Chorley playing pitches headline analysis
| Sport | Current Picture (match equivalent sessions MES) | Future Picture to 2036 |
| Football (grass pitches) |
Adult pitches have spare capacity of 2 MES per week |
Adult pitches have spare capacity of 1 MES per week Youth 11v11 pitches overplayed by 12 MES per week Youth 9v9 pitches overplayed by 1 MES per week Mini 7v7 pitches have spare capacity of 0.5 MES per week Mini 5v5 pitches are overplayed by 0.5 MES per week |
| Football (3G pitches) | Shortfall of 4 full sized 3G pitches for team training | Shortfall of 5 full sized 3G pitches for team training |
| Rugby union (senior pitches) | Senior pitches at capacity Mini pitches at capacity |
Senior pitches at capacity Mini pitches at capacity |
| Rugby league (senior pitches) | Senior pitches are overplayed by 4.5 MES | Senior pitches are overplayed by five MES |
| Cricket | Spare capacity of 44 match equivalent sessions per season | Spare capacity of 26 match equivalent sessions per season |
| Tennis courts | Although there is sufficient supply of courts at all sites across Central Lancashire; there is a need to utilise the spare capacity on non-club community available courts to actualise substantial amounts of latent demand. | Although there is a sufficient supply of courts at all sites across Central Lancashire; there is a need to utilise the spare capacity on non-club community available courts to actualise substantial amounts of latent demand. |
| Bowling greens | Demand can be met with retained level of access | Demand can be met with retained level of access |
| Athletics | Demand can be met in Preston and South Ribble with retained access; however, there is insufficient provision for levels of demand within Chorley | Demand can be met in Preston and South Ribble with retained access; however, there is insufficient provision for levels of demand within Chorley |
| Cycling | Demand can be met with retained level of access | Demand can be met with retained level of access |
| Golf | Demand can be met with retained level of access | Demand can be met with retained level of access |
The existing position for all pitch sports is either demand is currently being met or there is a shortfall. For football, all analysis areas evidence shortfalls at one or more pitch formats, with these shortfalls increasing and including new shortfalls at some formats through future demand increases. There are key present and future shortfalls for full sized 3G pitches for football team training and cricket, as well as for senior pitch types for rugby union and rugby league.
Some shortfalls can be reduced through maximised access to future provision, for example, certification and use of 3G pitches for competitive football, rugby union or rugby league match play would create extra capacity to reduce grass pitch shortfalls as well as the shortfalls evidenced for 3G pitches for football team training.
A summary of quality of playing pitch ancillary facilities at Councils owned pitches is below.
| Site name | Ancillary Facility Quality |
| Astley Park | Good |
| Fairview Youth and Community Centre | Good |
| Gillett Fields, Limbrick | Poor |
| Gillibrand Playing Pitches | Good |
| Great Greens Lane Playing Pitch | No changing rooms |
| Jubilee Playing Pitches | No changing rooms |
| King George V Field | Poor |
| Wigan Lane Playing field | No changing rooms |