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Download Open Space Audit and Needs Assessment (March 2020) KETTERING BOROUGH COUNCIL OPEN SPACE AUDIT AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT REPORT MARCH 2020 Quality assurance Name Date Report origination AL / CD June 2019 Quality control CMF June 2019 Client comments Sept/Nov/Dec 2019. Feb 2020 Revised version Feb/March 2020 Agreed sign off March 2020 KETTERING BOROUGH COUNCIL OPEN SPACE AUDIT AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT Contents PART 1: INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Report structure ...................................................................................................... 2 1.2 National context ...................................................................................................... 3 1.3 Local context ........................................................................................................... 5 PART 2: METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................. 12 2.1 Analysis area ......................................................................................................... 12 2.2 Auditing local provision (supply) ............................................................................ 14 2.3 Open space standards .......................................................................................... 15 2.4 Population data ..................................................................................................... 15 2.5 Consultation: Identifying local need (demand) ....................................................... 16 2.6 Quality and value .................................................................................................. 16 2.7 Quality and value thresholds ................................................................................. 19 2.8 Accessibility catchments........................................................................................ 20 PART 3: SUMMARY OF SITE VISITS ............................................................................ 22 3.1 Overview ............................................................................................................... 22 3.2 Quality ................................................................................................................... 22 3.3 Value ..................................................................................................................... 23 PART 4: PARKS AND GARDENS .................................................................................. 25 4.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 25 4.2 Current provision ................................................................................................... 25 4.3 Accessibility........................................................................................................... 27 4.4 Quality ................................................................................................................... 30 4.5 Value ..................................................................................................................... 32 4.6 Summary ............................................................................................................... 33 PART 5: NATURAL AND SEMI-NATURAL GREENSPACE ........................................... 34 5.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 34 5.2 Current provision ................................................................................................... 34 5.3 Accessibility........................................................................................................... 36 5.4 Quality ................................................................................................................... 44 5.5 Value ..................................................................................................................... 45 5.6 Summary ............................................................................................................... 46 PART 6: AMENITY GREENSPACE ................................................................................ 47 6.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 47 6.2 Current provision ................................................................................................... 47 6.3 Accessibility........................................................................................................... 47 6.4 Quality ................................................................................................................... 53 6.5 Value ..................................................................................................................... 55 6.6 Summary ............................................................................................................... 55 March 2020 Assessment Report KETTERING BOROUGH COUNCIL OPEN SPACE AUDIT AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT PART 7: PROVISION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE .................................... 56 7.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 56 7.2 Current provision ................................................................................................... 56 7.3 Accessibility........................................................................................................... 57 7.4 Quality ................................................................................................................... 62 7.5 Value ..................................................................................................................... 65 7.6 Summary ............................................................................................................... 66 PART 8: ALLOTMENTS ................................................................................................. 67 8.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 67 8.2 Current provision ................................................................................................... 67 8.3 Accessibility........................................................................................................... 67 8.4 Quality ................................................................................................................... 70 8.5 Value ..................................................................................................................... 72 8.6 Summary ............................................................................................................... 73 PART 9: CEMETERIES/CHURCHYARDS...................................................................... 74 9.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 74 9.2 Current provision ................................................................................................... 74 9.3 Accessibility........................................................................................................... 74 9.4 Quality ................................................................................................................... 79 9.5 Value ..................................................................................................................... 80 9.6 Summary ............................................................................................................... 80 PART 10: CIVIC SPACE................................................................................................. 81 10.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................... 81 10.2 Current provision ................................................................................................. 81 10.3 Accessibility ......................................................................................................... 81 10.4 Quality ................................................................................................................. 83 10.5 Value ................................................................................................................... 84 10.6 Summary ............................................................................................................. 85 PART 11: GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE ......................................................................... 86 PART 12: ECOSYSTEMS SERVICES AND MATRIX ................................................... 111 March 2020 Assessment Report KETTERING BOROUGH COUNCIL OPEN SPACE AUDIT AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT Glossary KBC Kettering Borough Council MHCLG Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government DDA Disability Discrimination Act DPD Development Plan Document FIT Fields in Trust FOG Friends of Group GIS Geographical Information Systems KKP Knight, Kavanagh and Page LDF Local Development Framework LNR Local Nature Reserve MUGA Multi-use Games Area (an enclosed area with a hard surface for variety of informal play) NPPF National Planning Policy Framework NSALG National Society of Allotment and Leisure Gardeners ONS Office of National Statistics OSNA Open Space Needs Assessment PPG Planning Practice Guidance PPS Playing Pitch Strategy SFS Sports
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