Site name: Unsliven Road Triangle	Zone: Countryside Zone
Land owner: ?	Date of survey: 22-Feb-00
Current management: Very little, with scrub developing on the site.	Proposed management: Scrub control;maintain wildflower meadow.
SK25699900	Date of Visual Survey - Aug 2004	Click map to see details and location of photographs

The ideas and possibilities outlined below are designed to help members of the local community as they think about what could happen on this site. Nothing is fixed and alternative solutions may well emerge over the coming decade - it is for the local community to decide and enable it to happen. Email here to volunteer to help and to send your ideas, reactions, corrections to the SVP team.

1.	Visual Attributes - update 2004 This triangular section of land at the end of a grazing field is overgrown and appears to be totally neglected. Nettles, brambles and thistles dominate the lower central flat area along the southern edge and east corner of the site, from which a large number of trees emerge, mostly ash. Wild flowers (mainly vetch) and grasses cover a steep south-facing bank to the north side. Many insects are found on the site including bees, grasshoppers and butterflies. A stone wall forms the boundary, with a busy main road to the north edge and Unsliven Road to the south. Dumping of garden waste is evident just over the wall, probably from the houses on the adjacent Unsliven Road.
Safety The regular passing of traffic during the day would provide some surveillance of the site (but also unwanted noise) and the bank side would offer a comfortable and secure place to sit and enjoy the sun. Activities that the site supports at present Dumping of garden waste is common and desire lines on site suggest that it is used as a short cut through to the main road.	2.
3.	Activities that could be supported in the future The diversity of wildlife could be maintained and encouraged, with an area left with minimum intervention. The existing bank and trees could be incorporated into some form of informal play provision for local children. There is a bus stop on the corner of Unsliven Road - the site could accommodate seating for people waiting here. Seating could also be placed on the bank to take advantage of the sunny aspect.

Ecology

HABITAT TYPES FOUND ON SITE
	found 2002	aim by 2012		found 2002	aim by 2012
Amenity Grassland			Mosses and Bryophytes	*
Amenity Shrubs			Heath Land
Amenity Tree Planting			Wetlands
Amenity Flower Beds			Open Water
Amenity Hedges			Running Water
Rough Grassland	*		Cultivated/Disturbed Land
Acid Grassland			Bare Earth/Erosion
Marshy Grassland			Hedges
Trees Broadleaf			Walls	*
Trees Coniferous			Fences	*
Trees Mixed			Invasive Species
Scrub	*		Other (Please state)
Tall Herbs	*
Low Herbs and Shrubs (Native)	*
Amenity Bulb Planting

CURRENT USES
	found 2002	aim by 2012		found 2002	aim by 2012
FORMAL PROVISION			INFORMAL USES
Formal Pitches			Cycling
Formal Play Area			Jogging
Car Park			Walking
Seating			Shortcuts
Picnic Area			Desire Lines
Art Work			Motor Cycling
Dog Walking Area			Car Driving
Pavement			Car Parking
Footpath Network			Damaged Bollards/Fences
Steps			Vandalism
Cycle Paths			Graffiti
Trim Track			Litter (small)	*
Litter Bins			Fly Tipping
Dog Waste Bins			Burnt Out Cars
Formal Off-road Area			Fires
Bollards			Hanging Around
Lighting			Alcohol Drinking
Signs			Drug Taking
Interpretive Signs			Dog Mess
Hard Surfaces	*		Quiet Contemplation
Other (please state)			Sun Bathing
			Informal Play (state)
			Other Informal Uses (state)

Stocksbridge SRB5 Greenspace Audit undertaken by Jim Flanagan for Sheffield Wildlife Trust - see their Community Action Handbook - full of good ideas for your local site

Unsliven road

Stone Moor

Stone Moor Rugby Field

St Mary's Bolsterstone

Common Lane

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