Site name: Don Field open space	Zone: Inner Zone
Land owner: SCC Housing	Date of survey: 29-Feb-00
Current management: Amenity grass area mown.	Proposed management: As a community park with some wet wildflower meadow areas, lines of trees developed into hedges on east side and improved play facilities. A good location for outdoor events.
	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 site is largely comprised of mown amenity grass, with the Little Don River forming the curved northern boundary, lined by trees, and the back gardens of adjoining houses constituting the southern boundary. This south edge has a scalloped margin of unmown grass and scrub separating the amenity grassland from the gardens and providing habitat for wildlife. A public footpath runs through the middle of this large site from Mill Lane on the east side. A set of four swings sit on a rectangle of tarmac near this entrance.
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Safety This area feels quite safe, as the footpath is used regularly and the site is a very tranquil and a pleasant place to walk through, being by the river and surrounded by trees. Activities that the site supports at present The public right of way is well used by bikers and walkers. The field is used regularly for summer events, such as galas and fun fairs.
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Activities that could be supported in the future Some wildflower planting could be established in the margin of unmown grass and an area could be provided for walkers to sit or picnic.
8.	Ideas for change This is a well-used site with a public footpath running through which forms part of the Little Don Walk. The grassland is used periodically for fairs. This large site has potential for a wider range of use and this should be explored with Leisure Services. Meanwhile, it is suggested that rubbish be cleared from the 'neck' of the site to the south west and the footpath be opened out. Some trees could be thinned. More shrubs and wildflowers could be planted to enhance the visual quality of the site; some planting could be done on the bank of rough grassland on the south side.

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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