Site name: Bracken Moor allotment site	Zone: Outer Zone
Land owner: SCC Housing	Date of survey: 29 February 2000
Current management: Allotments - some vacant plots	Proposed management: Landscape improvements (edible plants,herb spirals,butterfly gardens,lavender hedges), and/or central communal garden area with seating, beds, pergolas etc.
	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 These allotments are well protected from the weather (and vandalism), bounded to the east by Bracken Moor playing fields, screened off by a tall hawthorn hedge, and enclosed on the other three sides by housing. The allotments are well kept and regularly occupied with only a couple of unused, overgrown plots. There is a very attractive (and productive) community garden on site which grows many vegetables, fruit and flowers. A wide grassy track runs around the edge and through the middle of the site, allowing vehicle as well as pedestrian access to the plots via a padlocked entrance.  The only other way of entering the site is through the private gardens of surrounding houses.
Safety The site is enclosed and surrounded by housing, so it feels very secure and safe to enter and use.  Activities the site supports at present The site is used for growing fruit, vegetables and other plants.	2.
3.	Activities that could be supported in the future The unused plots could be advertised.  Communal seating could be provided on site for allotment holders. Temporary fencing could be replaced with a more attractive permanent barrier, such as a wooden post and rail.
4. and 5.
	Ideas for change The Community Gardening Group is heavily involved in the maintenance of these allotments. It is suggested that the allotment holders should meet and discuss what improvements they would like to see here. Current gaps in the hedge on the east side of the site could be planted up; it could become a mixed hedge. The paths are already wheelchair usable and raised beds are accessible, but are there other suggestions that might be adopted to help people with disabilities?

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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