Open Space Study Assessment Report
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DACORUM BOROUGH COUNCIL OPEN SPACE STUDY ASSESSMENT REPORT JULY 2019 Knight, Kavanagh & Page Ltd Company No: 9145032 (England) MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS Registered Office: 1 -2 Frecheville Court, off Knowsley Street, Bury BL9 0UF T: 0161 764 7040 E: [email protected] www.kkp.co.uk Quality assurance Name Date Report origination CD/AL January 2019 Quality control CMF January 2019 Client comments DBC February/July 2019 Revised version KKP April/July 2019 Agreed sign off Oct 2019 DACORUM BOROUGH COUNCIL OPEN SPACE ASSESSMENT Contents PART 1: INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Report structure ............................................................................................................2 1.2 National context ............................................................................................................3 1.3 Local context .................................................................................................................3 PART 2: METHODOLOGY .................................................................................................. 11 2.1 Population and analysis areas .................................................................................... 11 2.2 Auditing local provision (supply) .................................................................................. 12 2.3 Quality and value ........................................................................................................ 13 2.4 Quality and value thresholds ....................................................................................... 15 PART 3: SUMMARY OF SURVEY AND AUDIT SCORES .................................................. 16 3.1 Audit overview ............................................................................................................ 16 3.2 Quality ........................................................................................................................ 16 3.3 Value .......................................................................................................................... 17 3.5 Summary .................................................................................................................... 18 PART 4: PARKS AND GARDENS ....................................................................................... 19 4.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................. 19 4.2 Current provision......................................................................................................... 19 4.3 Accessibility ................................................................................................................ 19 4.4 Quality ........................................................................................................................ 21 4.5 Value .......................................................................................................................... 22 4.6 Summary .................................................................................................................... 23 PART 5: NATURAL AND SEMI-NATURAL GREENSPACE ............................................... 24 5.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................. 24 5.2 Current provision......................................................................................................... 24 5.3 Accessibility ................................................................................................................ 24 5.4 Quality ........................................................................................................................ 28 5.5 Value .......................................................................................................................... 29 5.6 Summary .................................................................................................................... 30 PART 6: AMENITY GREENSPACE ..................................................................................... 31 6.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................. 31 6.2 Current provision......................................................................................................... 31 6.3 Accessibility ................................................................................................................ 31 6.4 Quality ........................................................................................................................ 36 6.5 Value .......................................................................................................................... 38 6.6 Summary .................................................................................................................... 39 DACORUM BOROUGH COUNCIL OPEN SPACE ASSESSMENT PART 7: PROVISION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ......................................... 40 7.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................. 40 7.2 Current provision......................................................................................................... 40 7.3 Accessibility ................................................................................................................ 40 7.4 Quality ........................................................................................................................ 45 7.5 Value .......................................................................................................................... 47 7.6 Summary .................................................................................................................... 48 PART 8: ALLOTMENTS ...................................................................................................... 49 8.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................. 49 8.2 Current provision......................................................................................................... 49 8.3 Accessibility ................................................................................................................ 49 8.4 Quality ........................................................................................................................ 52 8.5 Value .......................................................................................................................... 53 8.6 Summary .................................................................................................................... 53 PART 9: CEMETERIES ....................................................................................................... 54 9.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................. 54 9.2 Current provision......................................................................................................... 54 9.3 Accessibility ................................................................................................................ 54 9.4 Quality ........................................................................................................................ 56 9.5 Value .......................................................................................................................... 57 9.6 Summary .................................................................................................................... 58 PART 10: GREEN CORRIDORS ......................................................................................... 59 10.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................... 59 10.2 Current provision ....................................................................................................... 59 10.3 Accessibility .............................................................................................................. 59 10.4 Quality ...................................................................................................................... 61 10.5 Value ........................................................................................................................ 62 10.6 Summary .................................................................................................................. 62 APPENDIX ONE: CONSULTATION SUMMARY WITH PARISH COUNCILS ..................... 63 APPENDIX TWO: SITE ASSESSMENT SURVEY EXAMPLE ............................................. 64 DACORUM BOROUGH COUNCIL OPEN SPACE ASSESSMENT Glossary AGS Amenity greenspace DBC Dacorum Borough Council DPD Development Plan Document FIT Fields in Trust FOG Friends of Group GIS Geographical Information Systems Herts IQ Hertfordshire Innovation Quarter HSPAP Herts Sports and Physical Activity Partnership JSP Joint Strategic Plan KKP Knight, Kavanagh and Page LAP Local Area of Play LDF Local Development Framework LEAP Local Equipped Area of Play LEP Local Enterprise Partnership LNR Local Nature Reserve MHCLG Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government MUGA Multi-use Games Area (an enclosed area with a hard surface for variety of informal play) NEAP Neighbourhood