4.4.5 - Open space character areas

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Object

Ridgeons, Cromwell Road: Supplementary Planning Document

Representation ID: 30877

Received: 07/03/2016

Respondent: Chris Smith

Representation Summary:

Insufficient greenspace of a poor design and not meeting local plan standards for allotments and sports.

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Area 1. The existing "Retained vegetation" cannot be retained as it will need to be removed for construction. The balancing pond and most of the trees will need to be removed in this area.
Area 2. This space is too narrow and overlooked to be of utility; furthermore it is bounded by a road on one side.
Area 3. Too many functions are included for such a small space.
No provision is made within the greenspace design for formal sports or for allotments, both of which need to be provided under local plan policy. We request that the greenspace is redesigned to run west-east across the site centre and extended to include sports provision and allotments. This was raised repeatedly during consultation events.

Object

Ridgeons, Cromwell Road: Supplementary Planning Document

Representation ID: 30900

Received: 07/03/2016

Respondent: EMRAG

Representation Summary:

The open space is too narrow - it looks more like a verge than an open space. Where is the area for ball games or play areas that do not disturb neighbours ? Where are the allotments ? The informal wild area is appears to be in an overshaddowed corner over looked by the proposed marque building.

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The open space is too narrow - it looks more like a verge than an open space. Where is the area for ball games or play areas that do not disturb neighbours ? Where are the allotments ? The informal wild area is appears to be in an overshaddowed corner over looked by the proposed marque building.

Object

Ridgeons, Cromwell Road: Supplementary Planning Document

Representation ID: 30905

Received: 07/03/2016

Respondent: Eleanor Gray

Representation Summary:

The extent to which open space is actually used is largely dependent on it being private. Back gardens, where children can play securely while parents are busy in the house are vastly more used than open spaces dissociated from individual dwellings, for example, the silent greens in front on Pym court. I would therefore support houses with private gardens over flats with a large open play area.

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The extent to which open space is actually used is largely dependent on it being private. Back gardens, where children can play securely while parents are busy in the house are vastly more used than open spaces dissociated from individual dwellings, for example, the silent greens in front on Pym court. I would therefore support houses with private gardens over flats with a large open play area. This concern also affects section 2.9 as the types of housing are described without any reference to the proportion of housing in the study area that they represent. Looking at the housing types, you'd think that half of the nearby area was made up of flats (4/8), and only a quarter (two types out of eight) were Victorian. In reality, houses, and specifically Victorian houses, make up the bulk of the housing in the local area and should therefore influence the development of the site proportionately.