STOCKPORT BOROUCH COUNCIL OPEN SPACE ASSESSMENT REPORT APRIL 2017 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 AB, JPS, CMF October 2016 Quality control CMF, CF October 2016 Revised AB, CMF Dec 16/Feb 17 Agreed sign off Contents PART 1: INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................2 1.1 Report structure.........................................................................................................4 1.2 National context.........................................................................................................4 1.3 Local context..............................................................................................................5 PART 2: METHODOLOGY .................................................................................................6 2.1 Analysis areas ...........................................................................................................6 2.2 Auditing local provision (supply) ................................................................................8 2.3 Quality and value.......................................................................................................9 2.4 Quality and value thresholds ...................................................................................11 2.5 Identifying local need (demand)...............................................................................11 2.6 Accessibility standards ............................................................................................12 PART 3: GENERAL OPEN SPACE SUMMARY...............................................................13 3.1 Frequency of visits...................................................................................................13 3.2 Accessibility .............................................................................................................14 3.3 Availability................................................................................................................16 3.4 Quality......................................................................................................................17 3.5 Value........................................................................................................................19 3.6 Summary .................................................................................................................21 PART 4: PARKS AND GARDENS ....................................................................................22 4.1 Introduction..............................................................................................................22 4.2 Current provision .....................................................................................................22 4.3 Accessibility .............................................................................................................23 4.4 Quality......................................................................................................................26 4.5 Value........................................................................................................................28 4.6 Summary .................................................................................................................29 PART 5: NATURAL AND SEMI-NATURAL GREENSPACE.............................................30 5.1 Introduction..............................................................................................................30 5.2 Current provision .....................................................................................................30 5.3 Accessibility .............................................................................................................32 5.4 Quality......................................................................................................................39 5.5 Value........................................................................................................................41 5.6 Summary .................................................................................................................42 PART 6: AMENITY GREENSPACE..................................................................................43 6.1 Introduction..............................................................................................................43 6.2 Current provision .....................................................................................................43 6.3 Accessibility .............................................................................................................44 6.4 Quality......................................................................................................................49 6.5 Value........................................................................................................................52 6.6 Summary .................................................................................................................53 PART 7: PROVISION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE......................................54 7.1 Introduction..............................................................................................................54 7.2 Current provision .....................................................................................................54 7.3 Accessibility .............................................................................................................56 7.4 Contribution .............................................................................................................57 7.5 Summary..................................................................................................................62 PART 8: ALLOTMENTS....................................................................................................63 8.1 Introduction..............................................................................................................63 8.2 Current provision .....................................................................................................63 8.3 Accessibility .............................................................................................................64 8.4 Quality......................................................................................................................67 8.5 Value........................................................................................................................69 8.6 Summary .................................................................................................................70 PART 9: CEMETERIES/CHURCHYARDS .......................................................................71 9.1 Introduction..............................................................................................................71 9.2 Current provision .....................................................................................................71 9.3 Accessibility .............................................................................................................71 9.4 Quality......................................................................................................................74 9.5 Value........................................................................................................................75 9.6 Summary .................................................................................................................76 PART 10: CIVIC SPACE...................................................................................................77 10.1 Introduction............................................................................................................77 10.2 Current provision ...................................................................................................77 10.3 Accessibility ...........................................................................................................77 10.4 Quality....................................................................................................................79 10.5 Value......................................................................................................................80 10.6 Summary ...............................................................................................................80 PART 11: GREEN CORRIDORS......................................................................................81 11.1 Introduction............................................................................................................81 11.2 Current provision ...................................................................................................81 11.3 Accessibility ...........................................................................................................82 11.4 Quality....................................................................................................................89 11.5 Value......................................................................................................................90 11.6 Summary ...............................................................................................................91