Leisure and Community Facilities
Policy C1 Indicator: Loss/Gain of Recreation Land
|
Open Space Typology |
Borough total (ha) 2007 |
Aspirational total (ha) 2017 |
Current hectares per 1000 people 2007 |
Aspirational Hectares per 1000 people 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parks and Gardens |
801.18 |
807.18 |
2.66 |
2.53 |
| Natural/Semi Natural Greenspace |
10,155.67 |
10,155.67 |
33.69 |
31.78 |
| Amenity Greenspace |
392.18 |
392.18 |
1.3 |
1.23 |
| Provision for Children and Young People |
11.41 |
16.2 |
0.04 |
0.05 |
| Allotments |
34.47 |
56.82 |
0.11 |
0.18 |
| Cemeteries |
89.44 |
89.44 |
0.3 |
0.28 |
| Civic Spaces |
0.8819 |
1.6019 |
0.003 |
0.005 |
Surplus and Deficiency of Playing Pitch Provision in Wigan Townships
| Township |
Surplus and Deficiency |
||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Football | Cricket | Rugby Union | Rugby League | Total Pitches | |||||
| Senior | Junior | Mini | Senior | Junior | Senior | Junior | |||
| Ashton Bryn |
1.8 |
-3 |
-2.7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.9 |
-1.6 |
-3.6 |
| Atherton |
5.4 |
-5.5 |
0.1 |
-1.7 |
1 |
0 |
-0.5 |
0 |
-1.2 |
| Golborne Lowton |
-0.2 |
-1.4 |
-2.6 |
-1.1 |
0 |
0 |
2.9 |
-2.5 |
-4.9 |
| Hindley Abram |
8.7 |
-7.1 |
-1.1 |
-3.3 |
0 |
0 |
3.9 |
-0.2 |
0.9 |
| Leigh |
6.3 |
-7.9 |
-1.7 |
-2.8 |
-2.2 |
-2.6 |
3.2 |
-2 |
-9.7 |
| Orrell Billinge Winstanley |
3 |
-4.7 |
1 |
-4.4 |
-0.2 |
0 |
1.3 |
-3.2 |
-7.2 |
| Standish Aspull Shevington |
16 |
1.4 |
4 |
0.6 |
4.9 |
0 |
3.3 |
-1.3 |
28.9 |
| Tyldesley Astley |
12 |
2.7 |
1 |
-1.1 |
2.9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
17.5 |
| North Wigan |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0.6 |
0 |
0 |
4.2 |
-1.7 |
9.1 |
| South Wigan |
12.8 |
-17.2 |
1 |
-1.2 |
0 |
-2 |
1.4 |
-6 |
-11.2 |
| Borough Total |
71.8 |
-42.7 |
-1 |
-14.4 |
6.4 |
-4.6 |
21.6 |
-18.5 |
18.6 |
3.67 An Open Space, Sport and Recreation Needs Assessment was undertaken in 2007 to identify what needs existed across the borough and to help identify quantitative standards. The Open Space Needs Assessment and the audit that inform it are expected to be updated once every five years.
3.68 The data from the Open Space, Sport and Recreation Needs Assessment will be used to develop quantitative standards for Open Space, Sport and Recreation in the Local Development Framework. This work is ongoing.