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Audit Reference Address 1 Alderman Canal (2 reports) 2 Ashground Plantation & Bobbits Lane 3 Bixley Heath 4 Bourne Bridge Grassland 5 Bourne Park Reedbed 6 Braziers Wood, Meadow and Carr 7 Bridge Wood 8 Chantry Park 9 Christchurch Park 10 Holywells Park 11 Landseer Park 12 Pipers Vale including Elm Hill 13 Ransomes Europark Heathland 14 Ransomes Way Verges 15 River Gipping 16 River Orwell (2 reports) 17 Rushmere Heath 18 Spring & Millennium Woods & Kiln Meadow 19 Stoke Park Wood 20 The Dales/Dales Road Woodland 21 Volvo Raeburn Road South/Sandy Hill Lane 22 Wharfdale Road 23 Airport Farm Kennels, north of A14 24 Banks of river, upriver from Princes Street 25 Builder's Yard, Vermont Crescent 26 Cliff Quay Power Station scrub & part Hog Highland 27 Co-op Depot, Felixstowe Road 28 Elton Park Industrial Estate 29 Elton Park wasteground 30 Former 405 Club, Bader Close 31 Former British Energy Site, Cliff Quay 32 Former Norsk Hydro and part Hog Highland 33 Former Tooks Bakery, Old Norwich Road - Note 1 34 Front of Pumping Station, Belstead Road 35 J J Wilson, White Elm Street 36 King George V Field, Old Norwich Road 37 Land at Yarmouth Road 38 Land north of Ranelagh Road 39 Land north of Whitton Lane 40 Part former Volvo site, Raeburn Road South 41 Opposite 674-734 Bramford Road 42 Ransomes Europark (undeveloped areas) 43 Ransomes Europark (all apart from CWS's) 44 Rear of 601-655 Bramford Road - part 45 School site, Lavenham Road 46 South of Ravenswood 47 Sproughton Road pond and Stocks Land (2 reports) 48 St Clement's Hospital Grounds 49 Waste tip north of Sir Alf Ramsey Way 50 Airport perimeter track tree belt 51 Alexandra Park 52 Allenby Road Open Space 53 Arthur's Terrace scrub 54 Aster Road allotments 55 Aster Road Open Space 56 Back Hamlet Allotments 57 Belstead Allotments 58 Belstead Brook Hotel Grounds 59 Belstead Road tree belt 60 Birkfield Drive 61 Bishop's Hill Wood (including 39 Bishop's Hill) - Note 2 62 Bourne Park 63 Bramford Lane Allotments 64 Bramford Lane Open Space 65 Bramford Lane Recreation Ground 66 Braziers Wood Road corridor - Note 3 67 Broom Hill 68 Brunswick Road Recreation Ground 69 Castle Hill allotments 70 Castle Hill Recreation Ground 71 Cemetery 72 Cemetery cutting (Hayhill slow worm site) 73 Chantry Green 74 Chantry Park (outside CWS) 75 Cherry Lane Recreation Ground 76 Chesterton Open Space 77 Clapgate Lane & Nacton Road tree belt 78 Cliff Quay Grassland & Ash Tip (AW jetty) 79 Cobham Road Recreation Ground 80 & 112 Colchester Road & Northgate Allotments - Note 4 81 Cordale Spinney 82 Dumbarton Recreation Ground 83 Ellenbrook Open Space 84 Felixstowe Road allotments 85 Five Acre Wood (Bramford) 86 Former Convent, Woodbridge Road 87 Garrods Pond 88 Gippeswyk Park 89 Gippeswyk Park Spinney 90 Glamorgan Road green area 91 Grove Farm Pond 92 Halifax Road Maidenhall allotments 93 Hayhill allotments (new open space) 94 Henley Road verges 95 Henniker Road Wildlife Meadow 96 Holywells allotments 97 Land around 86 Sandy Hill Lane 98 Land at Pond Hall Farm south of A14 99 Landseer Park (outside CWS) 100 Little Gipping Street Wood 101 London Road allotments 102 London Road tree belt 103 Lovetofts Open Space 104 Maryon Road Wildlife Corridor 105 Millennium Cemetery 106 Montgomery Sports Ground 107 Morland Road allotments (area outside CWS) - Note 5 108 Murray Road recreation ground 109 Nacton Road wildlife corridor 110 Netley Close open space and tree belt 111 Newbury Road recreation ground 112 Northgate Allotments 113 Norwich Road allotments 114 Olympus Close Wood 115 Poorhill Shelter Belt 116 Ranelagh Road amenity area 117 Ransome Road/Shackleton Road open space 118 Ravenswood Open Spaces 119 Redhouse Park 120 Riverside Road meadow 121 Robin Drive Open Space 122 Sandy Hill Lane scrub 123 Sherrington Road Recreation Ground 124 Sidegate Lane Allotments 125 Sidegate Lane Recreation Ground 126 Spring Road 1 allotments 127 Spring Road 2 allotments 128 Spring Road Allotments Wood 129 Spring Road tree belt 130 St Clement's Golf Course 131 St Mary's Churchyard 132 Stoke Tunnel cutting - Note 6 133 Stonelodge Park 134 Tuddenham Road tree belt 135 Valley Road/Constitution Hill gardens and meadow 136 Valley Road wood and amenity area 137 Westwood Avenue 138 Whitehouse Park 139 Whitton Church Lane allotments 140 Whitton Open Space 141 Whitton Recreation Ground 142 Land adjacent to The Grove 143 Land surrounding Thurleston Lane (part Option A) 144 Land west of Westerfield Road (part of Option C) 145 Land east of Henley Rd, N of railway (part of Option B) 146 Ipswich School Playing Field (part of Option C) 147 Land opposite 289-299 Henley Road 148 Land east of Westerfield Road (part of Option D) 149 Land north of Millennium Cemetery (part of Option E) 150 Land adjacent to Humber Doucy Lane (part of Option F) 151 Land between railway junction and Hadleigh Road 152 Eastway Business Park, Europa Way 153 Europa Way Notes Site 33 Former Tooks Bakery was surveyed from the boundary only Note 1 due to Herras fencing. Site 61 Bishops Hill Wood was surveyed from the boundary only as Note 2 there was no acces to this privately owned site. Site 66 Braziers Wood Road corridor was surveyed from the Note 3 boundary only as there was no access due to Herras fencing. Site 80 includes both Colchester Road Allotments and Ref 112 Note 4 Northgate Allotments as they are functionally the same site. Site 107 Morland Road Allotments was surveyed from the boundaries Note 5 only. Site 132 Stoke Tunnel Cutting was surveyed from the boundaries Note 6 only due to difficulties with access. The following sites were not surveyed: Site 26 Cliff Quay Power Station Scrub and Part Hog Highland - no access Site 31 Former British Energy site Cliff Quay - no access Site 114 Olympus Close Wood - no access Site 135 Valley Road/Constitution Hill gardens and meadows - private gardens Site 143 Land south of Thurleston Lane - no access.
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