Cuddington Neighbourhood Plan: Assessment of Open Space against the NPPF criteria for protection of Local Green Spaces.

Colour Key: Meets Criteria Does not Meet Criteria

NPPF Criteria 1: NPPF Criteria 2: Special Character Criteria 3: Not Fulfil LGS Site Name Description Ownership Reasonable being extensive criteria? Distance Beauty Historic Significance Recreational Value Tranquility Rich in Wildlife tracts of land.

A well laid out area The main playing fields for the Parish comprising playing fields and sited off Road in Cuddington, very attractive modern village A number of football pitches, a the location of football pitches, the hall and childrens childrens playground and the Norley Road Playing village hall, the scout hall, the youth Cuddington playground. Managed and village tennis club. Served by a Not an extensive 1 Yes Yes Fields club, the Sandiway and Cuddington Parish Council maintained by the large car park. One of the tract of land Tennis club comprising a pavilion and Cuddington and Sandiway busiest recreational areas in the four floodlit tennis courts, and a fully Playing Fields Association Parish equipped childrens playground. under the umbrella of Cuddington Parish Council.

Specifically built for junior( under The Junior Playing field sited off Attractive green area 11's football) and serviced by a Road Playing Cuddington Not an extensive 2 Weaverham Road adjacent to Yes adjacent to Sandiway large car park. Well used by Yes Fields Parish Council tract of land Sandiway Primary School Primary school school teams and local teams at the weekend.

Well equipped play area for Jubilee Play Area – West Children's playground sited on the A very attractive green space young children built within the Not an extensive 3 children’s playground - and Yes Yes Green in Boundary Lane in the Boundary Lane square last 10 years. Maintained by tract of land Boundary Lane Green Borough Council Cuddington Parish Council

A green space between Mere Lane Specifically designed for old and Cheshire West and Blake Lane designed for use by young with hard surface cricket, and Chester Multi Use Games Area young adults and chldren. The area football, net ball and basket ball Not an extensive 4 Borough Council / Yes Yes (MUGA) comprises a green and a hard facilities. Maintained by Cheshire tract of land Weaver Vale standing area equipped with West and Chester Borough Housing Trust permanent sports fittings Council.

A well used childrens playground Children's playground and a green area A very pleasant green space Delamere Park –children’s surrounded by a green space Not an extensive 5 sited near the Delamere Park DP Trustees Yes in the middle of a well laid out Yes playground and green used by residents for dog tract of land Clubhouse development walking etc

The home of Cuddington Bowling Club, An attractive space off Norley A well used facility, the only Provides a village Norley Road Bowling a member of the Cheshire and District Road which also allows a bowling green in the Parish fully atmosphere facilitatiing Not an extensive 6 Wilbraham Estate Yes Yes Green Bowling League located on Norley pleasant view of the distant equipped with pavilion and a traditional village tract of land Road countryside related facilities pastime

A recent large housing development on A peaceful green space Eden Grange Estate – the A49 in the north west corner of the Will provide much sought after in a quite densely Not an extensive 7 Taylor Wimpey Yes Yes allotments & green area Parish on the site of the former Eden allotments for the village. populated new tract of land Vale factory. development

A distinctive small woodland A small wooded area and green off Cheshire West and associated green nestled Used as a play area by young Moss Lane and also bounded by A peaceful green space A designated wild Not an extensive 8 Cartledge Moss and Chester Yes in a densely populated area. people and older residents for Yes Cartledge Close, East Lane and in a busy area life site tract of land Borough Council This forms part of the Mersey exercise and dog walking. Rosslyn Lane Forest

A large green central area in the heart of the Forest Edge development A pleasant and sizeable Comprises a childrens play area Not an extensive 9 Forest Edge Green comprising a children’s play area, Bovis Homes Yes green space in the middle of and grassed open area providing Yes tract of land grassed open space and the “balancing a well laid out development a focal point for the estate. area” to retain any build-up of excess water.

Accessed by footpaths from Ash Road and Manor Road, Small green in the the Bryn Common Cheshire West A peaceful green space Space off Manor providing a pleasant outlook for Not an extensive 10 development dating back to the 1950's and Chester Yes in a quite densely Yes Road/Ash Road surrounding homes and used tract of land and linking Manor Road and Ash Road Borough Council populated area by young people as a small recreation area.

Green area between Small green in the the Grange Estate Cheshire West A peaceful green space Small area used by young Not an extensive 11 Sandington Drive and Ash development (early 2000s) linking and Chester Yes between two large Yes people for informal recreation tract of land Road Sandington Drive and Ash Road Borough Council housing developments

The site of the burial ground Gorstage Cemetery on Weaverham Cuddington A natural and well maintained and site of the only publicly A very peaceful area Not an extensive 12 Gorstage Cemetery Road serving, Cuddington Weaverham Yes Yes Parish Council green space accessible war memorial in the with informal seating. tract of land and communities village

A very attractive wooded area on the edge of the Key Service Centre. An area of Formerly part of Barry's Wood, The woodland principally Silver Birch and re-named Kennel Wood. Natural woodland bounded by the Criss crossed by a number of occupies a total woodland interspersed with The land has been in private A peaceful accessible A556, Kennel Lane and Blakemere. PROWs and very many informal area of 32 acres, other smal pockets of mixed ownership with free public woodland on the edge of 13 Kennel Woods The woodland was identified on the Private Owners Yes footpaths. Used by dog walkers, A local wild life site (12.9 Hectares)The Yes hardwoods and softwood access and is listed in the a quite densely 1800 Division map as part of by walkers and occasionally for area is owned by 12 species including Oak, Natural Priority populated area Barry's Wood. fun runs and other public events separate private Sycamore, Beech and Scots Habitat Inventory - owners Pine. The whole area is magic.gov.uk covered by Tree Preservation Orders.

Provides the access point to Unregistered On the south western edge of the Whitegate Way via Waste Lane A peaceful setting away Ravensclough – end of Land Maintained A very pleasant space with a Not an extensive 14 Parish bounded by the Manchester/ Yes and is on a recognised village from the main traffic A local wild life site Yes Waste Lane by Cuddington natural wild environment tract of land Chester railway line and Waste Lane walk. Used by walkers and dog routes. Parish Council walkers

On the edge of Delamere Park at the A very attractive green space Commemorates the history of junction of Norley Road and Delamere Park Not an extensive 15 Millennium Gate Green Yes on the edge of a well laid out the area and was refurbished Yes Cuddington Lane the site of the historic Trustees tract of land development for the new millenium 2000 gateway to the old Delamere Hall

An SSSI and protected Ancient Fully protected On the south eastern edge of the Woodland listed in the Natural so not in the 16 Pettypool Woods Parish crossing the Parish boundary Yes England Ancient and Semi Policy into Whitegate and Marton Parish Natural woodland document magic.gov.uk