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Site
name: Stubbin Community Centre open
space Zone:
Outer Zone Land
owner: SCC Housing Date
of survey: 9-March-00 Current
management: Mown amenity grass with broad-leaved
trees and seats. Hard surface parking area at rear
of Community Centre - used for car repairs by
youths. Proposed
management: Tree and shrub planting on areas 2
and 4. Wild flower/formal planting scheme on bed in
area 3. Community Garden on area south of centre
and rejig garages and parking area, then screen
with hedge planting/fence. 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 The
open space surrounding the community centre,
roundabout and shops on the Stubbin estate is
composed entirely of blocks of mown amenity grass.
This makes for a very monotonous landscape with no
features of interest, except for a bus stop, a
couple of benches and two birch trees (one of which
is dead), near the shops. A car park, for use only
by the patrons of the community centre, is located
at the back (south) of the building, with a couple
of concrete garages on its perimeter. Grass is
unmown around the edges of this car park. There is
quite a lot of litter, especially close to the
shops. The
site is surrounded by housing, so would seem safe
to use, but it looks a bit scruffy and groups of
teenagers often hang around the area, giving it a
slightly intimidating feel at times. Activities
that the site supports at
present Cars,
buses and pedestrians often pass through the site.
Groups of teenagers often gather in the area.
2. 3. 4. 5. A
lot of the mown grass could be replaced with less
maintenance intensive plantings, which would also
increase the visual quality of the space. Swathes
of meadow vegetation could work well in areas that
are not walked across, such as the traffic island
(see meadow planting at Fairleigh, near the Manor,
in Sheffield). 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 Road
verge - east side of Community Centre * 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
- damaged cars * 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
(road and traffic) * 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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