2 Produced for the South Downs National Park Authority by Associates from the Environment X Change. www.environmentxchange.co.uk Main Authors GIS Analyst Sharon Bayne BSc MSc MCIEEM Val Hyland BA Dip LA (Hons) PGCert. UD Megan Davies BSc MSc Blackwood Bayne Ltd, 8 Herts Crescent, Val Hyland Consulting [email protected] Loose, Maidstone, Kent ME15 0AX Silverthorn, Scotton Street, Wye, Kent 07745 130062 s [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 01622 746316 01233 812195 Contributing Authors Lynnette Leeson BSc (Hons), Dip TP. M.R.T.P.I. Andrea Byerley BA(Hons) MSc Hares Landscape and Planning, Dale Cottage, Byerley Ltd, 8 The Mount, High Street, Bidborough, West Burton, West Sussex RH20 1HD Tunbridge Wells, Kent [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 01892 529541 Acknowledgements This study would not have been possible without the input and support from many people across the study area. The authors would like to thank the many people who contributed time, data and knowledge to this study. These include officers from the SDNPA (Ray Drabble, Nick Heasman, Bruce Middleton, Jeremy Burgess, Nigel James, Chris Paterson, Allison Thorpe and other members of the project steering group), Natural England (Marian Ashdown, Angela Marlow, Jenny Bowen), Sussex Wildlife Trust (Janyis Watson, Laura Brook), Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust (Clive Chatters), National Trust (Jane Cecil), Steve Lees (Test Valley) for information on PUSH and the many officers from the study area districts who provided information and data. 3 Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Accessible Natural Greenspace ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Health and Other Socio-Economic Factors ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 10 Development .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Recreation and Biodiversity ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13 The Access and Public Transport Network .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 15 The Coast ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16 Review of Sub-Regional Green Infrastructure Policy and Delivery - ‘PUSH’ Area ............................................................................................................................... 17 Part 1 – Introduction and Background ............................................................................................................................................................. 18 Scope and Purpose of the Study ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 19 Study Area ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Structure of this Report .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 21 Part 2 – Analyses ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 23 Accessible Natural Greenspace ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 24 Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 24 Analyses ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 26 Summary of Key Points .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 45 Discussion ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 46 Health and Other Socio-Economic Factors .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 47 Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 47 Data Sources - Health ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 48 Data Sources – Socio-Economic Factors .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 49 Analyses - Health .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 49 4 Analyses – Other Socio–Economic Factors ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 53 Discussion ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 60 Development ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 61 Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 61 Analyses ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 62 Existing Major Populations .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 69 Population Projections .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 69 Discussion ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................