Site name: Stocksbridge Fire Station open space	Zone: Inner Zone
Land owner: SCC land (sold or vested)	Date of survey: 29-Feb-00
Current management: Not frequently cut and, therefore, a good sward develops in summer. Hedges trimmed.	Proposed management: Maintain wildflower sward and hedge management.
	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 Short mown grass with mature trees wrap round the fire station and car park. A neat clipped hawthorn hedge bounds the south and west edge of the site and a wooden fence to the east separates it from the grounds of Newton Grange nursing home. Manchester Road runs along the north side of the site. Although well maintained, the space is somewhat lacking in visual interest. Safety The regular passing of traffic and pedestrians provides surveillance of the site, although the busy road and passing through of high speed emergency vehicles would be a hazard. Activities that the site supports at present The greenspace around the fire station is currently unused as it is authority owned and is assumed to be inaccessible to the public.
Activities that could be supported in the future Due to the nature of the site, it is unlikely that people other than those working there can enter and use it. A more visually appealing planting scheme could be introduced to replace some of the mown grass and outdoor seating could also be provided.	2.
3.	Ideas for change It is suggested that the daffodil planting that has already been done around the entrances should be enhanced by more planting of ornamental bulbs. The hedge should be monitored for becoming 'leggy'. Note: The large trees down the south side of the site need preserving.

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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