Site name: Deepcar Village Hall open space	Zone: Inner Zone
Land owner: SCC Housing	Date of survey: 9-Mar-00
Current management: Amenity grass area mown. Hedgerow on east side trimmed.	Proposed management: Thin out trees & shrubs. Remove damaged fencing. Reinforce hedge planting on SW side. Informal wildflower bulb planting & wildflower meadow planting. Lavender hedges along footpath.
	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.Use the email button at the bottom right to volunteer to help and also to send additional information and ideas for specific sites

1.	Visual Attributes - update 2004 This small enclosed site, surrounding Deepcar Village Hall, is bounded by St. Margaret Avenue to the north and Helliwell Lane to the east. A car park is situated to the south, divided from the site by a wooden fence, which is in a very bad state of repair. A path runs down the gentle slope of the site from the car park, guarded to the left side by a painted wooden post and rail fence. Mown amenity grass covers the ground to the east side of this path (bordered by a mixed hedge) and to the north of the hall. The grass is left unmown in the area to the west of the fence, above the hall. The site contains many trees, which are more densely planted on the southern half. Species include field maple, silver birch, aspen, cherry, willow and rowan.
Safety This site is enclosed and small in scale, giving a semi-private feel, so it is rarely entered by the public unless they are using the village hall. The dense tree planting may give a slightly foreboding feeling at night. Activities that the site supports at present Users of the village hall use the space in summer for outdoor seating on the grass and children play amongst the trees. A gala is held on this site and in the car park every summer.	2.
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	Activities that could be supported in the future Wildflower planting could be established in the area of unmown grass and multiple seating could also be provided.

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

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

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