NEWARK AND SHERWOOD DISTRICT COUNCIL DRAFT OPEN SPACE ASSESSMENT AND STRATEGY JULY 2021 QUALITY, INTEGRITY, PROFESSIONALISM 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 / CMF April 2020 Client comments NSDC June / August / Oct 2020 Revised version KKP August / Sept / Nov 2020 Agreed sign off All Nov 2020 NEWARK AND SHERWOOD DISTRICT COUNCIL OPEN SPACE STRATEGY CONTENTS CONTENTS ........................................................................................................................ GLOSSARY ........................................................................................................................ EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................... PART 1: INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Report structure ...................................................................................................... 2 1.2 National context ...................................................................................................... 2 1.3 Local context ........................................................................................................... 5 PART 2: METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................... 7 2.1 Auditing local provision (supply) .............................................................................. 7 2.2 Quality and value .................................................................................................... 8 2.3 Quality and value thresholds ................................................................................... 9 PART 3: NEWARK AND SHERWOOD DISTRICT SUMMARY ....................................... 11 3.1 Overview ............................................................................................................... 11 3.2 Strategic Open Space Provision ............................................................................ 11 3.3 Quality ................................................................................................................... 18 3.4 Value ..................................................................................................................... 18 3.5 Summary ............................................................................................................... 19 PART 4: NEWARK ......................................................................................................... 20 PART 5: BALDERTON ................................................................................................... 29 PART 6: FERNWOOD .................................................................................................... 34 PART 7: OLLERTON AND BOUGHTON ........................................................................ 38 PART 8: SOUTHWELL ................................................................................................... 44 PART 9: RAINWORTH ................................................................................................... 49 PART 10: EDWINSTOWE .............................................................................................. 53 PART 11: CLIPSTONE ................................................................................................... 57 PART 12: BLIDWORTH .................................................................................................. 61 PART 13: BILSTHORPE................................................................................................. 65 PART 14: LOWDHAM .................................................................................................... 69 PART 15: FARNSFIELD ................................................................................................. 73 PART 16: COLLINGHAM ................................................................................................ 77 PART 17: SUTTON ON TRENT ..................................................................................... 81 PART 18: FARNDON ..................................................................................................... 85 PART 19: WALESBY ...................................................................................................... 89 PART 20: CODDINGTON ............................................................................................... 93 NEWARK AND SHERWOOD DISTRICT COUNCIL OPEN SPACE STRATEGY PART 21: SETTING PROVISION STANDARDS ............................................................ 97 21.1 Developing and setting standards ....................................................................... 97 21.2 Quality and value................................................................................................. 97 21.3 Accessibility ......................................................................................................... 98 21.4 Quantity ............................................................................................................. 101 21.5 Summary ........................................................................................................... 103 PART 22: APPLICATION OF PROVISION STANDARDS TO IDENTIFY DEFICIENCIES / SURPLUSES ................................................................................................................ 104 22.1 Quality and value............................................................................................... 104 22.2 Accessibility ....................................................................................................... 105 22.3 Quantity ............................................................................................................. 110 22.4 Climate change considerations .......................................................................... 114 PART 23: POLICY ADVICE AND STRATEGIC RECOMMENDATIONS ....................... 124 23.1 Strategic recommendations ............................................................................... 124 23.2 Implications ....................................................................................................... 133 23.3 Approach to developer contributions ................................................................. 135 PART 24: FUTURE GROWTH...................................................................................... 137 24.1 Newark Urban Area ........................................................................................... 138 24.2 Ollerton and Boughton ...................................................................................... 142 24.3 Southwell .......................................................................................................... 144 24.4 Rainworth .......................................................................................................... 146 24.5 Edwinstowe ....................................................................................................... 148 24.6 Clipstone ........................................................................................................... 150 24.7 Blidworth ........................................................................................................... 152 24.8 Bilsthorpe .......................................................................................................... 154 24.9 Collingham ........................................................................................................ 156 24.10 Sutton on Trent ............................................................................................... 158 24.11 Summary ......................................................................................................... 160 24.12 Catchment mapping ........................................................................................ 162 APPENDIX ONE: TYPOLOGY CATCHMENT MAPPING ............................................. 176 APPENDIX TWO: LIST OF SITES OUTSIDE OF LARGER SETTLEMENTS ............... 181 NEWARK AND SHERWOOD DISTRICT COUNCIL OPEN SPACE STRATEGY GLOSSARY AGS Amenity Greenspace ANGSt Accessible Natural Greenspace Standard DPD Development Plan Document FIT Fields in Trust FOG Friends of Group GIS Geographical Information Systems GSS Green Spaces Strategy KKP Knight, Kavanagh and Page LAP Local Area of Play LEAP Local Equipped Area of Play LDF Local Development Framework LNR Local Nature Reserve MDC Mansfield District Council 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 Equipped Area of Play NPPF National Planning Policy Framework NSALG National Society of Allotment and Leisure Gardeners NSDC Newark and Sherwood District Council NSN Natural and Semi-natural Greenspace ONS Office of National Statistics PPG Planning Policy Guidance PPS Playing Pitch Strategy SANG Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspace SOA Super Output Areas SPD Supplementary Planning Document SSSI Sites of Special Scientific Interest NEWARK AND SHERWOOD DISTRICT COUNCIL OPEN SPACE ASSESSMENT AND STRATEGY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This is the Open Space Assessment and Strategy prepared by Knight Kavanagh & Page (KKP) for Newark