Planning consideration

Public parks and gardens

Accessible, high quality opportunities for informal recreation and community events, including urban parks, country parks, regional parks, forest parks, and formal gardens

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• Design stage: Co-design
• Tags:
  • local plan
  • amenity
  • leisure
  • constraint

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• Synonyms: No synonyms added
• Legislation: No legislation added
• Expected number of records: Unknown
• Frequency of updates: Every 6 months
• Useful links: No useful links added
• Technical specification: No specification added

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Background information

Each planning consideration we work on passes through the stages of our design process, where we research and answer specific questions to help us collect more information.

Backlog

• Who asked for 'Public parks and gardens' data?

  Identified by the Geospatial Commission as a national dataset to make data easier to find for the sector.

• What is the driver for the request?

  Other

• Which 2024 focus area does the request support?

  • Modern planning software
  • Faster local plans

Screen

• What is the 'Public parks and gardens' consideration?

  Accessible, high quality opportunities for informal recreation and community events, including urban parks, country parks, regional parks, forest parks, and formal gardens

• Is there legislation that defines 'Public parks and gardens'?

  No

• Who, in law, is responsible for the planning consideration or makes decisions about 'Public parks and gardens'?

  There is no legislation outlining this, but we expect that LPAs are responsible for making decisions on public parks and gardens as it is a local designation.

• Which organisations do we think should publish the data?

  • Local authorities
  • Ordnance Survey

• Is the Public parks and gardens a trigger?

  No

• Is the Public parks and gardens something to consult during plan making?

  Yes

  • Provide information about when Public parks and gardens is used during plan making

    LPAs are likely to have locally designated public parks and gardens, which are accessible, high quality opportunities for informal recreation and community events, including urban parks, country parks, regional parks, forest parks, and formal gardens. The presence of these will likely be assessed through an open space study, and when planning for growth, new public parks and garden provision will be modelled, and be expected to be delivered through development. This provision is likely to be identified through an Infrastructure Delivery Plan.

• Is there any Public parks and gardens data already available?

  Yes

  • What Public parks and gardens data is currently available?

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      • url: https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/products/os-open-greenspace#overview
      • name: OS Open Greenspace
      • fields: id;function;distinctiveName1;distinctiveName2;distinctiveName3;distinctiveName4;geometry
      • licence: OpenData - Open Government Licence
      • coverage: National
      • publisher: Ordnance Survey
      • attribution: n/a
      • metadata_url: https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/documents/product-support/tech-spec/os-open-greenspace-technical-specification.pdf

• Do we think the data should come from a single source?

  Yes, the data already exists nationally and openly. As per some research summarised in this blog, we will use the national data in the interim, but long term would like to collect this data from LPAs.

• Will a data standard be required?

  No

Research

• Do we understand the lifecycle of a Public parks and gardens?

• Do we understand how the data is created/produced?

• Where will or should the data be used?

• What other planning considerations does it interact with?

  Other local open space designations:

  Amenity Greenspace Natural and Semi-Natural Greenspace Children’s play space Allotments Cemeteries Playing pitches Other outdoor sports

• Who are the statutory consultees for Public parks and gardens?

  Natural England

• Other than the statutory consultees who are the primary users of Public parks and gardens? How do we expect them to use Public parks and gardens?

• What are the planning needs for this data?

  LPAs are likely to have locally designated public parks and gardens, which are accessible, high quality opportunities for informal recreation and community events, including urban parks, country parks, regional parks, forest parks, and formal gardens. The presence of these will likely be assessed through an open space study, and when planning for growth, new public parks and garden provision will be modelled, and be expected to be delivered through development. This provision is likely to be identified through an Infrastructure Delivery Plan.

• Who are the types of users who might benefit from having access to Public parks and gardens data?

• What are some potential uses of Public parks and gardens data?

• What's the value of adding Public parks and gardens data to the platform?

• From what we have learnt so far are there any risks to making Public parks and gardens data available?

  Through the research of the available open national dataset, there appear to be no immediate risks to adding this data to the platform.

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2 updates

• Claire Miller (26 September 2024)

  As per some research we did, summarised in this blog on an analysis of local plans and local area requirements, we're confident that this consideration acts as an INPUT to the process of creating a local plan.

• Kieran Wint (04 September 2024)

  This data is currently nationally available as per the OS Open Greenspace dataset, which we will look to use initially.

  However, as a result of our research on open space typologies we will eventually look to collect this data from LPAs individually, with it encapsulating 'accessible, high quality opportunities for informal recreation and community events, including urban parks, country parks, regional parks, forest parks, and formal gardens.'

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Last updated: 2024-12-03 08:19:35