Site name: Ridal Close 'dead' space	Zone: Inner Zone
Land owner: SCC Housing	Date of survey: 7-Mar-00
Current management: Areas of amenity grass are mown	Proposed management: Extend area of grass & re-sow with a wildflower mix. Move parking spaces forward to create a bed in front of wall for wall climbers.
	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.

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Visual Attributes - update 200 This site feels enclosed and sheltered, surrounded by housing. A tall concrete retaining wall to the south edge creates a blank, unfriendly screen, below which lies a row of concrete pads (possibly old foundations for garages?). The space is of considerable size and is mainly surfaced in tarmac, which has grass and weeds growing through it in places. Left over corners of the site are filled in with mown grass. Graffiti covers part of the concrete wall. Although the place feels dead and neglected, used only for extra parking and as a turn-around spot, its great views and sheltered position give it a lot of potential.	Activities that the site supports at present The site is currently used for overspill parking and a vehicle turning area. Safety The site is overlooked by houses, but is unused and appears neglected, giving it a slightly hostile air.
Activities that could be supported in the future The majority of residents living in and around the site are elderly and the site should accommodate their needs. A local resident stated a wish for garages, which could be built here on the existing foundations.  More interesting planting could replace the areas of dull mown grass, or these spaces could be taken over by adjacent private gardens.	Ideas for change It is suggested that the potential for using the south facing concrete was for something should be explored; at the least ivy or a similar cover plant could be grown to hide the wall. The site needs a general clear up. Discuss with the Council the possibilities for future development.

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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