Site name: Hole House Brook open space	Zone: Inner Zone
Land owner: Most in private ownership, but small areas owned by SCC Planning & Transport	Date of survey: 25-Feb-00
Current management: None, except the mowing of amenity grass area, flower bed and hedge trimming along public footpath.	Proposed management: Knotweed control and removal of non-native shrubs planted in tubs. Removal of litter and rubbish and some thinning of trees and shrubs.
	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 strip of mixed woodland runs down from Alpine Road, down Viola Bank and Coronation Road to Manchester Road at the bottom of the hill. A well-kept path passes through the site, part of which consists of the pavement next to Coronation Road. The woodland along this road drops steeply to gardens at the bottom and is densely planted. Towards the lower (north) part of the wood the path, which is bounded by a garden wall to the east and a well-maintained hawthorn hedge to the west, changes to steps. Japanese knotweed appears to be rife on this site. This area of woodland provides a lovely setting for housing and a green link down the valley. Safety The dense planting and steep banking deter use of most of the woodland and the trees next to the paths may create a threatening environment for pedestrians.
Activities that the site supports at present Paths through the site are used regularly and the woodland provides for informal play. Muddy tracks down the bank suggest that people cut down it to access the housing at the bottom. Garden waste is dumped over the fence in the wood next to Coronation Road. Activities that could be supported in the future Adventurous play could be encouraged on the site, exploiting the natural topography and woodland. A network of paths throughout the site would make it more accessible, possibly linking it to surrounding footpaths.	2.
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7.	Ideas for change This site is a special landscape feature of Stocksbridge, which has the potential for considerable improvement. As such, the Tenants' Association and other local bodies need to be consulted about what changes they would like to see. Woodland management of the site is needed, including thinning work, and planting shrubs in the pocket park at the lower end of the site. It is suggested that access to the footpath be opened. There is a potential problem with the cherry laurel which has been recently planted, as it is a very invasive species - another shrub could be substituted. There is also a problem with another invasive species spoiling the site - Japanese knotwood needs controlling.
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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	*		Informal bulb planting on some parts of the site	*
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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