Community Assembly Update SWCA Members Briefing January 2011 Parks and Countryside Delivering Quality Open Spaces (Sheffield Standard)
Jan 17, 2016
Community AssemblyUpdate
SWCA Members Briefing January 2011
Parks and Countryside
Delivering Quality Open Spaces (Sheffield Standard)
• Improving Green and Open Spaces (3% year-on-year increase in the
number of sites that meet the Sheffield Standard)• Green Flag achievements (at least 1 in each Community Assembly area)• 23 Selected Play Sites Delivered• 200 Allotment plots brought into productive use• Site for Urban Food Growing created• Local Nature Sites/SSSIs – into active management• Promote/deliver tree planting (3000)• Income Generation – supporting sustainable management• Action Plans (including Health & Activity, Education & Learning)• Customer engagement/ Community Involvement• Welcoming Spaces
Sheffield’s Green and Open Space Strategy
Key Deliverables – first 2 years
Wider Neighbourhood survey 2006 and Local Resident Survey 2008 which provide the evidence for local open space needs.
Local resident's perceived barriers to use
0%2%4%6%8%
10%12%14%16%18%
DogFouling
Vandalism Don't feelsafe
Lack offacilities
Age/Disability
Quality offacilities
Too faraway
Lack ofdisabledaccess/facilities
Too manyroads to
cross
What need does quality improvement meet?
2008 Quality Audit
Numbers of sites above/below Sheffield Standard per Community Assembly (Overall 647 of 917 sites below Sheffield Standard)
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What need does quality improvement meet?
What is the Sheffield Standard?
1. Welcoming2. Good and safe access3. Signage 4. Equal access for all5. Community Involvement6. Safe equipment & facilities7. Personal security in park 8. Dog Fouling 9. Appropriate provision of facilities10. Quality of facilities11. Litter & waste management12. Grounds maintenance,
horticulture and habitat management
13. Building, infrastructure &/or equipment maintenance
South West 2010/11Quality improvement sites
Pilot site Identified Improvements
Totley Brook Road (33)
Site signs and seating.Strimming/ cutting back ofhedges and entrances andremoving fly-tipping. TreePlanting to provideincreased shade.
Totley Hall Road (34)
Signage and seats, strimming/ cutting back of hedges and entrances. Goals need painting and the tennis net fixing.
Gillfield Wood (44)
Signage. Picnic benches,woodland benches and alitter bin. There is a needfor repairs to a dry wall and a crushed brickPath.
Categories of assessment:
Years
No. ofSites reaching Sheffield Standard
20 year plan1 2 3
Sheffield Standard
Within the 20-year lifetime of the Green and Open Space Strategy all of Sheffield’s publicly accessible Green and Open Spaces will at least meet and sustain Sheffield Standard
Approx. 900 sites
A step change in the quality of sites year on year
Continuous improvement – to sustain the quality of existing Sheffield Standard sites
What is the Sheffield Standard?
Welcoming Good safe access, signage and interpretation, and access for all
Safe & Secure
What is the Sheffield Standard?Safe equipment and facilities, dog fouling, site presence, good sight lines and good health and safety standards
Clean & well maintained
Good play provision
No Swings
What is the Sheffield Standard?
Litter, waste management and vandalism addressed. Horticulture and habitat management
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South West Community Assembly, 2008 PPG17 Audit Results