Bruce Castle Park Management Plan 2015
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Bruce Castle Park Management Plan 2015 Bruce Castle Park Management Plan 2015 Introduction 8 1. Setting the scene 9 1.1 Haringey in a nutshell 9 1.2 2011 Census 9 1.2.1 Population 9 1.2.2 Ethnicity 10 1.3 Indices of deprivation 2010 10 1.4 Open space provision in Haringey 10 1.5 Open space vision in Haringey 10 2. Bruce Castle Park 11 2.1 Site Location 11 2.2 Facilities 12 2.2.1 Bruce Castle Museum 13 2.2.2 Holocaust memorial garden of remembrance 14 2.2.3 Pavilion Cafe and Tennis 16 2.2.4 Tennis courts 16 2.2.5 Picnic area 17 2.2.6 MUGA 18 2.2.7 Natural play area 19 2.2.8 Play area 19 2.2.9 Paddling pool 20 2.2.10 Conservation area 21 2.2.11 Northern field 21 2.2.12 Main grass area 21 2.2.13 Staff yard 22 2.2.14 Trees 22 3. Welcome Place 23 3.1 Visiting Bruce Castle Park 23 3.1.1 Public transport 23 3.1.2 Vehicles 24 3.2 Entrances 24 3.2.1 Vehicle access 27 3.2.2 Bikes 28 3.3 Disabled access 28 3.4 Equal access for all 28 3.5 Signage 28 3.5.1 Notice boards 30 3.6 Toilet facilities 30 3.7 Refreshments 30 3.8 Events 30 4. Clean and Well Maintained 32 4.1 Current maintenance by Parks Operations 32 4.2 Area Team Responsibility 32 4.3 Hygiene 32 4.4 Monitoring of waste 33 London Borough of Haringey Page 2 of 82 Bruce Castle Park Management Plan 2015 4.5 Cleanliness and hygiene monitoring 33 4.6 Scheduled maintenance 33 4.7 Areas to be maintained within Bruce Castle Park 35 4.8 Measuring service standards 35 4.9 Monitoring maintenance standards 36 4.9.1 Playground safety inspections 36 4.10 Tree maintenance programme 36 4.10.1 Planned tree planting 36 4.11 Graffiti 36 4.12 Maintenance of buildings, equipment and landscape 36 4.13 Community Action Plans 37 4.14 The Green Team 37 5. Healthy, Safe and Secure 38 5.1 No smoking 38 5.2 Walking routes 38 5.3 Jogging sessions 39 5.4 Health and safety 39 5.4.1 Raising health and safety concerns 39 5.4.2 Friends 39 5.4.3 Risk assessments 40 5.4.4 Safety representatives 40 5.4.5 Staff reporting 40 5.5 ‘Our Haringey’ app 40 5.6 Community safety in parks 40 5.7 Current Metropolitan Police activity 41 5.8 Tackling anti-social behaviour in Bruce Castle Park 43 5.9 Extending Neighbourhood Watch into parks 43 5.10 Designing out crime 44 5.11 Locked at night 44 5.12 Dog control orders 45 5.12.1 Dog control orders within Bruce Castle Park 46 5.13 The Conservation Volunteers activity 46 5.14 Groundwork partnership 48 6. Sustainability 49 6.1 Greenest borough strategy 49 6.2 Pesticide use 49 6.3 Sustainable use of materials 49 6.4 Recycling 50 6.5 Pollution reduction 50 6.6 Water efficiency 51 7. Community Involvement 51 7.1 Volunteering in parks 51 7.2 Haringey Friends of Parks Forum 51 7.3 Friends of Bruce Castle Park 52 7.4 Bruce Castle Museum 52 7.5 Holocaust Memorial Committee 52 7.6 Pavilion Sports & Cafe 53 London Borough of Haringey Page 3 of 82 Bruce Castle Park Management Plan 2015 7.7 Local schools 56 7.8 Corporate volunteering in parks 56 7.9 Community Champions 56 8. Conservation and Heritage 57 8.1 Biodiversity 57 8.2 Parks and green spaces Habitat Action Plan 57 8.3 Conservation interests in Bruce Castle Park 57 8.4 The Tree Trail 58 8.5 Conservation Action Plan 58 8.6 Site History 61 8.7 Heritage 61 9. Marketing 62 9.1 The marketing approach 62 9.2 Websites 62 9.3 Social media 63 9.4 Events listings 63 9.5 Publications 63 9.6 Notice board 64 9.7 Campaigns 64 9.8 Awards 65 9.8.1 London in Bloom awards 65 9.8.2 Green Flag award 65 9.9 Tree and bench sponsorship 65 9.10 Consultation and market research 65 9.10.1 www.haringey.gov.uk/yourvisit 65 9.10.2 2013 park user survey 65 9.10.3 Residents survey 70 10. Management 71 10.1 Setting the financial scene – 2011 to present 71 10.2 Management structure 72 10.3 Corporate Plan 2013-15 73 10.4 Open Space Strategy 2006 – 2016 74 10.4.1 Objectives of the Open Space Strategy 74 10.5 The Quality Management System 75 10.6 Outdoor Sports Facility Assessment and Policy Document 75 10.7 The Greenest Borough Strategy 75 10.8 The Health & Wellbeing Strategy 75 10.9 Finance and funding 75 10.9.1 Annual budget 75 10.9.2 Parks and open spaces Small Grant Scheme 76 10.9.3 Events income 76 10.9.4 Environmental impact charge 76 11. Improvements 77 11.1 Future improvements 77 11.1.1 Outdoor gym 77 London Borough of Haringey Page 4 of 82 Bruce Castle Park Management Plan 2015 11.1.2 Heritage Lottery Fund bid 77 12. Action Plan 78 London Borough of Haringey Page 5 of 82 Bruce Castle Park Management Plan 2015 Images and Tables Image 1: London Borough of Haringey shown in London context 9 Image 2: Map of Haringey 11 Image 3: Bruce Castle Park and surrounding area 11 Image 4: Map of Bruce Castle Park showing its facilities 12 Image 5: Bruce Castle Museum 13 Image 6: Memorial garden central shrubbery 14 Image 7: Imagine, Remember, Reflect, React 15 Image 8: Roman Halter memorial 15 Image 9: Tennis pavilion 16 Image 10 & 11: Bruce Castle Park tennis courts 17 Image 12: Tennis Tuesday’s banner 17 Image 13: Picnic area and willow project 18 Image 14: Hard standing games area 18 Image 15 & 16: Natural play area in Bruce Castle Park 19 Image 17 & 18: Children’s play area 19 Image 19: Paddling pool summer fun 20 Image 20: Tree whips in the conservation area 21 Image 21: Main grass field 21 Image 22: Staff yard in Bruce Castle Park 22 Image 23: Glorious oak 22 Image 24: Map showing closest tube stations and bus stops to 23 Bruce Castle Park Image 25: Map of Bruce Castle Park and the gate names 25 Image 26: Park and Museum Lordship Lane Gate 26 Image 27: View from Church Lane Museum gate 27 Image 28: View from Kings Road gate 27 Image 29: Bruce Castle Park signage 29 Image 30: Tottenham Active event in 2014 31 Image 31: Mayor’s charity walk held in 2014 31 Image 32: Extract from the service standards booklet – grass 35 maintenance Image 33: Bruce Castle Park walking marker 39 Image 34: General bin and recycling in BCP 50 Image 35: Official opening of the Pavilion 54 Image 36: Tennis coaching in Bruce Castle Park 54 Image 37: Mayors Charity Walk held in 2014 55 Image 38: Haringey Council’s senior leadership team 73 Image 39: Parks and Leisure Services structure chart 73 Table 1: Hard and soft landscape features in Bruce Castle Park 12 Table 2: Bruce Castle Park local management 32 Table 3: Frequency of when dog and litter bins are emptied 32 Table 4: PS04_195a Parks local street and environmental 33 cleanliness parks and open spaces Table 5: PS08_195b local improved street and environmental 33 cleanliness levels of detritus Table 6: Scheduled maintenance and expected standards 33 Table 7: Bruce Castle Park maintenance schedule 35 Table 8: Police Activity in Bruce Castle Park during 2014 41 London Borough of Haringey Page 6 of 82 Bruce Castle Park Management Plan 2015 Table 9: Neighbourhood Watches within White Hart Lane that have 44 adopted the park Table 10: Responses to proposed dog control orders 45 Table 11: Conservation work carried out by TCV and volunteers 47 in Bruce Castle Park Table 12: Number of surveys received per park 66 Table 13: Change in condition of park since 2011 66 Table 14: Perception of safety 67 Table 15: Average score of facilities within site 67 Table 16: Reasons for using park 68 Table 17: Frequency of use 68 Table 18: Time of day visited 69 Table 19: Time spent on site 69 Table 20: Residents’ Satisfaction Survey 2010/11 – 70 Understanding feelings of safety by area, ethnicity, tenure and social grade Table 21: Action plan 78 London Borough of Haringey Page 7 of 82 Bruce Castle Park Management Plan 2015 Introduction This management plan details and guides the management, maintenance, development and improvement of Bruce Castle Park now and over the next 3 years, in the most appropriate way possible. In developing this management plan we particularly want to stress the importance we place on our commitment to involve the whole community in shaping the future of Bruce Castle Park. We recognise that the provision and condition of local open space affects the lives of almost everyone who lives and works around the park and we believe that the combination of effective management and community involvement of all our open spaces offers considerable potential for helping to make Haringey a thriving and more cohesive community. This management plan should be treated as a living and evolving document; that is open to review and adaption in this ever changing environment.