There is a deficiency in the Dalston neighbourhood of open space As soon as the definition of what constitutes public open space diverges from the legal definition to the open spaces of a neighbourhood, with their different ownerships and bylaws, maintenance schedules and aspirations, a different picture emerges. Put together the open space encapsulated in the estates constitutes a significant green asset that the study has sought to highlight for events, planting, growing and play. The estate landscapes of Somerford Grove, Rhodes and Shellgrove Estates also offer clear potential for enhancing permeability for cycling and pedestrians to connect the place where people live better with the high street, schools and transport infrastructure. There is the potential to extend and frame the playable landscapes of the Hackney Play Pathfinder so that the route is a playable landscaped ammenity. The project identifies a kit of parts for improvements, evolved from consultations with the TRA’s of the estates and Hackney Homes. These can be packaged and implemented incrementally as green playable routes. In addition we include in this section the unused and startegically located feral landscape of the Eastern Curve. Consultation Hackney Homes TRA’s Somerford Grove and Rhodes Estate
PROJECT THEME 8 — GREEN ROUTES
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