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Rossendale Borough Council Open Space Assessment ROSSENDALE BOROUGH COUNCIL OPEN SPACE ASSESSMENT REPORT JANUARY 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 RBC May/August/Oct 2020 Revised version KKP June/Sept/Oct/Jan 2020/21 Agreed sign off ROSSENDALE BOROUGH COUNCIL OPEN SPACE ASSESSMENT Contents PART 1: INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Report structure ...................................................................................................... 2 1.2 National context ...................................................................................................... 3 1.3 Local context ........................................................................................................... 6 PART 2: METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................... 7 2.1 Analysis area ........................................................................................................... 7 2.2 Auditing local provision ............................................................................................ 8 2.3 Open space standards ............................................................................................ 9 2.4 Quality and value .................................................................................................. 10 2.5 Quality and value thresholds ................................................................................. 12 2.6 Accessibility catchments........................................................................................ 13 PART 3: SUMMARY OF SITE VISITS ............................................................................ 15 3.1 Overview ............................................................................................................... 15 3.2 Quality ................................................................................................................... 15 3.3 Value ..................................................................................................................... 16 PART 4: PARKS AND GARDENS .................................................................................. 17 4.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 17 4.2 Current provision ................................................................................................... 17 4.3 Accessibility........................................................................................................... 18 4.4 Quality ................................................................................................................... 19 4.5 Value ..................................................................................................................... 20 PART 5: NATURAL AND SEMI-NATURAL GREENSPACE ........................................... 22 5.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 22 5.2 Current provision ................................................................................................... 22 5.3 Accessibility........................................................................................................... 23 5.4 Quality ................................................................................................................... 26 5.5 Value ..................................................................................................................... 28 PART 6: URBAN GREENSPACE ................................................................................... 29 6.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 29 6.2 Current provision ................................................................................................... 29 6.3 Accessibility........................................................................................................... 30 6.4 Quality ................................................................................................................... 35 6.5 Value ..................................................................................................................... 37 PART 7: PROVISION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE .................................... 38 7.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 38 7.2 Current provision ................................................................................................... 38 7.3 Accessibility........................................................................................................... 39 7.4 Quality ................................................................................................................... 42 7.5 Value ..................................................................................................................... 44 ROSSENDALE BOROUGH COUNCIL OPEN SPACE ASSESSMENT PART 8: ALLOTMENTS ................................................................................................. 46 8.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 46 8.2 Current provision ................................................................................................... 46 8.3 Accessibility........................................................................................................... 46 8.4 Quality ................................................................................................................... 48 8.5 Value ..................................................................................................................... 49 PART 9: CEMETERIES/CHURCHYARDS...................................................................... 50 9.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 50 9.2 Current provision ................................................................................................... 50 9.3 Accessibility........................................................................................................... 50 9.4 Quality ................................................................................................................... 52 9.5 Value ..................................................................................................................... 53 PART 10: CIVIC SPACE................................................................................................. 55 10.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................... 55 10.2 Current provision ................................................................................................. 55 10.3 Accessibility ......................................................................................................... 55 10.4 Quality ................................................................................................................. 57 10.5 Value ................................................................................................................... 58 PART 11: GREEN CORRIDORS .................................................................................... 59 11.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................... 59 11.2 Current provision ................................................................................................. 59 11.3 Accessibility ......................................................................................................... 59 PART 12: PROVISION STANDARDS ............................................................................. 61 12.1: Quality and value................................................................................................ 61 12.2: Accessibility ........................................................................................................ 62 12.3: Quantity .............................................................................................................. 66 12.4: Summary of Quantity, Quality and Accessibility .................................................. 69 12.5: Recommendations ............................................................................................. 72 APPENDIX ONE: SURVEY RESULTS ........................................................................... 79 APPENDIX TWO: GOLF PROVISION ............................................................................ 83 APPENDIX THREE: WARD SUMMARY OF QUANTITY ................................................ 84 APPENDIX FOUR: SITE ALLOCATIONS REVIEW ........................................................ 85 ROSSENDALE BOROUGH COUNCIL OPEN SPACE ASSESSMENT Glossary 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
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