HAMBLETON DISTRICT COUNCIL LOCAL GREEN SPACE: RECOMMENDATIONS REPORT March 2017 VISTA Design & Assessment INTRODUCTION The National Planning Policy Framework allows local Local Green Space should be consistent with policy for communities to identify green areas of particular local Green Belts. significance for designation as ‘Local Green Spaces’. These criteria are not specific, but act as guidance These designations will provide protection and only which should then be interpreted at a local level: allow new development in ‘very special circumstances’. Other Considerations Most green spaces will not be appropriate for designation and this report assesses which of the Educational Sites School and college playing fields ‘call for sites’ LGS nominations are appropriate for and grounds would not normally be suitable for designation. designation. This is because national guidance states that the space must be capable of enduring beyond Policy Context for Local Green Spaces the plan period. In order to address future needs for National Planning Policy Framework school places there may be a need to reconfigure the arrangement of school buildings and playing fields. Para. 76. Local communities through local and The National Planning Policy Framework states that neighbourhood plans should be able to identify local planning authorities should give great weight to for special protection green areas of particular the need to create, expand or alter schools. Therefore, importance to them. By designating land as Local educational sites (grounds and playing fields) would Green Space local communities will be able to rule not normally be suitable for designation. out new development other than in very special circumstances. Identifying land as Local Green Space Highway Land/Roadside Verges Highway land/ should therefore be consistent with the local planning roadside verges would not normally be suitable for of sustainable development and complement designation. This is because national guidance states investment in sufficient homes, jobs and other that the space must be capable of enduring beyond essential services. Local Green Spaces should only be the plan period. Land adjoining an existing highway is designated when a plan is prepared or reviewed, and the subject of ‘Permitted Development’ rights, which be capable of enduring beyond the end of the plan could be used to bring forward development that may period. be contrary to a Local Green Space designation, but would not require planning permission to be granted. Para. 77. The Local Green Space designation will not Highway land may also be utilised in bringing forward be appropriate for most green areas or open space. future highway/transport schemes. Therefore, The designation should only be used: highway land/roadside verges would not normally be • where the green space is in reasonably close suitable for designation. proximity to the community it serves; Sites with planning permission – A green space within • where the green area is demonstrably a site with extant planning permission (within the red special to a local community and holds a line) cannot be designated until the development is particular local significance, for example complete. because of its beauty, historic significance, recreational value (including as a playing field), tranquility or richness of its wildlife; and • where the green area concerned is local in character and is not an extensive tract of land. 78. Local policy for managing development within a 2 METHODOLOGY The proposed designation of spaces will be “tested” through the local plan process. The list of nominated spaces and the assessment checklist and mapping for each site follows this introduction. Each of the sites nominated by the community was 2. Land must hold particular local significance for at assessed against the three Key NPPF criteria. least one of the following reasons: A site proposed as Local Green Space must meet the • Beauty criteria set out within the NPPF: • Historic Significance • Recreational value 1. Land must meet all the following criteria: • Tranquility • Demonstrably special to local community • Wildlife • Reasonable close proximity to the • Other reason community serves • Local in character 3. Designating land as Local Green Space should: • Not an extensive tract of land • be consistent with local planning of • Not an area with extant planning sustainable development permission within which the Local Green • complement investment in sufficient Space could not be accommodated homes, jobs and other essential services The views of Hambleton District Council Planning Whether a site is ‘extensive’ or not relates to two Officers will input into the site assessment process key factors – is the site in proportion to the scale of to ensure these factors are considered in the site the surrounding landscape units (such as the size designation process. of neighboring fields) or is it below 20 ha. This size Land ownership not assessed and as the sites have guideline (20 ha) is taken from the ‘Accessible Natural been put forward by the community it is assumed Greenspace standards’ (Natural England, 2008) for a there is evidence of community support (though this site within a ‘local’ (2km) distance from a community. should be considered in more detail prior to formal All the sites have been considered in their entirety. If it designation to ensure there is adequate community was considered that only part of a site met the criteria support for the site). then that part of the site was taken forward. As sites have been proposed by the local community they are considered to be ‘special to the local community’ unless noted in the assessment. The assessment considers that for a site to be ‘reasonably close to the community it serves’ it should ideally be within walking distance (5 minutes of 300m) or must be within 2km. 3 4 SITES AND ALLOCATION SUMMARIES (BY SETTLEMENT) 5 BEDALE Bedale sites Site Reference Site Address Allocation Reason for decision Harry Bowes Wood and land Adjacent to the Not 'local' due to no ALT/B/004/026/G Wensleydale Railway, Bedale, North Yorkshire N public access Land at The Harbour, Next to the Bedale ALT/B/004/027/G Beck, Bedale, North Yorkshire N No Local significance Land at Allotments, The Bridge, Aiskew Bank, Local recreational value ALT/B/004/032/G Aiskew, North Yorkshire Y and historic significance Land at Aiskew Farm, The Bridge, Aiskew, ALT/B/004/028/G North Yorkshire, DL8 1AW N Not 'local' and Extensive Land in front of Houses at Meadowfield, ALT/B/004/029/G Aiskew, North Yorkshire Y Local recreational value 6 Key LGS Nominated Site Sustrans National Route PRoW Conservation Areas !( Listed Building Scheduled Monument ALT/B/004/026/G Non Designated Parks & Gardens Buildings of Local Interest Priority Habitat Inventory Main Habitat ALT/B/004/029/G Deciduous woodland Traditional orchard 7 ALT/B/004/032/G ALT/B/004/027/G ALT/B/004/028/G 0 0.25 0.5 Kilometers ´ Bedale BROMPTON Brompton sites Site Reference Site Address Allocation Reason for decision Playing Field Land at Northallerton Rugby Club, ALT/N/020/008/G Northallerton Road, Brompton, North Yorkshire Y Local recreational value Land at Brompton Recreation Field and Play ALT/N/020/009/G Area, Station Road, Brompton, North Yorkshire Y Local recreational value Land At Water End, West of Bridge, Beauty, local recreational value ALT/N/020/010/G Brompton, North Yorkshire Y and historic significance Land At Water End, East of Bridge, Beauty and local recreational ALT/N/020/011/G Opp Cornerways, Brompton, North Yorkshire Y value Land at St Thomas's Church, Church View, ALT/N/020/012/G Brompton, North Yorkshire Y Beauty and historic significance 8 Key LGS Nominated Site PRoW Conservation Areas !( Listed Building Priority Habitat Inventory Main Habitat Deciduous woodland Traditional orchard ALT/N/020/011/G ALT/N/020/009/G ALT/N/020/010/G ALT/N/020/012/G 9 ALT/N/020/008/G ALT/N/110/034/G 0 0.25 0.5 ALT/N/110/041/G Kilometers ´ Brompton CRAKEHALL Crakehall sites Site Reference Site Address Allocation Reason for decision 10 Parcels of Land in Village Centre inc. Beauty, local recreational ALT/B/032/006/G The Green, Great Crakehall, North Yorkshire Y value and historic significance Amenity Land in Crakehall Beck, East of Bridge, Beauty and richness of its ALT/B/032/007/G Leyburn Road, Crakehall, North Yorkshire Y wildlife Recreation Area, Back Lane, Crakehall, ALT/B/032/008/G North Yorkshire Y Local recreational value Local recreational value, Kiln Garth Wood, Little Crakehall, tranquility and richness of ALT/B/032/009/G North Yorkshire Y its wildlife 10 Key LGS Nominated Site PRoW Conservation Areas !( Listed Building Priority Habitat Inventory Main Habitat Deciduous woodland ALT/B/032/009/G ALT/B/032/007/G 11 ALT/B/032/008/G ALT/B/032/006/G 0 0.25 0.5 Kilometers ´ CrakehallGreat Crakehall EASINGWOLD Easingwold sites Site Reference Site Address Allocation Reason for decision Communal Land Behind Hunters Close, Adjacent Local recreational value ALT/E/041/049/G to Gate Grains Lane, Easingwold, North Yorkshire Y and richness of wildlife Amenity Land To The Rear Of The Galtres ALT/E/041/050/G Centre, Market Place, Easingwold, North Yorkshire Y Local recreational value Land Including Cricket Ground and Recreation ALT/E/041/051/G Area, Back Lane, Easingwold, North Yorkshire Y Local recreational value Recreational Land, Millfield Lane, Easingwold, Tranquility, local recreational ALT/E/041/052/G North Yorkshire Y value and richness of wildlife Land at Mallison Hill, Adjacent