High Level Summary of Statistics Trend Last update: Thursday, May 31, 2007
Pitches
Scotland's total stock of sports pitches is an estimated 5,900, at March 2006.
From June 1996 to 31 March 2006, there were:
- 612 planning applications for development on playing fields across Scotland
- 397 of these applications involved the proposed loss of sports pitches
- A net loss of 118 playing fields up to 31 March 2006 involving the loss of 203 mineral pitches, which were being phased out as not appropriate for modern day use
- In the same period, there were 136 synthetic playing fields developed which improved the availability of playing fields.
- The total net loss of playing fields for 2005 and 2006 was 1 pitch.
Source: Sportscotland Playing Field Monitoring Report (May 2006)
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