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Ideas and Options Paper Eastville, Frome Vale and Hillfields Area Green Space Plan Ideas and Options Paper Eastville, Frome Vale and Hillfields Area Green Space Plan A spatial and investment plan for the next 20 years • raising quality • setting standards • providing variety • encouraging use • 1 Ideas and Options Paper Eastville, Frome Vale and Hillfields Area Green Space Plan If you would like this Vision for Green Space in infoBrimstoaltion in a different format, for example, Braille, audio CD, large print, electronic disc, BSL Henbury & Southmead DVD or community Avonmouth & Kingsweston languages, please contact Horfield & Lockleaze us on 0117 922 3719 Henleaze, Westbury-on-Trym & Stoke Bishop Redland, Frome Vale, Cotham & Hillfields & Eastville Bishopston Ashley, Easton & Lawrence Hill St George East & West Cabot, Clifton & Clifton East Bedminster & Brislington Southville East & West Knowle, Filwood & Windmill Hill Hartcliffe, Hengrove & Stockwood Bishopsworth & Whitchurch Park © Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. Bristol City Council. Licence No. 100023406 2008. N 0 1km • raising quality • setting standards • providing variety • encouraging use • Ideas and Options Paper Eastville, Frome Vale and Hillfields Area Green Space Plan Contents Park Page Eastville Park 8-9 Section Page Vision for Green Space in Bristol Wickham Glen 10 1. Introduction 2 Fishponds Park 10 A City with good quality, Snuff Mills and Ham Lane 11 attractive, enjoyable and 2. Background 3 Oldbury Court Estate (Vassall’s Park) 12-13 Hillfields Park 14-15 3. Investment ideas and options to 7 accessible green spaces which improve each open space within the area Begbrooke Park 16-17 Ridgeway Playing Fields 18-19 meet the diverse needs of all 4. Proposed open space disposals in the 31 Eastville, Frome Vale and Hillfields Meadowsweet Open Space 20 Bristol citizens and visitors. Neighbourhood Partnership Area East Park Housing 21 Source: Parks and Green Space Strategy 2008. 5. Future opportunities 35 Gill Avenue 22 Duchess Way Open Space 23 Bracey Drive, Shimsey Close, Crescent Road 24 Appendix 1 36 and Sidelands Road How the Area Green Space Plan would meet Lodge Hill Open Space 25 the standards set out in the Parks and Green Royate Hill 26 Space Strategy Coombe Brook Valley 27 Appendix 2 43 Other sites 28-29 How the Area Green Space Plan would meet Links 30 the policies set out in the Parks and Green Space Strategy • raising quality • setting standards • providing variety • encouraging use • 1 Ideas and Options Paper Eastville, Frome Vale and Hillfields Area Green Space Plan Section 1. Consultation on the Ideas and Options Paper for Eastville, Frome Vale and Hillfields - how to make your comments. We would like your views on all the ideas and Paper and cd versions In addition to Eastville, Frome Vale and Introduction options presented. You can make comments and Alternatively paper and cd versions of the Ideas Hillfields, Ideas and Options Papers are give us your own ideas. We will not be able to and Options Paper and questionnaire are also available for comment on the This draft Ideas and Options Paper afford all the ideas presented in the plans so we available from: following areas: would also like to know which spaces and types is for the Neighbourhood Partnership Bristol City Council, Parks, Colston 33, ? Knowle, Filwood and Windmill Hill; of facility you would like to see us invest in first. Area of Eastville, Frome Vale and Colston Avenue, Bristol BS1 4UA ? Your views will inform a final Area Green Space Hengrove and Stockwood; Hillfields. It sets out ideas for investing Or by telephoning: 0117 922 3719 Plan which will set down improvements and ? Hartcliffe, Withywood and Bishopsworth; in green spaces over the next 20 years to Or by e-mailing: [email protected] priorities over the next 20 years. ? Bedminster and Southville; ensure everyone has easy access to a Drop in sessions ? Cabot Clifton and Clifton East; range of good quality green spaces with To make the most of your opportunity to A drop-in session is being organised for each ? Henleaze, Westbury on Trym and Stoke new and improved facilities, such as comment we suggest you look at the Ideas and Neighbourhood Partnership Area - this gives the Bishop; children's playgrounds, sports pitches, Options paper before you start to complete the questionnaire. You can chose to comment on all opportunity to see the document and talk ? Avonmouth and Kingsweston; young people's facilities and wildlife through the ideas with council officers. For the spaces or select those you are most ? Henbury and Southmead; areas. It will also identify if any green details about when these drop-in sessions will be interested in. ? space is no longer needed and can be held go to www.bristol.gov.uk/agsp, call Redland, Cotham and Bishopston; disposed of to fund improvements to The public consultation is open for 20 weeks and 0117 922 3719 or email: ? Horfield and Lockleaze; other spaces. will end on 29th October 2010 [email protected] ? Ashley, Easton and Lawrence Hill; ? Brislington East and West; and In drawing up these options local groups and Available to view ? experts have given their views. We would now All ideas and options are open for Paper versions of the Ideas and Options papers St George East and West. like feedback from all Bristol residents - your comment. are available to view at all Bristol libraries, Other consultations you may be interested in views are important and will inform a final customer service points and The Council House, The Site Allocations and Development Area Green Space Plan for your area. How to make your comments College Green, Central Bristol, BS1 5TR. Management Options Document is also out to consultation up until Friday 29 October 2010. There are a number of ways you can submit What happens next This document suggests specific sites in the city comments to us; via a questionnaire online, by which may be developed to provide new homes, obtaining a paper copy of the questionnaire or by The views put forward during this consultation jobs or shops in your area. It also proposes land visiting one of our drop in sessions. will help to inform a final Area Green Space Plan to be protected for open space, industry, nature for your area. All views put forward by the public Online at www.bristol.gov.uk/agsp conservation and shopping. In terms of green will be analysed and carefully considered, space, while the Area Green Space Plans cover You can view the Ideas and Options paper and following the close of the consultation on 29th publicly accessible green space only, the Site complete a questionnaire online. If you do not October. Final Area Green Space Plans will be Allocations will include consideration of a wider have Internet access you can visit any of our drafted and further comment will be sought range of green space in the city including libraries or customer service points which offer from key stakeholders and Neighbourhood allotments and grazing land. Visit free Internet access. Partnerships. The current aim is to adopt the www.bristol.gov.uk/siteallocations or email final Area Green Space Plans early in 2011. [email protected] or call 0117 903 6725. 2 • raising quality • setting standards • providing variety • encouraging use • Ideas and Options Paper Eastville, Frome Vale and Hillfields Area Green Space Plan Section 2. How does the Ideas and Options Paper fit into the plans for green space and wider citywide planning? Parks and Green Quality standard: a level of quality which Playing Pitch Strategy Space Strategy all spaces should attain The Bristol Development The Playing Pitch Strategy (PPS) is a Bristol's Parks and Distance standard: how far people should Framework sub-strategy of the Parks and Green Green Space Strategy was have to travel to reach a particular type of Space Strategy and is the technical document which adopted by Cabinet on 21st February 2008. space Bristol City Council is producing a new suite of contains proposals for formally organised outdoor sport The strategy sets out an ambitious plan planning documents to guide development across Bristol. Quantity standard – how much green over the next 20 years for ensuring that decisions in the city over a 20-year period. The It is based on a careful evaluation and review of demand space of different types there should be people have access to good quality parks Bristol Development Framework (BDF) will set and supply based on a full audit of pitches, users and and green spaces of different types, close These standards have been applied during out how the city will grow to accommodate providers within the city. The evaluation included all to where they live. the development of Area Green Space 30,000 new homes for an increasing population. pitches in Bristol including parks, school playing fields, Plans and the ideas and options paper New employment and commercial opportunities private sector facilities and those run by further The strategy contains service management associated with them. will be needed and new transport links are education organisations. The PPS advocates the creation policies and a set of standards for the expected to connect growing residential and of larger multi-pitch and multi-sport sites and greater provision of publicly accessible green To view the strategy and find out more employment centres. Together these use of school playing fields. The Playing Pitch Strategy space. There are three specific standards: about the standards go to documents make up the BDF, which will replace can be viewed online at www.bristol.gov.uk/parkstrategy www.bristol.gov.uk/parkstrategy the Local Plan. The council has undertaken and commissioned a range of studies and assessments to provide a robust evidence base for the preparation of the Bristol Development Framework.