EHDC Appendix E

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Appendix E: Proposed Quantity and Accessibility Standards for Open Space

Appendix E: Proposed Quantity and Accessibility Standards for Open Space

Typology

Typology Parks and gardens Parks and gardens

Proposed Quantity Standard

Proposed Accessibility Standard

Justification

Proposed Quantity 1.03 ha/1000 head of is the current provisionJustification of publicly accessible • Sub-Regional –Proposed 3.2km This Accessibility • Local – 400m Standard population Standard Local Parks and Gardens in East Hampshire based on 2017 population data. Queen and 1.03 ha/1000 head of This Elizabeth is the current provision of • Sub-Regional – 3.2km Staunton Country Park have been excluded from • Local – 400m population Local Parks and Gardens in Ea the 1.02 ha/1,000 head of population standard, on 2017 population data.

Quee whilst these sites have been allocated park and garden as a typology, theseStaunton strategic sites containPark have b Country large sections of land managed as natural and semithe 1.02 ha/1,000 head of pop natural landscapes. Inclusion of these sites in whilst these sites have been al the provision standard would significantly increase garden as a typology, these st the provision standard, making the standard unachievable in the East Hampshire context. of land manage large sections

natural landscapes. Inclusion o

Open spaces which are not accessible to the public thethis provision standard would s have not been included within calculation.

the provision standard, making

Natural and semi-natural green space

1.8 ha/1000 head of population

Green corridor Amenity green space

N/A 0.31 ha /1000 head of population

• Sub-Regional 3.2km • District – 1.2km • Local – 400m N/A 400m

Setting the standard at thisunachievable level of provisionin willthe East Hamp ensure that provision should not fall below the existing quantity per 1,000 head of population as the Open spaces which are not ac population grows. not been included within Based on the Fields in Trusthave standard.

Setting the standard at this lev that provision should n This is the current provisionensure of publicly accessible existing quantity per 1,000 hea allotments in East Hampshire based on 2017 population. population grows.

Based on the Fields in Trust st Sub-Regional 3.2km District – 1.2km Local – 400m

• • • Green corridor N/A N/A Typology Proposed Quantity Proposed Accessibility Justification Amenity green space Standard 0.31 ha /1000 Standard head of 400m This is the current provision of in East Hampshire b Allotments 0.1 ha/1000 population head of 1.2km This is the current provisionallotments of publicly accessible population amenity green space in East Hampshire based on population.

Natural and semi-natural green space

1.8 ha/1000 head of population

2017 population.

Churchyard or cemetery Provision for children

N/A 0.53 sites per 1000 head of population

N/A 480m

This is based on the current provision of play spaces in East Hampshire.

Setting the standard at this level of provision will ensure that provision should (as a minimum) not fall below the existing quantity per 1000 head of population as the population grows.

Provision for young people

0.27 sites per 1000 head of population

600m

Guided by the Fields in Trust guidance for Outdoor Sport and Play – Beyond the Six Acre Standard.

This is based on the current provision of play spaces in East Hampshire.

Setting the standard at this level of provision will ensure that provision should (as a minimum) not fall below the existing quantity per 1000 head of population as the population grows.

Guided by the Fields in Trust guidance for Outdoor Sport and Play – Beyond the Six Acre Standard.

Quantity standard for all open space

3.24 ha/1000 head of population

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