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Site
name: Spink Hall open space Zone:
Outer Zone Land
owner: SCC Leisure Services Date
of survey: 29-Feb-00 Current
management: Amenity grass area mown. Includes a
hard surface with playground
facilities. Proposed
management: Possible community garden
(community
gardens)
or pocket park (pocket
parks).
Landscape improvements (wildflower
meadows,
wildflower
bulb planting
and butterfly
gardens,
community
orchards).
Scope for multi-recreational sports facility
(?) 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
large public space consists primarily of amenity
grass, surrounded by housing. A large expanse of
tarmac, damaged in places with weeds growing
through it, is situated to the south of the site,
with two sets of swings, monkey bars and a bench.
The site appears uncared for by users with lots of
litter, fly tipping, and broken glass. There is a
patch of land that has been mown around which
contains large stacks of tree cuttings, probably
dumped there. Unintentionally,
this small area provides a haven for insects and
other wildlife. The margin of long unmown grass
right round the edge of the site also supports a
variety of wildlife. To the west side of the site,
there is a large band of this unmown grass, which
separates the amenity grass from roughly surfaced
access tracks to several garages. Bushes and trees
are dotted around the periphery of the site, as are
some self-set garden plants. Safety Although
the site is surrounded by houses, it has a
foreboding atmosphere, as it is often deserted and
appears uncared for by users. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. There
is evidence of dog walking (dog mess) and local
children occasionally use the playground area.
The
unimaginative play equipment could be supplemented
with new and alternative play options. A community
garden or wildlife area could be established.
Football nets and equipment for other ball games
could be set up on the large expanse of amenity
grass. 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 People 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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