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Key Community gardens Community Garden Ornamental The grounds Sports cricketpitch / green Village Wetlands West Southall Masterplan - Landscape 2008 Page 162 • • • • • • • • • • • • • Landscape TreatmentHard • • • • • • Landscape TreatmentSoft • • • • • • • • • • Function Storage and work sheds to the community gardens community the to sheds work Storageand areas wetland Timberto boardwalk ponds balancing drainagefeaturesincluding SUDS water and seating walls, including Featureelements wallswater including Sculpture Art/ Youth/ Centre Environmental and lighting furniture, street quality high Co-ordinated areas children’sSafetyplay surfacingto equipment Play conservationsensitivewith lighting spill Control areas court surfacingto Sports paths footpath/cycleNaturalgravel to paving Variety materials paving robust of biodiversity promote to regime Management for framework provide to planting structural of Variety for area wetland to treatment landscape Informal planting ornamental and trees head box hedges, Clipped the screen to planting hedge and woodland Native areas activity define to trees Semi-mature amenity Visual growing plant foodand Community planting though site to gasworks of Screening gym Green sustainable of elements Wetlandaccommodate ponds resource recreational and Educational creation habitat wetland Wildlifeand activities facilitiesand formalplay Structured lung Green activity park and Informalrecreation features to the ornamental garden ornamental the featuresto signage luminaires gardens community the value conservation garden contemplative to value conservation for and gasworks drainagesystem urban viewpoint H viewpoint viewpoint J viewpoint viewpoint I viewpoint View J on page 167 page on J View 166 page on I View 166 page on H View West Southall Masterplan - Landscape 2008 Page 164 Central Park area characterCentralParkarea Community garden, food growing and well being well and foodgrowing garden, Community Structured play on all-weather surfaceall-weather on play Structured Cricket on the Village Green the Village Cricketon space Play area Wetland and communities the South the communities and ParkMinet between park through Keyconnection pedestrian from residential blocks residential from surveillanceand Enclosure used by the school bythe used also grounds Sports fronts onto the Parkthe onto fronts Primaryschool Community gardens Community pedestrian linkage DudleyRoad terminates the park the terminates CentralSquare Colour and texture in nature forall texturenature and in Colour Enclosure and surveillanceand Enclosure Varietyformplanting of West Southall Masterplan - Landscape 2008 Page 166 View I -Artist impression looking east from existingworks from gas lookingeast impression -Artist I View View H - Artist impression across lawns and wetlands and lawns across impression Artist - H View View J -Artist impression aerial view of CentralParkof view aerial impression -Artist J View West Southall Masterplan - Landscape 2008 Page 168 the residential zone.residential the passivearound and area Plaza Canal the activearound length; its along byactivity distinctivecharacterzonesdetermined Park.has Country corridor The Minet adjoining the of naturaledge reinforcingthe developmentsite the of length full the bufferalong landscape broad a provides corridor canal The 4.11 Canal zoneCanal 4.11 -active zoneCanal Activefrontage The canal revitalised - Birmingham - revitalised canal The A destination on the canal the on destination A -passive Canal zone pedestrians and cyclesand pedestrians forpoint bridging New overlooking canal gardens Communal Canal Plaza Canal the waterfront from high street high waterfrontfrom the markerfora as artworkPublic animates the towpaththe animates out spill Cafe/bar boulevard from access rampand Steps residential park front Canal cycle networkcycle Towpathof part character of this zone.this characterof quieter,reinforcethe to passivepath tow the against moor may boats house whilst feelcontained doesn’t towpath the ensure to edge landscaped a has courtyard views.open The maximiseoverwhelmedand not is front canal the ensure to courtyard open an incorporatebuildings residential The Park.Country Minet the connecting Yeadingand canal the Brook overbridge pedestrian a has underpass railwayeastern the with aligned route the ramparrangement- stepped a in canal the meet scheme the of centre the from routes buildings, the Between beyond.and canal overviewsthe open enjoyingthe buildings residential of series a and Plaza byCanal park local bya defined is wide 8.5m minimum is towpath generous canal. 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