ives Leisure Centre Torpoint and Rame Sports Centre Truro Leisure Centre Wadebridge Leisure Centre



Management arrangements CC inherited a variety of different arrangements for managing sports facilities. They are summarised below:

Method Public sector sports facility(s) External operator

Contract/lease duration

Dual-use (school) Budehaven Leisure Centre Camborne Science and

Community College Camelford Leisure Centre Helston Community College Liskeard School and

Community College Wadebridge Leisure Centre

- -

Dual-use (college) Truro and Penzance College (Truro and Penzance)

Cornwall College (Camborne)

- -

Direct provision Dragon Leisure Centre Helston Sports Centre Jubilee Pool (Penzance) Lux Park Leisure Centre Millenium House Newquay Sport and

Community Centre Newquay Water World Phoenix Leisure Centre Pilgrim Pitch Polkyth Leisure Centre Saltash Leisure Centre Splash Leisure Pool

- -

Trust Truro Leisure Centre Ships & Castles Leisure Pool

Carrick Leisure Trust

Until March 2013

Carn Brea Leisure Centre Carn Brea Leisure Trust

Until 2099

Private Finance Initiative (PFI)

Penzance Leisure Centre Parkwood Leisure

Until 2036, with benchmark period in 2013

Leisure operator St Ives Leisure Centre Leisure Connections

Until 2011, but could be extended to 2014

Although technically not ‘public sector sports facilities’, Carn Brea Leisure Centre and St Just Sports Centre are operated by ‘community groups’ for local benefit. The former is operated by a Charitable Company based on a 99 year operating lease (which has 90 years remaining) from (what is now) Cornwall Council. Its operating margins are small and the Charity has limited reserves. A recent local authority grant is likely to extend the facility’s operational life for between five to ten years (i.e., until between 2014 and 2019). It is the largest indoor sports facility in Cornwall and contains the only 8-badminton court sports hall in Cornwall. Its redevelopment (and relocation) is included in various plans to regenerate the Camborne, Pool and Redruth area.



St Just Sports Centre is managed and operated by St Just and District Sports Association Limited. The principal user of the facility (and an important source of income) is Cape Cornwall Comprehensive. The Centre’s catchment area is rural and the resident population relatively small. It doesn’t have a sinking fund and its financial situation is precarious, with expenditure regularly exceeding income. Consequently, fund raising, voluntary work and grants from external organisations have helped to improve the Centre’s financial viability. Support is currently being sought to reduce the Centre’s operating costs by installing solar panels. Under the terms of lease, however, the facility would ‘return to’ Cornwall Council if the Centre ‘failed’. Fowey Community Leisure Centre is also part of a secondary school (i.e., Fowey Community College), and although not operated by CC (it’s managed by the Community College) it is a ‘public sector dual-use centre’. The Centre’s catchment is also rural and relatively small. The variety of Cornwall Council’s management arrangements is considered by KKP to be complex and cumbersome and to reduce the efficiency and effectiveness of public sector sports facilities. There would be significant benefits from adopting a single approach to management of public sector sports facilities, including: Efficiency savings (e.g., reduction in duplication) Increased collective purchasing power (i.e., larger bulk orders). More effective targeting of subsidy. Opportunities to ‘standardise’ fees and charges. A single approach to performance measurement and demonstrating the cultural and

social value of public sector sports facilities. Consequently, it would be prudent to progressively bring all public sector sports facilities ‘under one roof’ so that they are managed under the same arrangements. This is likely to take several years to achieve, but given the situation with regards to ‘contract duration’ and opportunities for ‘review’ (see table above) if a decision is made to proceed before April 2010 the process could be completed by 2015. However, Cornwall Council should undertake more extensive consultation and financial analysis to ensure that local communities won’t be worse off as a result and that the potential efficiencies and benefits of adopting a single management model can be realised before a decision is made. Age of facilities A significant proportion of Cornwall Council managed and operated sport and recreation facilities were built (or converted) between the late 1970s and early 2000s. A substantial proportion of its stock will reach the end of its ‘shelf life’ and need to be refurbished in the short to medium term. A staged approach to rebuilding/ refurbishment of these facilities is required.



Strategic facility programming Dual-use facilities (whether provided for community use by Cornwall Council or individual schools) are an important element of the sports facilities network in Cornwall. A more commonly adopted and understood definition of ‘dual/community use’ would provide greater consistency and potentially help to reduce increasing use of school sports facilities (e.g., sports halls) for non-sports activities (e.g., exams), to the detriment of sustained PE and community sport activities. A potential definition is identified below: “The efficient, effective programming of facilities for the benefit of the local community so that their use assists achievement of national and local targets to annually increase participation levels in sport and physical activity by 1%”. Greater consistency with regards to the following areas of operation would also be beneficial: ‘Community’ hours (i.e., when sports halls will be available for community use). Fees and charges, so that the cost of an activity is similar throughout Cornwall. Commitment to achievement (awareness and understanding of) local authority

aspirations. Programming of facilities that is developmental as opposed to ‘static’. Awareness of and overall understanding of local need (and how sports halls could

help to address locally significant issues). Knowledge/understanding of clubs, leagues etc., in community Clear revenue income & expenditure models (e.g., what is a justifiable cost/expense) Appropriate staffing levels. How affordability can be optimised/justified.



SECTION 3: CURRENT PROVISION Web survey A web-based self-completion, questionnaire was sent to over 80 principal users of CC sport and recreation facilities. (Contact details were provided by CC staff). There were 18 valid returns (which is 20.4% - about average for this type of survey) from a variety of respondents including rugby, swimming and football clubs. Indoor facilities Respondents were asked which indoor facilities they used for both training and competition purposes, and then asked to rate the facility in terms of quality. None of the facilities were rated as very poor and the following were considered “very good”: Dragon Leisure Centre Newquay Sport and Community Centre Truro Leisure Centre Truro High School Overall provision of indoor facilities is considered to be at least average, as illustrated in the table below. No respondents considered provision to be very poor, but hire costs facilities were considered to be poor by 41.2% of respondents, for the following reasons: “The cost is very variable across the county from around c£30 per hour to around

c£80 per hour. Hence swimming has become a sport for the reasonably well off”. “Facilities are too costly for small clubs and clubs struggle to raise the fees to pay the

hourly rates. This means that it is necessary to raise subscriptions, which is putting off members as they can’t afford them”. Some clubs report that they have stopped training to help reduce costs.

Some users are from a poor/deprived area and can only afford to use facilities that are heavily subsidised.

In general, users perceive that the cost is disproportionate to average incomes in Cornwall.

Clubs report that they are actively “training the county's youth and getting them fit” (and in so doing helping to achieve CC targets and aspirations), “but we have to pay to do this”.

“Costs are the same, regardless of the quality of the facility and there are no discounts available for long term/block bookings and no incentives for clubs with large junior memberships”.

Table 1: Opinion of overall provision of indoor sport and recreation facilities.

Very good Good Average Poor

Quality 17.6% 29.4% 47.1% 5.9%

Adequacy (in terms of quality and condition)

11.8% 29.4% 47.1% 11.8%

Access (at times the club needs it)

17.6% 23.5% 58.8% 0.0%

Cost of hiring facilities 11.8% 5.9% 41.2% 41.2%



Respondents were also asked to identify additional indoor facility requirements: More and better swimming pools to meet the needs of competitive swimmers. Greater provision of facilities suitable (and affordable) for young swimmers learning to

swim. Land training facilities within Truro College and Truro Leisure Centre. Increase local provision and access to school facilities, particularly for juniors. More viewing areas for parents/guardians. Greater range of refreshments available, other than just chocolate bars. A location where clubs could leave their equipment without fear of it being

moved/damaged. Facilities with a sprung floor. Large mirrors. Outdoor facilities Only four respondents were able to comment on the provision of STPs, therefore, the following results should be treated cautiously. All respondents consider the provision in Cornwall to be adequate and therefore do not use facilities outside the County. However, the perception of quality varies from very good (Dragon LC, Camelford LC/Sir James Smith School and Newquay Tretherras School) to very poor (Budehaven LC, which is being replaced for September 2009). Opinions on the overall provision of STPs in Cornwall are shown below, once again no respondents identified overall provision as being ‘very poor’. Table 2: opinion of overall provision of STP facilities2.

Very good Good Average Poor

Quality 50% 25% 0% 0%

Adequacy (in terms of quality and condition)

50% 25% 0% 0%

Access (at times the club needs it)

50% 0% 0% 0%

Cost of hiring facilities 25% 0% 50% 0%

2 Note: findings are based on comments received from four respondents.



Sports halls This section covers provision of sports halls. It concentrates on the ability of facilities in the County to cater for delivery of community activity and major indoor sports (e.g., netball basketball, badminton). Only halls that are four badminton (or larger) courts in size are included in the analysis (see below) as anything smaller limits the range and type of activity that can take place. Large indoor spaces that are used for specific activities (such as gymnastic, cricket) are not included in this assessment. The list of smaller halls drawn from Active Places (and excluded from the analysis below) includes: Bodmin College Callington Sports & Leisure Centre Cape Cornwall School China Fleet Country Club Duchy College Falmouth School Looe Sports Hall Ludgvan Community Centre Mevagissey Activity Centre Centreencoys Primary School Perranarworthal Village Memorial Hall Phoenix Leisure Centre Pool Business & Enterprise College St Ives School St Keverne County Primary School Truro High School for Girls Landewednack Primary School Humphry Davy School Hayle Community School: A Language

College Liskeard School and Community

College There are 29 4-badminton court sports halls, three ‘air halls’ (although one at Callington School isn’t recorded here), five 6-badminton court hall and one 8-badminton court sports hall (at Carn Brea Leisure Centre) in Cornwall. Figure 6: Sports halls in Cornwall (including 4-badminton court halls and larger, and a sample of smaller halls).

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Key for sports hall map

Map Id

Site name Type Condition Courts

1 Bodmin College Activity Hall Neither 1

Bodmin College Main Neither 4

2 Brannel School Main Very Good 4

3 Budehaven Leisure Centre Main Neither 4

4 Callington Sports & Leisure Activity Hall Poor 1

Callington Sports & Leisure Main Good 4

5 Camborne Science and Community College Main Neither 4

6 Camelford Leisure Centre Main Good 4

7 Cape Cornwall School Main Neither 1

8 Carn Brea Leisure Centre Main Neither 8

9 China Fleet Country Club Activity Hall Good 2

10 Cornwall College (Camborne) Main Neither 4

11 Duchy College Main Neither 4

Duchy College Activity Hall Good 2

12 Falmouth School Activity Hall Good 1

Falmouth School Main Good 4

13 Fowey Community Leisure Centre Main Neither 4

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Hayle Community School: A Language College

Activity Hall Good 1

Hayle Community School: A Language College

Activity Hall Good 1

15 Helston Community College (also used by Helston Sports Centre – Map Id 16)

Main Neither 4

17 HMS Raleigh Gymnasium (Hm Forces) Main Very Good 6

18 Humphry Davy School Activity Hall Good 1

Humphry Davy School Main Good 4

19 Landewednack Primary School Main Neither 1

20 Launceston College Main Good 4

21 Liskeard School and Community College Activity Hall Poor -

Liskeard School and Community College Activity Hall Neither 1

22 Looe Sports Hall Activity Hall Poor 1

Looe Sports Hall Main Poor 3

23 Ludgvan Community Centre Main Neither 1

24 Lux Park Leisure Centre Main Good 4

25 Mevagissey Activity Centre Activity Hall Very Good 1



Map Id


26 Millenium House Activity Hall Good 2

27 Mounts Bay School and Community Sports Centre (Air hall)

Main Good -

28 Newquay Sport and Community Centre Main Very Good 4

29 Newquay Tretherras School Main Very Poor 4

30 Newquay Treviglas (Air Hall) Main Neither -

31 Penair School Activity Hall Good -

Penair School Main Neither 4

32 Pencoys Primary School Main Neither 1

33 Penrice Community College Poor 4

34 Penryn College Main Very Good 6

35 Penwith College Main Good 4

36 Penzance Leisure Centre Main Good -

37 Perranarworthal Village Memorial Hall Main 1

38 Phoenix Leisure Centre Main Neither 1

39 Polkyth Leisure Centre Main Good 6

40 Poltair Community School and Sports College

Main Neither 4

41 Pool Business and Enterprise College Activity Hall Neither 1

Pool Business and Enterprise College Main Neither 4

42 Redruth School: A Technology College Main Neither 4

43 Richard Lander School Main Very Good 6

44 Saints Health And Fitness Centre Main Neither 4

45 Saltash.Net Community School Activity Hall Good -

Saltash.Net Community School Main Good 4

46 St Ives School Main Neither 1

St Ives School Activity Hall Neither -

47 St Just Sports Centre - Good 4

48 St Keverne County Primary School Main Poor 1

49 Torpoint And Rame Sports Centre Main Very Good 4

50 Tregorrick Park Health and Fitness Centre Activity Hall Good 4

51 Truro College Sports Facilities Activity Hall Very Good -

Truro College Sports Facilities Main Good 6

52 Truro High School For Girls Main Neither 3

53 Wadebridge Leisure Centre Main Good 4



Map Id


54 YMCA (Cornwall) Activity Hall Neither -

55 Truro School Main - 4

The distribution of sports halls is generally good, with a strong correlation between concentrations of sports halls and population density (i.e., there are generally more halls where there are more people, and vice versa). There are also a couple of 4-badminton court sports halls in areas of low density population. Smaller halls potentially improve ‘sports hall’ coverage (as illustrated in the map above by 1-badminton court halls at Landewednack Primary School (Map Id 19) and St Keverne County Primary School (Map Id 48), which are in areas of low population, some distance from 4-badminton sports halls). Rather than developing more 4-badminton court sports halls in sparsely populated areas (where their financial viability is difficult) a hierarchical approach might be appropriate, where ‘small halls’ are programmed with entry level and recreational activities and ‘large halls’ used to accommodate full-sized and competitive activity. Significant investment will be required to maintain the existing network of sports halls, particularly those on school sites, provided by Cornwall Council. Failure to do so (especially in more rural areas) would reduce their accessibility and could result in (relatively) large catchment gaps. Issues about the significance of sports halls at the following locations were discussed during consultation associated with this assessment:

Facility Issue

Helston Community College The College’s sports hall is currently the closest 4-court sports hall for people who live on the Lizard Peninsular. It’s closure would have a significant impact on local communities.

Camelford Leisure Centre The Centre services a sparsely populated area with no comparable alternatives available.

Lux Park Leisure Centre Liskeard is a significant settlement and a focus for other (potentially complementary) service provision. The Centre’s closure could have a significant impact in south east Cornwall.

A significant proportion of schools and colleges offer their sports hall facilities for community use. However, the nature, extent, practical arrangements surrounding this and ‘usefulness’ of said use varies considerably. Formal agreements exist to guarantee and safeguard community use some of which are the result of Lottery Sports Fund grant agreements, but, as referred to above, this situation could be improved with greater consistency and adoption of a common definition of ‘dual/community use’.



Swimming pools There are 48 sites and 76 (indoor and outdoor) swimming pools (see Figure 7 below). 12 are operated by Cornwall Council, including:

Bude Sea Pool Camelford Leisure Centre Dragon Leisure Centre Helston Sports Centre Jubilee Pool Lux Park Leisure Centre Newquay Waterworld Phoenix Leisure Centre Polkyth Leisure Centre Saltash Leisure Centre Splash Wadebridge Leisure Centre

A further three are managed by trusts, Hayle Outdoor Pool is managed by Hayle Town Council (with support from CC), 21 are under ‘commercial management’, which includes hotels and Penzance and St Ives Leisure Centres, two are provided by schools and one is on a MoD site. Figure 7: Swimming pools in Cornwall (differentiated by length). Key for swimming pools map

Map Id

Site Type of pool Length (m)

1 Beach Leisure Club Main/General 11

2 Budock Vean Hotel and Golf Course Main/General 15

3 Callington Sports and Leisure Lido 20

4 Camelford Leisure Centre Main/General 20

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338

40

284

37

150

CornwallSwimming Pools

Pool length less than 25m

Pool length 25m plus


4,200 to 31,000

2,500 to 4,200

1,300 to 2,500

700 to 1,300

600 to 700

500 to 600

400 to 500

300 to 400

200 to 300

0 to 200



Map Id


5 Cape Cornwall Golf and Country Club Leisure Pool 14

6 Carlyon Bay Hotel Lido 20

Carlyon Bay Hotel Main/General 12

7 Carn Brea Leisure Centre Learner/Teaching/Training 10

Carn Brea Leisure Centre Learner/Teaching/Training 10

Carn Brea Leisure Centre Main/General 13

8 China Fleet Country Club Leisure Pool 15

China Fleet Country Club Main/General 25

9 Dragon Leisure Centre Learner/Teaching/Training 8

Dragon Leisure Centre Main/General 25

10 Fistral Spa Main/General 11

11 Fowey Community Leisure Centre Lido 20

12 Hayle Outdoor Pool Lido 25

13 Helston Sports Centre Main/General 25

14 Hendra Holiday Park Lido 40

Hendra Holiday Park Leisure Pool 30

15 Hengar Manor Learner/Teaching/Training 5

Hengar Manor Main/General 25

16 HMS Raleigh Gymnasium (HM Forces) Main/General 33

17 Jubilee Pool (Penzance) Lido 98

18 Lostwithiel Golf and Country Club - -

19 Lux Park Leisure Centre Learner/Teaching/Training 8

Lux Park Leisure Centre Main/General 25

20 Newquay Water World Leisure Pool -

Newquay Water World Learner/Teaching/Training 25

21 Nirvana Health Club Main/General 12

22 Ocean Spa Lido -

Ocean Spa Main/General 12

23 Parc Eglos Primary School Learner/Teaching/Training 13

24 Penmere Leisure Club Lido -

Penmere Leisure Club Main/General 12

25 Pentire Hotel Main/General 8

26 Penventon Health & Leisure Spa Main/General 11.5

27 Penzance Leisure Centre Learner/Teaching/Training 13

Penzance Leisure Centre Main/General 25



Map Id


28 Phoenix Leisure Centre Learner/Teaching/Training 9

Phoenix Leisure Centre Main/General 25

29 Polkyth Leisure Centre Learner/Teaching/Training -

Polkyth Leisure Centre Main/General 25

30 Polurrian Leisure Club Lido 13

Polurrian Leisure Club Main/General 11

31 Redruth School: A Technology College Main/General -

32 Roserrow Golf and Country Club Learner/Teaching/Training 3

Roserrow Golf and Country Club Leisure Pool 20

33 Saltash Leisure Centre Learner/Teaching/Training 12

Saltash Leisure Centre Main/General 25

34 Sands Resort Lido -

Sands Resort Main/General 15

35 Ships & Castles Leisure Pool Leisure Pool 10

36 Snowlands Gym, Par Main/General 12

37 Splash Leisure Pool Leisure Pool 33

38 St Ives Leisure Centre Learner/Teaching/Training 5

St Ives Leisure Centre Main/General 25

39 St Keverne County Primary School - -

40 St Mellion International Resort Main/General 25

St Mellion International Resort Main/General 8

41 St Michaels Spa Main/General 12

42 St Moritz Hotel Leisure Pool 10

St Moritz Hotel - 13

43 The Garden Sports and Leisure - 4

The Garden Sports and Leisure - 18

44 Tregenna Castle Hotel / Golf & Country Club

Leisure Pool 20

Tregenna Castle Hotel / Golf & Country Club

Lido 2


Learner/Teaching/Training 20

45

Truro High School For Girls Main/General 22.5

46 Truro Leisure Centre Learner/Teaching/Training 11

Truro Leisure Centre Main/General 25



Map Id


47 Truro School Main/General 25

48 Wadebridge Leisure Centre Learner/Teaching/Training -

Wadebridge Leisure Centre Main/General 25

49 Whitsand Bay Country Club Learner/Teaching/Training 6

Whitsand Bay Country Club Main/General 15

Competition swimming in Cornwall is restricted by the facilities available; there are no 8-lane swimming pools (which are required for national and international short-course competition) and aspirations to develop a 50m pool in Cornwall as a result of Rescue 2010 (i.e., the world life saving championships in 2010) will not now be realised because the competition will be located in Egypt. In addition, proposals to develop the Life Centre in Plymouth include a 50m pool, which makes development of a second 50m pool on the South West Peninsular unlikely. (The significance/impact of swimming pools in neighbouring areas is also considered later in this report). Pools types classified as learner/teaching/training are, for the purposes of this study, considered to be ‘inadequate’ in terms of offering opportunities for swimming, although they are important locally and may support learn to swim programmes.



Synthetic turf pitches (STPs) There are fourteen sand-based and seven rubber crumb pile (3G) ‘full size’ STPs in the County, all (bar one) of the latter are on education sites. There are also seven facilities of this type that are known as STPs but are smaller than ‘full size’ (i.e., less than 4,500m2). Both types of ‘STP’ are more sparsely distributed in the north and west of the County (see Figure 8 below). Figure 8: STPs in Cornwall differentiated by size Key for STPs map

Map Id

Site name Type of surface Condition Number of pitches

(> 4,500m2)

1 Budehaven Leisure Centre Sand Based Very Poor3 1

2 Callington Sports & Leisure Rubber Crumb Pile (3G) Very Good 1

3 Camborne Science and Community College

Sand Based (MUGA) Neither -

4 Cornwall College (Camborne) Rubber Crumb Pile (3G) Neither 1

5

Dragon Leisure Centre Sand Based Good 1

3 The STP at Budehaven Leisure Centre is due to be replaced for September 2009

CITY OF PLYMOUTH

SOUTH HAMS

TORRIDGE

WEST DEVON

1

14

23

8

7

418

6

3

13

25

2224

21

20

19

16

917

15

12

11

10

5

2

CornwallSynthetic Turf Pitch

STP of less than 4500 m. square

STP of greater than 4500 m. square


4,200 to 31,000

2,500 to 4,200

1,300 to 2,500

700 to 1,300

600 to 700

500 to 600

400 to 500

300 to 400

200 to 300

0 to 200



Map Id

Site name Type of surface Condition Number of pitches

(> 4,500m2)

6 Duchy College Sand Based (MUGA) Very Poor -

Duchy College Sand Based Very Good 1

7 Helston Community College and


8 Helston Sports Centre ditto ditto ditto

9

HMS Raleigh Gymnasium (HM Forces)

Sand Based 1


Sand Based 1

10 Looe Sports Hall Sand Based (MUGA) Good -

11 Lux Park Leisure Centre Sand Based Very Good 1

12 Newquay Tretherras School Rubber Crumb Pile (3G) Very Good 1

13 Penair School Sand Based Good 1

14

Penryn College Rubber Crumb Pile (3G) Very Good 1

Penryn College Sand Based Very Good 1

Penryn College Sand Based (MUGA) Very Good -

15 Penzance Astro Park Sand Based Good 1

16 Pilgrim Pitch Rubber Crumb Pile (3G) Very Good 1


Sand Based Very Poor 1

18 Pool Business and Enterprise College

Sand Based Neither 1

19 Saltash Community School Sand Based (MUGA) -

20 Sir James Smiths School Rubber Crumb Pile (3G) Very Good 1

21 Truro College Sports Facilities

Rubber Crumb Pile (3G) Very Good 1

22 Truro High School For Girls Sand Based Good 1

23 University College Falmouth (Tremough Campus)


24 Richard Lander School Sand Based - 1

25 Truro School Sand Based - 1



Health and fitness facilities There are 66 identified health and fitness facilities (with 1,613 stations) in the County; 17 are owned by Cornwall Council, 11 of which are operated ‘in house’, four are operated by trusts on behalf of Cornwall Council and a further two are local authority owned and commercially managed. In addition, one facility is on a MoD site and a further three are operated by ‘community trust’. The remainder (i.e., the majority) are owned by commercial operators. St Ives Leisure Centre’s health and fitness suite is the biggest in Cornwall, but there are none with more than 65 stations, which makes them all relatively modest compared with similar facilities in other parts of England. Figure 9: Health and fitness facilities in Cornwall Key to the health and fitness map

Map Id Site Name Stations Condition

1 All Being Well 17 Neither

2 Beach Leisure Club 33 Very Good

3 Bodmin College 20 Neither

4 Budehaven Leisure Centre 17 Neither

5 Camborne Science And Community College 14 Neither

6 Camelford Leisure Centre 8 Good

7 Cape Cornwall Golf and Country Club 22 Poor

CITY OF

PLYMOUTH

SOUTH HAMS

TORRIDGE

WEST DEVON

1

30

60

59

27

48

10

66

55

50

57

2

56

41

429

31

862 20

511329

46

47

18

332

65

26

4

21 16

6

1119

36

49

3515

37

39

646312 22

58

5

23

6152

432844

34

4038

3353

7

54

1745

2425




8 Carlyon Bay Hotel 10 Good

9 Carn Brea Leisure Centre 51 Neither

10 China Fleet Country Club 60 Very Good

11 Concept Gym, Newquay 28 Poor

12 Cornwall College (Camborne) 22 Neither

13 Cornwall College (St Austell) 13 Neither

14 Curves Gym, Par 22 Very Good

15 Curves Gym, Treloggan 18 Good

16 Curves, Harlequinns, Bude 21 Very Good

17 Curves, Newport, Launceston 20 Good

18 Dragon Leisure Centre 33 Very Good

19 Fistral Spa 21 Very Good

20 Fowey Community Leisure Centre 30 Good

21 Fusion 25 Neither

22 Future Fitness 30 Neither

23 Hayle Community School: A Language College 10 Poor

24 Helston Community College 15 Neither

25 Helston Sports Centre 31 Good

26 Hengar Manor 7 Good

27 HMS Raleigh Gymnasium (HM Forces) 26 Very Good

28 Humphry Davy School 17 Neither

29 Lostwithiel Golf & Country Club 8 Neither

30 Lux Park Leisure Centre 53 Very Good

31 Mevagissey Activity Centre 12 Very Good

32 Mike Munds Fitness (Bodmin) 20 Neither

33 Mounts Bay Fitness 36 Neither


18 Neither

35 Newquay Sport and Community Centre 12 Very Good

36 Newquay Tretherras School 50 Poor

37 Newquay Water World 50 Good

38 Nirvana Health Club 15 Poor

39 Ocean Spa 10 Neither

40 Oxygen Health Club 26 Good

41 Penmere Leisure Club 8 Good

42 Penryn College - Very Good




43 Penwith College 6 Neither

44 Penzance Leisure Centre 50 Good

45 Phoenix Leisure Centre 26 Very Good

46 Polkyth Leisure Centre 51 Very Good

47 Saints Health and Fitness Centre 25 Good

48 Saltash Leisure Centre 53 Very Good

49 Sands Resort 9 Good

50 Ships & Castles Leisure Pool 32 Good

51 Snowlands Gym, Par 43 Very Poor

52 St Ives Leisure Centre 64 Good

53 St Just Sports Centre 18 Good

54 St Mellion International Resort 53 Very Good

55 St Michaels Spa - Very Good

56 The Falmouth Sports Club 9 Poor

57 The Fit Pit 39 Neither

58 The Fit Stop Fitness Centre 22 Poor

59 The Garden Sports and Leisure 20 Good

60 Torpoint And Rame Sports Centre 20 Good

61 Tregenna Castle Hotel / Golf & Country Club 20 Good

62 Tregorrick Park Health and Fitness Centre 36 Good

63 Truro College Sports Facilities 22 Good

64 Truro Leisure Centre 32 Good

65 Wadebridge Leisure Centre - Good

66 Whitsand Bay Country Club 4 Good



Indoor bowls facilities There are five indoor bowling facilities in Cornwall (see Figure 10 below). With the exception of Carnmoggas Indoor Bowls Club, they each have four rinks and operate as ‘members clubs’. Carnmoggas Indoor Bowls Club has three rinks and is located on a ‘holiday park’. Figure 10: Indoor bowls facilities in Cornwall Key to indoor bowls map

Map Id

Site Condition Rinks

1 Bodmin Bowls Club Neither 4

2 Carnmoggas Indoor Bowls Club Neither 3

3 Lux Park Leisure Centre Good 4

4 Newquay Indoor Bowls Club Good 4

5 Veryan Indoor Bowls Club Very Good 4

SOUTH HAMS

CITY OF

PLYMOUTH

TORRIDGE

WEST DEVON

3

1

4

2

5



Indoor tennis facilities There are five indoor tennis facilities in Cornwall, and one recently constructed (but not operational) Tented Indoor Sports Area (TISA) at Penryn College, which has three indoor tennis courts. There are three ‘airhalls’, which are all on school sites, and two indoor tennis facilities of ‘traditional’ construction. The facilities are spread throughout the County. Figure 11: Indoor tennis facilities in Cornwall Key for indoor tennis map

Map Id Site Type Condition Courts

1 Callington Sports & Leisure Airhall Neither 2

2 Dragon Leisure Centre Traditional Very Good 3

3 Heron Tennis Airhall Good 2


Airhall Good 2

5 Truro College Sports Facilities Traditional Very Good 1

SOUTH HAMS

CITY OF

PLYMOUTH

TORRIDGE

WEST DEVON

1

2

3

5

4



Ice rinks PPG17 Guidance advocates that ice rinks are considered as part of built facility supply and demand assessments. The Study that underpins this report has not identified local demand for a permanent ice rink, although The Eden Project annually installs (and dismantles) a temporary ice rink. In the absence of additional information consideration should be given to the experience of the Eden Project in providing a temporary ice rink. (At the time of drafting this report information from the Eden Project was not available). This should help to determine whether or not there is sufficient need for a permanent, financially viable ice rink in Cornwall. Sport and recreation facilities in Devon Users of sport and recreation facilities do not recognise administrative boundaries and will use facilities that are convenient and/or provide a quality/value for money experience. Ownership and management are, in this context, a minor consideration for most users. Therefore, the availability of facilities in neighbouring areas can and does influence usage patterns. Anecdotal information suggests that there is little ‘cross-boundary use’ by Torridge or West Devon residents, but approximately half of all users of the swimming pools at Saltash Leisure Centre are from Plymouth. This view is substantiated by Plymouth City Council: Facility Planning Model calculations suggest that approximately a third of the City’s demand for swimming is exported to either South Hams, West Devon or into Cornwall. Conversely, nearly a third of users of sports halls in Plymouth come from neighbouring areas. Development of the Life Centre in Central Park, Plymouth could change this situation. The new centre will comprise wet and dry facilities and is projected to satisfy much of the unmet demand in the City. In addition, it will be one the Amateur Swimming Association’s (ASA) performance centres and will be a focus of elite swimming competition and coaching. When built and operational in 2011 it is likely that the Centre will attract users from a wide catchment, including parts of eastern Cornwall. Further work is required to identify the extent and true nature of this situation. Sport England’s Active Places database identifies 26 sites located within 5kms (which approximately equates to a 15 minute car journey) of Cornwall’s boundary, as illustrated in Figure 12 below:



Figure 12: Pools, STPs and sports halls within a 5 km catchment of the County boundary.

CITY OF PLYMOUTH

SOUTH HAMS

WEST DEVON

30

32 4236

27

43 48192118

46

31

39

41

40

44

3537

50

47

45

10

16

17

13

4CornwallNeighbouring Facilities within 5 KM

Sports Hall

Sports Hall & Pool

Sports Hall, Pool & STP

Sports Hall & STP

Swimming Pool


4,200 to 31,000

2,500 to 4,200

1,300 to 2,500

700 to 1,300

600 to 700

500 to 600

400 to 500

300 to 400

200 to 300

0 to 200

Key to swimming pools, STPs and sports halls in neighbouring areas map

Map ID

Site Local Authority Facility Type

4 Holsworthy Leisure Centre Torridge DC Sports Hall & Pool

10 Bere Alston School Sports Hall West Devon BC Sports Hall

13 Lamerton Sports And Community Centre West Devon BC Sports Hall

16 Tavistock College Sports Department West Devon BC Sports Hall, Pool & STP

17 Meadowlands Leisure Pool West Devon BC Swimming Pool

18 Brickfields Sports Centre Plymouth CC Sports Hall & STP

19 City College Plymouth-Kings Road Centre Plymouth CC Sports Hall

21 Devonport High School For Boys Plymouth CC Sports Hall

27 Mayflower Leisure Centre Plymouth CC Sports Hall

30 Parkside Community College Plymouth CC Sports Hall

31 Plymouth College Ford Park Plymouth CC Sports Hall & Pool

32 Plymouth College Junior School Plymouth CC Sports Hall

35 Sir John Hunt Sports Centre Plymouth CC Sports Hall



Map ID

Site Local Authority Facility Type

36 Stoke Damerel Community College Sports Hall Plymouth CC Sports Hall & STP

37 Tamarside Sports Complex Plymouth CC Sports Hall

39 The John Kitto Community College Plymouth CC Sports Hall & Pool

40 University Of Plymouth Fitness Complex Plymouth CC Sports Hall

41 YMCA (Plymouth Kitto Centre) Plymouth CC Sports Hall

42 Central Park Leisure Pools Plymouth CC Swimming Pool

43 Club Continental Plymouth CC Swimming Pool

44 Club Moativation (Plymouth) Plymouth CC Swimming Pool

45 Fort Stamford Health & Fitness Plymouth CC Swimming Pool

46 Mountwise Swimming Pool Plymouth CC Swimming Pool

47 Nuffield Health Fitness & Wellbeing (Plymouth) Plymouth CC Swimming Pool

48 Plymouth Pavilions Plymouth CC Swimming Pool

50 Tinside Lido Plymouth CC Swimming Pool



QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS In order to identify any shortfalls in the quantity of principal sport and recreation facilities within Cornwall, we have utilised Sport England’s Active Places Power capacity (or supply and demand) analysis. This uses the current capacity of provision across the County and potential demand (based on population and participation trends), to analyse whether the current capacity of facilities is meeting current demand and provides an indication of surplus or shortfall. In addition, population and participation increases are applied to the demand to calculate whether current supply will also meet future demands. In the context of this analysis, where supply meets demand the percentage figure is expressed as ‘100%’. However, space will be at a premium at 100%. So, in order to build-in a comfort factor of approximately 40%, the analysis below (based on Sport England guidance) assumes that demand is comfortably met by supply at 140%. Any figure below 140% suggests that supply does not meet identified demand, and over 140% that supply exceeds demand. ASA analysis is also considered for swimming pools in order that the analysis reflects community use of pools. Sport England ‘Facility Planning Model profiles’ should also be analysed to develop a more comprehensive ‘picture’; particularly in relation to ‘market share’ and better understanding of supply and demand issues. Sports halls

An important consideration in examining the provision of sports halls in Cornwall is access. This is particularly significant due to the rural nature of the County. Therefore, while there is a good range of sports hall provision across the County, access could be considered to be problematic at a number of sites. For example, closure of sports/leisure centre(s) in rural areas (e.g., St Just Sports Centre, Camelford Leisure Centre) could further exacerbate this situation, although all parties consulted appear to be (genuinely) committed to developing and retaining comprehensive networks of sports facilities. Analysis of demand for sports halls Table 1: Active Places Power analysis of demand for sports halls

Current Future (2026)4

Capacity 32,395 32,395

Demand 21,769 30,302.5

Balance 10,627 2092.5

% Cornwall demand met 148.81 106.91

% England demand met 132.49 -

% South West Region demand met 151.33 -

4 Assumes 20% population growth and 16% participation increase across Cornwall up to 2026.



Identification (through Active Places Power analysis) that 140% of demand for a particular type of facility is satisfied indicates that all needs in an area are met (this takes quality of provision and the extent to which school facilities may be available into account)5. On this basis, Cornwall currently meets provision needs in terms of (4-badminton court) sports halls. As shown, when predicated population growth and participation projections are taken into consideration there is a need for increased provision of 4-badminton court sports halls. As stated above, a sizeable proportion of currently available sports hall space is delivered through the education sector, which is an attractive and financially more viable management/operational model (than a stand-alone/dedicated public sports facility) in rural areas. There is a need (where required and appropriate) to extend the network of sports halls by developing dual-use facilities on education sites and for a greater focus on securing consistent and clear community use agreements (possibly linked to plans to increase community use of school facilities under the BSF and Extended Schools initiatives). If it is not possible to secure greater levels of consistent and reliable community access to school based facilities, consideration should be given to making additional provision available. The estimated average maximum drive-time to sports halls (i.e., the furthest distance that, on average, sports hall users are prepared to travel) in Cornwall is 20 minutes (see figure 14 below). 521,385 people (i.e., over 98% of the resident population) live within 20 minutes of a sports hall in Cornwall. Conversely, 8,160 (less than 2%) live further than a 20 minute drive from a sports hall. Swimming pools There are 17 sites that currently provide ‘Learner/Teaching/Training’ swimming pools and 34 that have a ‘Main/General’ swimming pool in Cornwall. Of the latter 47% (i.e., 16) have a 25 metre pool. 14 have a degree of restricted access due to the fact that they operate on a membership basis (these include Hengar Manor and Sands Resort). Six pools are provided on education sites and the remainder are also all available for public swimming. Analysis of demand for swimming pools Table 2: Active Places Power analysis of demand for swimming pools


Capacity 49,947.2 49,947.2

Demand 27,205.0 37,869.4

Balance 22,742.0 12,077.8

%Cornwall demand met 183.6 131.9



5 Where supply equals demand the percentage figure will equal 100%. However, it is Sport England’s opinion

that it is ideal to build in a comfort factor of approximately 40% because at 100% space will be at a premium. Therefore, when analysing the figures it is useful to assume that 140% represents a figure where demand is comfortably met by supply. Any figure below 140% would suggest that supply does not meet identified demand. 6 Assumes 20% population growth and 16% participation increase across Cornwall in the next 16 years.



Identification (through Active Places Power analysis) that 140% of demand for a particular type of facility is satisfied indicates that all needs in an area are met (this takes account of the quality of provision and the extent to which school facilities may be available). On this basis, Cornwall is currently over-provided in terms of swimming pools. However, when predicated population growth and participation projections are taken into consideration the County is under provided in terms of pools. The estimated average maximum drive-time to swimming pools (i.e., the furthest distance that, on average, swimming pool users are prepared to travel) in Cornwall is 20 minutes (see figure 15 below). 524,036 people (i.e., 99% of the resident population) live within 20 minutes of a 25 metre (or larger) swimming pool in Cornwall. Conversely, 5,509 (1%) live further than a 20 minute drive from a 25 metre (or larger) swimming pool. Issues relating to current swimming provision in Cornwall Issues relating to current swimming provision in Cornwall include high levels of use of Saltash Swimming Pool by Plymouth residents (which could reduce after development of the Life Centre in Central Park, Plymouth) and providing facilities suitable to accommodate higher levels of competition swimming and galas. Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) Applying the ASA guidelines (that focus on water space that swimming clubs, schools and members of the community have access to) to Cornwall for a population of 501,267 (2001 Census) indicates a requirement of 6,516m² of water space. On this basis there is an estimated 931m² (14%) deficit between available water space and what the ASA’s estimates is required, which is equivalent of two 25m x 12.5m – 6 lane swimming pools plus two (8m x 12.5m) learner pools. This does not take into account: Any anticipated future population variations in the area. Any anticipated variations to the future school places demand in the area. Government initiatives to increase sports participation. Population increases since 2001 Census. The ASA would wish to see the swimming pool stock in Cornwall increased in line with the national average and the recommended level of water area by the addition of several new school swimming pool facilities within their sports facility strategy and BSF programme. Health and fitness facilities There are 40 sites with 20 or more fitness stations, providing a total of 1,138 fitness stations in Cornwall. Private sector provision is significant, reflected by the fact that 19 (47.5%) of sites are owned by commercial operators. In addition, CC operates over two fifths (42.5%) of the sites and is the largest operator (by equipment volume) providing 562 (approximately 49%) stations.



Analysis of demand for health and fitness provision Active Places Power does not provide analysis for fitness provision. Therefore, demand has been calculated using recognised industry figures as shown below: Table 3: Analysis of demand for health and fitness provision


Adult population 544,400 653,280

UK penetration rate 19.7% 20.88%

Number of potential members 107,246.8 136,404.8

Number of visits per week (1.5 per member) 160,870.2 204,607.3

% of visits in peak time 65 65

Number of stations required during peak times8 2,681.17 3,410.12

Table 3 does not take the supply of facilities into account (i.e., their accessibility, where or how they are provided). It calculates demand only. On this basis (and assuming that there are 1,138 stations in Cornwall) there is calculated unmet demand for health and fitness provision, which is exacerbated when facilities with poor/no community access are taken into consideration. Anticipated demand (in 2026) is for 3,410 stations, which indicates more unmet demand. Although a sizeable proportion of provision is currently made by CC, the private sector is a significant provider (i.e., the analysis doesn’t take into consideration that access to facilities operated by commercial providers is often restricted). The fact that many of Cornwall’s health and fitness facilities are provided by CC suggests that ‘public sector’ provision is significant, particularly in terms of ensuring that disadvantaged groups are not further marginalised. It will need to continue to be carefully managed to ensure that a balance is struck between ‘commercial viability’ and achieving social objectives. The estimated average maximum drive-time to a health and fitness gym in Cornwall (i.e., the furthest distance that, on average, health and fitness gym users are prepared to travel) is 15 minutes (see figure 16 below). 487,292 people (i.e., 92% of the resident population) live within 15 minutes of a health and fitness gym in Cornwall. Conversely, 42,253 (8%) live further than a 15 minute drive from one.

7 Assumes 20% population growth and 16% participation increase across Cornwall in the next 16 years.

8 Assumes 39 peak time hours per week.



Indoor bowls facilities Demand for indoor bowling facilities is currently not being met, as illustrated below. Table 4: Active Places Power analysis of demand for indoor bowls

Current Future (2026) 9

Capacity 3,342 3,342

Demand 5,646 7,859.2

Balance -2,304 -4,517

% Cornwall demand met 59.19 42.52



Increases in population and participation, coupled with the increasing popularity of indoor short mat bowling in other areas of England, suggests that there is demand for new indoor bowling facilities in the County. The estimated average maximum drive-time to an indoor bowls facility (i.e., the furthest distance that, on average, indoor bowls players are prepared to travel) in Cornwall is 30 minutes. 336,069 people (i.e., 63% of the resident population) live within 30 minutes of an indoor bowls facility in Cornwall. Conversely, 193,476 (37%) live further than a 30 minute drive from one. This is a relatively high proportion of the population (when compared with other sports facilities), and one that could become more significant with an aging population. Additional population analysis Active Places Power analysis is not available for all types of sport and recreation facilities covered by this assessment. However, population analysis10 for STPs and indoor tennis facilities (i.e., the facilities for which there is no analysis) is as follows:

Type of facility Estimated maximum drive-time catchment

11

Population within amalgamated

catchment area

Population outwith amalgamated

catchment area

STP (larger than 4500m2) 20 487,718 (92%) 41,827 (8%)

Indoor tennis 30 475,993 (90%) 53,552 (10%)

9 Assumes 20% population growth and 16% participation increase across Cornwall in the next 16 years.

10 Based on a total population of 529,545 (i.e., 2007 mid-year estimates issued by ONS)

11 i.e., the furthest distance that, on average, STP and indoor tennis players are prepared to travel,

respectively.



Additional community sports facilities Housing development is one of the principal justifications for additional community sports facilities (i.e., new residents increase demand for sports facilities). Currently on average 2,250 new dwellings each year, for 20 years, are forecast for development in Cornwall (source: draft RSS ‘Housing totals and phasing’). Demand for sport and recreation facilities will increase most significantly in areas of greatest housing development, particularly when population growth is combined with increases in levels of participation. Areas of the County likely to experience the most housing development are Truro, Falmouth and Penryn and the Camborne, Pool, Redruth area. Where there is insufficient justification, based on housing and related projections alone, for new facilities, identification of existing need is important in justifying their development. The research identifies that priority sport and recreation facility development needs in Cornwall are (in no particular order) to: Develop additional/replacement sport and recreation facilities to replace ageing

facilities. Increase access to sport and recreation facilities. Improve access to/increase community use of secondary school provision. Increased capacity of sports halls operating at (or near) capacity, particularly in areas

where demand is likely to increase (e.g., those designated for housing development).

The way that facilities are managed and operated also influences their use. Key issues that should be considered and/or addressed in Cornwall include: Ensuring good access to court time for generic sports development and/or club-based

or led development activity. Central programming of school facilities to encourage financially and developmentally

efficient and effective community use. Support for ‘elite performance’ provision. Analysis of existing provision also identifies the principles that should underpin all sport and recreation facility development in the County. These are to: Improve the quality of existing facilities. Amend policies to obtain developer contributions throughout the County.



QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS A quality audit of principal sport and leisure facilities in Cornwall was completed during April and May 2009. It was conducted by CC leisure staff. To aid consistency, KKP developed a standard assessment proforma and inducted all assessors. Facilities were assessed based on visual, non-technical inspections by a single member of staff. Facilities are rated on a five point scale between very good (bright green) and very poor (bright red). Remedial action was identified where possible. Audit findings are summarised as follows (see appendix 4 for a more detailed summary):

Quality rating Very poor Poor Neither Good Very good

Number of facilities

2 10 24 47 19

Assessment of audit findings The majority of sport and leisure facilities in Cornwall were assessed to be in ‘good’ or better condition. 12 facilities are either in ‘poor’ or ‘very poor’ condition, as highlighted below:

Reference Name Facility Overall Quality rating

1005738 Fowey Community Leisure Centre Various Poor

RT10 Carnmoggas Indoor Bowls Club Indoor bowls Poor

RT7 Snowlands Gym, Par Health & fitness gym Very Poor

RT14 Penrice Community College Various Poor

RT2 Concept Gym, Newquay Health & fitness gym Poor

1018880 Nirvana Health Club Health & fitness gym Poor

C1 Liskeard School and Community College Various Poor

K5 Parc Eglos Primary School Swimming pool Very Poor

K9 St Keverne County Primary School Various Poor

1010383 The Fit Stop Fitness Centre Health & fitness gym Poor

1014717 Penventon Health & Leisure Spa Health & fitness gym Poor

1010372 All Being Well Health & fitness gym Poor

Of particular concern to CC (as the only public sector provider of sport and recreation facilities in Cornwall) should be secondary school sports facilities in ‘poor’ condition. These are: Fowey Community Leisure Centre Penrice Community College Liskeard School and Community College



ACCESSIBILITY ANALYSIS

Effective catchment areas for different types of provision provide a tool for identifying areas currently ‘served’ by sports facilities. It is recognised that they can vary from person to person, day to day, hour to hour. This perennial problem is overcome in PPG17 by accepting the concept of ‘effective catchments’, defined (in this instance) as the ‘average maximum distance’ travelled by the majority of users. Previously, when assessing accessibility the former CPA performance indicators for provision were considered. Foremost amongst these is the access indicator for facility provision; ‘the percentage of population that are (reside) within 20 minutes travel time of a range of three different sports facility types of which one has achieved a quality assured standard’. This standard is interpreted here for sports halls, swimming pools and STPs as a 20 minute drive-time to reflect local circumstances (i.e., the majority of users travel to sport and recreation facilities in Cornwall by private car) and CC policy aspirations. The effective catchment area for health and fitness gyms across Cornwall is considered to be 15 minutes and 30 minutes for indoor tennis and indoor bowls facilities. Effective catchment areas vary when considering travel times to leisure centres by public transport. CC mapping (2005) of access to leisure centres by public transport identifies populations throughout the County (with greater concentrations in north and east Cornwall) where there is ‘no access’ as a result of no/limited public transport. These areas broadly correspond with catchment gaps identified using drive-time catchment analysis (see below). Further mapping, using contemporary public transport data sets (e.g., bus timetables) available to CC, could help to improve analysis sophistication. Access is also considered as part of the ‘quantitative analysis’ above. For example, it is factored into the supply and demand assessment, primarily because the ‘accessibility’ of facilities influences their ‘supply’. In general terms, facilities that are provided and operated by local authorities cater for a wider range of community use, throughout the day, than those on education sites or provided by commercial operators. As a result, they are generally considered to be the most accessible. Sport and recreation facilities on education sites used by local communities are invariably available at times when not needed for curriculum based activity (e.g., after 17.30 on weekday evenings and at weekends). Facilities provided by commercial operators are generally considered to be the least accessible, primarily because they are relatively expensive (which, in part, reflects the quality of provision) and because they tend to demand that users subscribe to a membership scheme. There are various variations and nuances to these broad definitions, but they are considered to reflect the general situation in Cornwall.



Sports halls Figure 14 (below) shows the existing stock of sports halls (minimum 4-courts). A 20 minute drive time is applied to each facility and catchment areas amalgamated to highlight provision gaps. Given established usage patterns, facilities located in neighbouring local authorities, which (on the basis of a 5km catchment) might cater for Cornwall residents, are not considered to be significant. The figure shows that virtually all of the County’s population lives within a 20 minute drive time of a (minimum 4-court) sports hall (i.e., there are no significant catchment gaps). The catchment analysis, however, does not take into account facility quality or the fact that privately operated sports halls offer varying quantities of community access. Figure 14: Sports halls in Cornwall with 20 minute drive-time catchment areas. Key to map of Cornwall sports halls by location with amalgamated 20 minute drive-time catchment areas

Map Id

Site Name Map Id

Facility Name

1 Bodmin College 31 Penair School

2 Brannel School 33 Penrice Community College

CITY OF PLYMOUTH

WEST DEVON

SOUTH HAMS

TORRIDGE

4110

42

8

11

5

53

45

491750

51

47

27

44

33

3940

2

134331

34

16

1215

35

18

30

2928

24

20

6

4

3

1



Drive Time


4,200 to 31,000

2,500 to 4,200

1,300 to 2,500

700 to 1,300

600 to 700

500 to 600

400 to 500

300 to 400

200 to 300

0 to 200

52



Map Id

Site Name Map Id

Facility Name

3 Budehaven Leisure Centre 34 Penryn College

4 Callington Sports & Leisure Centre 35 Penwith College


36 Penzance Leisure Centre

6 Camelford Leisure Centre 39 Polkyth Leisure Centre

8 Carn Brea Leisure Centre 40 Poltair Community School and Sports College

10 Cornwall College (Camborne) 41 Pool Business and Enterprise College

11 Duchy College 42 Redruth School: a Technology College

12 Falmouth School 43 Richard Lander School

13 Fowey Community Leisure Centre 44 Saints Health and Fitness Centre

15 Helston Community College 45 Saltash.Net Community School

16 Helston Sports Centre 47 St Just Sports Centre

17 HMS Raleigh Gymnasium (HM Forces)

49 Torpoint and Rame Sports Centre

18 Humphry Davy School 50 Tregorrick Park Health and Fitness Centre

20 Launceston College 51 Truro College Sports Facilities

24 Lux Park Leisure Centre 52 Truro School

28 Newquay Sport and Community Centre

53 Wadebridge Leisure Centre

29 Newquay Tretherras School

The sports hall venue that offers limited community access (and is therefore omitted from the calculation of minimum provision standards) is HMS Raleigh.



Swimming pools A catchment mapping approach has been adopted to analyse the adequacy of coverage of swimming pool provision across the County. As described in the section on sports halls above, it also helps to identify areas currently not serviced by existing swimming pools. Figure 15 shows the current stock of swimming pools with an amalgamated 20 minute drive-time catchment area. It illustrates that the majority of the County’s population resides within a 20 minute drive-time of a swimming pool. There are several catchment gaps, but none of these are considered to be significant because they correspond with areas that are sparsely populated. This catchment analysis, however, does not take account of facility size, quality or accessibility. Figure 15: 25m (or bigger) swimming pools in Cornwall with amalgamated 20 minute drive-time catchment areas. Key to map of Cornwall swimming pools with amalgamated 20 minute drive-time catchment areas

Map Id

Site name Map Id

Site name

7 Carn Brea Leisure Centre 27 Penzance Leisure Centre

8 China Fleet Country Club 28 Phoenix Leisure Centre

9 Dragon Leisure Centre 29 Polkyth Leisure Centre

12 Hayle Outdoor Pool 30 Polurrian Leisure Club

13 Helston Sports Centre 37 Splash Leisure Pool

14 Hendra Holiday Park 38 St Ives Leisure Centre

15 Hengar Manor 40 St Mellion International Resort

CITY OF PLYMOUTH

SOUTH HAMS

TORRIDGE

WEST DEVON

51

50

8

49

40

16

17

27

13

46

20

14

29

919

15

37

30

12

4438

28


Pool Length 25m-plus

20 minute drive


4,200 to 31,000

2,500 to 4,200

1,300 to 2,500

700 to 1,300

600 to 700

500 to 600

400 to 500

300 to 400

200 to 300

0 to 200



Map Id

Site name Map Id

Site name

16 HMS Raleigh Gymnasium (HM Forces) 46 Truro Leisure Centre

17 Jubilee Pool (Penzance) 49 Saltash Leisure Centre


20 Newquay Water World 51 Wadebridge Leisure centre

Venues with a 25 metre swimming pool (or larger) that offer restricted community access (and are therefore omitted from the calculation of minimum provision standards) are: Hendra Holiday Park Hengar Manor St Mellion International Resort China Fleet Country Club HMS Raleigh



Synthetic Turf Pitches (STPs) As illustrated by Figure 16 below, not all residents are within a 20 minute drive of a ‘full size’ (i.e., bigger than 4,500m2) STP in Cornwall. Of most significance in terms of population density, is the gap in provision in south east Cornwall, adjacent to Looe. Other large catchment gaps occur in areas with relatively low population densities. However, three of the most significant (in terms of their size) are adjacent to (and partially include) Helston (west Cornwall), Wadebridge (north Cornwall) and Launceston (east Cornwall). Figure 16: STPs (larger than 4,500m2) in Cornwall with amalgamated 20 minute drive-time catchment areas. Key to map of Cornwall STPs with amalgamated 20 minute drive-time catchment areas

Map Id

Facility name Map Id

Facility name

1 Budehaven Leisure Centre 15 Penzance Astro Park

2 Callington Sports & Leisure 16 Pilgrim Pitch

4 Cornwall College (Camborne)


5 Dragon Leisure Centre 18 Pool Business and Enterprise College

6 Duchy College 20 Sir James Smiths School



11 Lux Park Leisure Centre 22 Truro High School For Girls

12 Newquay Tretherras School 24 Richard Lander School

CITY OF PLYMOUTH

SOUTH HAMS

TORRIDGE

WEST DEVON

24

22

21

25

13186

4

14

9

16

20

17

15

12

115

2

1


STP of greater than 4500 m. square

20 minute drive


4,200 to 31,000

2,500 to 4,200

1,300 to 2,500

700 to 1,300

600 to 700

500 to 600

400 to 500

300 to 400

200 to 300

0 to 200



Map Id


Facility name

13 Penair School 25 Truro School

14 Penryn College

There are no STPs that are reported to offer limited community access.



Health and fitness facilities Although not all residents reside within a 15 minute drive-time of health and fitness provision, there is a good spread of provision across the County. Significantly deficient areas (with the exception of the Looe area in south east Cornwall) cover relatively sparsely populated areas, where commercial provision is less profitable and subsidised (local authority) provision is significant. Figure 17: Health & fitness facilities with amalgamate 15 minute drive-time catchment areas. Key to map of health and fitness facilities with amalgamated 15 minute drive-time catchment areas

Map Id

Site Map Id

Site

1 All Being Well 34 Mounts Bay School and Community Sports Centre

2 Beach Leisure Club 35 Newquay Sport and Community Centre

3 Bodmin College 36 Newquay Tretherras School

4 Budehaven Leisure Centre 37 Newquay Water World

5 Camborne Science And Community College

38 Nirvana Health Club

CITY OF

PLYMOUTH

SOUTH HAMS

TORRIDGE

WEST DEVON

1

30

60

59

27

48

10

66

55

50

57

2

56

41

429

31

862 20

511329

46

47

18

332

65

26

4

21 16

6

1119

36

49

3515

37

39

646312 22

58

5

23

6152

432844

34

4038

3353

7

54

1745

2425


4,200 to 31,000

2,500 to 4,200

1,300 to 2,500

700 to 1,300

600 to 700

500 to 600

400 to 500

300 to 400

200 to 300

0 to 200

Drive time

Cornwall

Indoor facility



Map Id

Site Map Id

Site

6 Camelford Leisure Centre 39 Ocean Spa

7 Cape Cornwall Golf and Country Club 40 Oxygen Health Club

8 Carlyon Bay Hotel 41 Penmere Leisure Club

9 Carn Brea Leisure Centre 42 Penryn College

10 China Fleet Country Club 43 Penwith College

11 Concept Gym, Newquay 44 Penzance Leisure Centre

12 Cornwall College (Camborne) 45 Phoenix Leisure Centre

13 Cornwall College (St Austell) 46 Polkyth Leisure Centre

14 Curves Gym, Par 47 Saints Health and Fitness Centre

15 Curves Gym, Treloggan 48 Saltash Leisure Centre

16 Curves, Harlequinns, Bude 49 Sands Resort

17 Curves, Newport, Launceston 50 Ships & Castles Leisure Pool

18 Dragon Leisure Centre 51 Snowlands Gym, Par

19 Fistral Spa 52 St Ives Leisure Centre

20 Fowey Community Leisure Centre 53 St Just Sports Centre

21 Fusion 54 St Mellion International Resort

22 Future Fitness 55 St Michaels Spa

23 Hayle Community School: A Language College

56 The Falmouth Sports Club

24 Helston Community College 57 The Fit Pit

25 Helston Sports Centre 58 The Fit Stop Fitness Centre

26 Hengar Manor 59 The Garden Sports And Leisure


60 Torpoint and Rame Sports Centre

28 Humphry Davy School 61 Tregenna Castle Hotel / Golf & Country Club

29 Lostwithiel Golf & Country Club 62 Tregorrick Park Health And Fitness Centre

30 Lux Park Leisure Centre 63 Truro College Sports Facilities

31 Mevagissey Activity Centre 64 Truro Leisure Centre

32 Mike Munds Fitness (Bodmin) 65 Wadebridge Leisure Centre

33 Mounts Bay Fitness 66 Whitsand Bay Country Club

The health and fitness facilities that offer limited community access (and are therefore omitted from the calculation of quantity standards below) are: HMS Raleigh Hayle Community School Helston Community College Penryn College Penwith College



Indoor bowls facilities Figure 18 below indicates that there are catchment gaps for indoor bowls facilities (based on 30 minute drive-time catchments) in north Cornwall (including Bude) and west Cornwall. The catchment gap in north Cornwall covers a relatively sparsely populated area, but the catchment gap in west Cornwall includes several significant communities, such as Helston, Penzance and St Ives. Figure 18: Indoor bowls facilities with amalgamated 30 minute drive-time catchment areas. Key to map of indoor bowls facilities with amalgamated 30 minute drive-time catchment areas

Map Id Site name

1 Bodmin Bowls Club

2 Carnmoggas Indoor Bowls Club

3 Lux Park Leisure Centre

4 Newquay Indoor Bowls Club

5 Veryan Indoor Bowls Club

Carnmoggas Indoor Bowls Club offers limited community access (and is therefore omitted from the calculation of minimum provision standards).

SOUTH HAMS

CITY OF

PLYMOUTH

TORRIDGE

WEST DEVON

3

1

4

2

5


4,200 to 31,000

2,500 to 4,200

1,300 to 2,500

700 to 1,300

600 to 700

500 to 600

400 to 500

300 to 400

200 to 300

0 to 200

Drive time

Cornwall

Indoor facility



Indoor tennis facilities Figure 19 below indicates that the most significant catchment gaps for indoor tennis facilities (based on 30 minute drive-time catchments) are in north Cornwall (including Bude) and the Lizard Peninsular in west Cornwall. With the exception of the Bude area both catchment gaps cover relatively sparsely populated areas, and therefore are unlikely to be able to sustain an indoor tennis facility. Figure 19: Indoor tennis facilities with amalgamated 30 minute drive-time catchment areas. Key to map of indoor tennis facilities with amalgamated 30 minute drive-time catchment areas

Mad Id Site name

1 Callington Sports & Leisure

2 Dragon Leisure Centre

3 Heron Tennis

4 Mounts Bay School and Community Sports Centre


There are no indoor tennis facilities that are reported to offer limited community access.

SOUTH HAMS

CITY OF

PLYMOUTH

TORRIDGE

WEST DEVON

1

2

3

5

4


4,200 to 31,000

2,500 to 4,200

1,300 to 2,500

700 to 1,300

600 to 700

500 to 600

400 to 500

300 to 400

200 to 300

0 to 200

Drive time

Cornwall

Indoor facility



Management type The way in which a sport and recreation facility is managed often determines the level and type of community use allowed/encouraged. For example, local authority managed sport and recreation facilities are more likely to encourage use by disadvantaged groups than those managed by commercial sector operators and are, thus, in effect, more accessible. To help identify facilities that are accessible and those that are not, Active Places Power ‘Management types’ are rated as follows:

Active Places Power ‘management type’ Accessibility rank

Local authority (in house) 1

Trust 1

Community organisation 2

School/College/University (in house) 3

Sports club 4

Commercial Management 5

MoD 5

Sport and recreation facilities in Cornwall are ranked for ‘accessibility’ based on its ‘management type’ (see appendix 3). A facility’s ‘management type’ is used here as a proxy indicator of facility accessibility. Based on this analysis the sport and recreation facilities in Cornwall with greatest potential to become more accessible (because of the way they are managed) include: Bodmin College Brannel School Cape Cornwall School Cornwall College (Camborne) Cornwall College (St Austell) Duchy College Hayle Community School: a Language

College Helston Community College Humphry Davy School Launceston College Looe Sports Hall Mounts Bay School and Community

Sports Centre Mullion School Newquay Tretherras School

Newquay Treviglas Penair School Penrice Community College Penryn College Penwith College Poltair Community School and Sports

College Pool Business and Enterprise College Redruth School: a technology college Richard Lander School Saltash Community School Sir James Smiths School St Ives School Truro College Truro High School for Girls

They are also significant because of the range of facilities associated with (and often available at) secondary schools and colleges and the potential influence that Cornwall Council has with the education sector. This could also apply to primary schools, although the range and size of facilities is likely to be smaller and costs could be higher. Even so, primary school sports facilities could provide opportunities to increase the supply of facilities available to, and used by, local communities where development of additional facilities is not viable/achievable.



SUMMARY OF SHORTFALLS AND KEY ISSUES Shortfalls in the quantity, quality and accessibility of sport and recreation facilities in Cornwall, as identified from the supply and demand analysis, are summarised as follows: Quantity A sizeable proportion of sports halls are on education sites. Cornwall currently meets provision needs in terms of (4-court, or larger) sports halls. When predicated population growth and participation projections are taken into

consideration there is a need for increased provision of 4-court sports halls. There is potential to extend the network of sports halls by developing dual-use

facilities on education sites. According to Active Places, Cornwall is currently over-provided in terms of swimming

pools. When predicated population growth and participation projections are taken into

consideration the County is under provided in terms of pools. Provision of facilities suitable to accommodate higher levels competition swimming is

identified; a 50m pool is unlikely to be viable. The ASA estimate a swimming pool deficit equivalent of two 25m x 12.5m – 6 lane

swimming pools and two (8m x 12.5m) learner pools. STPs are more sparsely distributed in the north and west of the County Anticipated demand (in 2026) for health and fitness gyms equates to 3,410 stations,

which is more than double what is currently available. A sizeable proportion of health and fitness provision is made by CC, which is

important in terms of continuing to provide a ‘mixed market’ and providing opportunities for disadvantaged groups not catered for by other providers.

There is under (current and projected) provision of indoor bowls facilities in Cornwall. The majority of areas with few sport and recreation facilities are sparsely populated. Quality The majority of sport and leisure facilities in Cornwall are assessed to be in ‘good’ or better condition. 12 facilities are either in ‘poor’ or ‘very poor’ condition. Of particular concern are sport and recreation facilities available for public use at: Fowey Community Leisure Centre Penrice Community College Liskeard School and Community College Accessibility Over 98% of Cornwall’s resident population live within 20 minutes of a sports hall in

Cornwall. 99% of Cornwall’s resident population live within 20 minutes of a 25 metre (or larger)

swimming pool in Cornwall. There are several catchment gaps for both halls and pools, but none of these are

considered to be significant because they correspond with areas that are sparsely populated.

The most significant catchment gaps for existing STPs (in terms of their size) are adjacent to (and partially include) Helston (west Cornwall), Wadebride (north Cornwall) and Launceston (east Cornwall).



There is a good spread of health and fitness provision across the County. But (with the exception of the Looe area), deficiencies occur in sparsely populated areas.

The catchment gap for indoor bowls facilities (based on a 30 minute drive time catchment) in north Cornwall covers a relatively sparsely populated area, but a similar catchment gap in west Cornwall includes several significant communities.

The most significant catchment gaps for indoor tennis facilities (based on 30 minute drive-time catchments) cover relatively sparsely populated areas in north Cornwall and the Lizard Peninsular in west Cornwall.

Facilities with greatest potential of becoming more accessible and increasing ‘community use’ are located on education sites.

Key issues Research and analysis of the assessment identified the following key issues for sport and recreation facilities in Cornwall: Facility development Secure developer contributions as a potential source of funding for the development

of sport and recreation facilities. Areas of the County likely to experience the most housing development are Truro,

Falmouth and the Penryn and the Camborne, Pool, Redruth area. A proactive approach to developing new and replacing/refurbishing ageing sport and

recreation facilities is important in terms of sustaining a good network of sport and recreation facilities.

It will be important either to increase the capacity of facilities operating at (or near) capacity, particularly in areas where demand is likely to increase (e.g., those designated for housing development) or develop additional facilities.

Development of a stadium in Cornwall should be located north west Truro and will require significant ‘public sector’ capital funding and strong leadership from CCl. There are opportunities to locate it with community sport and recreation facilities.

School redevelopment Make greater use of schools for ‘community sport’, particularly as a result of school

redevelopment as part of PFI and BSF initiatives. Community use Securing consistent and clear community use agreements will help to improve

access to dual-use facilities and could help to develop the network of sport and recreation facilities in Cornwall.

Adopting a central programming and remote management approach to provision of ‘public sector’ sport and recreation facilities could help to encourage financially and developmentally more efficient and effective community use.

It is generally important to increase access to sport and recreation facilities, particularly in disadvantaged areas (where disposable income and participation levels tend to be low).

Ensuring good access to facilities for generic sports development activity is important in terms of increasing levels of participation.



Generic Provision for elite performers could be improved. Introduction of a ‘leisure card’ for residents of Cornwall could help to harmonise sport

and recreation facility service provision and more effectively target concessions.



LOCAL MINIMUM PROVISION STANDARDS

Setting local minimum provision standards will provide CC with a contemporary and informed view of sport and recreation facilities and provides tools to facilitate speedy and successful negotiation of developer contributions via development of supplementary planning documents, to resist unsuitable planning applications for development and ensure effective planning. The Companion Guide to PPG17 states that local standards should include: A quantitative component (i.e., how much provision is needed). A qualitative component (i.e., what condition it should be in). An accessibility component (e.g., travel distances, cost). Inclusion of a minimum acceptable size also helps to guide to facility development. The relative importance of these elements varies from one provision type to another. Minimum provision standards are set for sports halls, swimming pools, STPs, fitness provision and indoor bowls facilities. They are aspirational and based on identification of current and future demand, premised on the calculation of effective catchment areas. They do not necessarily apply to single sites. Facilities must also, as cited earlier, be managed in an appropriate manner. Quantity shortfalls are, primarily, the result of projected housing development in the County. Development of new, and improvement to existing, facilities to address these shortfalls should concentrate on the principal development areas (e.g., Truro). Standards assume that all facilities offer at least ‘adequate’, but not exclusive, day-time community use, to be ‘fit for purpose’ (i.e., able to provide opportunity in activities for which they are intended), be in at least ‘adequate condition’ and provide adequate car parking for peak time usage in a safe and secure location adjacent to the facility(s). Population projections Cornwall’s long term population projections used for this assessment are based on ONS figures. They give an indication of future population trends in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly up to 2031. The figures indicate that the total population in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly in 2026, based on ‘natural change’, is projected to be 653,400. Based on ONS’s projections, an increase of 20% is applied to reflect the population projections at a local level:

Estimated 2009 population Estimated 2026 population Population increase % Increase

544,400 653,400 109,000 20%



Participation increases In addition to population growth, potential increases in participation (based upon LAA/Sport England/Government national targets) could be generated in the future and we therefore anticipate increased demand for certain types of facility. Other potential causes of increased demand include: The assistance offered by CC (and its partners) to develop opportunity in sport for

clubs, schools, voluntary organisations and community groups. It co-ordinates and supports a wide range of outreach events, training courses and activity programmes.

Community Sports Networks (e.g., Active Penwith) are partnerships comprising sport and recreation organisations in six geographic areas within Cornwall. They have, generally, set targets to increase the number of people achieving 3 x 30 minutes of moderate activity every week.

An ageing population will increase demand for specific activities, such as indoor bowls.

Therefore, for modelling purposes, a 20% population increase and 16% participation increase (from an Active People measured base) could be assumed over the next sixteen years to analyse potential demand. This is applied above within the demand analysis to give an indication (based on current supply) of whether demand is (and will be) met now and in the future. Quantity standards per 1,000 people Locally derived quantity standards (per 1,000 people) are calculated as part of this study and recommended for inclusion in CC supplementary planning documents to help secure developer contributions towards sport and recreation facility investment. They have been calculated by: A. Calculating existing provision in square metres (by multiplying the number of facilities

identified in the Assessment by the relevant minimum size – see the ‘minimum size of a single facility’ listed below).

B. Subtracting ‘discounted’ facilities (i.e., sport and recreation facilities that are not formally available for community use).

C. Quantifying identified deficits in square metres (by multiplying identified deficits by a facility’s relevant minimum size).

D. Dividing the space required by the Area’s projected 2009 population, 544,400. E. Calculating a quantity standard per 1,000 people by multiplying this number by 1,000.


August 2009 Report (v3 – part 1): Knight Kavanagh & Page 67

Quantity standards per 000 people for sport and recreation facilities in Cornwall are:

Type of facility Minimum size of single facility

(squ. metres)12

A B C (A-B)+C D E

Existing space (squ. metres)

Discounted space

(squ. metres)

Identified deficits (squ. metres)

Required space

(squ. metres)

Divided by 2009

population projections

Quantity standard per 1,000 people (squ. metres)

4-court sports halls (or bigger)

683.10 105,197

(i.e., 154 bad’ courts)

683.10

(i.e., HMS Raleigh)

0.00 104,514 0.19 191.98

25m swimming pools (or bigger)

230 4,830

(i.e., 19 pools)

1,150

(see list above)

230

(i.e., one 25m pool)

3,910 0.006 6.33

Synthetic Turf Pitches (full size)

6,360 133,560

(i.e., 19 STPs)

0.00 19,080

(i.e., 3 x STPs)

152,640 0.25 257.01

Heath & fitness facilities (with 20+ stations)

115

(i.e., 5m2 per

facility)

6,544

(i.e., 1,138 stations in

facilities with 20+ stations)

575

(see list of H&F facilities with

limited comm. access above)

230

(i.e., 2 x 20 station H&F facilities: Looe and the Clay Area)

6,199 0.01 11.38

Indoor bowls facilities (2 rinks)

193 1,834

(i.e., 19 rinks)

289.5

(i.e., Carn’gas Indoor Bowls

Club)

386

(i.e., one 4 rink indoor bowls facility in west Cornwall)

1,930.5 0.003 3.54

12

Spatial requirement includes the recommended minimum size for a single facility plus 15% for circulation, changing accommodation, reception, run-off etc.



Sport and recreation facility standards

Type of facility Component Minimum provision standard

4-badminton court sports halls


Quality 4-badminton court sports halls (and ancillary facilities) should be in at least ’adequate’ condition

10.

Accessibility All residents in Cornwall should live within a 20 minute drive time of a 4-badminton court (or bigger) sports hall.

Minimum size 33m x 18m x 7.6m (based on Sport England guidance)

25m swimming pools


Quality 25m swimming pools (and ancillary facilities) should be in at least ’adequate’ condition

11.

Accessibility All residents of Cornwall should live within a 20 minute drive time of a 25m swimming pool.

Minimum size 25 metre pool with 4 lanes (i.e., 2 metres per lane) and adequate accommodation for competitors and spectators to stage local galas and events.

Synthetic turf pitches (STPs)


Quality STPs (and ancillary facilities) should be in at least ’good’ condition

12.

Accessibility All residents in Cornwall should live within a 15 minute drive time of a full-size STP with ‘adequate daytime community use’

12.

Minimum size Length (i.e., direction of play): 100m

Width: 53m

Health and fitness facilities


Quality Fitness facilities should be in at least ’good’ condition13

.

Accessibility All residents of Cornwall should live within a 15 minute drive time of a ‘public’ fitness facility.

Minimum size 20 stations

Indoor bowling facilities


Quality Indoor bowls facilities should be in at least ’good’ condition9.

Accessibility All residents of Cornwall should live within a 30 minute drive time of an indoor bowls facility.

Minimum size Indoor rink dimensions: Length = 36.5m, Width = 4.6m



Key for sport and recreation facility standards 10 ‘Adequate’ condition is defined as: Adequately maintained, with no signs of neglect. Sufficient changing accommodation for facilities available. Well lit for sport and recreation activities, as appropriate. At least adequate appearance. Clean and adequately decorated.

11 ‘Good condition’ is defined as: Well decorated Well maintained, with no signs of neglect. Reasonable number of changing accommodation for available facilities. Well lit for sport and recreation activities, as appropriate. Well equipped, as appropriate. Effective storage space. Segregated changing and shower areas, as appropriate. Segregated, lockable changing areas, as appropriate.

12 ‘Adequate day-time community use is defined as, “some availability for non-

programmed use between 9am and 5pm, plus dedicated parking for day-time users”. 13 ‘Good quality’ is defined as: Well decorated Well maintained, with no signs of neglect. Reasonable number of changing accommodation for available facilities. Well lit for sport and recreation activities, as appropriate. Well equipped, as appropriate. Effective storage space. Segregated changing and shower areas, as appropriate. Segregated, lockable changing areas, as appropriate.



SECTION 4: FUTURE PROVISION The vision This assessment will help to inform local planning processes. Assessment research informs and frames strategic aspirations and provides guidance on action required. The following section provides direction and a rationale for the (suggested) development of facilities, which are also proposed below. The overarching vision for sport and recreation facilities in Cornwall is therefore suggested to be: To increase the number of people in Cornwall that participate in sport and are physically active, to help generate long-term improvement in overall levels of health and wellbeing in the County, through a network of good quality, accessible and readily available sport and recreation facilities. The vision is designed to ensure that sport and recreation facility investment in the County is embedded in a wider process of joint work and sports development that will have a ‘cross-cutting’ long-term impact on participation, health, educational attainment, social inclusion and crime reduction. It has been made possible by an acknowledged need for a ‘joined up’, strategic approach to development, operation and use of sport and recreation facilities. The following aim and objectives are suggested as a result of issues identified by the assessment of sport and recreation facilities. They link closely to the issues identified in the assessment above and reflect aspirations to increase levels of participation in sport and recreation. They are also designed to match the vision to strive to meet the needs of local people and encourage healthy lifestyles. Aim

To help increase levels of physical activity in Cornwall by ensuring that all residents live within acceptable distances/drive times (which are nationally accepted, and most frequently used, industry standards) of accessible, appropriately designed, maintained and operated sport and recreation facilities. Objectives

Achievement of the aim will require implementation of a number of strategic objectives that are consistent with, and based on, analysis above: Creation of a comprehensive network of facilities (as suggested by the ‘accessibility

analysis’ above). This will be based on facilities managed and operated by the private, public and not-for-profit sectors.

Catering for the needs of residents of new dwellings by developing new or enhancing nearby facilities.

Sustaining and improving the quality and accessibility of identified sport and recreation facilities.

Minimising the impact of increases in energy costs to facility users. Increasing levels of use of CC managed facilities by physically inactive people. Adopting a common community use agreement for sport and recreation facilities on

education sites used by the community.



The commitment to working collaboratively Key to achievement of the strategy are commitments to: All, and in particular not-for-profit organisations (e.g., CSP, CC, schools), working

collaboratively. Investment to facilitate new, innovative ways of enabling people to gain access. A shared pledge to increase access to sport and recreation activity, venues and

expertise designed to benefit the health of the whole County. Multi-agency work and information sharing that will facilitate collective facility

programming and operation. Processes via which elite athletes can be supported. Services and off-peak provision targeted at reducing offending rates etc. Management framework model Vision delivery will centre on a ‘management framework’ model that combines ambition and practicality. The Model (see below) represents a significant challenge to the way that things are presently done. The level of integrated work envisaged is a step change from the current, generally separate way in which sport and recreation facilities have functioned up until this point. An integrated performance management system that measures and benchmarks achievement at collective and individual sites is required to continually inform and reinforce the benefits, and ongoing partner commitment to, the model. Successful application of the objectives (lead by CC and assisted by other partners) will require adherence to a number of principles. Strategic principles Provide good quality sport and recreation built facilities. Provide affordable built facilities, accessible to all sections of the community. Provide (or support/encourage) new facilities that enhance appropriate distribution of

facilities. Improve access to indoor sports facilities, by:

Implementing central programming – orchestrated and facilitated by CC (or an ‘appropriate’ contractor).

Locating new sites near public transport hubs. Increasing public transport links to larger sites, especially at weekends and

throughout the summer. Continuing to enhance partnerships with local education sites and providers. Maximising the availability of community space for informal sport and recreation

activities. Meeting identified gaps in demand.

Encourage public bodies to provide places that will contribute to achievement of the Government’s strategy to improve physical activity levels and the health of the nation.

Measurably increase levels of public awareness and satisfaction of facilities available for sport and recreation (and opportunities they offer) through appropriately targeted marketing.



Management principles It will also require delivery of a number of management prinicples. These include the need to: Improve the quality of built facilities (including ancillary facilities such as car and cycle

parking) in a phased (and targeted) programme of investment and support. Make use of development opportunities to consult with local residents and partners

(as appropriate) to increase and/or improve existing provision in line with this strategy by identifying and updating (as appropriate) contemporary sport and recreation needs.

Ensure that demand is clearly identified (including minimal displacement of usage from other sites) and that up-to-date (i.e., no more than five years old) sport and recreational needs assessments underpins development of all new facilities.

Develop a general package of support (e.g., advice, grants, loans, subsidy, brokering etc.) to help constituted bodies with the implementation of proposals emanating from an up-to-date sport and recreation needs assessment.

Ensure that, where sites may be lost, through development or closure, facilities of the same or improved standard are provided in similar location(s) to meet the continued needs of residents.

Work with, and assist, partner agencies to provide usable, accessible and viable community buildings and leisure centres.

Tackle issues associated with sport and recreation facilities that have yet to meet Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) requirements and seek to ensure that they are accessible to all residents, as appropriate.

Ensure that new or replacement facilities developed meet minimum contemporary NGB/Sport England (rather than minimum BB98) specifications in the context of length, breadth, lighting, flooring, colour etc.

Update, and review facility details and audit information via a five year rolling programme.

Continue to gather the views and opinions of local residents via a five-year rolling programme of research and survey work.

Operational requirements At its most fundamental level, the role of sport and recreation facilities in Cornwall will be to ensure that life in the County and the defined communities therein is enhanced, vibrant and that residents have access to a range of positive options with which to fill their leisure time. The network of facilities and services that underpin Vision delivery is predicated upon the concept of a more collective operation of facilities by organisations charged with responsibility to deliver a performance based approach. Reflecting the national focus on health and concern about increasing obesity levels, a key gearing for facilities and the programmes and practices that surround them will be to increase the number of people in Cornwall that are physically active to generate long-term improvement in overall levels of health and well-being in the County.



The mechanisms to achieve this incorporate the full spectrum of activity levels, from introducing people to sport and physical activity who have never been active and as a result are unwell, through to supporting excellence in sport as a tool for identifying role models and generating a feel-good factor about Cornwall as a place to live and about sport and physical activity per se. With this in mind the key aim of community use of school sports facilities in Cornwall will be to contribute to the wider process of increasing participation levels in sport and physical activity. This will be achieved via the efficient, effective programming and use of facilities for the benefit of the local community. To achieve this, CC must truly understand the nature and requirements both of Cornwall per se and the immediate local communities that facilities serve. This understanding will be borne from the following increased knowledge and understanding of: The County, key settlements, community demographic profiles and the identified needs

of local residents. Community need as enunciated by locally representative agencies such as youth clubs,

older peoples groups, etc. Sports clubs, leagues, individual and commercial providers located in and/or that service

the needs of the local community. Strategic definitions of need applied to the area by key agencies and the related

strategic impacts and outcomes to be achieved within the local area. To ensure that the full range of sport and recreation facilities across the County contributes to the key defined objective of community use, it is proposed that the following measures be considered (and embedded with BSF and Academy development processes). CC will oversee the way in which the community gains access to sport and recreation facilities at secondary school sites. This will ensure that: Each facility has a specific role and function based upon a formal (consistent) community

use agreement, which outlines this. Financial and operational management of community use will be undertaken by CC (or

appointed contractor) thus removing the requirement for schools and community organisations to incur administrative and caretaking input (and cost).

Having a single organisation responsible (and accountable) for co-ordinating programming and management of all (or the majority of) core sport and recreation facilities across Cornwall will facilitate use of school facilities without impacting on school staff capacity; enabling the operator to maintain and/or improve usage/income.

Schools will receive an agreed, ‘hassle-free’ income from the use of their premises. A common programming philosophy will be developed and implemented to reduce the

likelihood of duplication or competing for the same markets. Preference will be given to NGB affiliated clubs and such clubs seeking to use any and

all facilities. Clubs will be required to ‘work towards’ and gain Clubmark accreditation. School sport and recreation facilities will offer a co-ordinated programme; from

curriculum linked after-school sport through to full, wider community use programmes. Schools will be freed to concentrate on their core business of PE and school sport.



Figure 20: Sport and recreation facility management framework model

An integrated approach to the management and development of sport and recreation facilities of the type illustrated above is based on a ‘common’ approach. It would require CC to adopt a coordinating/partnership role that optimises existing provision and encourages adoption of similar operating parameters. One way of achieving this is to ensure that ‘leisure card’ and related pricing and access mechanisms are fully embedded in the operation of CC sport and recreation facilities.

Facilities

Appropriate high standards

Affordable & accessible

Innovative programming

Even spread/well distributed

Operation

Collective working between not-for-profit organisations.

Identification of & response to need.

Adherence to minimum provision standards

Identification of PE/elite sport requirements

Remote management of facilities.

Programming

Optimum use of space

Avoidance of duplication

Effective communication between operators

Marketing & promotion

ICT communications

Effective performance measurement

Bespoke & targeted information

Co-ordinated programmes

Cornwall

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FACILITY DEVELOPMENT The proposed facility developments below will assist CC in considering how best to achieve a network of sport and recreation facilities that support both recreational activity and performance-based involvement. Policy options There are four principal policy options for addressing identified deficiencies/issues. They are:

Policy option Comment

Upgraded facility provision

Upgrading existing facility provision would meet some of the qualitative deficiencies identified, particularly for changing accommodation.

Enhanced access to existing facilities

The predominance of dual-use sport and recreation facilities on school sites both restricts daytime community access (particularly to 4-badminton court sports halls) and potentially provides opportunities to address some issues through alternative management arrangements (e.g., providing genuine dual use of facilities throughout the school day on education sites).

Integrated facility provision

In some instances, deficiencies identified could be met via adapted or integrated provision. For example:

Combined provision of facilities (e.g., a sports hall with multiple court markings) could enhance the network of community facilities.

Ensuring that sports halls can accommodate specific activities (e.g., short mat bowls) could reduce the need for additional facilities.

New facility provision Providing new facilities to meet specific deficiencies/issues:

Direct provision by CC could be the only option for developing sport and recreation facilities, particularly in sparsely populated areas.

Developing new school sports facilities that also serve an identified community need could help to meet some deficiencies.

Voluntary sector sports clubs are, and will continue to be, significant users and providers of sport and recreation facilities. Clubs could be supported to safeguard existing provision and to develop new facilities to meet identified deficiencies/issues.

The development of new housing in the County will offer opportunities for financial contributions from property developers, to assist with meeting the costs for new or improved sport and recreation built facility provision to cater for the projected increase in population.

Sports hall development A reduction in the number of sports halls in Cornwall will result in current (and future) under-supply, which means that protection of existing provision is vital. However, a primary issue with regards to the provision of sports halls is that closure of sports halls serving areas of sparse population could create catchment gaps and make it more difficult to achieve the minimum provision standard. In addition, there are (at least) three secondary school that do not have a 4-badminton court sports hall. These are: Hayle Community School St Ives School Mullion School The impact of the issues identified by this assessment are illustrated in figure 21 below.



Figure 21: Amended sports hall map, based on closure of sports halls at St Just Sports Centre, Helston Community College. Camleford and Lux Park Leisure Centres and additional sports halls at Hayle Community, St Ives and Mullion Schools. Key for amended sports hall map

Map Id

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Facility Name

1 Bodmin College 33 Penrice Community College

2 Brannel School 34 Penryn College

3 Budehaven Leisure Centre 35 Penwith College

4 Callington Sports & Leisure Centre 36 Penzance Leisure Centre


39 Polkyth Leisure Centre

8 Carn Brea Leisure Centre 40 Poltair Community School and Sports College

10 Cornwall College (Camborne) 41 Pool Business and Enterprise College

11 Duchy College 42 Redruth School: a Technology College

12 Falmouth School 43 Richard Lander School

13 Fowey Community Leisure Centre 44 Saints Health and Fitness Centre

14 Hayle Community School 45 Saltash.Net Community School


46 St Ives School

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18 Humphry Davy School 49 Torpoint and Rame Sports Centre

20 Launceston College 50 Tregorrick Park Health and Fitness Centre



29 Newquay Tretherras School 53 Wadebridge Leisure Centre

31 Penair School 54 Mullion School

Figure 21 highlights the following points:

Facility Impact

Closure of sports halls at:

St Just Sports Centre Limited impact in terms of changes to the amalgamated catchment area because the Sports Centre is within a 20 minute drive of existing 4-court sports halls.

Helston Community School There would be significant implications for residents on the Lizard peninsular without additional provision in a similar geographic area.

Camleford Leisure Centre Closure would create a catchment gap in north Cornwall.

Lux Park Leisure Centre Closure would create a catchment gap in east Cornwall.

Additional sports halls at:

Hayle Community & St Ives Schools (an alternative to St Ives School is St Ives Leisure Centre)

Both schools are within a 20 minute drive of existing 4-court sports halls and (if both are developed) would share similar catchment areas.

Mullion School There would be an overlap with Helston Community College sports hall catchment area, but its projected catchment area wouldn’t cover the whole of the Lizard peninsular.

Swimming pool development Key issues for consideration with regard to swimming pool development include: Overlap of catchment areas between existing swimming pools. There are no 8-lane swimming pools in Cornwall. ASA projections (which take in to account restricted community access to some

pools) suggest a current under-provision of swimming pools in Cornwall, which is likely to be exacerbated as a result of population and participation increases.

As noted above, several pools will need to be replaced when they reach the end of their operational life. A better indication of when this might occur and the level of investment that may be required is needed, but anecdotal information would suggest that between five and ten years is a realistic timescale. On this basis it is advisable that work should begin to address this situation within the next five years. A comprehensive swimming pool facility strategy is required and consideration should be given to the capitalisation of current savings and the extent to which future savings would be achieved via development of new modern more energy efficient facilities.



Figure 22: Amended pools map, based on closure of Hayle Outdoor Pool13 and the swimming pools at Carn Brea Leisure Centre and Helston Sports Centre, plus development of an additional pool in Falmouth. Key for amended swimming pools map

Map Id

Site name Map Id

Site name

8 China Fleet Country Club 29 Polkyth Leisure Centre

9 Dragon Leisure Centre 30 Polurrian Leisure Club

14 Hendra Holiday Park 33 Saltash Leisure Centre

15 Hengar Manor 37 Splash Leisure Pool


38 St Ives Leisure Centre

17 Jubilee Pool (Penzance) 40 St Mellion International Resort


20 Newquay Water World 42 Wadebridge Leisure Centre

27 Penzance Leisure Centre 46 Truro Leisure Centre

28 Phoenix Leisure Centre

49 Theoretical location of a 25m pool in Falmouth

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Figure 22 (above) illustrates that closure of Hayle Outdoor Pool would have a limited impact because the existing outdoor pool is within a 20 minute drive-time catchment of existing pools. However, closure of the 25m pools at Carn Brea Leisure Centre and Helston Sports Centre would significantly reduce the amalgamated catchment area, with the result that significant population would be marginalised unless suitable replacement(s) were made available. It also illustrates that development of an additional swimming pool in Falmouth would reduce the resulting catchment gap. New swimming pool provision could incorporate provision for elite swimmers (e.g., a. 8-lane swimming pool with electronic timing and adequate spectator seating) Synthetic turf pitch development Developing a comprehensive network of STPs requires consideration of the following: STPs are more sparsely distributed in the north and west of the County The most significant catchment gaps for existing STPs (in terms of their size) are

adjacent to (and partially include) key settlements; Helston (west Cornwall), Wadebride (north Cornwall) and Launceston (east Cornwall).

There is also a catchment gap adjacent to Looe. There is a reasonable mix between sand based and rubber crumb STPs. Figure 23: Amended STP map with an additional facilities at Mullion School (near Helston, west Cornwall), in Wadebridge (north Cornwall), Launceston (north east Cornwall) and Looe (east Cornwall).

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1 Budehaven Leisure Centre 17 Poltair Community School and Sports College

2 Callington Sports & Leisure 18 Pool Business and Enterprise College

4 Cornwall College (Camborne) 20 Sir James Smiths School

5 Dragon Leisure Centre 21 Truro College Sports Facilities

6 Duchy College 22 Truro High School for Girls


23 Richard Lander School

11 Lux Park Leisure Centre 24a Truro School

12 Newquay Tretherras School 24 Mullion School

13 Penair School 25 Theoretical location of STP in Wadebridge

14 Penryn College 26 Theoretical location of STP in Launceston

15 Penzance Astro Park 27 Theoretical location of STP in Looe

16 Pilgrim Pitch

Development of four additional STPs, in specific areas, reduces the most significant catchment gaps identified, but there would be overlap with the catchment areas of existing STPS. It would not (as presented above) improve distribution of STPs in west Cornwall. Health and fitness facilities development Closure of existing health and fitness facilities is likely to have a considerable impact. However, the most significant catchment gap (in terms of size of population) covers the Looe area. Development of an additional health and fitness facility (preferably 20 stations, or more) would effectively remove the ‘gap’. Indoor bowls facility development This assessment identifies that demand for indoor bowling facilities is currently not met by existing provision; a situation that will become worse with population increases and becomes older. Assessment consultation and research suggests that there is demand for a new indoor bowling facility in the County, preferably located in the west. Indoor tennis facility development The largest ‘indoor tennis facility’ catchment gap is in north Cornwall (i.e., residents in north Cornwall live further than a 30 minute drive from an indoor tennis facility). An additional facility (potentially in Bude) would help to improve this situation. Ice rink development There is currently no evidence, either for or against, development of an ice rink.



Stadium for Cornwall There are no large sports stadiums (more than 3,000 seats) in Cornwall. The issue of stadium provision has, for a number of years, been considered by various interest groups and is the subject of several reports. Key issues appertaining to a stadium are summarised as follows: The absence of a venue able to accommodate ‘high’ level sporting fixtures effectively

creates a ‘glass ceiling’, with the result that talented athletes (most noticeably rugby and football players) leave Cornwall to compete at higher levels.

A stadium for Cornwall would provide a central focal point for high profile participation and potentially the development and administration of sport.

A centrally located stadium would provide an important focal point for sport in Cornwall and potentially have economic and tourism benefits.

Development of a multi-use site would allow for a stronger year round business plan. Being independent from a recognised club base would have the advantage of being

perceived as a neutral venue. In the ‘Drivers Jonas’ ‘Stadium for Cornwall’ report (2007), Truro and the Camborn-Pool-Redruth conurbation (specifically the Dundance Lane site) are identified as the most appropriate locations for a stadium. According to the report, both are within a one hour’s drive of more than 400,000 people. However, the report contains several caveats relating to development of a purpose-built stadium, including: Secure appropriate funding. Secure ownership of a site. Undertake a comprehensive feasibility study (to demonstrate, affordability, impact and

sustainability, plus options for incremental development) Secure two anchor tenants (The Cornish Pirates RFC has aspirations to be an anchor

tenant). Identify suitable capital funding. (Core costs for a 9,500 seater stadium are estimated

to be approximately £12m based on a unit cost of £1,250 per seat. Allowances should also be made for earth works, transport infrastructure, primary infrastructure, car parks, hard and soft landscaping, site furniture, statutory services and professional fees. Consequently, the total cost of building a 9,500 stadium is likely to exceed £17m). (The Cornish Pirates are unlikely to make a significant capital contribution towards development of a stadium, at this time).

In order to satisfy these caveats and for development of a stadium in Cornwall to become a reality CC will need to provide strong leadership (potentially in the form of designated officer time and resources) and significant capital funding. The economic down turn is such that private sector capital contributions (particularly from the Cornish Pirates and Truro City FC) are unlikely. In addition, spectator levels at Cornish Pirate and Truro FC home fixtures (which compete at the highest competition levels for rugby and football clubs (respectively) in Cornwall) are such they are unlikely to constitute significant income streams, at least in the foreseeable future. In addition, the Dundance Lane Implementation Plan (October 2007) excludes development of a stadium, which suggests that (although there remains strong support for its location in the Camborne-Pool-Redruth area) a site in Truro near the A390 (e.g., northwest of Threemilestone, adjacent to the Langarth Park park and ride car park)



should be identified as the preferred location for a stadium and land acquisition progressed accordingly. Incorporation of community leisure facilities in to a stadium is one way of increasing its community benefit. The Carrick District Council Sport and Recreation Strategy (2008) identifies a need to redevelop/relocate Truro Leisure Centre and unmet demand due to shortfalls in provision and as a result of population growth. Incorporation of facilities available for community use in to a stadium complex is identified as a potential solution. Consideration should be given to this opportunity, without significantly increasing the complexity (and difficulty) of incorporating community leisure facilities in to a stadium. Assessment Development of a stadium in Cornwall is contingent on several things (as identified above). This assessment concludes (if it is to be developed) that it should be located at a site in the Truro area near the A390 (e.g., northwest of Threemilestone, adjacent to the Langarth Park park and ride car park) and that CC should adopt a leadership role in terms of developing partnerships, managing the project and providing funding. A development of this type and scale could take between five and ten years to become a reality and will require a decision to proceed before Christmas 2009 if it is to be realised before 2020. A detailed feasibility study is required to establish its financial viability and identify an appropriate mix of facilities. Sources of funding A variety of sources of capital funding have been investigated. It is anticipated that funding for development of sport and recreation facilities will be required from a combination of funding agencies. The following provides an outline of potential funding options and the viability for achieving funding:

Agency Fund Aspiration/Criteria Comment

Amateur Swimming Assoc.

Capital Free Swimming Initiative.

Under this scheme funds were made available for pool refurbishment and development. It is thought that capital funds are in the region of £60 million (although there is currently understood to be an underspend). If the opportunity arises, CC could reconsider its decision not to participate in order to access this funding.

SWRDA

Capital funding

Will need to be linked to wider regeneration and economic development priorities.

There will be a need to demonstrate a facility’s significance in relation to specific regeneration initiatives. For example, proposals to relocate Carn Brea Leisure Centre are integrated into proposals to regenerate the Camborne-Pool-Redruth area (as part of the ‘Dundance Lane Implementation Plan) and could receive capital funding as a result.



Agency Fund Aspiration/Criteria Comment

Private sector

Capital finding Funding from the private sector would be linked to a long term (i.e. 10 to 15 years) management contract for operating sport and recreation facilities.

‘Externalisation’ of CC sport and recreation facilities through a long term management contract would be of interest to several ‘leisure companies’. It would be possible to secure capital investment in to the facilities from the successful contractor as a result. However, the costs of doing so can be high, particularly in the capital is funded through prudential borrowing routes.

Sport England

Sustainable Community Facilities

Limited funding has been identified annually.

The amount of funding available and mechanism for distribution is being ‘developed’ at present given the first ‘application round’ recently closed. There is uncertainty about future funding levels so there may be advantages to submitting applications sooner rather than later.

Football Foundation

Facility grant scheme

Up to £1 million is available in this scheme which has a focus on improving facilities for community benefit. The Foundation can fund a maximum of 50% of the project costs up to £1m.

Provides funds for pavilions, STP’s and floodlighting.

Cornwall Council

BSF/ school capital programme

Funding for school facilities linked to community use.

Cornwall Council could use education funding to support the development of community sports facilities.

Prudential borrowing

Requirement to demonstrate that the Council is in a position to repay the capital investment from reductions in the revenue subsidy for the service.

It is anticipated that the provision of new, more efficient and economical range of facilities, along with an improved fitness offer will enable the operator to manage the service at a reduced subsidy level.

There is the potential that this saving could be ring-fenced for prudential borrowing. The level of saving to be achieved can only be identified following a procurement/negotiation process with the preferred operator.



SECTION 5: HEADLINE ACTION PLAN This headline action plan provides a framework for CC and its partners to progress issues raised. It is intended to be flexible to allow for new opportunities, identification of activity/projects specific to key localities, communities and aspirations that will increase the level of, and add value to existing activity. It outlines several of issues that should be addressed and tasks that need to be completed in the foreseeable future to ensure that sport and recreation facilities in Cornwall are fit for purpose and able to accommodate increases in participation. A number of the recommendations highlighted within the report do not need to be implemented immediately (e.g., replacement of swimming pools). However, it is essential that planning to deal with these issues happens soon.

Priority Facility name Recommendation/action Timescale Outcome(s) Implication(s)

A N/A Start development of the sport and recreation facility management framework model

6 – 12 months

Better co-ordination and more efficient management of sport and recreation facilities.

Enhanced levels of trust necessary to effectively share information (that could be commercially sensitive) and embrace collaborative working.

Adoption of an altruistic approach could have short term financial costs as new patterns of use develop, but in the medium to long term financial performance should improve as levels of participation increase.

A N/A Make greater use of schools for ‘community sport’.

On going Improved community access to sport and recreation facilities.

Other ways of providing sport and recreation facilities to help satisfy demand in rural areas are potentially more expensive.

A N/A Optimise the benefits of PFI and BSF initiatives to ‘community sport’.

6 – 12 months

Improved community access to sport and recreation facilities.

The implications of ‘getting it wrong’ are significant (as suggested above).

A N/A Produce an up to date Playing Pitch Assessment for Cornwall.

6 – 12 months

Identification of local standards for playing pitches and a dedicated action plan for their development.

It should be easier to secure developer contributions, and provide evidence for BSF, with a playing pitch assessment and strategy that is compliant with contemporary requirements.

A N/A Map access to sport and recreation facilities using public transport.

6 – 12 months

Improved understanding of community access to sport and recreation facilities.

Potential changes to sport and recreation facility programming and/or public transport services to improve access.




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N/A Amend and adopt CC planning documentation to incorporate assessment recommendations and minimum provision standards.

6 – 12 months

Better integration of sport and recreation facilities into local planning processes.

It should be easier to secure and use developer contributions.

A N/A Adopt minimum provision standards for sport and recreation facilities.

6 – 12 months

Better integration of leisure into local planning processes.

Improved ability to calculate sport and recreation facility requirements per 1,000 people.

A N/A Standardise fees and charges, definition of dual-use etc.

6 – 12 months

Greater parity across Cornwall.

Greater consistency will improve management of CC sport and recreation facilities.

A Stadium for Cornwall Decide (and announce) whether or not CC is proceeding with the stadium development.

6 – 12 months

Improved clarity about CC’s intentions.

Failure to clarify what is happening is likely to increase pressure from interested bodies to do something.

A N/A Develop a ‘leisure card’ for Cornwall residents.

1 – 3 years Increased use of CC facilities and greater discretion in application of concessionary rates etc.

A ‘leisure card’ could become one of the recognised benefits of living in Cornwall.

A Carn Brea Leisure Centre

Support appropriate replacement and relocation of Carn Brea Leisure Centre.

6 – 12 months

Sustained provision of sport and recreation facilities. Potential development of a competition centre for indoor sports.

Creation of catchment gap, particularly for 25 metre swimming pools, covering the largest urban conurbation in Cornwall.

A N/A Develop a competition (i.e., 8 lane, 25 metre) swimming pool.

3 – 5 years Higher levels of swimming competition in Cornwall.

Swimming competitors are understood to travel significant distances because of the dearth of appropriate facilities in Cornwall.

A N/A Seek to safeguard existing sports halls provided by CC.

On going Sustained provision of sports halls.

Closure of existing sports halls is likely to increase unmet demand and reduce the network of sports halls within Cornwall.




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N/A Seek to safeguard existing 25 metre swimming pools provided by CC.

On going Sustained provision of swimming pools.

Closure of existing 25 metre swimming pools is likely to increase unmet demand and reduce the network within Cornwall.

A N/A Incorporate findings/conclusions of FPM modelling (available for Sport England SW) in to this assessment.

6 – 12 months

Completion of assessment of sport and recreation facilities in Cornwall.

A more detailed, comprehensive assessment and more accurate identification of need.

A N/A Update Active Places database with audit information.

6 – 12 Universally available, up to date information.

Availability of evidence base required to underpin planning assessments and funding applications.

B N/A Develop a comprehensive swimming pool facility strategy.

1 - 3 years Identification of action required to replace/ refurbish ‘old’ pools, maintain a comprehensive network of swimming pools and increase efficiency savings.

Significant potential capital expenditure.

B Hayle Outdoor Swimming Pool.

Stop CC support for Hayle Outdoor Swimming Pool.

1 - 3 years Reduction in revenue liabilities.

Potential pool closure and resistance from local residence.

B N/A Develop a full-size STP in Helston.

1 - 3 years Satisfy unmet demand and significantly improved network of provision.

Significant capital expenditure and potential revenue liability.

B N/A Assess viability and impact of developing full-size STPs in Looe, Wadbridge and Launceston before deciding whether or not to proceed with one, or more, of the developments.


Improved clarity and justification for decision(s), plus (potential) significant capital expenditure and potential revenue liability.




C N/A Promote/encourage use of public transport to/from sport and recreation facilities.

On going Increased use of public transport.

Various, potentially including; increased subsidy levels / redirection of existing public transport services / additional public transport services / location of new sport and recreation facilities near available public transport.

C N/A Develop a health and fitness facility in Looe.



C

N/A Develop an indoor bowls facility in west Cornwall.

1 - 3 years Satisfy unmet demand and significantly improve network of provision.


C N/A Develop an indoor tennis facility in north Cornwall.

1 - 3 years Satisfy unmet demand and significantly improve network of provision.


C N/A Identify/quantify local demand for ice rink based on robust business case.

1 - 3 years Objective statement ref viability of indoor ice rink in Cornwall.

Potential justification for significant capital expenditure (and probable) revenue liability.

C

N/A Improve quality of sport and recreation facilities at:

Fowey Community Leisure Centre

Penrice Community College

Liskeard School and Community College

Parc Eglos Primary School

St Keverne County Primary School

1 - 3 years Improved customer satisfaction and higher levels of use.

Capital expenditure and potentially improved income.




D N/A Develop new indoor bowling facility in west Cornwall based on a robust business case.

< 10 years Satisfy unmet demand and significantly improved network of provision.




The way forward The primary and immediate task for CC and its partners is to begin the ‘journey’ by: Agreeing and adopting the components of the assessment Developing a ‘facilities strategy’ accordingly. Producing a countywide playing pitch assessment and strategy. Instigating a programme of training and development amongst staff and partners

to generate ownership of the strategy. Adopting a series of outcome measures against which the progress made and

assessed. Integrating (quality and access) information into CC systems (e.g., link audit data

relating to the quality and accessibility of facilities with existing CC data). Annually, CC will need to develop a ‘work programme’ of focused and deliverable activity based on the actions and outcomes identified. The programme should help to provide direction, reduce duplication, encourage co-ordination and ensure that issues identified above are considered and addressed. Strategy implementation should be reviewed each year and an annual progress report produced. Local Development Framework (i.e., Core Strategy) content should be updated as appropriate (for example, when playing pitch information is updated or the audit of sport and recreation facilities repeated). The action plan should also be updated and ‘published’ annually. This should be utilised to underpin strategic planning for the ensuing five year period.



APPENDIX 1 REVIEW OF POLICY National policy

Document Summary Implications

Planning Policy Guidance 17 (PPG17) Companion Guide

Paragraph 2.4 of the Guidance outlines PPG17’s guiding principles; accessibility, quality, multi-functionality, primary purpose and quantity. It requires that an audit identifies these through detailed assessment. It also states that accessibility and quantity are delivered and protected primarily through the planning system. The Guidance states that assessing the need for smaller facilities is essential in promoting sustainable communities. PPG17 also indicates that the minimum range of 'core' facilities for which planning authorities should undertake local assessments (i.e., sports halls, swimming pools, STPS, indoor tennis and indoor bowls facilities and ice rinks).

By complying with the guidance, this assessment will be able to sit alongside other PPG17 documents, such as a playing pitch assessment in order to provide a clear picture of community need and provision.

Planning Policy Statement (PPS) 3: Housing

The Government is keen to create sustainable communities. According to the PPS, new housing areas should be supported by a range of local services and facilities funded through developer contributions, external funding and resources from the Local Authority as appropriate.

Developer contributions resulting from new housing developments could be used to help finance any additional facility requirements resulting from the housing development.

Planning Policy Guidance 13: Transport

The objectives of this guidance are to integrate planning and transport at the national, regional, strategic and local level to:

Promote more sustainable transport choices for both people and for moving freight.

Promote accessibility to jobs, shopping, leisure facilities and services by public transport, walking and cycling.

Reduce the need to travel, especially by car.

The aim of the Guidance is to ensure that community facilities are primarily located in the most accessible locations.

This is relevant in relation to the setting of accessibility standards within local minimum provision standards.

Rural White Paper 2000 (reviewed 2004)

The Rural White Paper sets out a set of principles for living and working in the countryside and identifies ten ways to make a difference. It seeks to ensure access to local services and community benefit. It also argues that policy makers should “systematically consider what adjustments /compensation might be made to fit rural circumstances” (chapter 5, paragraph 22).

The principles advocated by the White Paper will be taken into consideration throughout this study and it provides useful background information for setting minimum provision standards in relation to community facilities.




Every Child Matters (ECM)

ECM is a inclusive approach to the well-being of children and young people from birth to age 19. The Government's aim is for every child, whatever their background or their circumstances, to have the support they need to:

Be healthy Stay safe Enjoy and achieve Make a positive contribution Achieve economic well-being

This means that the organisations involved with providing services to children, and children and young people will have far more say about issues that affect them as individuals and collectively.

In order to meet the five outcomes of ECM CC and its partners will need to consider the views and requirements of young people and the ability of the sports facilities to contribute to the aims of ECM.

PE, School Sports and Club Links Strategy (2003)

The Club Links programme is a fundamental part of the Government’s National School Sport Strategy. Its purpose is to strengthen the links between schools and local sports clubs and, in so doing, increase the number of children and young people who become members of accredited sports clubs. Strengthening the links between clubs and schools will help to create a culture of participation from a young age. The targets of the initial strategy were to increase the percentage of school children who spend a minimum of two hours a week on high-quality PE and school sport within and beyond the curriculum to 75 per cent by 2006, which has been increased to 85 per cent by 2008.

The long-term ambition, by 2010, is to offer all children at least four hours of sport every week, made up of:

At least two hours of high-quality PE and sport at schools — with the expectation that this will be delivered totally within the curriculum; and

An additional two or more hours beyond the school day delivered by a range of school, community and club providers.

In order to meet the long term ambitions of the strategy and maintain the increased levels of participation, the level of community use of all facilities will have to be assessed.




The Department for Communities and Local Government report on the effectiveness of planning policy on sport and recreation.

The report focused on the inclusion of sport and recreation needs into Development Plans. Key issues identified by study include (para 2.6):

‘As more people move out into rural areas they demand improved sport and recreation facilities near to where they live.

The short-stay holiday market remains buoyant and this continues to generate proposals for mixed sport and recreation-tourism facilities’.

The Report identifies the main demands for sport and recreation facilities in rural areas are as (para 2.7):

Fitness and aerobics facilities Indoor sports such as tennis and bowls All weather pitches

The report also identifies widespread support for sustainable development principles (i.e., accessible locations, greater integration of transport routes, increased dual use).

The use of facilities such as community halls may help to meet increased demand for sport and recreation facilities, particularly with regards to activities that do not require floor markings, specific lighting etc., such as aerobics.

The Carter Report on Sport (2005)

The Carter Report identifies how a ‘Delivery System’ for sport could simplify community sports structures and help to co-ordinate local delivery by linking to county sports partnerships with community sports networks. This will involve a group of deliverers from a range of organisations linked to local strategic partnerships, which will influence participation at a local level based on a robust needs analysis. The Report’s key recommendations are to:

Improve local delivery of sport and better co-ordinate public, private and voluntary sector investment.

Promote sports facilities as community assets.

Local delivery of sport may be possible, in some instances, via community facilities.

The Win Win Scenario, Community Sport & Arts on Education Sites - Sport England (June 2008)

This guide is targeted at schools and colleges. It is also aimed at a range of local authority officers and extended schools advisers working on the roll out and legacy of programmes for Building Schools for the Future (BSF) (e.g., BSF PE & Sport Stakeholder Groups) and specialist groups at local authority level working on BSF projects.

Advice offered in the guidance will be considered when making recommendations and developing an action plan.

Spatial Planning for Sport and Active Recreation (Sport England 2005)

Sport England recognise the link between spatial planning as defined in PPS1 (i.e., the links between location, land use and social, economic and environmental factors). Key themes include environmental sustainability, community safety, improving the quality of life and well-being.

This is pertinent to this study in terms of the setting of access standards and the design of facilities.




Game Plan (2002) DCMS

Game Plan is the Government’s strategy for sport and physical activity through to 2020. It presents a vision for England to become the most active and successful sporting nation in the world. The plan provides the lead for all sports plans in England and its two overarching objectives for Government are:

A major increase in participation in sport and physical activity, primarily because of the significant health benefits and to reduce the growing costs of inactivity.

A sustainable improvement in success in international competition, particularly in the sports which matter most to the public, primarily because of the ‘feel good factor’ associated with winning.

In order to achieve these two objectives, the Government has highlighted that action is required in four areas:

Grassroots participation – a wide range of initiatives are needed, with a focus on economically disadvantaged groups, in particular young people, women and older people. These need to tackle barriers to participation (e.g., lack of time, cost, information or motivation) and failures in provision (e.g., poor coaching or facilities).

High performance sport – better development of talented sports people to help them to succeed.

‘Mega’ sporting events – a set process for Government involvement, including a clear assessment of the potential benefits.

Delivery – organisational reform and determining exactly what works.

The planned increase in sport and physical activity levels by 2020 will have a significant impact on the demand for sports facilities.

This study will allow CC and its partners to contribute toward the objectives of Game Plan by assessing the adequacy of supply for community facilities, many of which may have potential to host sport and physical activity and thus provide for the local community and harder to reach groups.

The Chief Medical Officer’s Report: At least five a week (2004).

The report contains following recommendations for health enhancing physical activity:

Children and young people should achieve a total of at least 60 minutes of at least moderate intensity physical activity each day.

For general health benefit, adults should achieve a total of at least 30 minutes a day of at least moderate intensity physical activity on five or more days of the week.

The recommendations for adults are also appropriate for older adults. Older people should take particular care to keep moving and retain their mobility through daily activity.

The recommended levels of activity can be achieved either by doing all the daily activity in one session, or through several shorter bouts of activity of 10 minutes or more.

Cornwall should seek to support these recommendations and ensure that its residents are aware of and able to access opportunities to increase their levels of physical activity.




Be Active, Be Healthy (Feb 2009)

The Strategy establishes a new framework for the delivery of physical activity aligned with sport for the period leading up to the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games and beyond. By 2012 the Strategy aims to have:

Lifted 1 million people out of inactivity by reducing the proportion of the population achieving 30 minutes of continuous physical activity on less than one day per week.

Helped 200,000 more people to realise the general health benefits of achieving 30 minutes of physical activity on five or more days per week.

Increased the average weekly duration of physical activity by approximately 5% over the baseline.

It states that the real drive and momentum to unlock the benefits of physical activity will, and should, come from local prioritisation and local investment. Therefore, it is expected that local areas will:

Understand the costs of ill health and the associated social care that arise from low levels of inactivity, and review prioritisation and investment plans in that light through the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment process.

Take account of the current and future costs of child and adult obesity, both closely linked to physical activity levels.

Build upon existing LAAs – in particular those that have prioritised National Indicator (NI) 8 (adult participation in sport and active recreation) and Nis 55 and 56 (children’s overweight and obesity levels) – to optimise health outcomes in accordance with the eight steps to effective commissioning;

Work through County Sports Partnerships (CSPs) to build effective local partnerships to deliver a comprehensive local physical activity offer as appropriate, building upon all three guiding principles

The regions provide an important link between the national physical activity programme, and therefore the achievement of the target for 2 million more adults active by 2012. Therefore Cornwall should adhere to the Strategy’s four overriding principles through which to increase physical activity and therefore produce a healthier, happier and wealthier nation:

Informing choice and promoting activity

Creating an ‘active’ environment

Supporting those most at risk

Strengthening delivery.



Regional policy


Integrated Regional Strategy for the South West - Just Connect! (2004)

Just Connect! is an overarching document which is the focus for regional policy and delivery in the South West. It endorses the vision for the region set out in the Regional Sustainable Development Framework: “The South West must remain a region with a beautiful and diverse environment. By working together and applying the principles of sustainability we can achieve lasting economic prosperity and social justice whilst protecting the environment. This approach will secure a higher quality of life now and for future generations”. The Strategy includes five headline aims to:

Enhance our economic prosperity and quality of employment opportunity.

Make sure that people are treated fairly and can participate fully in society.

Address deprivation and disadvantage to reduce significant intraregional inequalities.

Enhance our distinctive environments and the quality and diversity of our cultural life.

Enhance distinctive environments and the quality and diversity of cultural life.

Every strategy that is prepared and reviewed in the region must now be set within the context of Just Connect! and demonstrate how it is actively taking forward the region's objectives.

Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS)

Key issues identified in the Draft RSS relating to this study are:

35% of the region’s population live in settlements of less than 10,000, and there is a higher proportion of very small villages in the region than in any other. This has an impact on the location and delivery of community buildings amongst the many other important service delivery issues.

The Draft RSS recognises climate change as a cross-cutting issue that requires measures to both adapt to and mitigate the effects of change by tackling the dispersal of development, promoting sustainable use of resources (and sustainable construction as the norm) and identifying areas and infrastructure vulnerable to change.

The age spectrum, the number of school aged children and young adults in the region will be almost static.

21 cities and towns have been identified as places which currently play a critical strategic role regionally or sub-regionally.

The principal settlements that are likely to receive greatest housing allocations are: Truro (approximately 5,000 houses) Falmouth & Penryn (approximately 2,800

houses) Camborn-Poole-Redruth (approximately

11,100 houses)

This study will take the estimated population increases into account when calculating future demand for of community sports facilities.



Local policy


Local Area Agreement (LAA)

A key outcome for the LAA is to halt the rise in obesity, which will be indicated by NI8 (Adult participation in sport and active recreation). The target is to increase participation from 21% in 2005/06 to 25% in 2010, with a 1% increase each year.

Sport and recreation facilities potentially contribute to achieving the target and sustaining activity levels.

Local Development Frameworks

The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 has led to a fundamental reform of the Development Plan System. Local Development Frameworks (LDF's) have replaced the former system of Local Plans and Structure Plans. Significant work was undertaken in Cornwall by previous district/borough local authorities to produce LDFs prior to local government reorganisation. Much of this work is currently being collated, extended/added to and incorporated into a single framework for Cornwall.

A LDF consists of the following elements:

Local Development Scheme (LDS) - this document sets out the overall timetable for the production of the LDF.

Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) - this document sets out how the Council will involve the community during the preparation of the LDF and significant development control decisions.

Local Development Documents (LDDs) - these documents will provide the framework for delivering the spatial planning strategy for Cornwall. They include a Core Strategy, Area Action Plans, and Supplementary Planning Documents.

Sustainability Appraisal/Strategic Environmental Assessment (SA/SEA) - all policies and proposals contained in the LDF must be appraised to ensure that they contribute to the aims of sustainable development.

Annual Monitoring Report (AMR) - sets out progress in terms of producing Local Development Documents (LDDs) and in implementing policies.

Work on two Area Action Plans (AAPs) in Cornwall, that are significant in terms of sport and recreation facilities, started before local government reorganisation. The AAPs are:

A comprehensive and robust assessment of sport and recreation facilities (that is consistent with the LDF) provides the evidence necessary for their inclusion.




Truro and Threemilestone Area Action Plan (Jan 2007)

This document sets out the preferred options for development of the Truro and Threemilestone area and includes options for the location of new transport infrastructure, housing, shopping, office, industrial and leisure.

Preferred options to emerge from the AAP include:

Allocation of land for an additional 5,000 houses, as suggested in the RSS from 2006-2026.

Development of a leisure facility, including a rugby and football stadium and ‘sports hub’, adjacent to the park and ride facility.

All development within the Truro urban extension and urban area will be expected to contribute towards the cost of providing new leisure facilities and refurbishing/redeveloping current facilities.

To ensure that a minimum of 2.4 hectares of open space per 1000 population is provided for all housing developments with the exception of use classes c1 and c2.

The AAP highlights that one of the key challenges is the lack of indoor recreational facilities in the city.

Camborne, Pool, Illogan, and Redruth Area Action Plan - preferred strategy (Feb 2009)

The strategy outlines plans for the area from 2006 to 2026. This involves determining the most appropriate locations and scale of new housing, employment, retail development etc.

Preferred options to emerge from the AAP include:

Allocation of land for an additional 11,100 dwellings between 2006 and 2026, as suggested by the RSS.

Relocation of Carn Brea Leisure Centre and the athletics facilities within the conurbation.

The Open Space Strategy has shown that the quality of publicly accessible green space in the Area is generally low and that there are deficiencies in the number of sports pitches and play space.




Local Plans Until a Local Development Framework for the Cornwall Council is produced, planning policy approved prior to 31st March 2009 will continue to be relevant. These are summarised below:

Caradon District Local Plan First Alteration (adopted August 2007)

The Caradon District Local Plan First Alteration (adopted August 2007) updates the previous version of the Local Plan. A number of policies from the previous Local Plan were "saved" by the Secretary of State and are incorporated into the Local Plan First Alteration for ease of reference. The policies relevant to this study include:

R1 - General leisure provision R3 - Indoor leisure facilities R5 - Village playing fields

The Carrick District Local Plan

The Carrick District Local Plan was adopted in April 1998, and a number of policies from this document were "saved" by the Secretary of State in September 2007. The policies relevant to this study include:

10R - Water based recreation in the Truro River basin

10W - Leisure development adjacent ships and castles, Falmouth

12B - Protection of school playing fields

Cornwall Structure Plan 2004

The Cornwall Structure Plan sets out policies to guide changes in development and transport over the next 10-15 years. These policies will be used by Cornwall Council as a basis for making planning decisions and for drawing up more detailed plans.

The Structure Plan looks at future changes likely to affect Cornwall, including the number of new people and jobs. The Plan considers the new types of development that may arise and where they should be located. This includes the number of new houses likely to be needed in Cornwall. The Secretary of State has formally saved the Cornwall Structure Plan Policies, those relevant to sport and leisure facilities include:

Policy 13: Tourism and recreation Policy 14: Town centres and retailing.

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The North Cornwall Local Plan 1999

The North Cornwall Local Plan Part 1 and Part 2 was adopted in 1999, and a number of policies from this document were ‘saved’ by the Secretary of State in September 2007, those which relate to this study include:

Policy SR1 – will consider proposals for new purpose-built sport and leisure facilities

Policy SAF11 - important recreational opportunities are supplied by smaller facilities in the rural areas. This policy considers proposals for community facilities such as village halls.

Penwith District Local Plan 2004

The Penwith District Local Plan was adopted in February 2004. A number of policies from this document were "saved" by the Secretary of State in September 2007, those which relate to this study include:

Policy TV-16 – major retail, office, entertainment, leisure or community developments should be located in the town centres of Penzance, St Ives and Hayle where there is the greatest benefit to the community

Proposal TVC – the Jubilee Bathing Pool, together with land between the pool and Battery Road (0.8 hectares) is reserved for leisure facilities. The pool will be retained in its present style.

The Restormel Borough Council Local Plan

The Restormel Borough Council Local Plan (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4) was adopted in October 2001, and a number of policies from this document were "saved" by the Secretary of State in September 2007. Those policies relevant to this study include:

87 - Protecting existing recreation fields 88 - New Recreation Fields 90 - Dual Use of School Facilities N31 - Trenance leisure facilities R50 + R68 – Recreation

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APPENDIX 2: AUDIT PROFORMA

ActivePlaces

reference:

Facility name:

Facility also

known as:

Address:

Town:

Postcode:

Telephone

number:

Date Visited: Assessor:

Is there a public transport link within 500m of the

entrance:

Ownership type:

Commercial, Community Organisation, Community School, Foundation School, Further Education, Government,

Higher Eduction Institutions, Industry (for employees), Local Authority, MOD, Other Independant School, Sports Club,

Voluntary Aided School, Voluntary

Management/

Operator type:

Commercial Management, Community Organisation, Industry Sports Club, Local Authority (in house), MOD,

School/College/University (in house), Sport Club, Trust

Car parking: Yes No Yes, number of spaces

DDA Access to

facility:

DDA

compliance

Indicate if Yes DDA

compliance

Indicate if Yes

Parking: Activity areas:

Finding and reaching

the entrance:

Toilets:

Reception area: Social areas:

Doorways: Spectator areas:

Changing facilities Emergency exits:

SPORTS HALL: 1

TYPE: Main Activity Hall

Condition Very good Good Neither Poor Very Poor

No of

badminton

courts

Width:

Badminton

clearance (6.7m)

Length:

Area estimation? Area:

SPORTS HALL: 2



Number of

badminton

Width:



courts

Badminton

clearance (6.7m)

Length:


SPORTS HALL: 3



Number of

badminton

courts

Width:

Badminton

clearance (6.7m)

Length:


SPORTS HALL: 4



Number of

badminton

courts

Width:

Badminton

clearance (6.7m)

Length:


SWIMMING POOL: 1

TYPE: Main/General Learner/Teaching/Training Leisure Pool Diving

Lido


Number of lanes Minimum

depth

Width Maximum

depth

Length Diving

boards?

Area Movable

floor?

SWIMMING POOL: 2


Lido



depth

Width Maximum

depth

Length Diving

boards?



Area Movable

floor?

SWIMMING POOL: 3


Lido



depth

Width Maximum

depth

Length Diving

boards?

Area Movable

floor?

DANCE STUDIO / MULTI PURPOSE ROOM 1


Width Length



Width Length



Width Length



Width Length

PERMANENT MATT AREA


Width Length

MEETING

ROOMS


Number of meeting rooms

Width Length

HEALTH & FITNESS SUITE (normally over 20

stations)


Number of

stations

INDOOR

BOWLS


Number of rinks Width

Area Length

INDOOR

TENNIS



TYPE: Airhall Airhall (seasonal) Framed fabric Traditional


Number of

courts

Type of surface Acrylic Macadam Textile

SYNTHETIC TURF PITCHES: 1

TYPE: Rubber crumb pile (3G) Sand based Water based


Width Number of

pitches

Length Floodlit

Area




Width Number of

pitches

Length Floodlit

Area




Width Number of

pitches

Length Floodlit

Area

OTHER SPORTS FACILITIES

TYPE:


Length / Width / Specifics

TYPE:



TYPE:



CHANGING FACILITIES

Wet Yes


Dry Yes


Other (specify)




Other (specify)


Other (specify)


Other (specify)


Disabled Yes


OVERALL RANKING OF THE QUALITY / CONDITION OF THE WHOLE FACILITY

Quality /

Condition

Very good Good Neither Poor Very Poor

Additional

comments

COMMUNITY USE

Does the facility have Community

Use

Yes No Term-time only

TYPE OF FACILITY - indicate one

only

Stand alone community sports facility School with community access

Dual use sports facility University sports facility

LEVEL OF COMMUNITY USE - indicate one only

100% programmed activity, pay and

play and block bookings

Limited to block bookings only

Mixture of block bookings and pay and

play

Limited times at specific times of the year

Hours of Community Use per

week

Less than 10 hours 10 - 20 hours

20 - 30 hours 30 - 40 hours

40 - 50 hours Over 50 hours

INVESTMENT PLANNING

Has the facility undergone any significant financial investment/ refurshment in recent years?

If Yes, amount invested?

Year of

investment

Area invested

in?

Health and Fitness Dance studio/ multi-purpose

Swimming Pool Sports Hall



STP Reception and entrance

Roofs Plant and machinery

Disabled access Changing

rooms

Other Electrical works

Specify if other….

Is there any investment/ refurbishment plan for the

facility

If Yes, specify areas to be invested

in:

Health and Fitness Dance studio/ multi-purpose

Swimming Pool Sports Hall

STP Reception and entrance

Roofs Plant and machinery

Disabled access Changing

rooms

Other Electrical works

Specify if other….

What is the life expectancy of the

facility?

1 -5 years 11 – 15 years

6 – 10 years 16 – 20 years

Are there any plans to _ationalize this facility?

If Yes, When?

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Is the facility of a scale to attract county, regional or national events?



County Regional

National

Please specify which events....

What sports are significant, in development terms, within the operation of this facility?

Aerobics/ keep

fit

Karate

Badminton Netball

Basketball Roller hockey

Bowls - indoor Softball

Boxing Squash

Climbing -

indoor

Swimming

Cycling -

velodrome

Synchronised swimming

Dance Table tennis

Diving Tae Kwon Do

Fencing Tennis -

indoor

Football - 5-a-

side

Trampolining

Gymnastics Volleyball

Hockey - indoor Water polo

Judo Weightlifting

Kabbadi Wrestling

Other.....

What key local issues need to be taken on board with respect to this facility?

Environment

Cultural /

community

School

Demographics

What improvements are needed to bring the facility up to DDA compliance (tick)

Parking: Activity areas:

Finding and reaching the entrance: Toilets:

Reception area: Social areas:

Doorways: Spectator areas:

Changing facilities Emergency exits:

Signage Information



Lift access to all levels, if appropriate



APPENDIX 3: FACILITY MANAGEMENT TYPE AND ACCESSIBILITY RANK

Site Name Management Type Accessibility rank

All Being Well Community Organisation 2

Beach Leisure Club Commercial Management 5

Bodmin Bowls Club Sport Club 4

Bodmin College School/College/University (In House)

3

Brannel School School/College/University (In House)

3

Budehaven Leisure Centre Local Authority (In House) 1

Budock Vean Hotel And Golf Course Commercial Management 5

Callington Sports & Leisure School/College/University (In House)

3

Camborne Science and Community College

School/College/University (In House)

1

Camelford Leisure Centre Local Authority (In House) 1

Cape Cornwall Golf And Country Club


Cape Cornwall School School/College/University (In House)

3

Carlyon Bay Hotel Commercial Management 5

Carn Brea Leisure Centre Trust 1

Carnmoggas Indoor Bowls Club Commercial Management 5

China Fleet Country Club Commercial Management 5

Concept Gym, Newquay Commercial Management 5

Cornwall College (Camborne) School/College/University (In House)

3

Cornwall College (St Austell) School/College/University (In House)

3

Curves Gym, Par Commercial Management 5

Curves Gym, Treloggan Commercial Management 5

Curves, Bodmin Commercial Management 5

Curves, Harlequinns, Bude Commercial Management 5

Curves, Newport, Launceston Commercial Management 5

Dragon Leisure Centre Local Authority (In House) 1

Duchy College School/College/University (In House)

3

Evolution Gym Commercial Management 5




Falmouth School School/College/University (In House)/ Commercial Management

3

Fistral Spa Commercial Management 5

Fowey Community Leisure Centre School/College/University (In House)

3

Fusion Commercial Management 5

Future Fitness Commercial Management 5

Goonhavern Primary School School/College/University (In House)

3

Hayle Community School: a Language College


3

Hayle Outdoor Pool Local Authority (In House) 1

Helston Community College Local Authority (In House) 3

Helston Sports Centre Local Authority (In House) 1

Hendra Holiday Park Commercial Management 5

Hengar Manor Commercial Management 5

Heron Tennis Commercial Management 5


MoD 5

Humphry Davy School School/College/University (In House)

3

Jubilee Pool (Penzance) Local Authority (In House) 1

Landewednack Primary School School/College/University (In House)

3

Launceston College School/College/University (In House)

3

Liskeard School and Community College

Local Authority (In House) 1

Looe Sports Hall School/College/University (In House)

3

Lostwithiel Golf & Country Club Commercial Management 5

Ludgvan Community Centre Community Organisation 2

Lux Park Leisure Centre Local Authority (In House) 1

Mevagissey Activity Centre Trust 1

Mike Munds Fitness (Bodmin) Commercial Management 5

Millenium House Local Authority (In House) 1

Motivation Fitness Commercial Management 5




Mounts Bay Fitness Community Organisation 2

Mounts Bay School and Community Sports Centre


3

Mullion School School/College/University (In House)

3

Newquay Indoor Bowls Club Sport Club 4

Newquay Sport and Community Centre

Local Authority (In House) 1

Newquay Tretherras School School/College/University (In House)

3

Newquay Treviglas School/College/University (In House)

3

Newquay Water World Local Authority (In House) 1

Nirvana Health Club Commercial Management 5

Ocean Spa Commercial Management 5

One To One Fitness Commercial Management 5

Oxygen Health Club Commercial Management 5

Parc Eglos Primary School School/College/University (In House)

3

Penair School School/College/University (In House)

3

Pencoys Primary School School/College/University (In House)

3

Penmere Leisure Club Commercial Management 5

Penrice Community College School/College/University (In House)

3

Penryn College School/College/University (In House)

3

Pentire Hotel Commercial Management 5

Penventon Health & Leisure Spa Commercial Management 5

Penwith College School/College/University (In House)

3

Penzance Astro Park Community Organisation 2

Penzance Leisure Centre Commercial Management/ Local Authority

1

Perranarworthal Village Memorial Hall

- -

Phoenix Leisure Centre Local Authority (In House) 1

Pilgrim Pitch Local Authority (In House) 1




Polkyth Leisure Centre Local Authority (In House) 1

Poltair Community School and Sports College


3

Polurrian Leisure Club Commercial Management 5

Pool Business and Enterprise College


3

Redruth School: A Technology College


3

Richard Lander School School/College/University (In House)/ Commercial Management

3

Roserrow Golf & Country Club Commercial Management 5

Saints Health and Fitness Centre Sport Club 2

Saltash Community School School/College/University (In House)

3

Saltash Leisure Centre Local Authority (In House) 1

Sands Resort Commercial Management 5

Shapes Gym, Pennygillam Commercial Management 5

Ships & Castles Leisure Pool Trust 1

Sir James Smiths School School/College/University (In House)

3

Snowlands Gym, Par Commercial Management 5

Splash Leisure Pool Local Authority (In House) 1

St Ives Leisure Centre Community Management/ Local Authority

1

St Ives School School/College/University (In House)

3

St Just Sports Centre Community Organisation 2

St Keverne County Primary School School/College/University (In House)

3

St Mellion International Resort Commercial Management 5

St Michaels Spa Commercial Management 5

St Moritz Hotel Commercial Management 5

The Falmouth Sports Club Sport Club 2

The Fit Pit Commercial Management 5

The Fit Stop Fitness Centre Commercial Management 5

The Garden Sports And Leisure Commercial Management 5

Torpoint and Rame Sports Centre Trust/ Commercial Management 1






Tregorrick Park Health and Fitness Centre

Sport Club 4

Truro College Sports Facilities School/College/University (In House)

3

Truro High School For Girls School/College/University (In House)

3

Truro Leisure Centre Trust 1

Ultimate Goals Commercial Management 5

University College Falmouth (Tremough Campus)


Veryan Indoor Bowls Club Sport Club 4

Wadebridge Leisure Centre Local Authority (In House) 1

Whitsand Bay Country Club Commercial Management 5

Whitsand Bay Country Club Commercial Management 5

YMCA (Cornwall) Community Organisation 2

Yoshime Spa Commercial Management 5



APPENDIX 4: SUMMARY OF AUDIT FINDINGS BY FACILITY Key

Quality rating Description

Very good

Good

Neither

Poor

Very poor

Reference Name Overall Quality rating

Comment(s)

Ca1 Falmouth School Good -

RT21 Hendra Holiday Park Good -

RT16 Poltair Community School and Sports College

Good -

1005750 Truro Leisure Centre -

1014331 Truro College Sports Facilities Good -

1005737 Dragon Leisure Centre Good Swimming pool has a flume with own splash area. 4 outdoor tennis courts.

NC6 St Moritz Hotel Very good

Water fall in free form. Part of pool - pool 1 and 2 are joined - additional parking reserved for hotel residents

Ca2 Goonhavern Primary School Good -

1005746 Ships & Castles Leisure Pool Good Refurb planned for wet changing rooms

1010374 Fusion Neither

1001974 Roserrow Golf & Country Club Good

1005733 Budehaven Leisure Centre Neither

NC12 Sir James Smith School Very good

Pitch is brand new. No changing facilities at present




Comment(s)

NC13 Splash Leisure Pool Very good

Swimming pool has flume with own splash pool. Also has wave machine in swimming pool. Facility has undergone complete refurbishment completed March 2009. Car park is shared with Curves and Harlequins. Not enough spaces in the summer months.

NC11 Launceston College Good Mainly winter season use

1005735 Camelford Leisure Centre Good Dry changing small and enclosed but clean and well decorated.

NC10 Hengar Manor Good -

NC9 Duchy College Good Doors wide enough for wheelchair access but no automatic doors.

1005752 Wadebridge Leisure Centre Good -

1018882 One To One Fitness - No access or information allowed following initial phone call. Any information obtained from basic website.

NC4 Mike Munds Fitness (Bodmin) - No access to facility permitted. Very defensive response to approach to visit facility. All answered gained via telephone and website.

NC8 Bodmin College Neither -

1003664 The Fit Pit Neither -

RT6 Sands Resort Good 4 conference rooms couldn't views.

CA4 Penryn College Very good

New facilities as part of BSF ‘single pathfinder’ development. Specialist Sports College. Sportsmark Gold

CA7 Richard Lander School Very good

Brand new super school

CA6 Perranarworthal Village Memorial Hall

- -

RT13 Newquay Treviglas - -

1008020 Newquay Tretherras School Neither -

1001760 St Michaels Spa Very good

Unable to view as no management present

1005738 Fowey Community Leisure Centre Poor No manager on site to ask questions

RT4 Curves Gym, Par Neither -

RT10 Carnmoggas Indoor Bowls Club Poor No one available for discussion

1001030 Lostwithiel Golf & Country Club Good No one available to discuss planning/ investment/ development. Members only club.




Comment(s)

RT7 Snowlands Gym, Par Very Poor

-

1008017 Saints Health And Fitness Centre Good Separate weights room (multi-purpose room 1) with 15 stations

RT9 Brannel School Very good

RT14 Penrice Community College Poor Currently 7th on waiting list for super school development

1014634 Penmere Leisure Club Good -

1018921 Beach Leisure Club Very good

No one available for questionning

1036227 The Falmouth Sports Club Neither -

1005743 Newquay Water World Good Tourist attraction

RT12 Newquay Indoor Bowls Club Good -


Very good

Relatively new facilities.

1036603 Ocean Spa Very good

-

1005744 Polkyth Leisure Centre Good -

RT15 Pentire Hotel Very good

-

1038177 Fistral Spa Very good

-

RT8 Yoshime Spa Very good

-

RT3 Curves Gym, Treloggan Good -

RT2 Concept Gym, Newquay Poor -

C2 Pilgrim Pitch Very good

Used for football

C3 Saltash.Net Community School Good Outdoor tennis courts, athletics field, rugby and football pitches

RT20 Carlyon Bay Hotel Very good

Pitch and putt, outdoor swimming pool and tennis, croquet lawn, sauna, steam room and golf course.

RT17 Tregorrick Park Health and Good Sauna, table tennis, tanning and mainly rugby use.




Comment(s)

Fitness Centre

RT18 Mevagissey Activity Centre Very good

New building, outdoor bowls, outdoor tennis and football pitch

1100060 Whitsand Bay Country Club Very good

Sauna, steam room, table tennis, pool table, golf course, beauty salon and children's play area. All within a family run hotel.

1000081 St Mellion International Resort Good Complex also includes a golf course, treatment rooms, sauna

1000010 China Fleet Country Club Good Complex also includes a table tennis and short tennis

1010375 Evolution Gym - This is a weightlifting gym based in St Ives rugby club.

1001462 Tregenna Castle Hotel / Golf & Country Club

Neither -

Ca9 Truro High School For Girls Good Also a performing arts studio

Ca11 Veryan Indoor Bowls Club Good 150 members of the indoor bowls club


Very good

Well maintained. Facilities are shut down for 8 weeks per year for maintainance. Unable to visit because of civilian status and MOD do not open up facilities due to the security risk.

1036669 The Garden Sports And Leisure Good -

1035921 Torpoint And Rame Sports Centre Good -

1005741 Looe Sports Hall - -

1018880 Nirvana Health Club Poor There is also a sauna within this facility. Ownership and management is private.

1010379 Mounts Bay Fitness - At the top of a very steep hill. Would not be suitable at all for a disabled person. There is no parking near the facility.

1010380 Oxygen Health Club Good 570 members. Lost members when Penzance leisure centre opened. Membership starting to pick up again. There are 4 treatment rooms and a sauna and steam room.

P6 Penwith College Good A brand new facility is being built, which will have a sports hall, fitness suite, STP (on the grounds of Sir Humphrey Davy School 50/50 agreement), changing rooms. The existing building will be taken down.

1207091 Humphry Davy School Neither 7 outdoor tennis courts. A brand new STP is being built on the grounds of the school. This will be joint use with Penwith College ona 50/50 basis.

1005734

Callington Sports & Leisure Neither 3G pitch is 3 years old




Comment(s)

1005742 Lux Park Leisure Centre Good New reception area in April 2009. joint use agreement with Liskeard school and community college for the STP. Tennis courts and squash courts are run on a profit share basis as these don't belong to the local authority.

1005745 Saltash Leisure Centre - Car park shared with school, health centre and childrens centre. 5 mins walk to town centre.

C1 Liskeard School And Community College

Poor -

NC1 Curves, Bodmin - Not visited - less than 20 stations.

NC3 Curves, Newport, Launceston Good Women only gym. All machines work on computer system with induvidual cards for customers which gives instruction on workout.

NC5 Shapes Gym, Pennygillam, Launceston

- In the process of moving - will need to be done at later date.

1005740 Phoenix Leisure Centre - The centre is undergoing major work to the reception and pool area

NC7 Bodmin Bowls Club Good -

NC2 Curves, Harlequins, Bude Very good

Car park is shared with Bude Splash and Harlequins in summer months in can't cope with demand. There is ongoing investment in equipment and staff training.

K1 Budock Vean Hotel And Golf Course

Good Attached to hotel. Excellent location, well maintained. Has hot tub and golf course. Changing rooms very small.

K2 Helston Community College Neither Well maintained. Changing facilities are inadequate for users.

K3 Landewednack Primary School Neither School well maintained. Hall used for storage for school equipment. Clean light.

K4 Mullion School Neither School easy to find. Internal clean light just lack of facilities in rural school with increasing no and community suffer.

K5 Parc Eglos Primary School Very Poor

Needs refurbishment. No heat in changing rooms, very small. No energy saving cover. Repainting inside school. Complex difficult to find.

K6 Pencoys Primary School Neither Well maintained. Community uses hall and compliments it with art/culture activities not just sport.

K8 Redruth School: A Technology College

Neither Well maintained externally. Pool area dreary.

K9 St Keverne County Primary School

Poor Pool outside. Access to small changing rooms




Comment(s)

1206517 Camborne Science And Community College

Neither Overall externall well maintained. Changing rooms inadequate for no of users, very small.

1005736 Carn Brea Leisure Centre Neither Exterior and surrounds look dated and tired. Car parks need attention. Changing facilities not adequate for no of participants.

1206520 Cornwall College (Camborne) Good Well maintained external and internally

1010383 The Fit Stop Fitness Centre Poor On top of shop. Not maintained externally or internally.

1005739 Helston Sports Centre Neither Inadequate parking for users. Pool/health suite well maintained, no spectator area. Very poor changing facilities for no of users, only one, no dry change.

1014739 Polurrian Leisure Club Good Excellent location. Facility just upgraded. Light clean

1014717 Penventon Health & Leisure Spa Poor Looks dated, dark, smells of chlorine. Changing facilities small. External area and hotel excellent.

1038753 University College Falmouth (Tremough Campus)

Good Excellent, facilities well maintained.

1010376 Future Fitness Neither Inside facility dark, not very well lit. Externally not attractive. Supported by beauty salon on top floor.

K7 Pool Business And Enterprise College

Neither Overall well maintained. Plans with kerrier for floodlights seeking funding for external changing rooms to assist in hockey centre.

1008387 St Just Sports Centre Good Building commisioned 2001 uderused - marketing of community support required. Grant application in place for improvemnts. No running hot water.

P2 Hayle Community School: A Language College

Neither Facility poor but quality of service and support/ management is excellent

P5 Ludgvan Community Centre - 10x4 room - old fitness suite avaialble for let/ partnership arrangement

1005748 Penzance Leisure Centre Good Fourth year of operation. Good site

P3 Hayle Outdoor Pool Good Outdoor pool facilities good, maintained well

1005749 St Ives Leisure Centre Good -

P7 Penzance Astro Park Good 10yr old facility in excellent order well run. Pitch with very little wear assessed winter 2008-2009 season.

1100085 Cape Cornwall Golf and Country Club

- Under new ownership - rolling improvement underway

P1 Cape Cornwall School Good School bright, warm and accessible

1038148 Ultimate Goals - Ceased trading




Comment(s)

P4 Jubilee Pool (Penzance) Neither Art deco, grade 2 listed building, does not fit with standard quality judgements. DDA works problematic due to listing.

ca12 Motivation Fitness Good -

p9 YMCA (Cornwall) - -

c4 Millenium House - Also a bar and function room on site

RT11 Heron Tennis Good -

1036050 Cornwall College (St Austell) Neither Very old equipment, very difficult to find car parkin space during term time. Public have access to centre on a limited time table.

P8 St Ives School Neither Old facility - new school in planning phase! Plans also for investment.

Ca3 Penair School - -


Good

1010372 All Being Well Poor -