Site name: Smith Road open spaces	Zone: Inner Zone
Land owner: ?	Date of survey: 25-Feb-00
Current management: Mown amenity grass	Proposed management: Re-locate bin away from seat. Some tree or shrub planting. Create bed along wall on east space for shrubs & flowers. Lavender hedges?
	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.

1.	Visual Attributes - update 2004 This site, which has little aesthetic value, consists of two triangular shaped islands of mown amenity grass, bounded by streets. Smith Road segregates the two areas; the lower one to the north slopes down, and the other, to the southern side, lies flat. A large ash tree and hawthorn bushes line the east edge of the lower triangle, with an informal rubble footpath running in front of them. A bin, bench and  post box face onto Smith Road on the south edge. The top triangle does not contain any notable features other than a footpath which runs across its middle, and a concrete foundation for seats on the west side.
Safety The site is fairly safe, with plenty of surveillance provided by surrounding houses and passing vehicles and pedestrians. Park Drive which runs along the west of the site is quite a busy through road, however, and may be a danger to children playing there. Activities that the site supports at present The site is only used to walk across. The bench is used rarely as there is a poor view from it.	2.
3.	Activities that could be supported in the future The amount of amenity grass could be reduced, replacing it with other less-maintenance intensive (and much more aesthetically pleasing) plants. The position of the bench could be re-sited, possibly in front of the hawthorns.
Ideas for change It is suggested that the mowing area be reduced, mowing only the edges of the site. Shrubs and trees could be planted up within the inner area of the site and a hedge could be planted to complement existing planting. Tree surgery to be carried out where necessary. It is also suggested that the footpath be surfaced to urban specifications (tarmac), so that it can be adopted.

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			Royal Mail safe box	*
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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