Community Assembly Update SWCA Members Briefing January 2011 Parks and Countryside Delivering Quality Open Spaces (Sheffield Standard)

Improving Green and Open Spaces (3% year-on-year increase in the number of sites that meet the Sheffield Standard) Green Flag achievements (at least 1 in each Community Assembly area) 23 Selected Play Sites Delivered 200 Allotment plots brought into productive use Site for Urban Food Growing created Local Nature Sites/SSSIs – into active management Promote/deliver tree planting (3000) Income Generation – supporting sustainable management Action Plans (including Health & Activity, Education & Learning) Customer engagement/ Community Involvement Welcoming Spaces Sheffield’s Green and Open Space Strategy Key Deliverables – first 2 years

Wider Neighbourhood survey 2006 and Local Resident Survey 2008 which provide the evidence for local open space needs. What need does quality improvement meet?

2008 Quality Audit What need does quality improvement meet?

What is the Sheffield Standard? 1. Welcoming 2. Good and safe access 3. Signage 4. Equal access for all 5. Community Involvement 6. Safe equipment & facilities 7. Personal security in park 8. Dog Fouling 9. Appropriate provision of facilities 10. Quality of facilities 11. Litter & waste management 12. Grounds maintenance, horticulture and habitat management 13. Building, infrastructure &/or equipment maintenance South West 2010/11 Quality improvement sites Pilot site Identified Improvements Totley Brook Road (33) Site signs and seating. Strimming/ cutting back of hedges and entrances and removing fly-tipping. Tree Planting to provide increased shade. Totley Hall Road (34) Signage and seats, strimming/ cutting back of hedges and entrances. Goals need painting and the tennis net fixing. Gillfield Wood (44) Signage. Picnic benches, woodland benches and a litter bin. There is a need for repairs to a dry wall and a crushed brick Path. Categories of assessment :

Years No. of Sites reaching Sheffield Standard 20 year plan 123 Sheffield Standard Within the 20-year lifetime of the Green and Open Space Strategy all of Sheffield’s publicly accessible Green and Open Spaces will at least meet and sustain Sheffield Standard Approx. 900 sites A step change in the quality of sites year on year Continuous improvement – to sustain the quality of existing Sheffield Standard sites

What is the Sheffield Standard? Welcoming Good safe access, signage and interpretation, and access for all

Safe & Secure What is the Sheffield Standard? Safe equipment and facilities, dog fouling, site presence, good sight lines and good health and safety standards

Clean & well maintained Good play provision No Swings What is the Sheffield Standard? Litter, waste management and vandalism addressed. Horticulture and habitat management

v South West Community Assembly, 2008 PPG17 Audit Results