Green Space Strategy Survey- household and providers - a paper consultation

Description:

Parks and green open spaces provide multiple benefits to the communities they serve. Accordingly, there has been an increased awareness at government level of the importance of open space and this has been reflected in recent national planning policy guidance.

The Council has already audited all the existing green space within the District and commissioned a Green Infrastructure Study (2008). What is still required is a Green Space Strategy which will provide a vision and a detailed framework for the future provision of green space within Bolsover and which will inform polices in the emerging Local Development Framework.

The Local Development Framework policies derived from the Green Space Strategy will be subject to extensive public consultation.  These will make the associated policies in the Core Strategy far less susceptible to challenge.

The mail survey does not required to be publicised, it is a random sample survey of 3000 households in the District. A separate survey will also be sent to providers of green space within the District and they will be invited to attend one of four meetings/ workshops. These will provide quantitative data which will be used to inform the Green Space Strategy.

Download Consultation/Documents:
Other providers of green space survey - (546 K)
Parish Council providers of green space survey - (523 K)
Householders green space survey - (594 K)
Cover letter for household survey - (73 K)
Cover letter for other providers and Parish Councils - (67 K)
Young Peoples green space survey - (1.04 MB)

Start Date: 15/3/2010
End Date: 19/5/2010

Relevant topics: Environment, Children and young people, Well-being, Sport/Leisure, Planning, Older people

Project objectives:

To acquire the large scale quantitative data required to;

-          construct an accurate picture of the catchments of green spaces;

-          inform the greenspace value assessment by providing information on the most visited sites;

-          to gauge opinion on quantity and quality of greenspace provision.

-          Ascertain land owners plans for the future of green space within the District.

Reason for consultation:
The Green Space Strategy will inform and strengthen the policies relating to public open spaces in the Local Development Framework. The Local Development Framework policies derived from the Green Space Strategy will be subject to extensive public consultation. The consultation and the Green Space Strategy will help to provide evidence underpinning relevant policies in the LDF Core Strategy.