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Site
name: Beechwood Road Zone:
Outer Zone Land
owner: SCC Housing Date
of survey: 15 March 2000 Current
management: Amenity grass area mown. Hard
surface with playground facilities. Proposed
management: Landscape improvements
(wildflower
bulb planting,tree
& shrub
planting,lavender
hedges,butterfly
gardens).
Improvements in play equipment
(play
equipment).
Repair of fence boundary on north side (or
replacement with 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. Email here to volunteer to help and to send your ideas, reactions, corrections to the SVP team. 1. Visual
Attributes -
update
2004 This
poorly-equipped playground in the middle of housing
is situated on the corner of Lilac Avenue and
Beechwood Road. The flat area of patched tarmac is
bounded to the south by a slightly sloped area of
amenity grass, with a telephone box and bin at the
top. A metal fence prevents children from running
onto Beechwood Road, although one segment of it has
been damaged by vandalism. A leylandii hedge
borders the eastern edge and a beech hedge lines
the site to the north. An area of mown grass with a
'No Ball Games' sign discouraging its use, lies in
front of this beech hedge. The site, though not an
eyesore, is dull and could be greatly improved.
The
fence to the north needs securing. The
site feels safe, as it is overlooked by housing and
has an open aspect. Activities
that the site supports at
present Children
do play on the swings, though the monkey bars are
rarely used. Generally the site is
underused. 2. 3. 4. The
unimaginative play equipment could be supplemented
with new and alternative play options. Mown grass
surrounding the site could be minimised and some
could be left unmown and sown with meadow-type
plants. 5.
Summer View of playground 6.
Grass bank by telephone box 7.
Steep banks - 1 8.
Steep banks and damaged fence 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
CURRENT
USES found
2002 aim
by 2012 found
2002 aim
by 2012 FORMAL
PROVISION INFORMAL
USES Formal
Pitches Cycling Formal
Play Area * Jogging Car
Park Walking Seating Shortcuts Picnic
Area Desire
Lines Art
Work Motor
Cycling Dog
Walking Area Car
Driving Pavement Car
Parking Footpath
Network Damaged
Bollards/Fences Steps Vandalism * Cycle
Paths Graffiti Trim
Track Litter
(small) Litter
Bins * Fly
Tipping Dog
Waste Bins Burnt
Out Cars Formal
Off-road Area Fires Bollards Hanging
Around Lighting Alcohol
Drinking Signs * Drug
Taking Interpretive
Signs Dog
Mess Hard
Surfaces * Quiet
Contemplation Other
(please state) Sun
Bathing Informal
Play (state) Other
Informal Uses (state) 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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