2. What is a PPS for?
There is a nice list of key drivers in the document:
• The need for evidence to help protect and enhance existing provision.
• The need to inform the assessment of planning applications and proposed developments, both within the city and the surrounding areas.
• Potential changes to the supply of provision due to education capital programmes.
• Local Authority budgetary pressures seeking to ensure the most efficient and cost effective management and maintenance of playing pitch provision.
• The need to develop a priority list of deliverable projects which will help to meet any current deficiencies, provide for future demands and feed into wider infrastructure planning work.
• Prioritisation of any internal and external capital and revenue investment.
• The need for a ‘strategic approach’ to getting the right facilities in the right places, to maximise existing budgets and attract investment from other sources including NGBs and lottery funding.

3. What has it already been used for?
Driver
Example
Help protect and enhance existing provision
Coombe Dingle, Hengrove/St Bernadette OBs RFC
Assessment of planning applications and proposed developments
Oasis John Williams, Wesley College, Bonnington Walk, Whitehouse School, Headley Park Primary, Cotham School, The Clanage, Stoke Lodge, St Brendan’s Sixth Form College, various Pre-apps
Education capital programmes
Windmill Hill City Farm, Fairfield School/Muller Road, Planning of 3 new secondary schools
Local Authority budgetary pressures
Parks pitch provision changes
Develop a priority list of deliverable projects
See the PPS action plans and next slides
Prioritisation of any internal and external capital and revenue investment
Attract investment from other sources including NGBs and lottery funding
Avonmouth Rugby Club pitch improvements, Highridge United clubhouse/changing, Knowle CC nets, Bristol West Indies CC nets, Fairfield School AGP divider system, Cricket non-turf pitches at 3 parks sites

4. What will it be used for in the future?
Vision
To protect, enhance and provide the right combination of playing pitches to meet the current and future needs of the city’s population.
To increase participation in playing pitch sports through offering the best player/participant experience possible in terms of playing pitches and ancillary facilities at the most cost effective price to both the user and provider.
Key messages
There is a need to significantly increase the number of “good” standard grass pitches in the city.
The overall quantity of pitches (i.e. playing field space) is adequate to meet current and future demand.
Considerable work is required to provide the right combination of pitches and to improve the overall quality of pitches and changing provision in the most cost effective way.

5. Protect
Enhance
Provide
Cricket
The cricket sites within the Bristol boundary to prevent no further displaced demand out of the city
The quantity, quality and availability of the “pay and play” cricket facility stock to meet the club’s needs
New cricket facilities within Bristol to meet the demand from Bristol residents and prevent any further displaced demand out of the Bristol boundary
Football
The overall quantity of pitches in the city to cope with future demand from all age groups
The large number of poor pitches and changing facilities- specifically the ones most heavily used
Develop a balance of adult, youth and mini football pitches that provides the best fit for the city’s demands
Hockey
The number and quality of hockey suitable (sand based) AGPs in the city
The number of hours that sand based AGPs are made available for hockey throughout the week
Additional playing and training time for the development of hockey in the south of the city
Rugby Union
The current sites within the Bristol boundary so no more are displaced to outside the city
The large number of poor quality pitches in the city through alternative usage patterns, improved standards of maintenance and capital interventions
Access to 3G artificial grass pitches in strategic locations that are World Rugby Regulation 22 compliant for competitive training and match play

6. Cricket
Two potential club facility developments (Brislington and Twyford House).
Artificial wickets in Parks maintained and usage developed.
Assess demand for winter training nets and also pay & play outdoor nets. Consider possible ways to meet the demand.
Work with BCC Parks on budget challenges.

7. Football Grounds maintenance machinery grant. Football Facility Plans.
Priority projects identified in action plan.
Working with BCC Parks to meet budget challenges and PPS aims on pitch orientation/numbers.

8. Hockey Continue to protect the sand based pitches in the city.
Increase number of hours of usage of the current facility stock (as football moves to 3G).
Work with providers to improve security of use of facilities.
Improve opportunities in the south of the city.

9. Rugby Union
Potential facility developments at Whitehall and Barton Hill.
Support St Bernadette’s Old Boys in potential move.
Support Imperial RFC to access funding.

10. What’s next? Developing and delivering priority projects
Continuing to protect current facilities
Working with BCC Parks on their budget challenges
Twice yearly steering group meetings
Annual report on progress
Strategy and documents can be found on Bristol Active City web pages…