OPEN SPACE STRATEGY 2021-2026 DRAFT Background Report FOR COMMUNITY CONSULTATION JULY 2020 Contents 1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 5 1.1 Project Scope ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 6 2 Areas with Potential Higher Demand ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 3 Open space provision ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 14 3.1 Open Space Category .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 14 3.2 Open Space Hierarchy ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 19 3.3 Relationship between Category and Hierarchy ............................................................................................................................................................................ 23 4 Open Space Provision and Distribution ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 24 4.1 Provision of Open Space per Population ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 24 4.2 Distribution of Open Space .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 28 5 Walkable Neighbourhoods .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 33 6 Our changing urban form ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 38 7 Urban Heat Islands................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 47 8 Identifying priority areas ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 52 9 Tree canopy .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 53 10 Managing Stormwater ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 57 10.1 Current stormwater management on open space ........................................................................................................................................................................ 57 10.2 Review of recent developments ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 60 11 Sporting Open Space ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 65 11.1 Sporting Open Space Provision Benchmarking ........................................................................................................................................................................... 66 11.2 Sports Participation Data and Trends .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 66 11.3 Local knowledge of Demand for Sporting Open Space ............................................................................................................................................................... 69 11.4 Other considerations .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 69 DRAFT Open Space Strategy – Background Report 2 12 Appropriate planning processes ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 67 14 Open Space Framework .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 73 14.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 73 14.1.1 Definitions: ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 74 14.1.2 Open Space Framework Structure ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 75 14.2 Open Space Category .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 76 14.3 Open Space Hierarchy ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 77 14.4 Relationship between Category and Hierarchy ............................................................................................................................................................................ 78 15 Open Space Provision and Development Guidelines ...................................................................................................................................................................... 79 15.1 Sporting Open Space Guidelines ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 80 15.2 Golf Course Guidelines ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 91 15.3 Recreation Parks Guidelines ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 93 15.4 Natural Areas Guidelines ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 108 15.5 Linear Open Space Guidelines .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 111 15.6 Coastal Foreshore Guidelines .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 117 15.7 Streetscape Guidelines .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 122 15.8 Encumbered Land Guidelines 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