Public parks and gardens

Screen

Stages

• Backlog
• Screen
• Research

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These are the questions we answer during the Screen stage.

Answering them wil help us learn more about the Public parks and gardens consideration, determine if a data standard is required and whether we know enough to move on to the next stage.

• 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
  • Natural England
  • 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