Pittville Park Green Flag Award and Green Heritage Site Management Plan 2016 – 2026 Reviewed January 2020 1 2 Contents 1.0 Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 5 2.0 General information about the park .......................................................................................................... 8 2.1 Legal Issues ................................................................................................................................................... 8 2.2 Strategic Significance of Pittville Park ........................................................................................................ 10 2.3 Surveys and Assessments undertaken ........................................................................................................ 13 2.4 Community Involvement ............................................................................................................................ 13 2.5 Current management structure .................................................................................................................. 15 3.0 Historical Development............................................................................................................................ 18 3.1 The heritage importance of the park .......................................................................................................... 18 3.2 History of the park - timeline ...................................................................................................................... 20 3.3.1 Character Area 1 - Pump Room Lawns ............................................................................................... 23 3.3.2 Character Area 2 - The Upper Lake ..................................................................................................... 24 3.3.3 Character Area 3 - Pittville Lawns ....................................................................................................... 25 3.3.4 Character Areas 4 & 7- Agg Gardner Recreation Ground ................................................................... 26 3.3.5 Character Area 5 - The Lower Lake ..................................................................................................... 27 3.3.6 Character Area 6 - Marle Hill............................................................................................................... 30 3.3.7 Character Area 9 - Pittville Gates (the Grand Entrance) ..................................................................... 30 3.3.8 Character Area 10 - Wildlife area ........................................................................................................ 30 3.4 Restoration ................................................................................................................................................. 31 3.5 Research ..................................................................................................................................................... 31 4.0 Vision ....................................................................................................................................................... 32 5.0 Management and Development of the park ............................................................................................ 33 5.1 The management team .............................................................................................................................. 33 5.2 Character areas .......................................................................................................................................... 33 5.2.1 Character Area 1 – Pump Room Lawns ............................................................................................... 35 5.2.2 Character Area 2 – Upper Lake ........................................................................................................... 36 5.2.3 Character Area 3 – Pittville Lawns ...................................................................................................... 37 5.2.4 Character Area 4 – Agg Gardner Recreation Ground .......................................................................... 37 5.2.5 Character Area 5 – Lower Lake ........................................................................................................... 38 5.2.6 Character Area 6 – Marle Hill .............................................................................................................. 39 5.2.7 Character Area 7 – Agg Gardner west ................................................................................................. 39 5.2.8 Character Area 9 – Pittville Gates ....................................................................................................... 40 5.2.9 Character Area 10 – Wildlife area ....................................................................................................... 40 6. Qualitative Analysis ................................................................................................................................... 41 6.1 Welcoming Place ........................................................................................................................................ 41 6.2 Healthy, safe and secure ............................................................................................................................ 42 6.3 Well maintained and clean ......................................................................................................................... 43 3 6.4 Environmental management ...................................................................................................................... 45 6.5 Biodiversity, landscape and heritage.......................................................................................................... 46 6.6 Community involvement............................................................................................................................. 47 6.7 Marketing and communications ................................................................................................................ 48 6.8 Management .............................................................................................................................................. 49 7. Inspection and Maintenance ...................................................................................................................... 49 7.1 Buildings and other structures ................................................................................................................... 49 7.2 Play area and equipment ........................................................................................................................... 49 7.3 Infrastructure ............................................................................................................................................. 50 7.4 Soft landscape ............................................................................................................................................ 50 7.5 Trees ........................................................................................................................................................... 51 7.6 Pests ........................................................................................................................................................... 51 7.7 Green Space Volunteers ............................................................................................................................. 51 7.7 The aviaries ................................................................................................................................................ 51 8. Finance ...................................................................................................................................................... 51 9. Monitoring and Reviews ............................................................................................................................ 52 9.1 Customer satisfaction ................................................................................................................................. 52 9.2 Reviews ....................................................................................................................................................... 52 Summary of the 2018 Review ...................................................................................................................... 67 10. Action Plan .............................................................................................................................................. 54 11. Appendices ....................................................................................................................................... 67 Summary of the 2017 Review ........................................................................................................................... 68 Summary of the 2016 Review ........................................................................................................................... 69 Summary of the 2008 to 2015 Review ............................................................................................................. 70 4 1.0 Introduction Cheltenham is a town in Gloucestershire on the edge of the Cotswolds area. Just to the north of Cheltenham is Pittville