Cheltenham Borough Council

Green Space Audit

Issue Number Status Date Prepared By Authorised By

2 Final 13 November 2008 MA IB

Community First Partnership The Coach House 143 – 145 Worcester Road Hagley Worcestershire DY9 0NW

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Contents 1.0 INTRODUCTION ...... 1 2.0 TYPOLOGY & HIERARCHY...... 2

2.1 INTRODUCTION ...... 2 2.2 TYPOLOGY...... 4 2.3 ACCESSIBILITY...... 4 2.4 HIERARCHY ...... 5 3.0 UNDERSTANDING THE SUPPLY ...... 6

3.1 INTRODUCTION ...... 6 3.2 CHELTENHAM QUANTITY ANALYSIS ...... 8 3.2.1 All Sites ...... 8 3.2.2 Green Space with Unrestricted Access ...... 9 3.2.3 Quantity of Green Space per 1000 Population ...... 10 4.0 UNDERSTANDING THE DEMAND...... 14

4.1 HOUSEHOLD SURVEY ...... 14 4.1.1 Methodology ...... 14 4.1.2 Key Findings ...... 14 5.0 ACCESSIBILITY ...... 16

5.1 ACCESSIBILITY MAPPING ...... 18 5.1.1 Borough Level Green Space ...... 18 5.1.2 Neighbourhood Level Green Space...... 19 5.1.3 Local Level Green Space...... 22 5.2 ACCESSIBILITY MAPPING & SEVERANCE LINES ...... 27 5.2.1 Severance ...... 27 5.2.2 Severance with Access Points ...... 35 6.0 QUALITY...... 45

6.1 CONTEXT & INTRODUCTION...... 45 6.2 METHODOLOGY ...... 45 6.2.1 Criteria used...... 45 6.2.2 Scoring of criteria...... 46 6.3 FINDINGS...... 46 6.3.1 Findings – Quality Scores by Site ...... 47 6.3.2 Findings by Criteria ...... 50 6.3.3 Findings – National Context...... 50 6.3.4 Comparison by Authority...... 51 6.3.5 Comparison by ward ...... 54 6.4 QUALITY SUMMARY ...... 54 7.0 VALUE ...... 56

7.1 VALUE METHODOLOGY...... 56 7.2 VALUE SCORES ...... 56 7.2.1 Findings...... 56 8.0 QUALITY AND VALUE ...... 60

8.1 MATRIX OF QUALITY AND VALUE...... 60 8.1.1 Quality / Value by Typology ...... 64 8.1.2 Quality / Value by Hierarchy ...... 64 9.0 SUMMARY...... 65

9.1 QUANTITY...... 65 9.2 CONSULTATION ...... 65 9.3 ACCESSIBILITY...... 65 9.4 QUALITY / VALUE...... 66

Cheltenham Green Space Audit – Final Report – November 2008 Figures

1. Borough and ward boundaries 2. Framework. 3. Quantity of green space at ward level 4. Proximity to borough green spaces 5. Proximity to borough and neighbourhood green spaces 6. Proximity to all green spaces (at 400m travelling distance) 7. Proximity to all green spaces (at varying travelling distances) 8. Proximity to neighbourhood and local green spaces (at varying travelling distances) 9. Proximity to local green space (at 400m travelling distance) 10. Barriers to pedestrian movement 11. Proximity to borough green space affected by barriers to pedestrian movement 12. Proximity to borough and neighbourhood green spaces affected by barriers to pedestrian movement 13. Proximity to all green spaces (at 400m travelling distance) affected by barriers to pedestrian movement 14. Proximity to all green spaces (at varying travelling distances) affected by barriers to pedestrian movement 15. Proximity to neighbourhood and local green spaces (at varying travelling distances) affected by barriers to pedestrian movement 16. Proximity to local green space (at 400m travelling distance) affected by barriers to pedestrian movement 17. Access points on barriers to pedestrian movement 18. Proximity to borough green space affected by barriers and access points 19. Proximity to borough and neighbourhood green spaces affected by barriers and access points 20. Proximity to all green spaces (at 400m travelling distance) affected by barriers and access points 21. Proximity to all green spaces (at varying travelling distances) affected by barriers and access points 22. Proximity to neighbourhood and local green spaces (at varying travelling distances) affected by barriers and access points 23. Proximity to local green space (at 400m travelling distance) affected by barriers and access points 24. Areas within the borough deficient in access to green space 25. Quality assessment scores for audited sites 26. Quality assessment and value scores for audited sites

Appendices

A Site List

B 2005 Household Survey Report

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Final Report – November 2008

1.0 Introduction

This report sets out the findings of the Audit and Assessment stages of Cheltenham Green Space Audit. It has been produced by Community First Partnership (CFP) a specialist green space consultancy. CFP were appointed by Cheltenham Borough Council in March 2005.

A number of pieces of research, assessments and consultation have been carried out that form the basis of the study. The work has been undertaken in accordance with Planning Policy Guidance 17 Planning for Open Space, Sport and Recreation (Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, 2002) and the Companion Guide “Assessing Needs and Opportunities” (Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, 2002). The study has been carried out to provide Cheltenham Council with detailed evidence to support the production of the Local Development Framework and Supplementary Planning Documents.

This report sets out the methodologies used in undertaking analyses of the quantity and quality of green spaces in Cheltenham along with the respective findings. The report also includes the results of the consultation undertaken as part of the borough council’s 2005 Household Survey for Parks and Green Spaces. As such this is a factual report based on objective audits and assessments and, as with any audit, it represents a snapshot at a particular point in time.

It is intended that this report is used by Cheltenham Borough Council as a basis for further consultation and the development of a wider strategic approach to the provision of green spaces in the town.

Cheltenham Green Space Audit – Final Report – November 2008 1 2.0 Typology & Hierarchy

2.1 Introduction

Using existing Geographical Information Systems (GIS) data, Ordnance Survey mapping, aerial photography and the quality assessment process, all green spaces within Cheltenham have been mapped. Agricultural land was typically excluded from the study except where unrestricted public access was known to exist. All school grounds and their sports facilities were mapped as institutional land but were not included in the quality audit as they are not freely available to the public for recreation.

All green spaces that have been identified have been assigned a unique reference number. Where a site crosses Ward boundaries the site has been assigned to the Ward either where most of the site is located or where there is the most logical connection.

In order to classify the green space in the study a number of levels are used;

i) An initial classification based on land use and primary purpose (typology). ii) A classification of how accessible the site is to the public (accessibility) iii) A classification of the site’s significance (hierarchy). The following sections explain how these classifications were carried out.

Figure 1 below shows the area of Cheltenham with ward boundaries.

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2.2 Typology

National guidance contained in “Assessing Needs and Opportunities”, the companion guide to PPG17, sets out a suggested typology of space for local authorities to use as their starting point for defining their own local standards.

Typology Primary Purpose

Allotments Opportunities for those people who wish to do so to grow their own produce as part of the long term promotion of sustainability, health and social inclusion Amenity Greenspace Opportunities for informal activities close to home or work or enhancement of the appearance of residential or other areas

Cemeteries and Quieter contemplation and burial of the dead, often linked to the Churchyards promotion of wildlife conservation and biodiversity. Also includes closed burial grounds used for informal recreation. Civic Space Providing a setting for civic buildings, public demonstrations and community events.

Green Corridors Walking, cycling or horse riding, whether for leisure purposes or travel, and opportunities for wildlife migration

Institutional Land Educational land or land owned by other institutions such as hospitals and government agencies.

Natural and Semi- Wildlife conservation, bio-diversity and environmental education and Natural Greenspaces awareness

Outdoor Sports Participation in outdoor sports, such as pitch sports, tennis, bowls, Facilities athletics or countryside and water sports

Parks And Gardens Accessible, high quality opportunities for informal recreation and community events

Provision For Children Areas designed primarily for play and social interaction involving And Young People children and young people, such as equipped play areas, ball courts, skateboard areas and teenage shelters Table 1 Typology based on PPG17 Typology

2.3 Accessibility

Table 2 below sets out the accessibility levels that were used to classify the town’s green spaces.

Accessibility Level Description Sites have unrestricted public access although some Unrestricted sites may have limitations to access between dusk and dawn. Sites may be publicly or privately owned but access is limited either by a physical barrier such as Limited membership, or psychological barrier such as a feeling that a green space is private. Not accessible Sites are out of bounds to the general public

Table 2 Accessibility Levels

Cheltenham Green Space Audit – Final Report – November 2008 4 Each site that was mapped on the GIS system was assigned an accessibility level which was then checked on site when carrying out the quality audit.

2.4 Hierarchy

Table 3 below sets out the hierarchy levels that were used to classify the importance or significance of town’s green spaces.

Hierarchy Description level Borough Those sites whose significance should attract people from across the entire borough. Usually large sites with a range of facilities or designated importance for history or nature conservation. Neighbourhood Those sites which perform a function that serves a more immediate community. Unlikely to attract people from across the borough Local Those sites which perform a function to a small area – typically areas of amenity green space. Table 3 Hierarchy Level

Each site that was mapped on the GIS system was assigned a hierarchy level which was then checked on site when carrying out the quality audit.

Cheltenham Green Space Audit – Final Report – November 2008 5 3.0 Understanding the Supply

3.1 Introduction

Analysis of the quantity of green space has been undertaken by using the GIS and population (Census 2001) data. The total amount of green space identified within Cheltenham has been quantified and the average amount of unrestricted green space per 1000 population calculated. Quantity by typology, size and Ward level has also been calculated for both unrestricted and restricted sites. The results of the public consultation have also been used to compare the results of the analysis of quantity with the views of the local community.

A full site list of all sites can be seen at Appendix A.

Figure 2 below shows all sites plotted by accessibility and typology.

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3.2 Cheltenham Quantity Analysis

This section of the report considers supply of green space in Cheltenham with regard to the typology, hierarchy and accessibility.

3.2.1 All Sites

Level 1 Typology Number Area (Ha) % of Total (Area) Allotments 18 29.47 4.74 Amenity Green Space 322 69.33 11.14 Cemeteries & Churchyards 13 25.75 4.14 Civic Space 1 1.08 0.17 Green Corridor 7 11.42 1.84 Institutional Land 41 204.25 32.82 Natural & Semi-Natural Green Space 13 107.68 17.30 Outdoor Sports Facilities 22 94.18 15.13 Parks & Gardens 22 78.74 12.65 Provision for Children & Young People 2 0.41 0.07 Total 461 622.28 100.00% Table 4 Distribution by Green Space Type

Table 4 above shows the total amount of green space (regardless of accessibility) within Cheltenham that was recorded for this study.

A total of 461 sites cover an area of 622.28 hectares equivalent to 13.40% of the total land of the Cheltenham area.

The most common green space type in Cheltenham is Amenity Green Space accounting for 70% of the total number of sites.

However, Institutional Land covers 204.25 hectares, representing 32.82% of the total supply of green space. Despite Amenity Green Space having the most sites recorded they make up only 11.14% of all green space reflecting the relatively small size of most green spaces of this type.

Size Range (Ha) Number % >20 4 0.87 10 to 20 8 1.74 5.0 to 9.9 19 4.12 2.0 to 4.9 36 7.81 1.0 to 1.9 41 8.89 0.5 to 0.9 38 8.24 < 0.5 315 68.33 Total 461 100.0% Table 5 Distribution of all sites by size Table 5 above shows the size distribution of all green spaces within Cheltenham. The table shows that the provision based on size follows a “pyramid” distribution with greater numbers of smaller sites and fewer larger sites.

Cheltenham Green Space Audit – Final Report – November 2008 8 Just over two thirds of sites recorded are less then 0.5 hectares in size. A further 25% are between 0.5 and 5.0 hectares. There are only 12 (2.61%) sites greater than 10 hectares.

3.2.2 Green Space with Unrestricted Access

This section of the report considers only those green spaces with unrestricted access. Sites with limited access and those that are not accessible have been removed from the analysis since these sites typically have less recreational value than sites which are freely available for public use.

Accessibility Number of Sites Unrestricted 322 Limited 135 Not Accessible 4 Total 461 Table 6 Accessibility of Green Spaces in Cheltenham

Table 6 above shows the accessibility of the green spaces in Cheltenham. Of the total of 461 green spaces, 322 (69.8%) have unrestricted access, 135 (29.3%) limited access and 4 (0.9%) are not accessible.

Typology Level 1 Number Area (Ha) % of Total (Area) Amenity Green Space 258 61.43 17.99 Cemeteries & Churchyards 12 25.67 7.52 Civic Space 1 1.08 0.32 Green Corridor 6 11.15 3.27 Natural & Semi-Natural Green Space 9 97.81 28.65 Outdoor Sports Facilities 12 65.15 19.08 Parks & Gardens 22 78.74 23.06 Provision Children & Young People 2 0.41 0.12 Total 322 341.43 100.00% Table 7 Distribution by type – Unrestricted Green Space Table 7 above shows the number and area of green spaces with unrestricted access by green space type.

Overall there are 322 green spaces covering over 341 hectares that have been recorded which have unrestricted access. This equates to 69.8% of the number of sites having unrestricted access and 54.87% of the area of green space having unrestricted access. Overall 7.35% of the total land area of the borough is accessible green space.

Amenity Green Space continues to be the predominant green space type with the greatest number of sites with unrestricted access (258). Yet, Natural and Semi-natural Green Space covers an area of approximately 98 hectares, making up 28.65% of all unrestricted green space, however this is only for a total of 9 sites. Parks and Gardens have 22 sites and cover over 78 hectares being the second most significant green space type, making up nearly a quarter (23.06%) of all accessible green space (by area).

Cheltenham Green Space Audit – Final Report – November 2008 9 Many Outdoor Sports Facilities have limited access, requiring membership or payment of fees. Consequently, a large number of sites of this type have been removed from this analysis.

Size Range (Ha) Number % >20 2 0.62 10 to 20 4 1.24 5.0 to 9.9 8 2.48 2.0 to 4.9 18 5.59 1.0 to 1.9 22 6.83 0.5 to 0.9 26 8.07 < 0.5 242 75.16 Total 322 100.00% Table 8 Distribution of Unrestricted Sites by Size

Table 8 above shows the size distribution of green space with unrestricted access. Again the provision of sites by size follows a similar pyramid distribution with greater number of smaller sites and fewer larger sites. When the accessibility of green space is considered the effect is to exaggerate this distribution (compared to Table 5). Over 70% of unrestricted sites are less than 0.5 hectares and nearly a fifth are between 0.5 and 5 hectares.

3.2.3 Quantity of Green Space per 1000 Population

The 2001 Census recorded a resident population of 110,013 for Cheltenham. This figure has been used to calculate the amount of accessible green space per 1000 population for Cheltenham. This data has also been broken down by green space type as shown in Table 9 below.

Amount of Green Amount of Green Space Typology Level 1 Space (Ha) (Ha) per 1000 Population Amenity Green Space 61.43 0.56 Cemeteries & Churchyards 25.67 0.23 Civic Space 1.08 0.01 Green Corridor 11.15 0.10 Natural & Semi-Natural Green Space 97.81 0.89 Outdoor Sports Facilities 65.15 0.59 Parks & Gardens 78.74 0.72 Provision for Children & Young People 0.41 0.00 Total 341.43 3.10 Table 9 Quantity of Green Space per 1000 Population

Overall Cheltenham has an average of 3.10 hectares of green space per 1000 population. The largest proportion of this is Natural & Semi-natural Green Space with 0.89 hectares per 1000 population. There are 0.72 hectares of Parks and Gardens per 1000 population.

Cheltenham Green Space Audit – Final Report – November 2008 10 Hectares of Unrestricted Green Space per Other Green Space Studies 1000 Population Chorley Metropolitan Borough Council 10.01 ha (Draft standard) Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council 8.00 ha Redditch Borough Council 7.40 ha (Draft standard) Urban North Staffordshire 6.60 ha Oxford City Council 5.75 ha Walsall Council 4.98 ha Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council 4.90 ha Fareham Borough Council 4.86 ha London Borough Croydon 4.30 ha Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council 4.24 ha London Borough Merton 4.00 ha Taunton Deane Borough Council 3.49 ha Bridgnorth District Council 3.32 ha Cheltenham Borough Council 3.10 ha London Borough of Sutton 2.90 (Draft Standard) Lichfield District Council 2.80 ha (Draft standard) London Borough of Southwark 2.6 ha London Borough of Lambeth 1.6 ha London Borough of Tower Hamlets 1.6 ha Wellington 1.32 ha Table 10 Quantity of provision in other local authority areas

Table 10 above shows the quantity of provision in Cheltenham and that of a sample of other local authorities. The data is drawn from studies carried out by Community First Partnership or other data supplied to them. It is not intended as a direct comparison tool. It can be seen that Cheltenham has a fairly low average compared to most other local authorities.

Amount of Ward Amount of Green Space WARD Green Space (Ha) Population (Ha) per 1000 Population Charlton Park 89.43 5,508 16.24 Pittville 43.16 5,367 8.04 Oakley 43.56 5,890 7.40 Cheltenham Average 341.43 110,013 3.10 St. Marks 17.57 5,978 2.94 Charlton Kings 13.70 4,804 2.85 Benhall & The Reddings 12.25 5,176 2.37 Springbank 13.52 6,086 2.22 Hesters Way 11.30 5,610 2.01 Prestbury 10.63 5,297 2.01 College 10.47 5,541 1.89 Swindon Village 11.14 5,985 1.86 Leckhampton 8.85 5,219 1.70 Up Hatherley 9.50 5,598 1.70 Lansdown 8.78 5,337 1.65 St. Paul’s 8.95 5,547 1.61 Warden Hill 8.53 5,611 1.52 St. Peter’s 8.52 5,826 1.46 Battledown 5.67 4,625 1.23 Park 5.52 5,737 0.96 All Saints 0.38 5,261 0.07 Table 11 Quantity of Green Space per 1000 Population by Ward

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Table 11 above shows the amount of green space per 1000 population at a Ward level. The level of variation with respect to the Cheltenham average is significantly greater at Ward level

Charlton Park has the greatest quantity of green space per 1000 population with 16.24 hectares which is significantly greater than the Cheltenham average level of provision.

All Saints and Park have less than one hectare per thousand population. This is a very significant level of deprivation in accessible green space provision.

Figure 3 below shows the amount of green space (ha) per 1000 population at ward level. The darker the green the more green space there is and the darker the red, the less green space.

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4.0 Understanding the Demand

A key component of a green space audit is consultation with local communities and other providers. It provides the opportunity to make an assessment of existing patterns of use, to explore ideas for improvement and to provide data to complement other parts of the audit such as quantity and quality assessments. In addition to gathering base line data a questionnaire also provides a useful method of assessing the level of interest in any further qualitative consultation to explore key issues that arise.

4.1 Household Survey

The section of the report below discusses the methodology and findings of the Household Survey (a full report of which is set out at Appendix B).

4.1.1 Methodology

A questionnaire survey was designed in association with Cheltenham Borough Council and this was distributed by post to a random sample by ward of 5,000 households in Cheltenham.

A total of 921 completed household surveys were received giving a return rate of 18.4%.

4.1.2 Key Findings

• 85% of respondents used green spaces within Cheltenham - Pittville Park was the most visited within the borough - Crickley Hill Country Park was the most visited outside of the borough • The most popular reason to visit green spaces was walking, with relaxing also popular • The main barrier to use was lack of time, with issues around safety also a concern • The average quality score for all green spaces was 6.8 (out of 10), suggesting that respondents were fairly happy with the green spaces they visit • Floral features scored the highest of services provided by Cheltenham Borough Council and dealing with vandalism and graffiti the lowest • Respondents felt that there were too little outdoor facilities for teenagers / young people and current ones were of a dissatisfactory standard • Respondents felt that all types of green space were important • The weighted gap analysis (please refer to Appendix B p20) suggested that teenage facilities should be the priority for improvement • Overall there was - a larger response from females - an under representation of the younger age groups - deficiency in responses from some minority ethnic groups

Cheltenham Green Space Audit – Final Report – November 2008 14 • Over half of the respondents (55%) wanted to be kept informed about events and activities, a third wanted to take part in further consultation, yet only 18% wished to find out about friends groups

A section of the questionnaire asked respondents detailed questions about their most frequently used green space;

• Pittville Park was the green space visited most often, with 219 respondents • 75% of respondents use their most frequently visited green space weekly or more often • “Welcoming” scored the highest of all Green Flag Award criteria and “promotion and celebration” of sites the lowest • The average quality of most frequently visited green spaces was 7.2 (out of 10), higher than the borough average cited above • The most important improvements stated were providing litter and dog fouling bins • Over the past three years it was felt that the overall quality of green spaces had remained the same

Aspects of the household consultation relating to accessibility and quality have been included in the relevant chapters of this document.

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In order to build a picture of whether people have sufficient open space within a reasonable walking distance of where they live a model was constructed using the hierarchy discussed in section 2.4 of this report. A walking distance was assigned to each level based on national guidance (London Planning Advisory Committee and the PPG17 Companion Guide) and previous studies undertaken by the consultants.

The theoretical walking catchments (distance threshold as defined in the companion guide to PPG17) for each level of the hierarchy are shown in table 12 below;

Hierarchy Description Walking Level Distance (m) Borough Those sites whose significance should attract people 1200 from across the entire borough. Usually large sites with a range of facilities or designated importance for history or nature conservation. Neighbourhood Those sites which perform a function that serves a 600 more immediate community. Unlikely to attract people from across the borough Local Those sites which perform a function to a small area – 400 Local (<0.2ha) typically areas of amenity green space. 50 Table 12 Hierarchy and Walking Distance

The catchment distances were then compared to the findings of the household survey and an accessibility hierarchy was considered.

Table 13 below shows the travel time and method of travel from the respondents to the household survey. The findings for the key green spaces have been grouped to form an accessibility hierarchy by looking at the travel distance and the time for walking and driving. The data shows the effective catchment areas as defined in the companion guide to PPG17.

Imperial Gardens, Montpellier Gardens, Leckhampton Hill, Pittville Park and Sandford Park have been classified as Borough level significance and this is supported by the findings of the household survey. However, the household survey would suggest that Winston Churchill Memorial Gardens is of Borough significance rather than Neighbourhood.

At the neighbourhood level there is some inconsistency between the assigned hierarchy and the household survey results in that a number appear from the household consultation to be only of local significance. This could be as a result of the methodology of the household survey.

Green spaces with ten or more responses were recorded by the name of the green space, those with fewer responses were grouped into the category ‘other’ since it was considered that samples of less than ten people were too small and unlikely to provide robust and reliable data. Typically, respondents to household surveys provide information about their most frequently used green spaces, which by their nature tend to have a range of facilities and be

Cheltenham Green Space Audit – Final Report – November 2008 16 of a reasonable size and quality. Consequently data about specific local level sites is difficult to gather.

Given the variation displayed in the data from the household survey and lack of any consistent pattern regarding actual travel times the accessibility mapping has been carried out using the Cheltenham Borough Council Hierarchy as shown in Table 13 below.

Sites with Borough wide significance have buffers plotted at 1200m from the site boundary, neighbourhood sites 600m and local sites 400m. Those local level sites less than 0.2 hectares have been plotted at 50m.

The section below discusses the accessibility and proximity mapping in more detail with regard to the hierarchy level and the impact of any severance lines.

Cheltenham Suggested Hierarchy from Survey Travel time (mins) Borough Council Results Walk Drive Hierarchy District / Borough Imperial Gardens Borough Leckhampton Hill Borough Borough Montpellier Gardens 16 - 20 11 – 15 Pittville Park Borough Sandford Park Borough Winston Churchill Memorial Gardens Neighbourhood

Neighbourhood Caernarvon Park Neighbourhood Cleeve Hill Common Outside Borough Cox’s Meadow Open Space Neighbourhood Neighbourhood Hatherley Park 11 - 15 6 – 15 Hesters Way Park Neighbourhood Honeybourne Line Neighbourhood King George V Playing Fields Neighbourhood Lansdown Crescent Open Space Local

Local Beeches Playing Field Neighbourhood Benhall Open Space Neighbourhood Brizen Farm Playing Field Neighbourhood Naunton Park Neighbourhood Neighbourhood Prestbury Playing Fields 6 - 10 0 – 15 Queen Elizabeth II Playing Field Neighbourhood Reddings Road Open Space Local Sandy Lane Playing Field Neighbourhood Swindon Village Playing Field Neighbourhood The Burrows Playing Field Neighbourhood

Local <0.2Ha n/a Field Adjacent to Burrows Playing Field 0 - 5 6 - 15 Neighbourhood Welch Road Playing Field

Table 13 Accessibility Hierarchy from the Household Consultation

Cheltenham Green Space Audit – Final Report – November 2008 17 5.1 Accessibility Mapping

A series of maps have been produced (figures 4 to 24 below) which look at the theoretical walking catchments (shown in table 12 above) of borough, neighbourhood and local level green spaces with unrestricted access.

The maps are shown in a sequence of 6 as set out below;

• Borough Sites @ 1200m • Borough and Neighbourhood Sites @ 600m • Borough, Neighbourhood and Local Sites @ 400m, Local Sites under 0.2ha @ 50m • Borough Sites @ 1200m, Neighbourhood Sites at 600m, Local Sites at 400m and Local Sites under 0.2ha @ 50m • Neighbourhood Sites at 600m, Local Sites at 400m and Local Sites under 0.2ha @ 50m • Local Sites at 400m and Local Sites under 0.2ha @ 50m

The sequence of maps is repeated three times.

The first set of maps is shown with simple buffers only – i.e. with the catchment shown above forming the radius of the buffer.

For the second set of maps severance effects have been introduced – i.e. the reduction of accessibility (and hence the buffer) caused by major roads, railways, canals and rivers.

For the third set of maps access points across the severance lines have been plotted to provide the most realistic model for mapping accessibility and establishing the areas of the borough that are deficient in particular levels of green space.

5.1.1 Borough Level Green Space

Table 14 below shows the Borough level green spaces with unrestricted access.

UNIQUE ID SITE NAME TYPOLOGY 400 Charlton Park Open Space Green Corridor 407 Leckhampton Hill Natural & semi natural Greenspace 410 Daisy Bank Field Natural & semi natural Greenspace 503 Sandford Park Parks & Gardens 700 Montpellier Gardens Parks & Gardens 701 Imperial Gardens Parks & Gardens 707 The Promenade Gardens Parks & Gardens 711 Promenade Civic space 904 Bouncers Lane Cemetery Churchyards & Cemeteries 1104 Pittville Park Parks & Gardens 1501 Honeybourne Line Open Space Green Corridor Table 14 Borough Level Green Spaces with Unrestricted access

Cheltenham Green Space Audit – Final Report – November 2008 18 A number of sites within Cheltenham Borough are considered to have borough wide significance as seen above.

Figure 4 shows borough level sites with buffers plotted at 1200m. It can be seen that large areas of the borough are catered for by such spaces, this is especially so for the east of the borough. However, there are significant areas to the west of the borough that are deficient in access to this level of green space and also a very small built up area located in Charlton Kings ward.

5.1.2 Neighbourhood Level Green Space

A total of 64 neighbourhood level sites with unrestricted access were plotted within Cheltenham Borough.

Figure 5 shows unrestricted borough and neighbourhood green spaces buffered at 600m. Again this map shows that the borough is well catered for by both borough and neighbourhood sites at 600m. There are only very small areas of the borough that are lacking in access to such green space and these are located in the wards of Park, Battledown and to the very south west of Benhall and the Reddings.

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5.1.3 Local Level Green Space

A total of 247 local unrestricted sites were plotted in Cheltenham Borough.

Figure 6 plots borough, neighbourhood and local sites all at 400m (those local sites under 0.2 hectares have been plotted at 50m). The map shows that there are only a few areas of the borough that are deficient in access to unrestricted green space with such catchments. These are located within the Battledown ward and within Park and College wards. The area to the north and west of Cheltenham Racecourse is also deficient at being catered for by unrestricted green space.

When looking at all green space buffered by their appropriate catchments (Figure 7) it can be seen that there are only two very small areas of the borough that are deficient. These lie within the Battledown ward and to the north of Cheltenham Racecourse. By looking at the colour gradients it can be seen that the majority of the borough is catered for by a large number of sites shown by the overlapping buffers.

If borough level sites are excluded and only neighbourhood and local level sites are considered (Figure 8) it can be seen that the areas of deficiency mentioned previously increase in size and that new areas of deficiency appear. These are located within the Park and St Peters wards.

If only local unrestricted green space is considered (Figure 9) the importance of neighbourhood and borough level sites can be seen. Large areas of the borough do not have access to unrestricted local level green space within 400m, especially the south east of the borough. However, the south east of the borough has significant provision of borough level green spaces which mitigate for the local level deficiency.

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5.2.2 Severance with Access Points

This section of the report considers the effect of the severance lines, modified to take into account access and crossing points. This is likely to represent the most realistic model for mapping accessibility since it acknowledges both the presence of severance lines and routes across these severance lines which are available to pedestrian traffic. Figure 17 plots severance lines with access points shown.

If we consider access points with severance it can be seen that the effects of the severance are reduced considerably when looking at unrestricted borough green space (Figure 18). The picture appears to show that only small parts of the east of the borough are affected. These are located around Cheltenham Racecourse and within the Battledown ward. Areas to the west of the borough appear to be largely unaffected by any access points and they remain deficient in access to this level of green space.

When considering both borough and neighbourhood unrestricted green space (Figure 19) again the effects of the severance are reduced with access points. The only two very small areas that now appear deficient lie within the Charlton Park and College wards.

If all green spaces are plotted with buffers at 400m (except for those <0.2ha which are buffered at 50m) and severance and access points are considered (Figure 20) it can be seen that again the effects of the severance are minimised with only small areas of the borough deficient in access to unrestricted green space. This is especially so within the Battledown and All Saints wards.

If all green spaces are plotted with their respective catchments including severance and access points (Figure 21) it can be seen that the borough is very well covered and there are only small areas that are deficient in access to unrestricted green space. These are all within rural areas of the borough close to the borough boundary particularly to the north and east of the borough.

If the effects of borough level sites are then removed (Figure 22) it can be seen that small areas within the centre of the borough appear that are deficient in unrestricted green space.

If only local level unrestricted green space is plotted with severance and access points (Figure 23) it can be seen that large areas of the borough are deficient in access to such space. However, this picture is not particularly different to the previous map that plotted severance alone (Figure 16), only the size of the deficient areas have increased slightly.

If we then plot those areas that are deficient in green spaces (Figure 24) (the reverse of Figure 21) it clearly shows the areas of the borough that do not have access to unrestricted green space when plotting sites with their

Cheltenham Green Space Audit – Final Report – November 2008 35 respective catchments and severance and access points. All of these areas lie on the edges of the borough apart from a very small area within Charlton Park ward. It should also be noted that very few of the areas identified as deficient are residential.

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6.0 Quality

6.1 Context & Introduction

This section of the report sets out the results of the qualitative audit of green space provision in Cheltenham. All accessible sites were assessed representing a good geographical spread of different types of green space.

The results of this assessment are to be compared to the community’s perceptions gained through the Household Survey.

6.2 Methodology

6.2.1 Criteria used

In total 125 sites were identified to be assessed, against the criteria derived from the national standard for green space quality, the Green Flag Award (see www.greenflagaward.org.uk for further information of the Award).

Whilst the Green Flag Award contains both desk and field research this project was limited to site based assessments. Thus the final scores should not be read as the site’s score against the Green Flag Award.

There are 8 key criteria for the Green Flag Award. Under these eight key criteria are 27 field assessment criteria. Of the 27 field assessment criteria, 19 can be judged on site without reference to a Management Plan or other documentation as identified in the table below.

Criteria Used Key Criteria Field Assessment Criteria for Audit Welcoming  Good and safe access  A Welcoming Park Signage  Equal access for all  Safe equipment facilities  Personal security in park  Healthy, Safe and Dog fouling  Secure Appropriate provision of facilities  Quality of facilities  Litter and waste management  Clean and Well Grounds maintenance and horticulture  Maintained Buildings and infrastructure maintenance  Equipment maintenance  Arboriculture and woodland management  Environmental sustainability energy and
natural resource conservation, pollution Sustainability Pesticides
Peat Use
Waste minimisation

Cheltenham Green Space Audit – Final Report – November 2008 45 Criteria Used Key Criteria Field Assessment Criteria for Audit Conservation of natural features, wild  Conservation and fauna and flora Heritage Conservation of landscape features  Conservation of buildings and structures  Appropriate provision for the community
Community Community involvement in management Involvement and development including outreach
work Provision of appropriate information  Provision of appropriate educational Marketing  interpretation/information Marketing and promotion
Management Implementation of the management plan
Table 15 Green Flag Award Criteria

6.2.2 Scoring of criteria

Each individual criterion was scored out of 10 and a site score derived from the total of all the criteria scores divided by the actual number of criteria scored. Criteria that did not apply to a particular site – e.g. conservation of buildings on a site that had no buildings on it – were scored as not applicable and were therefore not included in the total score or average calculations. The maximum score available was therefore 100 for each site.

Within the Green Flag Award a scoring line gives an indication of what each score means as follows:

Score 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Very Quality Very Poor Poor Fair Good Excellent Exceptional Good Table 16 Green Flag Scoring Line Site visits were carried out unaccompanied during weekdays between 9.00 am and 6.00 pm. The quality audits were carried out by two Green Flag Award Judges. As a measure of quality control all auditors cross checked scores on two sites of different typologies.

6.3 Findings

This section of the report is divided into the findings for each of the sites and also for the individual criteria. A total of 125 sites were due to be assessed but when on site it was found that 4 of these were not accessible and a further 2 were of limited accessibility. The tables below show the scores for the 119 sites of unrestricted access that were assessed.

Cheltenham Green Space Audit – Final Report – November 2008 46 6.3.1 Findings – Quality Scores by Site

QUALITY UNIQUE ID SITE NAME SCORE 655 Niven Courtyard 79 656 Caine Square 77 904 Bouncers Lane Cemetery 73 208 Grace Gardens Open Space 69 1804 Hatherley Green 65 1449 Wharfedale Square 65 707 The Promenade Gardens 64 1001 Hatherley Park 63 701 Imperial Gardens 63 1101 Pittville Circus Roundabout Open Space 62 1601 Winston Churchill Memorial Gardens 62 205 Chalford Avenue Open Space 62 1104 Pittville Park 60 501 Naunton Park 58 1209 Prestbury Playing Field 58 1 Oxford and Priory Street Gardens 57 602 Hester’s Way Park 56 1201 Apple Orchard Open space 56 1314 Kings Oak ( Triscombe Way) 56 1800 Caernarvon Park 55 1305 Pilgrove Way Open Space 55 703 St Marys Parish Churchyard 55 700 Montpellier Gardens 54 201 Reddings Road Open Space ( humpty dumps ) 54 503 Sandford Park 54 1103 Wellington Square 53 1306 George Reading’s Open Spaces 53 1501 Honeybourne Line Open Space 53 1903 Campion Park Open Space 53 1912 Brizen Farm Playing Field 53 1700 Swindon Village Playing Field 51 403 Sandy Lane 51 1213 Alan Robson Memorial Field Noverton 51 1301 Henley Road Open Space 49 801 Brizen Lane Open Space 49 601 Elm Farm Open Space 49 1401 Gloucester Road Open Space 49 900 Clyde Crescent 48 200 Benhall Open Space 48 800 The Burrows Playing Field 48 1803 Manor Farm Open Space 48 1100 Clarence Square 47 500 Murvagh Close Open Space 47 100 Queen Elizabeth II Playing Field 47 1300 Welch Road Playing Field 47 103 Churchill Drive Play Area 47 1911 Salisbury Avenue Recreation Ground 47

Cheltenham Green Space Audit – Final Report – November 2008 47 QUALITY UNIQUE ID SITE NAME SCORE 804 Tramway 47 1801 Chargrove Lane Open Space 46 903 Priors Farm Playing Field 46 407 Leckhampton Hill 46 1816 Windermere Estate Green Spaces 46 1425 Monkscroft Estate 46 1909 JasminWay/Justica Way Open Space 45 1809 Redthorne Way Open Space 45 647 Scott House 45 1002 Hatherley Court Gardens 44 406 Cox’s Meadow Open Space 44 1904 Davillia Drive Open Space 44 604 Golden Valley Open Space 44 1210 Prestbury Road Playing Field 44 1610 St Peters access 44 312 Balcarras Field 44 Cheltenham Average Quality 44 111 Glenfall Way Highway Verge 43 401 King William Drive Open Space 42 301 The Beeches Playing Field 42 901 Whaddon Recreation Ground 41 1102 Pittville Crescent 41 711 Promenade 41 410 Daisy Bank Field 41 1437 Norfolk Avenue 41 1705 Pendil Close Open Space 40 1004 Billings Way Open Space 39 933 Bush Court 39 1400 King George V Playing Field 38 400 Charlton Park Open Space 38 1602 Honeybourne Way/Chelt Walk 38 706 Jessops Avenue/Chelt Walk 38 708 Lansdown Crescent Open Space 38 1412 Clevedon Square 38 921 Lynworth Place 38 1600 St Peters Playing Field/Chelt Walk Open Space 35 300 Grange Tip Open Space 35 806 St Peter’s Church Leckhampton 35 1108 Wymans Brook Open Space 34 1405 St Marks Church 34 1813 St Phillips and St James Church Hatherley 34 1406 Griffiths Avenue Local Nature Reserve 34 1712 Swindon Village Church 34 402 Cirencester Road Open Space 33 204 Barrington Avenue Open Spaces 33 206 The Chase 33 1214 St Mary’s Church Prestbury 33 605 Meadow and Nunny Close Open Space 32 2 Berkeley Gardens 32 1607 Pates Avenue 32

Cheltenham Green Space Audit – Final Report – November 2008 48 QUALITY UNIQUE ID SITE NAME SCORE 1500 Elmfield Playing Field 31 1215 St Nicholas’ Church 31 211 Unwin Road Green Space 31 309 St Mary’s Church, Carlton Kings 30 1805 Broad Oak Way Open Space 29 1605 St Peters Churchyard 29 305 Croft ex allotments 29 906 Farmland at Priors 29 1008 Rowena Cade Open Space 29 603 Camberwell Road Open Space 28 304 Charlton Kings Cemetery 28 1919 Winchester Way Highway Verges 28 116 Whitefriars Carpark 28 1900 Weaver’s Field Open Space 27 1802 Fernleigh Crescent 26 1208 Whitethorn Estate Open Space 25 1316 Barlow Road 25 635 Oldbury Road, 40-45 25 1704 Manor Road Open Space 24 911 Priors Farm Estate 24 1603 St Peters Square 21 404 Pilley Bridge Nature Reserve 19 Table 17 Quality Score by Site

Table 17 above shows the quality scores of all the green space that were assessed using the Green Flag criteria. The average quality score is 44. A total of 55 sites fall below this average score and 64 are above the average. This shows that are slightly more sites falling above the average.

Cheltenham Green Space Audit – Final Report – November 2008 49 6.3.2 Findings by Criteria

Criteria Average Score Personal security in park 6.4 Conservation of buildings and structures 6.1 Welcoming 5.8 Equipment maintenance 5.7 Good and safe access 5.6 Safe equipment facilities 5.6 Dog fouling 5.5 Appropriate provision of facilities 5.5 Litter and waste management 5.5 Arboriculture and woodland management 5.5 Quality of facilities 5.4 Grounds maintenance and horticulture 5.3 Buildings and infrastructure maintenance 5.2 Equal access for all 4.9 Criteria Average 4.9 Conservation of natural features, wild fauna and flora 4.6 Conservation of landscape features 4.6 Signage 3.0 Provision of appropriate information 2.7 Provision of appropriate educational interpretation/information 0.8 Table 18 Criteria Scores

Table 18 above shows that overall the average criteria score was 4.9 out of 10. Five criteria fall below this average score with ‘provision of appropriate educational interpretation / information’ scoring the lowest. Personal security scores the highest with 6.4.

6.3.3 Findings – National Context

This section of the report considers the findings of the quality audit and compares it with a dataset containing the results from work undertaken in other local authority areas. This dataset contains the quality audit results for 702 green spaces.

Cheltenham Green Space Audit – Final Report – November 2008 50 6.3.4 Comparison by Authority

The table below shows how the Cheltenham average quality score compares to other assessments carried out over the past three years by the consultants. The Index of Local Deprivation (IoLD) rank of each authority is shown for comparison purposes.

Name of Authority Sample Size Average IoLD Rank (2001) (Out of 354) Staffordshire Moorlands DC 5 66 182 East Staffordshire 19 50 155 Chorley MBC 26 47 172 Taunton Dean BC 29 47 188 Cheltenham BC 119 44 224 Redditch BC 45 43 146 Barnsley MBC (2002) 24 39 28 Bridgnorth 24 37 254 Barnsley MBC (2005) 24 37 28 Walsall MBC 151 35 51 Sandwell MBC 230 34 16 Rotherham MBC 6 28 63 Table 19 Average Score Comparison by Authority

The above table shows that the Cheltenham average score is relatively high compared to other authorities that have undertaken quality assessment.

6.3.4.1 Comparison by Hierarchy

Level Data set Number of sites Range Average National 79 7 – 77 51 Borough / District Cheltenham 12 38 – 73 56

National 217 16 – 73 43 Neighbourhood Cheltenham 57 19 – 72 47

National 404 6 – 79 34 Local Cheltenham 50 21 – 79 49 Table 20 Comparison by Hierarchy

Table 20 above shows that the borough / district sites, neighbourhood and local level sites all fall above the ‘national’ average.

Cheltenham Green Space Audit – Final Report – November 2008 51 6.3.4.2 Comparison by Typology

Type Data Set Number of sites Range Average National 214 6 – 79 35 Amenity Green Space Cheltenham 59 21 – 79 47 Cemeteries & Church National 37 29 – 73 52 Yards Cheltenham 11 52 – 73 61 National 2 47 – 57 52 Civic Space Cheltenham 1 57 57 National 30 10 – 53 31 Green Corridor Cheltenham 6 30 – 53 39 Natural & Semi-Natural National 120 8 – 73 36 Green Space Cheltenham 7 19 – 54 36 National 51 7 – 63 37 Outdoor Sports Facilities Cheltenham 11 38 – 58 48 National 201 10 – 77 45 Parks and Gardens Cheltenham 22 35 – 69 53 Provision for Children & National 42 14 – 58 37 Young People Cheltenham 2 47 47 Table 21 Comparison by Typology

Cheltenham performs above the ‘national’ average for 6 out of the 7 types of green space and equal average for the remaining typology. This is especially so with amenity green space.

Figure 25 below shows the quality scores for each site that was audited. The darker the green the higher the site scored whereas the red sites scored the lowest. It can be seen that there is a reasonable spread across the borough of all quality scores.

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6.3.5 Comparison by ward

Ward No. of Sites Range Average College 4 47 – 58 54 Lansdown 7 38 – 64 50 Pittville 6 34 – 62 50 Hesters Way 9 25 – 79 48 Springbank 6 25 – 56 48 Benhall & The Reddings 7 31 - 69 47 All Saints 2 32 – 57 45 Leckhampton 4 35 – 49 45 Cheltenham Average 119 19 – 79 44 Park 4 29 – 63 44 Up Hatherley 9 26 – 65 44 Prestbury 7 25 – 58 43 St. Marks 8 34 – 65 43 Oakley 8 24 – 73 42 St. Paul’s 2 31 – 53 42 Warden Hill 7 27 – 53 42 Battledown 4 28 – 47 41 Charlton Park 8 19 – 51 39 St. Peter’s 7 21 – 62 37 Swindon Village 4 24 – 51 37 Charlton Kings 6 28 – 44 35 Table 22 Quality Comparison by Ward

Table 22 above shows the average quality score by Ward. College, Lansdown and Pittville have the highest average quality scores with Charlton Kings scoring the lowest.

6.4 Quality Summary

Before considering any action relating to the analysis undertaken the limitations of the approach must be set out.

Certain types of green spaces will score poorly in the quality audit because of their very nature i.e. amenity green spaces which often tend to be small. For this reason the data in Table 21 above is included so that scores can be placed in context by green space type.

A second limitation is that the assessment is a ‘snap shot’ in time. However, ideally the quality for the visitor to the sites should be the same 365 days of the year.

Taking these points into consideration the main issues arising from the on site assessments are a sizeable number of the assessed sites score below the area average which results in an overall poor average quality score using the Green Flag scoring line (table 16). Personal security within the green spaces was the highest criteria scores on site. Whereas signage, provision of

Cheltenham Green Space Audit – Final Report – November 2008 54 appropriate information and provision of appropriate educational interpretation / information score the lowest.

All typologies of sites in Cheltenham scores above the ‘national’ average. Only natural and semi-natural are equal to the ‘national’ average where all other typologies fall above the ‘national’ average.

Cheltenham Green Space Audit – Final Report – November 2008 55 7.0 Value

7.1 Value Methodology

Community First Partnership have drawn up a detailed methodology for assessing the value of green spaces. The methodology for the value assessment draws upon the guidance in “Assessing Needs and Opportunities” (the companion guide to PPG17). The detailed methodology is not set out here, however the table below shows a summary of the factors and criteria used.

Reference Factor Reference Criteria A1 Accessibility A Context A2 Proximity A3 Quantity B1 Hierarchy B Level and type of use B2 Level of use C1 Ecological benefits C2 Education benefits C Wider benefits C3 Social inclusion C4 Cultural and heritage benefits D1 Strategic Green Space D Strategic Significance D2 Cycle Routes Table 23 Factors and Criteria

7.2 Value Scores

7.2.1 Findings

The table below sets out the value scores for the 119 sites that undertook the quality audit assessment.

VALUE UNIQUE ID SITE NAME SCORE 1104 Pittville Park 65 1501 Honeybourne Line Open Space 58 503 Sandford Park 57 407 Leckhampton Hill 52 700 Montpellier Gardens 50 1210 Prestbury Road Playing Field 49 1700 Swindon Village Playing Field 48 1001 Hatherley Park 48 701 Imperial Gardens 47 1601 Winston Churchill Memorial Gardens 47 1800 Caernarvon Park 45 200 Benhall Open Space 45 1602 Honeybourne Way/Chelt Walk 45 706 Jessops Avenue/Chelt Walk 45 1900 Weaver's Field Open Space 44 602 Hester's Way Park 44

Cheltenham Green Space Audit – Final Report – November 2008 56 VALUE UNIQUE ID SITE NAME SCORE 501 Naunton Park 44 400 Charlton Park Open Space 43 1002 Hatherley Court Gardens 43 904 Bouncers Lane Cemetery 42 711 Promenade 42 800 The Burrows Playing Field 40 604 Golden Valley Open Space 40 1314 Kings Oak ( Triscombe Way) 40 406 Cox's Meadow Open Space 39 1300 Welch Road Playing Field 38 1804 Hatherley Green 38 703 St Marys Parish Churchyard 38 1004 Billings Way Open Space 38 1401 Gloucester Road Open Space 38 804 Tramway 38 100 Queen Elizabeth II Playing Field 37 1400 King George V Playing Field 37 301 The Beeches Playing Field 37 1805 Broad Oak Way Open Space 37 1306 George Reading's Open Spaces 37 1904 Davillia Drive Open Space 37 1912 Brizen Farm Playing Field 37 500 Murvagh Close Open Space 36 404 Pilley Bridge Nature Reserve 36 708 Lansdown Crescent Open Space 36 1209 Prestbury Playing Field 36 1008 Rowena Cade Open Space 36 402 Cirencester Road Open Space 35 1704 Manor Road Open Space 35 1911 Salisbury Avenue Recreation Ground 35 707 The Promenade Gardens 35 1813 St Phillips and St James Church Hatherley 35 St Peters Playing Field/Chelt Walk Open 1600 Space 34 204 Barrington Avenue Open Spaces 34 206 The Chase 34 806 St Peter's Church Leckhampton 34 Cheltenham Value Average 34 901 Whaddon Recreation Ground 33 1101 Pittville Circus Roundabout Open Space 33 1801 Chargrove Lane Open Space 33 801 Brizen Lane Open Space 33 1903 Campion Park Open Space 33 1214 St Mary's Church Prestbury 33 1405 St Marks Church 33 1610 St Peters access 33 1406 Griffiths Avenue Local Nature Reserve 33 1712 Swindon Village Church 33 Reddings Road Open Space ( humpty 201 dumps ) 32 403 Sandy Lane 32

Cheltenham Green Space Audit – Final Report – November 2008 57 VALUE UNIQUE ID SITE NAME SCORE 211 Unwin Road Green Space 32 1425 Monkscroft Estate 32 900 Clyde Crescent 31 1103 Wellington Square 31 1305 Pilgrove Way Open Space 31 1909 JasminWay/Justica Way Open Space 31 1809 Redthorne Way Open Space 31 1213 Alan Robson Memorial Field Noverton 31 1215 St Nicholas' Church 31 410 Daisy Bank Field 31 647 Scott House 31 1449 Wharfedale Square 31 1 Oxford and Priory Street Gardens 30 601 Elm Farm Open Space 30 605 Meadow and Nunny Close Open Space 30 305 Croft ex allotments 30 2 Berkeley Gardens 30 1607 Pates Avenue 30 309 St Mary's Church, Carlton Kings 30 1301 Henley Road Open Space 29 903 Priors Farm Playing Field 29 205 Chalford Avenue Open Space 29 1705 Pendil Close Open Space 29 1605 St Peters Churchyard 29 304 Charlton Kings Cemetery 29 655 Niven Courtyard 29 312 Balcarras Field 29 116 Whitefriars Carpark 29 656 Caine Square 29 1100 Clarence Square 28 1102 Pittville Crescent 28 1500 Elmfield Playing Field 28 300 Grange Tip Open Space 28 1201 Apple Orchard Open space 28 208 Grace Gardens Open Space 28 1919 Winchester Way Highway Verges 28 1816 Windermere Estate Green Spaces 28 1603 St Peters Square 27 603 Camberwell Road Open Space 27 1437 Norfolk Avenue 27 1802 Fernleigh Crescent 26 1803 Manor Farm Open Space 26 1108 Wymans Brook Open Space 26 1412 Clevedon Square 26 103 Churchill Drive Play Area 25 1208 Whitethorn Estate Open Space 25 906 Farmland at Priors 25 111 Glenfall Way Highway Verge 25 1316 Barlow Road 25 635 Oldbury Road, 40-45 25 933 Bush Court 25

Cheltenham Green Space Audit – Final Report – November 2008 58 VALUE UNIQUE ID SITE NAME SCORE 911 Priors Farm Estate 24 401 King William Drive Open Space 23 921 Lynworth Place 21 Table 24 Value Scores

Cheltenham Green Space Audit – Final Report – November 2008 59 8.0 Quality and Value

The “companion guide to PPG17” sets out a method for combining the quality assessment scores and value scores to allow local authorities to objectively identify actions for the future of their green spaces. The matrix provides a method for determining the most appropriate action for each individual green space.

High Quality / Low Value High Quality / High Value

Site Options - Maintain the quality. Undertake further assessment on the value with the aim of enhancing its present Site Options - Maintain the quality. Protect primary purpose. Consider if it would be of the site through planning process high value if converted to other primary purpose. Change of use is only acceptable if the options above are not achievable

Low Quality / Low Value High Value / Low Quality

Site Options – Enhance the quality as long as it is also possible to enhance the value. Site Options - Raise the site quality to meet Assess primary purpose as the site could be the required standard. Protect the site surplus to requirements in terms of its through the planning process present primary purpose.

Table 25 Quality Value Matrix and policy options

8.1 Matrix of quality and value

All 119 sites from the study have been assigned into the below matrices. The matrices make distinctions between ‘high’ and ‘low’ for both quality and value. The average score for quality and value has been used to form the cut off between the ‘high’ and ‘low’ assigning of scores.

High Value / High Quality Benhall Open Space Murvagh Close Open Space Bouncers Lane Cemetery Naunton Park Brizen Farm Playing Field Pittville Park Caernarvon Park Prestbury Playing Field Cox's Meadow Open Space Prestbury Road Playing Field George Reading's Open Spaces Queen Elizabeth II Playing Field Gloucester Road Open Space Salisbury Avenue Recreation Ground Hatherley Court Gardens Sandford Park Hatherley Green St Marys Parish Churchyard Hatherley Park Swindon Village Playing Field Hester's Way Park The Burrows Playing Field Honeybourne Line Open Space The Promenade Gardens Imperial Gardens Tramway Kings Oak ( Triscombe Way) Welch Road Playing Field Leckhampton Hill Winston Churchill Memorial Gardens Montpellier Gardens Table 26 High Quality / High Value Matrix

Cheltenham Green Space Audit – Final Report – November 2008 60 High Value / Low Quality Billings Way Open Space Manor Road Open Space Broad Oak Way Open Space Pilley Bridge Nature Reserve Charlton Park Open Space Promenade Cirencester Road Open Space Hatherley Davillia Drive Open Space Rowena Cade Open Space Golden Valley Open Space St Peters Playing Field/Chelt Walk Open Space Honeybourne Way/Chelt Walk St Phillips and St James Church Jessops Avenue/Chelt Walk The Beeches Playing Field King George V Playing Field Weaver's Field Open Space Lansdown Crescent Open Space Table 27 Low Quality / High Value Matrix

Low Value / High Quality Alan Robson Memorial Field Noverton Apple Orchard Open space Niven Courtyard Brizen Lane Open Space Oxford and Priory Street Gardens Caine Square Pilgrove Way Open Space Campion Park Open Space Pittville Circus Roundabout Open Space Chalford Avenue Open Space Priors Farm Playing Field Chargrove Lane Open Space Reddings Road Open Space ( humpty dumps ) Churchill Drive Play Area Redthorne Way Open Space Clarence Square Sandy Lane Clyde Crescent Scott House Elm Farm Open Space St Peters access Grace Gardens Open Space Wellington Square Henley Road Open Space Wharfedale Square JasminWay/Justica Way Open Space Windermere Estate Green Spaces Manor Farm Open Space Monkscroft Estate Table 28 High Quality / Low Value Matrix

Low Value / Low Quality Balcarras Field Oldbury Road, 40-45 Barlow Road Pates Avenue Barrington Avenue Open Spaces Pendil Close Open Space Berkeley Gardens Pittville Crescent Bush Court Priors Farm Estate Camberwell Road Open Space St Marks Church Charlton Kings Cemetery St Mary's Church Prestbury Clevedon Square St Mary's Church, Carlton Kings Croft ex allotments St Nicholas' Church Daisy Bank Field St Peter's Church Leckhampton Elmfield Playing Field St Peters Churchyard Farmland at Priors St Peters Square Fernleigh Crescent Swindon Village Church Glenfall Way Highway Verge The Chase Grange Tip Open Space Unwin Road Green Space Griffiths Avenue Local Nature Reserve Whaddon Recreation Ground King William Drive Open Space Whitefriars Carpark Lynworth Place Whitethorn Estate Open Space Meadow and Nunny Close Open Space Winchester Way Highway Verges Norfolk Avenue Wymans Brook Open Space Table 29 Low Quality / Low Value Matrix

The tables show all the quadrants of the quality value matrix which need to be carefully considered and used only as a guide for considering the most appropriate action for sites.

Cheltenham Green Space Audit – Final Report – November 2008 61 It can be seen from above that there is a fairly even split between the number of sites within each quadrant apart from the low quality / low value quadrant which has more sites in. Figure 26 below plots the ‘high value / high quality’ sites and ‘low value / low quality’ sites, green and red respectively. It can be seen that although there are more sites of ‘low quality / low value’ the map appears to show that there is a greater number of ‘high value / high quality’ sites. This is due to their size being larger and therefore more prominent. There is a fairly even distribution across the town of each type of site.

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8.1.1 Quality / Value by Typology

High Quality / Low Value High Quality / High Value No. No. Typology Sites Typology Sites Amenity Green Space 20 Amenity Green Space 7 Cemeteries & Church Yards 0 Cemeteries & Church Yards 2 Civic Space 0 Civic Space 0 Green Corridor 1 Green Corridor 2 Natural & Semi-Natural Green Space 0 Natural & Semi-Natural Green Space 1 Outdoor Sports Facilities 3 Outdoor Sports Facilities 6 Parks & Gardens 4 Parks & Gardens 13 Provision for Children & Young People 1 Provision for Children & Young People 1 Total 29 Total 32 Low Quality / Low Value High Value / Low Quality No. No. Typology Sites Typology Sites Amenity Green Space 24 Amenity Green Space 8 Cemeteries & Church Yards 8 Cemeteries & Church Yards 1 Civic Space 0 Civic Space 1 Green Corridor 1 Green Corridor 2 Natural & Semi-Natural Green Space 4 Natural & Semi-Natural Green Space 2 Outdoor Sports Facilities 1 Outdoor Sports Facilities 2 Parks & Gardens 2 Parks & Gardens 2 Provision for Children & Young People 0 Provision for Children & Young People 0 Total 40 Total 18 Table 30 Quality / Value Matrix by Typology

Nearly two thirds of the ‘low quality / low value’ sites are Amenity Green Space whereas, only 22% of ‘high quality / high value’ sites are of this typology. The largest proportion of the ‘high value / high quality’ sites are Parks and Gardens.

8.1.2 Quality / Value by Hierarchy

High Quality / Low Value High Quality / High Value Hierarchy No. Sites Hierarchy No. Sites Borough 0 Borough 8 Neighbourhood 9 Neighbourhood 22 Local 20 Local 2 Total 29 Total 32 Low Quality / Low Value High Value / Low Quality Hierarchy No. Sites Hierarchy No. Sites Borough 1 Borough 2 Neighbourhood 14 Neighbourhood 13 Local 25 Local 3 Total 40 Total 18 Table 31 Quality / Value Matrix by Hierarchy

All borough level sites are of high value apart from one which falls as low value (Daisy Bank Field). The majority of the ‘low value’ sites are of local significance with only 5 sites falling as ‘high value’.

Cheltenham Green Space Audit – Final Report – November 2008 64 9.0 Summary

9.1 Quantity

Cheltenham has a large amount of green space with 622.28 hectares constituting nearly 13% of the landmass of the area.

The distribution of accessible green space by type shows a large number of small amenity green spaces (258 sites) accounting for 18% of the accessible green space and a small number of large natural and semi natural sites (9 sites) accounting for 29% of the area. Parks and gardens (22 sites) make up 23% of the accessible green space.

When the distribution of accessible green spaces by size is looked at sites less than 0.5 hectares make up 75% of the total number of sites. There are only 2 sites (less than 1% of total number) over 20 hectares in size.

Cheltenham has an average of 3.10 hectares of unrestricted green space per 1000 population of which the largest proportion is Natural & Semi-natural Green Space. All Saints ward has the lowest quantity of provision at 0.07 hectares per 1000 population.

9.2 Consultation

A consultation exercise was undertaken to gain the views of the wider public. A total of 921 completed household surveys were received from a total of 5,000 distributed. Some key issues that arose were

• Three quarters of respondents currently use green spaces within the borough

• Lack of time is a significant barrier to greater use

• A large proportion of people use their green space weekly or more often

• Considerable emphasis is placed on sites being clean and well maintained with litter and dog bins being the most popular improvements

• When considering the weighted gap analysis, teenage provision was identified as a key area for improvement

A copy of the Household Survey Report is included in Appendix B to this report.

9.3 Accessibility

In order to build a picture of whether people have sufficient green space within a reasonable walking distance of where they live a model was constructed using the hierarchy of particular green spaces. A walking distance was assigned to each level based on national guidance, the household

Cheltenham Green Space Audit – Final Report – November 2008 65 consultation and previous studies undertaken by the consultants. Using the catchments a series of maps were produced, these have then been modified to take into account the effects of severance and access and crossing points. By using this approach it can be seen that there are only small areas of residential areas that have no access to certain aspects of unrestricted green space. These areas are particularly located within Battledown and Park wards. It is also worth noting that there is a deficiency in access to borough level provision on the west side of Cheltenham.

9.4 Quality / Value

A total of 119 green spaces were quality audited in Cheltenham with an average score recorded of 44 (range of 19 to 79). The results show that just over half (53.8%) of the assessed sites fall above this average. The average criteria scores range from 0.8 to 6.4 with ‘provision of appropriate educational interpretation / information’ scoring the lowest and ‘personal security’ the highest. There was good overall provision of facilities with well maintained equipment.

When considering the hierarchy of all sites audited and compared to the ‘national’ dataset it can be seen that all sites fall above the averages. Cheltenham scores above the ‘national’ average for the majority of types of green spaces with only natural & semi-natural equalling the average and non falling below average.

The same sites that were quality audited were also assigned a value score. The Cheltenham average for value was recorded at 34 (range of 21 to 65). The results show that a third of the assessed sites fall below this average.

There is a fairly even split between all quadrants within the quality / value matrix except for the ‘low quality / low value’ having a higher proportion. The majority of the ‘low quality / low value’ sites are local Amenity sites, whereas the ‘high quality / high value’ sites are of a largely Parks and Gardens of neighbourhood significance. The matrix provides some key pointers as to where investment is required

• High value / low quality sites – improve site quality through better maintenance and new facilities where appropriate

• Low quality / low value sites – improve site quality. Consider disposal only in areas where ward quantity of provision is above the average

• High quality / low value – the majority of these sites are Amenity Green Space. Maintain quality.

• High quality / high value – protect and maintain high quality

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Appendices

Appendix A Site List CBC REF CFP_ID SITE_NAME WARD TYPOLOGY_1 HIERARCHY CFP_ACCESSIBILITY no 1 1216 Access Prestbury Amenity Green Space Neighbourhood Unrestricted 2 1713 Addiss Road, 1-11 Swindon Village Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 3 710 Airthrie School Lansdown Institutional Land Neighbourhood Limited Alan Robson Memorial Field 4 1213 Prestbury Amenity Green Space Neighbourhood Unrestricted Noverton 5 1806 Aldershaw Close Open Space Up Hatherley Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 6 1503 Aldridge Close St. Paul's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 7 1901 Alma Road Warden Hill Allotments Neighbourhood Limited 8 1921 Alma Road Warden Hill Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 9 1612 Alstone Court St. Peter's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 10 1613 Alstone Court St. Peter's Amenity Green Space Local Limited 11 1407 Alstone Lane, 110 St. Mark's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 12 1408 Alstone Lane, 110 St. Mark's Amenity Green Space Local Limited 13 1410 Alstone Lane, 126-132 St. Mark's Amenity Green Space Local Limited 14 1409 Alstone Lane, 126-132 St. Mark's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 15 1604 Alstone Mews St. Peter's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 16 1217 Ann Goodrich Close Prestbury Amenity Green Space Local Limited 17 1201 Apple Orchard Open space Prestbury Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted Agricultural/horticultural 18 Arle Nursery Springbank Borough Limited Land 19 1616 Arle Road, 210-228 St. Peter's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 20 1618 Arle Road, 210-228 St. Peter's Amenity Green Space Local Limited 21 1807 Arlington Open Space Up Hatherley Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 22 1310 Arthur Dye Primary School Springbank Institutional Land Neighbourhood Limited 23 640 Arundel House Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 24 611 Ashlands Close Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 25 609 Ashlands Road Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 26 612 Ashlands Road, 11-35 Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 27 613 Ashlands Road, 73-83 Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 28 614 Ashlands Road, 78-88 Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 29 502 Asquith College Allotments Neighbourhood Limited 30 1629 Auckland House St. Peter's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted

i CBC REF CFP_ID SITE_NAME WARD TYPOLOGY_1 HIERARCHY CFP_ACCESSIBILITY no 31 1630 Auckland House/Orchard Way St. Peter's Amenity Green Space Local Limited 32 1438 Australia House St. Mark's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 33 1439 Australia House St. Mark's Amenity Green Space Local Limited 34 405 Bafford Lane Open Space Charlton Park Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted Natural & Semi-Natural 35 312 Balcarras Field Charlton Kings Local Unrestricted Greenspace 36 307 Balcarras School Charlton Kings Institutional Land Borough Limited 37 615 Barbridge Road, 47-57 Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 38 1315 Barley Close Springbank Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 39 1316 Barlow Road Springbank Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 40 204 Barrington Avenue Open Spaces Benhall and The Reddings Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 41 1325 Bayliss House Springbank Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 42 1326 Bayliss House Springbank Amenity Green Space Local Limited 43 712 Beech House Lansdown Amenity Green Space Local Limited 44 1117 Belmont Road Flats Pittville Amenity Green Space Local Limited 45 1913 Belmont School Warden Hill Institutional Land Neighbourhood Limited 46 1116 Bendall House, Belmont Road Pittville Amenity Green Space Local Limited Benhall Gardens, 1-29 & Waslet 47 1429 St. Mark's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted Road, 19-29 48 1420 Benhall House St. Mark's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 49 210 Benhall Infant & St. Marks C of E Benhall and The Reddings Institutional Land Neighbnourhood Limited 50 200 Benhall Open Space Benhall and The Reddings Parks & Gardens Neighbouhood Unrestricted 51 2 Berkeley Gardens All Saints Parks & Gardens Local Unrestricted 52 641 Berkeley House Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 53 931 Bettridge Court Oakley Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 54 1914 Bettridge School Warden Hill Institutional Land Neighbourhood Limited 55 1004 Billings Way Open Space Park Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 56 Biodiversity audit only Battledown 57 Biodiversity audit only Leckhampton 58 Biodiversity audit only Benhall and The Reddings 59 Biodiversity audit only Springbank 60 Biodiversity audit only Swindon Village

ii CBC REF CFP_ID SITE_NAME WARD TYPOLOGY_1 HIERARCHY CFP_ACCESSIBILITY no 61 Biodiversity audit only Swindon Village 62 Biodiversity audit only Prestbury 63 0 Bishops Cleeve Football Club Outdoor Sports Facilities Regional Not Accessible 64 0 Bishops Cleeve PC Land Amenity Green Space Local Limited 65 0 Bishops Cleeve Sports Field Outdoor Sports Facilities Neighbourhood Limited 66 0 Bishops Cleeve Sports Field Outdoor Sports Facilities Local Limited 67 1415 Bishops Court St. Mark's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 68 1416 Bishops Court St. Mark's Amenity Green Space Local Limited 69 1200 Blacksmiths Lane Prestbury Allotments Neighbourhood Limited 70 610 Blenheim Square Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted Churchyards & 71 904 Bouncers Lane Cemetery Oakley Borough Unrestricted Cemeteries 72 616 Bramley Road, 17-27 Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 73 617 Bramley Road, 18-24 Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 74 1714 Bridge Street, 6-28 Swindon Village Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 75 1912 Brizen Farm Playing Field Warden Hill Outdoor Sports Facilities Neighbourhood Unrestricted 76 801 Brizen Lane Open Space Leckhampton Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 77 1805 Broad Oak Way Open Space Up Hatherley Amenity Green Space Neighbouhood Unrestricted 78 1504 Brunswick Street, OAP Flats St. Paul's Amenity Green Space Local Limited 79 1510 Bullingham Court St. Paul's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 80 1511 Bullingham Court St. Paul's Amenity Green Space Local Limited 81 932 Bush Court Oakley Amenity Green Space Local Limited 82 933 Bush Court Oakley Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 83 1317 Bushy Way Springbank Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 84 1800 Caernarvon Park Up Hatherley Parks & Gardens Neighbourhood Unrestricted 85 656 Caine Square Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 86 912 Cakebridge Place Oakley Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 87 603 Camberwell Road Open Space Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 88 1903 Campion Park Open Space Warden Hill Amenity Green Space Neighbourhood Unrestricted 89 1433 Canbarra House St. Mark's Amenity Green Space Local Limited 90 1432 Canberra House St. Mark's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 91 1308 Carlyle Grove Open Space Springbank Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted

iii CBC REF CFP_ID SITE_NAME WARD TYPOLOGY_1 HIERARCHY CFP_ACCESSIBILITY no Carrol Grove/Blake Croft Open 92 1309 Springbank Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted Space 93 1333 Ceylon House Springbank Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 94 1334 Ceylon House Springbank Amenity Green Space Local Limited 95 205 Chalford Avenue Open Space Benhall and The Reddings Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 96 1801 Chargrove Lane Open Space Up Hatherley Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted Churchyards & 97 304 Charlton Kings Cemetery Charlton Kings Neighbourhood Unrestricted Cemeteries 98 308 Charlton Kings Infant School Charlton Kings Institutional Land Neighbourhood Limited 99 306 Charlton Kings Junior School Charlton Kings Institutional Land Neighbourhood Limited 100 400 Charlton Park Open Space Charlton Park Green Corridor Borough Unrestricted 101 1915 Cheltenham Bournside School Warden Hill Institutional Land Borough Limited 102 506 Cheltenham College College Institutional Land Regional Limited 103 1311 Cheltenham Kingsmead School Springbank Institutional Land Borough Limited 104 709 Cheltenham Ladies College Lansdown Institutional Land Regional Limited 105 642 Chepstow House Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 106 0 Chosen Hill Rugby Club Ground Outdoor Sports Facilities Local Not Accessible Childrens & Young 107 103 Churchill Drive Play Area Battledown Local Unrestricted Peoples Play 108 913 Churn Avenue Oakley Amenity Green Space Local Limited 109 914 Churn Avenue Oakley Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 110 402 Cirencester Road Open Space Charlton Park Amenity Green Space Neighbourhood Unrestricted 111 0 Civil Service Sports Ground Outdoor Sports Facilities Borough Not Accessible 112 1100 Clarence Square Pittville Parks & Gardens Local Unrestricted 113 1202 Cleeve Cloud Open Space Prestbury Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 114 1115 Cleevemount Allotments Pittville Allotments Local Limited 115 1414 Clevedon Square St. Mark's Amenity Green Space Local Limited 116 1411 Clevedon Square St. Mark's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 117 1412 Clevedon Square St. Mark's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 118 900 Clyde Crescent Oakley Outdoor Sports Facilities Neighbourhood Unrestricted 119 1715 Cobham Road Swindon Village Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 120 1716 Cobham Road Swindon Village Amenity Green Space Local Limited 121 657 Coburn Gardens Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Not Accessible

iv CBC REF CFP_ID SITE_NAME WARD TYPOLOGY_1 HIERARCHY CFP_ACCESSIBILITY no 122 313 Coopers Court Charlton Kings Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 123 1318 Cornmeadow Drive Springbank Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 124 1413 Cornwall Avenue St. Mark's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 125 600 Coronation Square Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Neighbourhood Unrestricted 126 406 Cox's Meadow Open Space Charlton Park Parks & Gardens Neighbourhood Unrestricted 127 302 Croft Charlton Kings Allotments Neighbourhood Limited Churchyards & 128 305 Croft ex allotments Charlton Kings Neighbourhood Unrestricted Cemeteries 129 1220 Cumming Court Prestbury Amenity Green Space Local Limited 130 1219 Cumming Court Prestbury Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted Natural & Semi-Natural 131 410 Daisy Bank Field Charlton Park Borough Unrestricted Greenspace 132 1904 Davillia Drive Open Space Warden Hill Amenity Green Space Neighbourhood Unrestricted 133 618 De Ferriers Walk Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 134 619 De Ferriers Walk Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Limited 135 1006 Dean Close School Park Institutional Land Regional Limited 136 1417 Devon Avenue Open Space St. Mark's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 137 1418 Devon Avenue, 106-116 St. Mark's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 138 1905 Dinas Close Open Space Warden Hill Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 139 620 Dorrington Walk Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 140 621 Dorrington Walk Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Limited 141 622 Dowty Road, 2-18 Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 142 207 Draycott Road Open Space Benhall and The Reddings Amenity Green Space Neighbourhood Unrestricted 143 1110 Dunalley Primary School Pittville Institutional Land Neighbourhood Limited 144 1506 Dunally Parade, 12-18 St. Paul's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 145 1505 Dunally Parade, 7-19a St. Paul's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 146 1628 Durban House St. Peter's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 147 316 Eagar House Charlton Kings Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 148 315 East End Road Flats Charlton Kings Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 149 408 East Gloucestershire Tennis Club Charlton Park Outdoor Sports Facilities Borough Not Accessible 150 643 Eastnor House Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 151 1009 Edward Street, 11-26 Park Amenity Green Space Local Limited

v CBC REF CFP_ID SITE_NAME WARD TYPOLOGY_1 HIERARCHY CFP_ACCESSIBILITY no 152 644 Edward Wilson House Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 153 645 Edward Wilson House Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Limited 154 1419 Elgar and Coates House St. Mark's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 155 601 Elm Farm Open Space Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 156 1702 Elm Street Swindon Village Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 157 1717 Elm Street, 2-12 Swindon Village Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 158 1718 Elm Street, 21-31 Swindon Village Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 159 1507 Elmfield Avenue, 10-32 St. Paul's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 160 1500 Elmfield Playing Field St. Paul's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 161 916 Evenlode Avenue Oakley Amenity Green Space Local Limited 162 917 Evenlode Avenue Oakley Amenity Green Space Local Limited 163 113 Ewens Road Battledown Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 164 104 Ewens Road Open Space Battledown Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 165 1000 Exmouth Arms Garden Park Amenity Green Space Local Limited 166 1107 Fairview Open Space Pittville Parks & Gardens Neighbourhood Unrestricted Farmfield Road/Squires Meadow 167 1906 Warden Hill Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted Open Space Natural & Semi-Natural 168 906 Farmland at Priors Oakley Local Unrestricted Greenspace 169 1802 Fernleigh Crescent Up Hatherley Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 170 1907 Fleckers Drive Open Space Warden Hill Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 171 907 Football Ground & Bowling Green Oakley Outdoor Sports Facilities Borough Limited 172 922 Foster Court Oakley Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 173 114 Foxgrove Drive Battledown Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 174 1203 Gallops Lane Open Space Prestbury Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 175 1502 Gardners Lane Primary School St. Paul's Institutional Land Neighbourhood Limited 176 923 George Maisey House Oakley Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted George Readings Estate , Mary 177 1319 Springbank Amenity Green Space Local Limited Godwin Court 178 1306 George Reading's Open Spaces Springbank Amenity Green Space Neighbourhood Unrestricted 179 1307 George Reading's stream bank Springbank Green Corridor Local Not Accessible 180 314 Gilbert Ward Court Charlton Kings Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 181 1204 Glebe Road Open Space Prestbury Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted

vi CBC REF CFP_ID SITE_NAME WARD TYPOLOGY_1 HIERARCHY CFP_ACCESSIBILITY no 182 106 Glenfall Primary School Battledown Institutional Land Neighbourhood Limited 183 111 Glenfall Way Highway Verge Battledown Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 184 606 Gloscat Hesters Way Institutional Land Regional Limited 185 1450501 Gloucester Road Open Space St. Mark's Amenity Green Space Neighbourhood Unrestricted 186 1608 Gloucester Road Primary School St. Peter's Institutional Land Neighbourhood Limited 187 604 Golden Valley Open Space Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Neighbourhood Unrestricted 188 1421 Goldfoot House St. Mark's Amenity Green Space Local Limited 189 202 Grace Gardens Cricket Ground Benhall and The Reddings Outdoor Sports Facilities Borough Not Accessible 190 208 Grace Gardens Open Space Benhall and The Reddings Parks & Gardens Local Unrestricted 191 300 Grange Tip Open Space Charlton Kings Amenity Green Space Neighbourhood Unrestricted 192 1611 Great Western Road St. Peter's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 193 1814 Greatfield School Up Hatherley Institutional Land Neighbourhood Limited 194 1617 Grevil Road St. Peter's Amenity Green Space Local Limited 195 1619 Grevil Road, 2-20 St. Peter's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted Griffiths Avenue Local Nature Natural & Semi-Natural 196 1406 St. Mark's Neighbourhood Unrestricted Reserve Greenspace 197 1908 Gwernant Road Open Space Warden Hill Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 198 115 Hales Close Battledown Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 199 802 Hall Road Leckhampton Allotments Neighbourhood Limited 200 713 Hanna Court Lansdown Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 201 924 Hannah Boote House Oakley Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 202 1320 Harry Yates Way Springbank Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 203 105 Hartlebury Way Open Space Battledown Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 204 1321 Harvest Grove Springbank Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 205 1003 Hatherley Park Allotments Neighbourhood Limited Hatherley & Reddings Cricket 206 0 Outdoor Sports Facilities Regional Not Accessible Ground Hatherley & Reddings Cricket 207 0 Outdoor Sports Facilities Regional Not Accessible Ground Chargrove Lane 208 1002 Hatherley Court Gardens Park Parks & Gardens Neighbourhood Unrestricted 209 1804 Hatherley Green Up Hatherley Amenity Green Space Neighbourhood Unrestricted 210 1005 Hatherley Mews Open Space Park Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 211 1001 Hatherley Park Park Parks & Gardens Neighbourhood Unrestricted

vii CBC REF CFP_ID SITE_NAME WARD TYPOLOGY_1 HIERARCHY CFP_ACCESSIBILITY no 212 101 Haver Battledown Allotments Neighbourhood Limited 213 623 Hawthorn Road, 26-36 Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 214 1302 Hayden I Springbank Allotments Neighbourhood Limited 215 1303 Hayden II Springbank Allotments Neighbourhood Limited 216 1819 Hazebrook Close Up Hatherley Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 217 1301 Henley Road Open Space Springbank Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 218 1312 Hesters Way Infant/Junior Schools Springbank Institutional Land Neighbourhood Limited 219 602 Hester's Way Park Hesters Way Parks & Gardens Neighbourhood Unrestricted 220 1322 Hester's Way Road, 23-33 Springbank Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 221 1323 Hester's Way Road, 23-33 Springbank Amenity Green Space Local Limited 222 1324 Hester's Way Road, 41-53 Springbank Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 223 624 Hester's Way Road, 6-12 Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 224 705 High Street Bowling Green Lansdown Outdoor Sports Facilities Borough Not Accessible 225 1424 Hillfield Estate St. Mark's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 226 918 Hine Gardens Oakley Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 227 1440 Hobart House St. Mark's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 228 1441 Hobart House St. Mark's Amenity Green Space Local Limited 229 1808 Holmer Crescent Open Space Up Hatherley Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 230 311 Holy Apostles Charlton Kings Allotments Neighbourhood Limited Holy Apostles C of E Primary 231 107 Battledown Institutional Land Neighbourhood Limited School 232 1111 Holy Trinity C of E Primary School Pittville Institutional Land Neighbourhood Limited 233 1501 Honeybourne Line Open Space St. Paul's Green Corridor Borough Unrestricted 234 1602 Honeybourne Way/Chelt Walk St. Peter's Green Corridor Neighbourhood Unrestricted 235 1327 Howell Road Springbank Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 236 1703 Hyde Lane Open Space Swindon Village Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 237 701 Imperial Gardens Lansdown Parks & Gardens Regional Unrestricted 238 1422 James Court St. Mark's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 239 1423 James Court St. Mark's Amenity Green Space Local Limited 240 4 James Donovan Court All Saints Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted JasminWay/Justica Way Open 241 1909 Warden Hill Amenity Green Space Neighbourhood Unrestricted Space

viii CBC REF CFP_ID SITE_NAME WARD TYPOLOGY_1 HIERARCHY CFP_ACCESSIBILITY no Churchyards & 242 704 Jenner Gardens Lansdown Local Not Accessible Cemeteries 243 706 Jessops Avenue/Chelt Walk Lansdown Parks & Gardens Neighbourhood Unrestricted 244 1119 John Buck House Pittville Amenity Green Space Local Limited 245 646 Kenilworth House Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 246 928 Kinder House Oakley Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 247 1400 King George V Playing Field St. Mark's Outdoor Sports Facilities Neighbourhood Unrestricted 248 0 King Georges Field, Shurdington Outdoor Sports Facilities Neighbourhood Unrestricted 249 401 King William Drive Open Space Charlton Park Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted Natural & Semi-Natural 250 1918 Kingham Line Warden Hill Neighbourhood Not Accessible Greenspace 251 1313 Kings Oak ( Triscombe Way) Springbank Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 253 1328 Kingsmead Avenue Springbank Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 254 1329 Kingsmead Avenue Springbank Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 255 1812 Lakeside Primary School Up Hatherley Institutional Land Neghibourhood Limited 256 909 Land adjacent to Parklands Oakley Amenity Green Space Local Limited Agricultural/horticultural 257 Land at Bamfurlong Lane Benhall and The Reddings Neighbourhood Not Accessible Land Agricultural/horticultural 258 Land at Home Farm Swindon Village Neighbourhood Not Accessible Land Agricultural/horticultural 259 Land at Oakley Farm Battledown Neighbourhood Not Accessible Land Agricultural/horticultural 260 Land at Old Gloucester Road Springbank Neighbourhood Not Accessible Land Agricultural/horticultural 261 Land at Quat Goose Lane Swindon Village Neighbourhood Not Accessible Land Agricultural/horticultural 262 Land to NW Cheltenham Swindon Village Neighbourhood Not Accessible Land 263 708 Lansdown Crescent Open Space Lansdown Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted Natural & Semi-Natural 264 109 Lawrence Close Nature Reserve Battledown Local Unrestricted Greenspace 265 805 Leckhampton Cof E Primary School Leckhampton Institutional Land Neighbourhood Limited Natural & Semi-Natural 266 407 Leckhampton Hill Charlton Park Regional Unrestricted Greenspace

ix CBC REF CFP_ID SITE_NAME WARD TYPOLOGY_1 HIERARCHY CFP_ACCESSIBILITY no 267 1620 Lee Close St. Peter's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 268 625 Lewis Road Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 269 1118 Little Cleevemount Close Pittville Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 270 318 Little Herberts Close Charlton Kings Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted Natural & Semi-Natural 271 310 Little Herberts Nature Reserve Charlton Kings Local Unrestricted Greenspace 272 319 Little Pheasants Charlton Kings Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 273 1815 Long Mynd Avenue Open Space Up Hatherley Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 274 317 Longleat Charlton Kings Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 275 1621 Lygon Walk St. Peter's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 276 1622 Lygon Walk St. Peter's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 277 919 Lynworth Court Oakley Amenity Green Space Local Limited 278 920 Lynworth Court Oakley Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 279 921 Lynworth Place Oakley Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 280 925 Lynworth Place Oakley Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 281 910 Lynworth Primary School Oakley Institutional Land Neighbourhood Limited 282 M & G Sports Ground Outdoor Sports Facilities Borough Not Accessible 283 1803 Manor Farm Open Space Up Hatherley Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 284 1704 Manor Road Open Space Swindon Village Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 285 1623 Marchant Close St. Peter's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 286 627 Marsland Road Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Limited 287 626 Marsland Road, 1-37 Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 288 1723 Maud's Elm House Swindon Village Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted Meadow and Nunny Close Open 289 605 Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted Space 290 1011 Melersh House Park Amenity Green Space Local Limited 291 1010 Mellersh House Park Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 292 926 Mendip House Oakley Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 293 927 Mendip House Oakley Amenity Green Space Local Limited 294 1106 Midwinter Pittville Allotments Neighbourhood Limited 295 1508 Midwinter Avenue St. Paul's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted Natural & Semi-Natural 296 1113 Midwinter ex Allotment Site Pittville Neighbourhood Unrestricted Greenspace

x CBC REF CFP_ID SITE_NAME WARD TYPOLOGY_1 HIERARCHY CFP_ACCESSIBILITY no 297 1625 Millbrook Sreet, 65-75 St. Peter's Amenity Green Space Local Limited 298 1624 Millbrook Street, 65-75 St. Peter's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 299 1403 Monkscroft C of E Primary School St. Mark's Institutional Land Neighbourhood Limited 300 1425 Monkscroft Estate St. Mark's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 301 1426 Monkscroft Estate St. Mark's Amenity Green Space Local Limited 302 700 Montpellier Gardens Lansdown Parks & Gardens Borough Unrestricted 303 1626 Moors Avenue, 72-102 St. Peter's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 304 1634 Moors Avenue,5-5c St. Peter's Amenity Green Space Local Limited 305 500 Murvagh Close Open Space College Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 306 915 Naseby House Oakley Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 307 501 Naunton Park College Parks & Gardens Neighbourhood Unrestricted 308 508 Naunton Park College Outdoor Sports Facilities Local Unrestricted 309 505 Naunton Park Primary School College Institutional Land Neighbourhood Limited 310 1631 New Zealand House St. Peter's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 311 1632 New Zealand House St. Peter's Amenity Green Space Local Limited 312 0 Newlands Sports Field Outdoor Sports Facilities Neighbourhood Not Accessible 313 629 Newton Road Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Limited 314 628 Newton Road, 17-27 Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 315 630 Newton Road, 33-43 Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 316 631 Newton Road, 33-43 Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Limited 317 632 Newton Road, 55-69 Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 318 633 Newton Road, 58-92 Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 319 634 Newton Road,58-92 Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Limited 320 655 Niven Courtyard Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 321 1437 Norfolk Avenue St. Mark's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 322 1614 Norton House, Alstone Lane St. Peter's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 323 1615 Norton House, Alstone Lane St. Peter's Amenity Green Space Local Limited 324 1330 Old Gloucester Road Springbank Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 325 635 Oldbury Road, 40-45 Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 326 637 Orchard Avenue, 44-46 Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 327 636 Orchard Avenue,132-154 Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 328 639 Orchard Way Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Limited

xi CBC REF CFP_ID SITE_NAME WARD TYPOLOGY_1 HIERARCHY CFP_ACCESSIBILITY no 329 638 Orchard Way, 44-64 Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 330 1627 Orchard Way, 47-57 St. Peter's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 331 1 Oxford and Priory Street Gardens All Saints Parks & Gardens Local Unrestricted 332 908 Parklands Oakley Amenity Green Space Neighbourhood Limited 333 1607 Pates Avenue St. Peter's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 334 607 Pates Grammer School Hesters Way Institutional Land Regional Limited 335 1705 Pendil Close Open Space Swindon Village Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 336 930 Penine Road Oakley Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 337 929 Penine Road, 33-47 Oakley Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 338 1331 Peter Pennel Close Springbank Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 339 1332 Pilgrove Way Springbank Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 340 1305 Pilgrove Way Open Space Springbank Amenity Green Space Neighbourhood Unrestricted Natural & Semi-Natural 341 404 Pilley Bridge Nature Reserve Charlton Park Neighbourhood Unrestricted Greenspace 342 1428 Pitman Road Garage Site St. Mark's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 343 1434 Pitman Road, 19-37 St. Mark's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 344 1427 Pitman Road, 63-89 St. Mark's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 345 1435 Pitman Road,47-53 St. Mark's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 346 1436 Pitman Road,47-53 St. Mark's Amenity Green Space Local Limited Pittville Circus Roundabout Open 347 1101 Pittville Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted Space 348 1102 Pittville Crescent Pittville Parks & Gardens Local Unrestricted Natural & Semi-Natural 349 1114 Pittville ex allotment site Pittville Local Unrestricted Greenspace 350 1104 Pittville Park Pittville Parks & Gardens Regional Unrestricted 351 1112 Pittville School Pittville Institutional Land Borough Limited 352 1509 Popes Close St. Paul's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 353 1209 Prestbury Playing Field Prestbury Outdoor Sports Facilities Neighbourhood Unrestricted 354 1210 Prestbury Road Playing Field Prestbury Amenity Green Space Neighbourhood Unrestricted 355 1105 Prince Of Wales Stadium Pittville Outdoor Sports Facilities Regional Limited 356 934 Priors Court Oakley Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 357 911 Priors Farm Estate Oakley Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 358 903 Priors Farm Playing Field Oakley Outdoor Sports Facilities Neighbouhood Unrestricted

xii CBC REF CFP_ID SITE_NAME WARD TYPOLOGY_1 HIERARCHY CFP_ACCESSIBILITY no 359 935 Priors Lodge Oakley Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 360 711 Promenade Lansdown Civic space Regional Unrestricted Natural & Semi-Natural 361 Proposed Gateway Park Battledown Regional Unrestricted Greenspace 362 100 Queen Elizabeth II Playing Field Battledown Amenity Green Space Neighbourhood Unrestricted 363 203 Reddings Road Benhall and The Reddings Allotments Neighbourhood Limited 364 214 Reddings Road Benhall and The Reddings Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 365 212 Reddings Road Open Space Benhall and The Reddings Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted Reddings Road Open Space ( 366 201 Benhall and The Reddings Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted humpty dumps ) 367 1809 Redthorne Way Open Space Up Hatherley Amenity Green Space Neighbourhood Unrestricted 368 1910 Regency Court Warden Hill Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 369 409 Richard Pate School Charlton Park Institutional Land Borough Limited 370 1719 Richards Road, 15-25 Swindon Village Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 371 1720 Richards Road, 15-25 Swindon Village Amenity Green Space Local Limited 372 1706 River Leys Estate Open Spaces Swindon Village Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 373 1120 Robert Harvey House Pittville Amenity Green Space Local Limited 374 1008 Rowena Cade Open Space Park Amenity Green Space Neighbourhood Unrestricted 375 1404 Rowenfield Infant & Junior Schools St. Mark's Institutional Land Neighbourhood Limited 376 702 Royal Well Open Space Lansdown Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 377 1218 Rushy House Prestbury Amenity Green Space Local Limited 378 108 Ryeworth Cricket Club Battledown Outdoor Sports Facilities Borough Not Accessible 379 102 Ryeworth Road Battledown Allotments Neighbourhood Limited Salisbury Avenue Recreation Childrens & Young 380 1911 Warden Hill Neighbourhood Unrestricted Ground Peoples Play 381 503 Sandford Park College Parks & Gardens Borough Unrestricted 382 403 Sandy Lane Charlton Park Outdoor Sports Facilities Neighbourhood Unrestricted 383 1109 Saville Close Open Space Pittville Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 384 320 School Road Flats Charlton Kings Amenity Green Space Local Limited 385 303 School Road Open Space Charlton Kings Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 386 647 Scott House Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 387 648 Scott House Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Limited 388 652 Seacombe Road, 1-61 Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted

xiii CBC REF CFP_ID SITE_NAME WARD TYPOLOGY_1 HIERARCHY CFP_ACCESSIBILITY no 389 1810 Sedgewick Gardens Open Space Up Hatherley Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 390 936 Selkirk Close, 1-12 Oakley Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 391 937 Selkirk Gardens Oakley Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 392 938 Selkirk Gardens Oakley Amenity Green Space Local Limited 393 902 Severn Road Oakley Allotments Neighbourhood Limited 394 1446 Sheakesapear Road, 170-192 St. Mark's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 395 1447 Shelly Road, 35-55 St. Mark's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 396 0 Shurdington Village Green Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 397 5 Sidney Street Car Park All Saints Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 398 1448 Somerset Avenue, 14-24 St. Mark's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 399 1633 South Africa House St. Peter's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted Spencer Road,42-48 & Wasley 400 1430 St. Mark's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted Road,1-3 Spencer Road,42-48 & Wasley 401 1431 St. Mark's Amenity Green Space Local Limited Road,1-3 402 209 Springfield Close Open Space Benhall and The Reddings Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted St Peters Playing Field/Chelt Walk 403 1600 St. Peter's Parks & Gardens Neighbourhood Unrestricted Open Space St Benedicts Catholic & Sports 404 1609 St. Peter's Institutional Land Borough Limited College 405 112 St Edwards School Battledown Institutional Land Borough Limited 406 411 St Edwards School Charlton Park Institutional Land Borough Limited 407 1916 St James C of E Primary School Warden Hill Institutional Land Neighbourhood Limited Churchyards & 408 507 St Lukes Church College Neighbourhood Limited Cemeteries Churchyards & 409 1405 St Marks Church St. Mark's Neighbourhood Unrestricted Cemeteries 410 1212 St Mary's C of E School Prestbury Institutional Land Neighbourhood Limited Churchyards & 411 1214 St Mary's Church Prestbury Prestbury Neighbourhood Unrestricted Cemeteries Churchyards & 412 309 St Mary's Church, Carlton Kings Charlton Kings Neighbourhood Unrestricted Cemeteries Churchyards & 413 703 St Marys Parish Churchyard Lansdown Neighbourhood Unrestricted Cemeteries

xiv CBC REF CFP_ID SITE_NAME WARD TYPOLOGY_1 HIERARCHY CFP_ACCESSIBILITY no Churchyards & 414 1215 St Nicholas' Church Prestbury Neighbourhood Unrestricted Cemeteries 415 1205 St Nicholas Drive Open Space Prestbury Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 416 1610 St Peters access St. Peter's Green Corridor Neighbourhood Unrestricted Churchyards & 417 806 St Peter's Church Leckhampton Leckhampton Neighbourhood Unrestricted Cemeteries Churchyards & 418 1605 St Peters Churchyard St. Peter's Neighbourhood Unrestricted Cemeteries 419 1606 St Peters Close Open Space St. Peter's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 420 1603 St Peters Square St. Peter's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted St Phillips and St James Church Churchyards & 421 1813 Up Hatherley Neighbourhood Unrestricted Hatherley Cemeteries St Thomas Moore Catholic Primary 422 608 Hesters Way Institutional Land Neighbourhood Limited School St. Peters Playing Field Football 423 1636 St. Peter's Outdoor Sports Facilities Regional Limited Pitch 424 1701 Stanton Drive / Church Road Swindon Village Allotments Neighbourhood Limited Natural & Semi-Natural 425 1211 Starvehall Farm Prestbury Neighbourhood Limited Greenspace 426 649 Sudeley House Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 427 504 Suffolk Square College Outdoor Sports Facilities Borough Not Accessible 428 1707 Summerfield Close Open Space Swindon Village Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 429 1721 Sun Street,1-25 Swindon Village Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted Sun street,27-41, Swindon 430 1722 Swindon Village Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted Road,220-234 Churchyards & 431 1712 Swindon Village Church Swindon Village Neighbourhood Unrestricted Cemeteries 432 1700 Swindon Village Playing Field Swindon Village Outdoor Sports Facilities Neighbourhood Unrestricted 433 1710 Swindon Village Primary School Swindon Village Institutional Land Neighbourhood Limited 434 1442 Tasmania House St. Mark's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 435 1443 Tasmania House St. Mark's Amenity Green Space Local Limited 436 650 Telford House Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 437 651 Telford House Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 438 1304 Terry Ashdown Henley Way Springbank Allotments Neighbourhood Limited

xv CBC REF CFP_ID SITE_NAME WARD TYPOLOGY_1 HIERARCHY CFP_ACCESSIBILITY no 439 653 Terry Ruck Close Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 440 1727 Tewkesbury Road, 108-13 Swindon Village Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 441 1724 Tewkesbury Road, 43-60 Swindon Village Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 442 1725 Tewkesbury Road, 75-92 Swindon Village Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 443 1726 Tewkesbury Road, 98-106 Swindon Village Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 444 301 The Beeches Playing Field Charlton Kings Outdoor Sports Facilities Neighbourhood Unrestricted 445 800 The Burrows Playing Field Leckhampton Outdoor Sports Facilities Neighbourhood Unrestricted 446 206 The Chase Benhall and The Reddings Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 447 110 The Grove Battledown Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 448 1811 The Oaks Open Space Up Hatherley Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 449 707 The Promenade Gardens Lansdown Parks & Gardens Borough Unrestricted 450 1708 Thomond Close Open Space Swindon Village Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 451 1635 Thornbury Close, 1-10 St. Peter's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 452 1206 Three Sisters Lane Open Space Prestbury Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 453 804 Tramway Leckhampton Green Corridor Neighbourhood Unrestricted 454 803 Undercliff Avenue Open Space Leckhampton Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 455 1007 University of Gloucestershire Park Institutional Land Regional Limited 456 213 Unwin Road Benhall and The Reddings Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 457 211 Unwin Road Green Space Benhall and The Reddings Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 458 3 Victoria Cricket Ground All Saints Outdoor Sports Facilities Borough Not Accessible 459 1335 Village Road, 30-60 Springbank Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 460 1820 Wallace House Up Hatherley Amenity Green Space Local Limited 461 1444 Walton House St. Mark's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 462 1445 Walton House St. Mark's Amenity Green Space Local Limited 463 1902 Warden Hill Warden Hill Allotments Neighbourhood Limited 464 1917 Warden Hill Primary School Warden Hill Institutional Land Neighbourhood Limited 465 1817 Wards Road, 364-384 Up Hatherley Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 466 1818 Wards Road. 364-384 Up Hatherley Amenity Green Space Local Limited Natural & Semi-Natural 467 1900 Weaver's Field Open Space Warden Hill Neighbourhood Unrestricted Greenspace 468 1300 Welch Road Playing Field Springbank Outdoor Sports Facilities Neighbouhood Unrestricted 469 1103 Wellington Square Pittville Parks & Gardens Local Unrestricted

xvi CBC REF CFP_ID SITE_NAME WARD TYPOLOGY_1 HIERARCHY CFP_ACCESSIBILITY no 470 1207 Westwood Lane Open Space Prestbury Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 471 905 Whaddon Primary School Oakley Institutional Land Neighbourhood Limited 472 901 Whaddon Recreation Ground Oakley Outdoor Sports Facilities Neighbourhood Unrestricted 473 1449 Wharfedale Square St. Mark's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 474 1336 Wheatland Drive Springbank Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 475 116 Whitefriars Carpark Battledown Amenity Green Space Neighbourhood Unrestricted 476 1208 Whitethorn Estate Open Space Prestbury Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 477 1337 William Gough Close Springbank Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 478 1919 Winchester Way Highway Verges Warden Hill Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 479 1816 Windermere Estate Green Spaces Up Hatherley Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 480 1920 Windermere Road Warden Hill Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 481 1709 Windyridge Road Open Space Swindon Village Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted Winston Churchill Memorial 482 1601 St. Peter's Parks & Gardens Neighbourhood Unrestricted Gardens 483 654 Winterbotham Road Hesters Way Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 484 1402 Wordsworth Avenue St. Mark's Amenity Green Space Local Unrestricted 485 1108 Wymans Brook Open Space Pittville Green Corridor Neighbouhood Unrestricted 486 939 Wymans Road, 10-24 Oakley Amenity Green Space Local Limited 487 1711 Zurich Sports Ground Swindon Village Outdoor Sports Facilities Borough Not Accessible

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Appendix B Household Survey 2005 Cheltenham Green Space Strategy

Household Survey

Final Report – October 2005

Community First Partnership Unit 35 The Old Woodyard Hagley Hall Hagley Worcs. DY9 9LQ

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October 2005

Contents

Content Page Number 1 Introduction 1

2 Methodology 1

3 Analysis & Results 3

4 Summary 24

5 Discussion 25

Cheltenham Green Space – Household Survey 2005 Final Report Cheltenham Green Space Strategy

Household Survey Consultation Report

October 2005

FINAL

Introduction

A key component of any green space strategy is consultation with local communities and other providers. It provides the opportunity to make an assessment of existing patterns of use, to explore ideas for improvement and to provide data to compliment other parts of the strategy such as quantity and quality audits. In addition to gathering base line data a questionnaire also provides a useful method of assessing the level of interest further, qualitative consultation to explore key issues that arise.

This report sets out the findings from consultation with local householders regarding parks and green spaces in the Cheltenham area.

Methodology

A questionnaire survey was designed in association with the Borough Council and this was distributed to a random sample of 5,000 households in Cheltenham. Of the total 5,000 surveys sent out 921 were received giving a return rate of 18.4%.

A map showing the location of the respondents can be seen at Figure 1 below.

Cheltenham Green Space – Household Survey 2005 Final Report 1 Figure 1 Household Survey Respondents

Cheltenham Green Space – Household Survey 2005 Final Report 2 Analysis and results

3.1 Use of Parks and Greenspaces

“Do you currently use any parks, open spaces or children's play areas in Cheltenham?”

Table 3.1 Use of Green Space

The above table shows that 85% of respondents currently use green spaces in Cheltenham.

3.2 Travel Time and Method

Respondents were asked how far they travelled to each site and how they travelled. The companion Guide to PPG17 suggests that the effective catchment of a site is “defined as the distance travelled by around 75 - 80% of users”. The table below shows the travel responses for these categories.

Walk Time (mins) Drive Time (mins) Name of Green Space Total Number of Users 75% 80% 75% 80% Pittville Park 449 16 - 20 16 - 20 11 - 15 11 - 15 Hatherley Park 154 11 - 15 11 - 15 6 - 10 6 - 10 Sandford Park 136 16 - 20 16 - 20 11 - 15 11 - 15 Montpellier Gardens 107 16 - 20 > 20 11 - 15 11 - 15 Imperial Gardens 104 > 20 > 20 11 - 15 11 - 15 Beeches Playing Field 48 0 - 5 6 - 10 11 - 15 11 - 15 Benhall Open Space 47 6 - 10 6 - 10 11 - 15 11 - 15 Naunton Park 43 6 - 10 6 - 10 6 - 10 11 - 15 The Burrows Playing Field 39 6 - 10 6 - 10 0 - 5 0 - 5 Cox's Meadow Open Space 30 11 - 15 11 - 15 6 - 10 6 - 10 Leckhampton Hill 29 16 - 20 > 20 11 - 15 11 - 15 Swindon Village Playing Field 29 6 - 10 6 - 10 6 - 10 6 - 10 Caernarvon Park 28 6 - 10 11 - 15 16 - 20 16 - 20 King George V Playing Field 26 11 - 15 11 - 15 6 - 10 6 - 10 Reddings Road Open Space (Humpty Dumps) 23 6 - 10 6 - 10 11 - 15 11 - 15 Crickley Hill 22 - - 16 - 20 16 - 20 Field adjacent to Burrows Playing Field 22 0 - 5 0 - 5 6 - 10 6 - 10 Brizen Farm Playing Fields 21 6 - 10 6 - 10 6 - 10 6 - 10 Prestbury Playing Fields 20 6 - 10 6 - 10 6 - 10 6 - 10 Queen Elizabeth II Playing Field 20 0 - 5 6 - 10 0 - 5 0 - 5 Hesters Way Park 17 11 - 15 11 - 15 11 - 15 11 - 15 Cleeve Hill Common 16 11 - 15 11 - 15 11 - 15 11 - 15 Winston Churchill Memorial Gardens 16 11 - 15 16 - 20 11 - 15 11 - 15 Honeybourne Line 13 0 - 5 11 - 15 - - Sandy Lane Playing Field 13 6 - 10 6 - 10 6 - 10 6 - 10 Welch Road Playing Field 12 0 - 5 0 - 5 11 - 15 11 - 15 Lansdown Crescent Open Space 11 11 - 15 11 - 15 - - Other 126 6 - 10 6 - 10 11 - 15 16 - 20 Table 3.2 Travel Time and Method

Cheltenham Green Space – Household Survey 2005 Final Report 3 When the data in the above table is grouped into a draft accessibility hierarchy then the following table is produced.

Travel time (mins) Level Walk Drive Sub regional / regional

Imperial Gardens Montpellier Gardens >20 11 – 15 Leckhampton Hill

District / Borough

Pittville Park 16 - 20 11 – 15 Sandford Park Winston Churchill Memorial Gardens

Neighbourhood

Hatherley Park Cox’s Meadow Open Space Caernarvon Park King George V Playing Fields 11 - 15 6 – 15 Hesters Way Park Cleeve Hill Common * Honeybourne Line Lansdown Crescent Open Space

Local

Beeches Playing Field Benhall Open Space Naunton Park The Burrows Playing Field Swindon Village Playing Field 6 - 10 0 – 15 Reddings Road Open Space Brizen Farm Playing Field Prestbury Playing Fields Queen Elizabeth II Playing Field Sandy Lane Playing Field

Field Adjacent to Burrows Playing Field 0 - 5 6 - 15 Welch Road Playing Field

* outside the borough

Table 3.3 Green Space Hierarchy

Cheltenham Green Space – Household Survey 2005 Final Report 4 3.3 Reason for Visiting

Why do you visit parks, open spaces or play areas?

Table 3.4 Reasons for Use

Cheltenham Green Space – Household Survey 2005 Final Report 5 The above table shows that the top three reasons for using green space in Cheltenham are;

1) Walking 2) Relaxing 3) Peace and quiet

Using the green spaces for organised sport(s) and skate / bmx are the least popular reasons for use.

Other responses

• Allotment holder • Beer garden at imperial square • Drinks • Feed the ducks and animals • For children to ride their bikes / cycling (9) • For health. • For the open space. • Fresh air • Horse riding • I use the parks to observe the seasons, relax in peace, and to take visitor to the town there. • Lunchtime Break • Organise cycle-cross racing in Pittville park. • Painting • Places to take visiting friends. • Play basketball. • Rugby • Scoot, play football, fly kites. • Take the grandchildren fishing with nets in Hatherley Park. Playing by stream in Bibury Road area. Feeding ducks (Hatherley). Playing hide and seek (Hatherley). • The flowers. The Cheltenham ducks. • To admire flowers. • To collect blackberries. • To feed the ducks. • To play in brass bands (4) • To pray; • To read / study(4) • To take Brownies out for activities. • To visit memorial bench (2) • To walk the cat. • Walk to work. • Work - young peoples access to green areas.

3.4 Barriers to Use

Cheltenham Green Space – Household Survey 2005 Final Report 6 Is there anything that prevents you from visiting parks, open spaces or play areas more often?

Table 3.5 Barriers to Use

The main barriers to use are lack of time, anti social behaviour and not feeling safe (reasons for this see section 3.5 below).

Other responses

• A couple of years ago we had a boating lake open. It was closed for maintenance and not re-opened. I would like to see the boating lake re- opened. • At evenings. • Big dogs not under control. • Dogs being let off leads - it shouldn't be aloud as it is not safe for other users, people and dogs. • Feel uncomfortable visiting alone. • Intimidating behaviour of older children i.e. Benhall • Lack of benches, loud music from portable stereos, Dog's off lead • Lack of maintenance

Cheltenham Green Space – Household Survey 2005 Final Report 7 • Lack of parking spaces generally(4) • Lack of toilets / disabled (2) • Litter/Broken glass (4) • Missiles - assaulted • Not enough supervision or attendants. • Older children using 'kids' area, swearing and throwing litter - bottles etc. • One very dangerous road to cross with no crossing. • Only anti social behaviour in the evenings (2) • Our garden is large. • Pittville would be improved by the addition of a drinking fountain. • Rats in Pittville Park. • Skate boarders • The boys with motorbikes (6) • There are limited public greenspaces close to where i live other than the Honeybourne path. I would use it more if it offered more. • To leave your car to long • Too many ‘chavs’ not enough police. • Travellers illegally using site. • Walking away • Water Works in Cox's Meadow has prevented me from walking to town this year. • Young people feel unsafe and bullied.

Cheltenham Green Space – Household Survey 2005 Final Report 8 3.5 Safety Concerns

If you have answered “don’t feel safe” to barriers to use please state why

Table 3.6 Safety Concerns

The main issues concerning safety involve young people and vandalism / graffiti.

Cheltenham Green Space – Household Survey 2005 Final Report 9 3.6 Other Sites Visited Outside of Cheltenham

Do you regularly visit any of the parks, open spaces or country parks outside Cheltenham?

Name of Site Number of Users Crickley Hill Country Park 123 Cleeve Hill 96 Cotswold Hills Wildlife Park and Water Park 20 Forest of Dean 18 Evesham Country Park and Riverside 17 Cirencester Park 11 London Parks (Regents / St James') 7 Malvern Hills 7 Stratford Park 6 Painswick 5 Churchdown 4 Cirencester Water Parks 4 Lineover Woods 4 Teweskbury Parks 4 Westombirt Arboretum 4 Birdlip 3 Coombe Hill 3 Coopers Hill 3 Dowdeswel Reservoir 3 Gloucester Park 3 National Trust Properties 3 Slimbridge 3 Burford Wildlife Park 2 Cranham Woods 2 Prinknash Park 2 South Cerney 2 Studely Castle 2 Other (see below) 80 Table 3.7 Other Site Usage

The main green spaces visited outside Cheltenham are Crickley Hill Country Park and Cleeve Hill. A range of other sites were also provided and these are listed below.

Other sites listed

• Abbey grounds, Cirencester • Apperley • Ashton Keynes country park • Barford wildlife park • Batsford • Beechenhurst - forest of dean • Bishops • Bussage playing field • Cattle Covntry - Berkeley • Cerney, Mauards dike ( forest of dean) • Chatford play area, • Chiswick house grounds deer park, Painswick • Chodworth forest • Cinderford, Evesham, harp hill.

Cheltenham Green Space – Household Survey 2005 Final Report 10 • Cobberly, Brockhampton Severn Hampton • Country Park by Seven Valley Railway. • Country Park, Daventry, Northamptonshire • Countryside hills. • Cranham area, Gloucestershire wild life sites • Cricklade • Daisy Bank Road • Devon • Dewnhills park, Kensington Gardens & others • Dolideswell Wood • Dumbleton • Evesham and Tewksbury - riverside walks • Gotherington • Green Park • Keynes Park - South Cerney • Kilkenny Point, private land in Whittington • Longleat, Warwick Castle • Lydney Park • Malvern Hills. • Many National Trust Gardens, Sudeley castle • May Hill, Painswick Beacon • Milton Keynes, Bath, Cardiff, Buckinghamshire, south Wales. • Most national parks e.g. Snowdonia, Breacons, Lake District • Nottingham Hill • Painswick Beacon • Playground\park behind Tewkesbury Abbey. • Qeenspark (Bath) • Quedgeley • Quenington village green • Ravensgate hill • Reservoir, Kickenny, Ciranham woods, forest of dean, over ponds • River banks - Tewkesbury area to Gloucester • Roath Park, Cardiff • Rococo gardens • Rodborough common (2) • Roundhay - Leeds, Abbey Grounds - Cirencester • Sherborng, Evesham, Sudeley • Sherbourne Park • Slimbridge • Snowdonia, Lake District • Somerford Keynes • South Cerney water park • Stroud and Stroud commons. • Stroud commons (3) • Sutton Park in Sutton Coldfield. • Symonds yat • The parks and walks in Stroud. • Timbercombe lane and end of beeches road • Turnham green - Chiswick • Victoria Park (in Malvern). • Visit Gloucester. • Wellington Country Park • West Midlands Safari Park • Winchcombe, Sudely Castle • Witcombe Park • Worcester Countryside Centre 3.7 Quality Score

How would you score the overall quality of parks, open spaces and play areas in Cheltenham?

Cheltenham Green Space – Household Survey 2005 Final Report 11

The overall score for all green spaces in Cheltenham is 6.8. This is relatively high for green space and suggests that respondents are fairly happy with the green spaces they visit. The below table also suggests that Cheltenham respondents are happiest with their open spaces when compared to other similar surveys undertaken within the past 3 years.

Authority Average Quality Score Cheltenham 6.8 Oxford 6.7 Taunton 6.5 Walsall 6.2 Stoke 5.9 Sandwell 5.0 Fareham 4.8 Table 3.8 Quality Score Comparisons

3.8 Maintenance Service Scores

How would you score the following services within the parks, open spaces and play areas provided by Cheltenham Borough Council?

Service Mean Score Floral features 7.71 Grass cutting 7.63 Shrub maintenance 7.35 Tree maintenance 7.34 General maintenance 6.93 Quality of play areas 6.74 Cleanliness 6.47 Litter clearance 6.10 Control of dog fouling 5.69 Dealing with graffiti 5.52 Dealing with vandalism 5.49 Table 3.9 Maintenance Service Scores

The above table shows that maintenance of floral features, grass, shrubs and trees are provided to the best standard whereas dealing with dog fouling, graffiti and vandalism are not so well managed.

Cheltenham Green Space – Household Survey 2005 Final Report 12 Most Frequently Visited Site

3.9 Most Frequently Visited park, open space or play area

Which is the park, open space or play area that you visit the most in Cheltenham?

Name of Green Space Number Of Users Pittville Park 219 Sandford Park 61 Hatherley Park 59 Imperial Gardens 43 Montpellier Gardens 41 Beeches Playing Field 30 The Burrows Playing Field 27 Benhall Open Space 26 Reddings Road Open Space 15 Swindon Village Playing Field 15 Naunton Park 13 Queen Elizabeth II Playing Fields 12 Caernarvon Park 11 Leckhampton Hill 10 Prestbury Playing Fields 10 Cox's Meadow Open Space 9 Hesters Way Park 9 Crickley Hill 7 King George V Playing Field 7 Sandy Lane Playing Field 7 Lansdown Crescent Open Space 6 Welch Road Playing Field 6 Honeybourne Line 5 Winston Churchill Memorial Gardens 5 Brizen Farm Playing Fields 4 Cleeve Hill Common 3 Field adjacent to Burrows Playing Field 3 Other 72 Table 3.10 Most Frequently Used Green Space

The above table shows that Pittville Park is the green space that is most frequently used by respondents. The following questions relating to most frequently used space have only been analysed for sites that 10 or more users as less users would not provided such a comprehensive conclusion, all sites shown in italics above have therefore been excluded.

Cheltenham Green Space – Household Survey 2005 Final Report 13 3.10 Frequency of visit

On average how often do you visit the park, open space or play area that you use most frequently?

On average how often do you visit the green space that yo... Name Of Green Space Daily More than once per week Weekly Monthly Less frequently Beeches Playing Field 14 5 6 2 3 8.10% 2.20% 2.80% 1.40% 3.20% Benhall Open Space 11 5 5 3 2 6.40% 2.20% 2.40% 2.00% 2.20% Caernarvon Park 2 2 3 3 1 1.20% 0.90% 1.40% 2.00% 1.10% Hatherley Park 7 17 18 11 5 4.00% 7.40% 8.50% 7.40% 5.40% Imperial Gardens 1 13 17 5 6 0.60% 5.60% 8.00% 3.40% 6.50% Leckhampton Hill 5 2 1 - 1 2.90% 0.90% 0.50% - 1.10% Montpellier Gardens 6 16 12 5 2 3.50% 6.90% 5.70% 3.40% 2.20% Naunton Park 1 6 2 2 2 0.60% 2.60% 0.90% 1.40% 2.20% Pittville Park 25 51 67 48 27 14.50% 22.10% 31.60% 32.40% 29.00% Prestbury Playing Fields 4 3 2 2 - 2.30% 1.30% 0.90% 1.40% - Queen Elizabeth II Playing Fields 3 1 5 4 - 1.70% 0.40% 2.40% 2.70% - Reddings Road Open Space 4 4 4 1 2 2.30% 1.70% 1.90% 0.70% 2.20% Most Frequently Visited Green Space (users >10) Sandford Park 5 22 15 13 7 2.90% 9.50% 7.10% 8.80% 7.50% Swindon Village Playing Field 4 5 5 1 - 2.30% 2.20% 2.40% 0.70% - The Burrows Playing Field 4 12 5 5 1 2.30% 5.20% 2.40% 3.40% 1.10% Welch Road Playing Field 25 22 14 7 5 14.50% 9.50% 6.60% 4.70% 5.40% Other 25 22 14 7 5 14.50% 9.50% 6.60% 4.70% 5.40% 146 208 195 119 69 Totals 19.81% 28.22% 26.46% 16.15% 9.36% Table 3.11 Frequency of Visit to Most Frequently Used Green Space

The above table shows that using a green space weekly or more often is the most popular frequency of use with nearly three quarters (74.49%) of respondents doing so.

Cheltenham Green Space – Household Survey 2005 Final Report 14 3.11 Green Flag Criteria Scores

How would you score the following statements about your most used park, open space or play area?

It makes a There are enough It is a It is managed in an It is properly Cheltenham Borough It is a safe It is clean and contribution to opportunities for local Name of Green Space welcoming environmentally promoted and Council is a good place to visit well maintained wildlife and local people to become place to visit friendly way celebrated manager of the space heritage involved Beeches Playing Field 6.00 6.03 5.93 5.40 4.77 4.45 3.67 5.41 Benhall Open Space 6.77 6.62 6.88 6.77 7.08 5.72 5.96 6.38 Caernarvon Park 6.64 6.64 6.73 7.00 5.82 5.10 5.09 5.82 Hatherley Park 7.88 7.78 7.83 7.86 7.93 6.63 6.14 7.26 Imperial Gardens 8.47 8.38 8.44 8.08 7.03 7.43 7.61 8.07 Leckhampton Hill 9.50 7.88 8.67 8.33 8.89 8.00 7.29 7.86 Montpellier Gardens 7.73 7.66 7.18 7.46 6.36 6.68 6.31 7.37 Naunton Park 8.54 8.62 8.54 8.45 6.45 8.18 8.18 7.83 Pittville Park 7.40 6.92 7.00 7.00 7.07 6.29 6.01 6.69 Prestbury Playing Fields 5.70 6.50 5.80 6.20 4.70 4.20 2.80 4.30 Queen Elizabeth II Playing Fields 6.17 6.33 5.92 6.18 5.55 5.10 3.82 6.50 Reddings Road Open Space 5.60 6.00 5.33 5.43 2.71 2.86 2.64 4.67 Sandford Park 7.04 6.45 6.81 6.50 6.51 5.55 4.94 6.42 Swindon Village Playing Field 7.33 7.60 7.33 7.71 7.07 5.45 5.69 6.79 The Burrows Playing Field 7.04 7.93 7.33 7.08 6.63 5.60 4.78 6.41 Other 6.51 6.43 6.03 6.49 5.58 4.93 4.22 5.52 Averages 7.15 7.11 6.98 7.00 6.26 5.76 5.32 6.46 Table 3.12 Green Flag Criteria Scores of Most Frequently Used Green Space

The above table shows that green spaces being welcoming and safe places to visit score the best when considering aspects of the Green Flag Criteria. Promotion and celebration of the sites scores the lowest however generally all the criteria score to a relatively high standard.

3.12 Quality of Site

How would you score the overall quality of your most frequently used park, open space or play area?

Name of Green Space Quality Score Leckhampton Hill 8.78 Naunton Park 8.67 Imperial Gardens 8.10 Swindon Village Playing Field 7.73 Hatherley Park 7.63 Montpellier Gardens 7.51 The Burrows Playing Field 7.44 Pittville Park 7.17 Most Frequenlty Used Sites Average 7.15 Sandford Park 6.98 Caernarvon Park 6.91 Benhall Open Space 6.81 Prestbury Playing Fields 6.50 Queen Elizabeth II Playing Fields 6.42 Beeches Playing Field 6.21 Reddings Road Open Space 5.20 Other 6.41 Table 3.13 Quality of Most Frequently Used Green Space

The above table shows that Leckhampton Hill, Naunton Park and Imperial Gardens have the highest quality score. However, overall all sites score well with an average of 7.15 being very good.

Cheltenham Green Space – Household Survey 2005 Final Report 15 3.13 Importance of improvements to Site

How would you score the importance of improvements you most like to see on the site that you visit most frequently?

Importance of Imporvements

Better sports Better grounds Better facilities maintenance Better quality quality (e.g. (grass cutting, Better litter children's play On site staff Control of More dog facilities e.g. changing tree and shrub More trees control / More seating More litter Name of Green Space More provision for young people areas (Wardens) dog fouling bins toilets facilities) care) and shrubs clearance and tables bins Beeches Playing Field 5.56 6.00 6.34 6.86 6.48 6.56 6.15 5.27 5.46 6.70 7.04 6.75 Benhall Open Space 5.59 7.13 7.19 8.23 8.08 4.87 4.19 5.08 5.25 7.64 6.40 8.46 Caernarvon Park 6.00 6.18 6.45 8.00 7.80 6.20 5.10 6.00 5.55 7.55 7.73 8.00 Hatherley Park 6.06 6.38 7.17 7.68 7.51 7.80 5.84 5.36 5.48 6.00 7.20 7.11 Imperial Gardens 4.97 5.03 5.95 7.03 6.85 6.92 5.31 5.05 4.72 7.03 6.65 7.27 Leckhampton Hill 5.50 5.67 8.17 5.17 6.13 5.83 4.75 3.33 6.67 4.40 5.86 6.50 Montpellier Gardens 5.72 5.76 6.19 7.43 6.68 7.26 5.61 5.54 5.33 6.61 7.36 7.24 Naunton Park 6.18 6.00 4.91 6.82 6.18 6.00 3.67 3.27 4.91 5.18 6.20 5.20 Pittville Park 6.20 6.31 7.41 7.48 7.38 7.40 6.07 5.49 5.77 6.97 7.51 7.57 Prestbury Playing Fields 5.30 5.67 5.50 7.00 8.00 7.90 5.78 5.80 7.20 7.30 6.90 6.80 Queen Elizabeth II Playing Fields 5.17 5.80 5.50 6.50 6.91 7.44 5.60 4.00 4.75 4.82 5.91 7.17 Reddings Road Open Space 6.15 5.07 4.64 6.93 7.86 5.29 4.23 5.71 5.85 6.40 6.00 6.93 Sandford Park 5.25 5.63 6.18 7.62 7.45 8.02 4.98 5.38 5.74 7.07 6.96 7.38 Swindon Village Playing Field 6.00 5.42 5.45 6.85 7.54 6.77 5.92 5.58 6.00 7.00 7.42 6.67 The Burrows Playing Field 5.96 5.75 5.00 6.63 6.52 6.05 4.90 4.55 4.95 5.48 6.88 6.96 Other 5.85 6.31 5.17 6.73 7.15 5.59 4.04 4.84 4.92 6.37 6.31 7.11 Average 5.72 5.88 6.08 7.06 7.16 6.62 5.13 5.02 5.53 6.41 6.77 7.07 Table 3.14 Improvements Importance of Most Frequently Used Green Space

The above table shows that providing more litter and dog bins and control of dog fouling are the most important improvements to respondents most frequently used green space. Better grounds maintenance and sports facilities are the least important.

Cheltenham Green Space – Household Survey 2005 Final Report 16 3.14 Changes in Quality

What has been the change in quality of your most frequently used park, open space or play area over the last 3 years?

What has been the change in quality of your most frequent... Name of Green Space Declined Stayed the same Improved Beeches Playing Field 7 8 13 5.90% 2.00% 4.70% Benhall Open Space 4 19 2 3.40% 4.60% 0.70% Caernarvon Park 1 1 9 0.80% 0.20% 3.20% Hatherley Park 5 21 32 4.20% 5.10% 11.50% Imperial Gardens 1 25 13 0.80% 6.10% 4.70% Leckhampton Hill 1 7 - 0.80% 1.70% - Montpellier Gardens 6 26 8 5.00% 6.30% 2.90% Naunton Park - 3 9 - 0.70% 3.20% Pittville Park 22 110 71 18.50% 26.80% 25.40% Prestbury Playing Fields 4 6 - 3.40% 1.50% - Queen Elizabeth II Playing Fields 4 6 1 3.40% 1.50% 0.40% Reddings Road Open Space 3 8 2 2.50% 2.00% 0.70% Sandford Park 12 26 17 10.10% 6.30% 6.10% Swindon Village Playing Field - 2 12 - 0.50% 4.30% The Burrows Playing Field 4 16 7 3.40% 3.90% 2.50% Other 11 30 27 9.20% 7.30% 9.70% 85 314 223 Totals 13.67% 50.48% 35.85% Table 3.15 Change in Quality of Most Frequently Used Green Space

The above table shows that overall sites have generally stayed at the same quality over the past three years and nearly a third has improved in quality.

Cheltenham Green Space – Household Survey 2005 Final Report 17 3.15 Quantity of open space

Do you think that there are enough of the following types of space in your local area?

Table 3.16 Quantity of Green Space

The above table shows that respondents feel that there are about the right amount of parks, recreation grounds and green spaces, children’s play facilities and natural green space. However, they feel that there are too little outdoor facilities for teenagers / young people.

3.16 Quality of open space

How satisfied are you with the overall quality of each of the following types of space in your local area?

Table 3.17 Quality of Green Space

The above table shows that respondents feel that overall only outdoor facilities for teenagers / young people are of a dissatisfactory standard.

Cheltenham Green Space – Household Survey 2005 Final Report 18 3.17 Importance of open space

How important are each of the following to you?

Table 3.18 Importance of Green Space

The above table shows that all aspects of green space are important (very / average importance) to them.

3.18 Weighted Gap Analysis

Survey respondents were asked to indicate their level of satisfaction with the overall quality of the four different types of greenspace listed. Similarly, respondents were also asked to indicate the importance or significance of these types of green space.

The results of these questions is displayed in the scatter diagram below;

Satisfaction / Importance

100 High Importance / HighSatisfaction 90 Parks, recreation grounds & green space 80 70 Natural green space 60 Children's play facilities 50 40

Satisfaction (%) 30 Teenage facilities 20 10 High Importance / Low Satisfaction 0 0 102030405060708090100 Importance (%) Figure 3.1 Satisfaction / Importance Matrix

Cheltenham Green Space – Household Survey 2005 Final Report 19 The figure above illustrates that respondents consider that all types of green space are of high importance. In terms of the levels of satisfaction with each green space type provision for teenagers is the only type of green space that is considered of low satisfaction.

This therefore indicates that teenage provision is in need of improvement with the aim of achieving an increase in satisfaction levels (to a level above 50%). The objective should be to achieve high importance / high satisfaction ratings for all green space types.

However, there is variation in both the relative satisfaction levels and relative importance of each green space type. The weighted gap analysis considers the relationship between the satisfaction level and importance for each green space type. This calculation takes the importance respondents attach to a green space type and compares this to the satisfaction levels taking into account how meaningful that gap is to the sample.

The weighted gap is calculated using the formula;

Weighted Gap = ((Importance – Satisfaction) x Importance) / 100 where ‘Importance’ is the percentage of respondents who indicated that each type of green space is either ‘very important’ or ‘average importance and ‘Satisfaction’ is the percentage of respondents who indicated that they are either ‘very satisfied’ or ‘satisfied’ with each type of green space.

Green space type Importance Satisfaction Weighted Gap Rank Parks, recreation grounds and green spaces 89.20% 75.40% 12.3 3 Children’s play facilities 65.50% 53.00% 8.2 4 Outdoor facilities for teenagers / young people 66.50% 23.60% 28.5 1 Natural green space 88.90% 67.80% 18.8 2 Table 3.19 Weighted Gap Ranking

The higher the figure for the weighted gap the greater the shortfall in meeting the expectations of respondents. On this basis, the green space types that are in most need of improvement are outdoor facilities for teenagers and natural green space.

While facilities for teenagers and children’s play are considered to be less important than parks and natural green space, the satisfaction levels with these greenspace types are significantly lower resulting in high weighted gap scores. Consequently, teenage facilities should be a priority for improvement at the study wide level.

Cheltenham Green Space – Household Survey 2005 Final Report 20 Respondents Profile

3.18 Age

How old are you?

Age Group Survey Cheltenham England & Wales Under 16 1.1% 18.4% 20.2% 16 - 19 5.2% 4.9% 10.7% 20 - 29 14.3% 12.6% 30 - 59 54.4% 40.2% 41.5% 60 - 74 16.9% 12.8% 13.3% Over 75 18.6% 9.1% 7.6% Table 3.20 Age

* due to groupings these comparisons are a guide

The table above shows that Cheltenham has an age structure very similar to England and Wales however the survey population under represented by the younger age groups (under 29) yet this is compensated by the older age groupings.

3.19 Gender

Are you?

Survey Cheltenham England & Wales Total Population 921 110,013 52,041,916 Male 43.7% 49.0% 49.0% Female 56.3% 51.0% 51.0% Table 3.21 Gender

The data above shows that the survey is slightly over represented by female respondents however this is typical for a survey of this nature.

Cheltenham Green Space – Household Survey 2005 Final Report 21 3.20 Ethnicity

How would you describe your ethnicity?

Survey Cheltenham England & Wales White 98.6% 96.7% 91.3%

White British 95.9% 95.6% 87.5%

White Irish 0.8% 1.1% 1.2% Other 1.9% 0.0% 2.6% Mixed 0.3% 0.9% 1.3% Asian / Asian British 0.6% 1.4% 4.4% Indian 0.3% 1.0% 2.0% Pakistani 0.0% 0.0% 1.4% Bangladeshi 0.0% 0.2% 0.5% Other Asian 0.3% 0.2% 0.5% Black / Black British 0.3% 0.3% 2.2% Caribbean 0.0% 0.1% 1.1% African 0.1% 0.2% 0.9% Other Black 0.2% 0.0% 0.2% Chinese or Other Ethnic Group 0.3% 0.8% 0.9% Table 3.22 Ethnicity

The above table shows that the survey respondents are a good representation of Cheltenham as a whole. However, Cheltenham is above the England and Wales average for white ethnicity and this is balanced by a deficiency in Asian / Asian British and Black / Black British ethnicity groups.

Other responses

• Dutch • Vietnamese • European • Malaysian • Scottish • Swedish • British Asian

3.21 Further Consultation

3.21.1 Events & Activities

Table 3.23 Events & Activities Information Interest

Cheltenham Green Space – Household Survey 2005 Final Report 22 3.21.2 Friends Groups

Table 3.24 Friends Group Interest

3.21.3 Further Consultation

Table 3.25 Further Consultation Interest

The above series of tables show that respondents would like to be kept informed about events and activities but are not particularly interested in friends groups or further consultation.

Cheltenham Green Space – Household Survey 2005 Final Report 23 4 Summary

The above data concludes that overall;

• Green space is well used in Cheltenham • The main reasons for using green space is for walking and to relax • The main barriers to use are lack of time and anti social behaviour • Safety concerns are also a major barrier and the main reasons for this involve young people • A range of sites are used outside of the borough • The standard of grounds maintenance is generally high • The overall quality of all sites is of a good standard

Most frequently used sites;

• The most used site in Cheltenham is Pittville Park • The majority of users visit weekly or more often • The sites score well for welcoming and safe places to visit but are lacking in promotion and celebration • The average quality score is 7.15 which is of a very high standard • Most important improvements involve control of litter and dog fouling • The quality over the past three years has stayed the same or improved

Weighted gap analysis;

• Teenage provision is of a poor standard and there is not enough of it • All aspects of green space are important • Teenage provision needs improvement

Respondent’s profile;

• Underrepresented of younger age groups • More women than men responded • Ethnicity reflects the Cheltenham ethnicity structure • Events and activities needs more promotion (as mentioned in Green Flag criteria)

Cheltenham Green Space – Household Survey 2005 Final Report 24 5 Discussion

This section considers the links of this report into the wider green space strategy.

5.1 Quality

The findings of this report need to be considered along with the Quality Audit Draft Report (October 2005) and fed into the wider green space strategy.

5.2 Accessibility

A comparison can also be made with the draft hierarchy set out by the Borough Council as part of the data capture for the GIS component of the project.

Travel time (mins) Draft CBC Level Walk Drive Hierarchy Sub regional / regional

Imperial Gardens Regional Montpellier Gardens >20 11 – 15 Borough Leckhampton Hill Regional

District / Borough

Pittville Park Regional 16 - 20 11 – 15 Sandford Park Borough Winston Churchill Memorial Gardens Neighbourhood

Neighbourhood

Hatherley Park Neighbourhood Cox’s Meadow Open Space Neighbourhood Caernarvon Park Neighbourhood King George V Playing Fields 11 - 15 6 – 15 Neighbourhood Hesters Way Park Neighbourhood Cleeve Hill Common Outside Borough Honeybourne Line Neighbourhood Lansdown Crescent Open Space Local

Local

Beeches Playing Field Neighbourhood Benhall Open Space Neighbourhood Naunton Park Neighbourhood 6 - 10 0 – 15 The Burrows Playing Field Neighbourhood Swindon Village Playing Field Neighbourhood Reddings Road Open Space Local Brizen Farm Playing Field Neighbourhood Prestbury Playing Fields Neighbourhood

Cheltenham Green Space – Household Survey 2005 Final Report 25 Queen Elizabeth II Playing Field Neighbourhood Sandy Lane Playing Field Neighbourhood

Field Adjacent to Burrows Playing Field n/a 0 - 5 6 - 15 Welch Road Playing Field Neighbourhood

Table 5.1 Draft Accessibility Hierarchy Comparison with CBC Hierarchy

The table shows some variation of sites between levels but overall a good correlation at the upper levels. It is worth considering that sites described as ‘local’ in the draft hierarchy may be visited by less than 10 people in the survey and so would not have been captured in the accessibility hierarchy. Also many ‘local’ sites are often amenity green space sites that local people may well not consider as part of what they see as parks or natural green spaces.

5.3 Quantity

Once the GIS based analysis of quality of provision is completed this can be compared with the community perception set out at 3.15 above.

5.4 Barriers to Use

The wider strategy needs to consider the issues relating to young people’s use of green space. Comparison work could be carried out with community safety statistics.

5.5 Further Consultation

The wider strategy needs to consider how to consult with and engage young people as they were underrepresented in this survey.

Consultation with other marginalised groups need to be considered such as people with disabilities.

The Borough Council should construct a database of those interested in further consultation and consider how the results of this report and the further strategy itself are disseminated to these people and the wider community.

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