Last updated October 2026
A MUGA, new markings or a court refresh on a Birmingham, Wolverhampton or Walsall school site is priced from the figures below. Sport England benchmarks a fenced, floodlit macadam MUGA of 782 m2 at £190,000 before VAT and regional costs, and resurfacing an existing one has been quoted at about £36 per m2. Markings are priced after a survey; relining a sports court has been quoted at £600 per sport. Send a site plan and photos, and the team books the survey.
| West Midlands job | Typical price, ex VAT | Source |
|---|---|---|
| New MUGA, macadam, fenced and lit | £190,000 | Sport England, Q4 2025 |
| MUGA resurface, 713 m2 | about £36 per m2 | Council quotes, 2025 |
| Relining a MUGA, per sport | £600 | Contractor quote to a parish, 2025 |
Does a school MUGA need a community use agreement here?
It may become a planning condition. Wolverhampton’s Playing Pitch and Outdoor Sport Strategy, October 2022, says planning consent can be used to secure community use agreements when schools build or change facilities, and names Aldersley High School as a priority for opening access. It also counts 69 outdoor netball courts at 19 sites, of which only 35 courts at 10 sites are open to the community. A school planning a MUGA that clubs could use should expect that conversation and decide its booking and gate arrangements early.
Is a 3G pitch on a Wolverhampton school site fundable?
There is a documented gap. The same strategy finds a shortfall of about 3.2 full-size 3G pitches for football training, rising to 4.5, and lists a full-size 3G at Highfields School in the Local Football Facility Plan, with Colton Hills Community School, Aldersley High School and Wednesfield High Academy among other candidates. A school on that list is in a stronger position with funders; our artificial pitches page covers the build.
Will pupils have park tennis courts nearby?
In Birmingham, increasingly yes. The city council’s £330,000 programme with the Government and the LTA Tennis Foundation refurbished 27 courts across nine parks, including Cannon Hill Park, with resurfacing, new fencing, nets and a gate system, announced in June 2026. A school near a renewed park may get more from markings and a MUGA on its own yard than from building courts; a club planning its own can see tennis court construction.
Could our school field be Green Belt land?
On the fringe of the conurbation it may be. Green Belt covers 264,500 hectares of the West Midlands region, 20.3% of its land, and the Birmingham Green Belt alone was 226,610 hectares in March 2025. National policy permits outdoor sport there where the land stays open, which is why planners look hardest at floodlights and tall fencing; see the planning guide for courts and pitches.
Sources
- City of Wolverhampton Council, playing pitch and outdoor sport strategy, Oct 2022
- Birmingham City Council, park tennis courts reopened, June 2026
- MHCLG, local authority Green Belt statistics 2024 to 2025, Oct 2025
- DfE, PE and sport premium guidance for primary schools, Sept 2026
- Sport England, Facility Cost Guidance Q4 2025, published Feb 2026
- Wickham Parish Council, MUGA resurfacing and relining quotes, Feb 2025
Which West Midlands council do we deal with?
The metropolitan borough or city for your address: Birmingham, Coventry, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull or Walsall. Each has its own planning team and its own pitch strategy, so a trust with schools in Walsall and Solihull should expect two different conversations. On funding, the PE and sport premium can generally pay for repainting lines but not for a MUGA, which gov.uk names as capital. A primary school can refresh its playground markings from the premium and fund a MUGA through other routes.
How it works
- 01Send a plan and photosThe site, the surface and the date it must reopen.
- 02We check the groundLevels and where the water drains.
- 03Written quoteBuilt around your reopening date.
Who runs a West Midlands job?
We arrange a vetted local surfacing contractor to carry out West Midlands work, confirm who within 2 working days, or tell you plainly if we can’t. Alex Winser keeps the job moving as your one point of contact, and you see the contractor’s name on the written quote before you agree to anything.
What should a trust with schools across the region send?
Each school’s address and borough, whether Birmingham, Walsall, Solihull or another, photos of the yard or court, the layout or markings you want, and whether clubs will use the facility out of hours. With seven councils involved, that last point matters most, because a planning condition on community use changes the gate, fencing and booking design.