Background, Purpose and Scope of Study - Calderdale...Background, Purpose and Scope of Study 1 Introduction 4 2 Background 5 3 Purpose of Study 6 4 Policy Context 7 Calderdale Context

Background, Purpose and Scope of Study

41 Introduction

52 Background

63 Purpose of Study

74 Policy Context

Calderdale Context

85 Profile

96 Indices of Multiple Deprevation (IMD)

117 Demographics

128 Population

139 Age

1410 Migration

1511 Unitary Development Plan

1612 Calderdale Biodiversity Action Plan

1713 Types of Open Space, Sports and Recreation Facilities

Assessment and Audit Approach

1814 Methodology

1915 Background Information

2016 Site Visits

2117 Open Spaces

2218 Provision for Children and Teenagers

2319 Database Development

2420 Quality

2521 Value

2622 GIS Analysis

2823 Analysis Areas

Contents

Findings of the Study

2924 Summary of Consultation Findings

3125 Typology Based Assessment and Analysis

31Parks and Gardens

31Natural and Semi-Natural Greenspaces

32Green Corridors

36Amenity Greenspace

36Provision for Children and Teenagers

37Allotments, Community Gardens and Urban Farms

38Cemeteries, Churchyards and other Burial Grounds

39Civic Spaces

39Outdoor Sports Facilities

4126 Area Based Assessment and Analysis

41Typology Site Lists

41Accessibility Mapping

41Brighouse

50Elland and Greetland/Stainland

58Halifax

76Hebden Bridge

85Mytholmroyd (including Luddenden Dean and Cragg Vale)

93Northowram and Shelf

96Ripponden (Ryburn Valley)

102Sowerby Bridge

107Todmorden

Summary of Recommendations

11527 Strategic Vision and Aims

11628 Strategic Framework for Open Space Improvements

116Parks and Gardens

116Natural and Semi-Natural Greenspaces

Contents

Green Corridors 116

117Amenity Greenspace

117Provision for Children and Teenagers

117Allotments, Community Gardens and City Farms

117Cemeteries, Disused Churchyards and Burial Grounds

117Civic Space

References

11929 References

Appendices

1201 Site Visit Pro-forma

1282 2006 Play Pro-forma

1293 Quality Criteria and Weighting

1384 Value Criteria

1435 Play Criteria

1446 Regional Green Corridor Descriptions


1548 Accessibility Mapping

1548.1 Brighouse

1618.2 Elland and Greetland/Stainland

1688.3 Halifax

1758.4 Hebden Bridge

1828.5 Mytholmroyd (including Luddendean and Cragg Vale)

1898.6 Northowram and Shelf

1968.7 Ripponden (Ryburn Valley)

2038.8 Sowerby Bridge

2108.9 Todmorden

Contents

1.1 This report has been prepared by Calderdale Council and forms part of the evidence baseto the Council’s Local Plan. It summarises work carried out during 2013-15 to update theCouncil’s open space database and builds upon the findings of the Open Space Sportsand Recreation Study 2006.

1.2 The report includes the following key sections:

Background, Purpose and Scope of the study;Methodology;Findings of the study;Summary and Recommendations.

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1 Introduction

2.1 The 2006 Open Space Sports and Recreation Study was undertaken by consultants KKPto provide baseline information and to accord with the requirements of Planning PolicyGuidance Note 17 (July 2002).The study identified local needs through assessment, auditedpublic and private public space, sport and recreation facilities in the district and set localstandards for provision. The study did not seek to produce options for future strategy andpolicies.

2.2 Existing sites were surveyed in terms of quantity, quality, accessibility and value. Publicconsultation was undertaken to obtain views on the adequacy of existing open spaceprovision in terms of quantity, quality and accessibility and the results were used informulating appropriate local standards.

2.3 The 2006 Open Space Sports and Recreation Study included a Playing Pitch Strategywhich established demand for pitch provision and identified then current and future needfor such facilities. The Playing Pitch Strategy was updated separately by the Council in2012 and is due to be updated again in 2016.

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Background 2

3.1 The 2015 Open Space Update was undertaken to ensure that the Council’s evidence baseremains up to date as the Local Plan progresses. The original PPG17 assessment wasused as the baseline, and sites which have come into being since the original study, togetherwith any sites which were missed or inaccurately plotted in the 2006 assessment, wereadded/amended on the GIS layers and database.

3.2 The 2015 Open Space Update provides the Council with evidence that can be used:

In the development of policy including at future examinations into policy documents;To inform the Land Allocations and Designations process;In determining Planning Applications;In Planning Appeals;As initial data to inform future open space strategies;To provide further analysis of the Open Space, Sport and Recreation Study in the lightof emerging practice.

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3 Purpose of Study

4.1 Since the initial Open Space Sports and Recreation Study was completed in 2006, PlanningPolicy Guidance Note 17 has been replaced by the National Planning Policy Frameworkwhich was introduced in 2012. The NPPF states that planning policies should be based onrobust and up-to-date assessments of the needs for open space, sports and recreationfacilities and opportunities for new provision. It goes on to state that the assessments shouldidentify specific needs and quantitative or qualitative deficits or surpluses of open space,sports and recreational facilities in the local area. Information gained from the assessmentsshould be used to determine what open space, sports and recreational provision is required.

4.2 Whilst the NPPF has replaced PPG17, the Companion Guide to PPG17 has not beensuperseded by updated guidance and indicates that the four guiding principles in undertakinga local assessment are:

understanding that local needs will vary from one place to another according tosocio-demographic and cultural characteristics;recognising that the delivery of good quality and effective open space relies not onlyon effective planning but also on creative design, landscape management andmaintenance;considering that delivering the objectives set out in PPG17 (or equivalent) may dependmuch more on improving and enhancing existing open space rather than new provision;recognising that the value of open spaces or sport and recreation facilities will begreater when local needs are met. It is essential to consider the wider benefits thatsites generate for people, wildlife and the environment.

4.3 The NPPF defines Open Space as:

4.4 “All open space of public value, including not just land, but also areas of water (such asrivers, canals, lakes and reservoirs) which offer important opportunities for sport andrecreation and can act as a visual amenity” (NPPF, Annex 2: definitions, Glossary).

4.5 Although not formally part of the original PPG17 Open Space Study, Green Infrastructureconsists of all identified open space typologies.The only typology not included within GreenInfrastructure is Indoor Sports Provision. Green Infrastructure is referred to extensively inthe NPPF and complements the built infrastructure and contributes to the naturalenvironment. Among a list of benefits it can improve health and wellbeing, providerecreational and sporting opportunities, support and enhance biodiversity and improveenvironmental quality.

4.6 The key principles of the Open Space Update remain to protect, provide and enhance avariety of well designed, high quality, accessible open spaces that are well maintained andsafe which improve the quality of life for residents of and visitors to Calderdale.

4.7 The information provided in this report will also be used to inform the Council’s Local Planparticularly the Land Allocations and Designations process. It will also provide considerabledetail to inform any future Green Infrastructure Strategy and Infrastructure DevelopmentPlan.

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Policy Context 4

5.1 Calderdale lies at the heart of metropolitan northern England, between the cities of Leedsand Manchester. The strategically important M62 motorway, first trans-Pennine canal andrailway connections, and other infrastructure links (such as national gas and electricitynetworks) pass through the district. To the south lies Kirklees, with Huddersfield being themajor centre and to the north is the City of Bradford. On the western boundary liesLancashire. Calderdale is unusual in that it is a rural metropolitan area extending high intothe Pennine uplands.

Figure 1 – Map showing location of Calderdale

5.2 Calderdale has approximately 205,000 inhabitants and possesses around 86,000 jobs.Halifax is the main town and the focus for administrative services, employment, retailingand services within the District. Around 80% of Calderdale's people live in the eastern thirdof the District in Halifax, Brighouse and Elland and the villages associated with thosesettlements. To the west of Halifax, the high moors, and Calder Valley with the towns andvillages of Todmorden, Hebden Bridge, Mytholmroyd and Ripponden have just over 20%of the people.

5.3 Calderdale covers an area of approximately 36,000 hectares with the western two-thirdsof the Borough being predominantly rural in nature and the east being predominantly urbanin nature. Much of western Calderdale is dominated by the high Pennine Moorlands.Theseare approximately 9,500 hectares of international ecological importance forming the SouthPennines Special Protection Area / Special Area of Conservation.

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5 Profile

6.1 According to the Index of Multiple Deprivation published in 2011 (DCLG, 2011), the mostdeprived parts of the district include much of central and north Halifax, followed by parts ofBrighouse, Elland, Sowerby Bridge and Todmorden. Parts of the Park Ward are within themost deprived 3% of areas within England. The least deprived areas tend to be focusedon the more rural areas, or smaller settlements, to include parts of Hebden Bridge, Ryburn, Northowram and Shelf, along with parts of Greetland and Stainland.

Figure 2 – Indicies of Multiple Deprevation 2010

6.2 According to the 2010 Health Profile Association of Public Health Observatories, the situationin Calderdale is similar to the England average. However, life expectancy, deaths fromsmoking, and early deaths from heart disease are higher than average.There are inequalitiesin terms of life expectancy, men in the least deprived areas can live over 7 years longerthan men in the most deprived areas. The levels of physically active children (% of years1-13 pupils spending at least 3 hours per week on high quality PE and school sport) areworse than the England average, although the percentage of children classed as obese isbetter than the England average.

6.3 The main findings from the Calderdale Joint Strategic Needs Assessment that are relevantto the Open Space Update highlight some important local strategic priorities for improvingwell-being and health, preventing illness and reducing inequalities:

Reducing premature mortality and improving life expectancy;Meeting the needs of those with long-term conditions;Responding to an ageing society and the needs of older people;Improving children and young people's life chances;Increasing healthy lifestyles and breaking the cycle of deprivation;

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Indices of Multiple Deprevation (IMD) 6

The population of Calderdale is set to increase, and this increase will be greatest inthe 65+ age group;The population of children and young people is set to rise, with the greatest increasein the 0 to 15 year-old age group;Life expectancy in Calderdale has improved for men in line with the rate for England;Life expectancy improvement for women has levelled off and is below the national andregional average;There is a growing health gap between the average and most deprived areas;Those living in Calderdale’s most disadvantaged communities experience greaterill-health than elsewhere in the district.There are differences in life expectancy betweenwards within Calderdale of up to 7 years;By Index of multiple deprivation decile (most affluent 10% as compared to bottom 10%)the gap is 10.9 years for men and 8.5 years for women;Overall education standards are improving in line with England. However there is stilla gap between the most and least deprived areas of Calderdale;Calderdale has a lower percentage of its population with NVQ4 and NVQ3 than theUK;Rising obesity levels and poor oral health are key health priorities for children andyoung people. Childhood obesity increases between the ages of 5 and 11;Behavioural factors which relate to health are not improving. Smoking prevalence andthe harm caused by alcohol and obesity is increasing;Predominant health beliefs are challenging to influence.

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6 Indices of Multiple Deprevation (IMD)

7.1 Demographics are a key component of understanding current and future demand for OpenSpaces, through a combination of demographic forecasts and supply side information.Thisapproach recognises how changing demographic conditions such as population, age andmigration influence the requirements of specific groups for different types of open space.

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Demographics 7

8.1 Population data from the 2011 Census can be compared against previous Census data toshow changes in population over time. This information can be shown district wide but canalso be broken down into Local Plan areas in order to identify areas that have experiencedsignificant change.

Table 1: Population Change in Calderdale 2001 - 2011 (Source: Census 2001, Census 2011)

%Change20112001Local Plan Area

4.3%1,44034,55933,119Brighouse including Rastrick &Hipperholme

8.1%1,59821,36119,763Elland including Greetland &Stainland

5.6%4,26780,03875,771Halifax

3.5%3199,3749,055Hebden Bridge

9.1%85810,3219,463Mytholmroyd includingLuddenden Dean & Cragg Vale

7.0%6319,6519,020Northowram & Shelf

11.7%1,0339,8978,864Ripponden (Ryburn Valley)

6.1%79213,87613,084Sowerby Bridge

3.4%48314,74914,266Todmorden

5.9%11,421203,826192,405Calderdale

8.2 Between 2001 and 2011, the population of Calderdale increased by around 11,400 peoplewith all the Local Plan areas also experiencing an increase in population. Whilst Halifaxhad the largest growth with an increase of 4,267 people, Ripponden (Ryburn Valley)experienced the largest percentage increase of 11.7%. In contrast, Hebden Bridge andTodmorden had more modest increases of 319 and 483 people, respectively.

8.3 District wide, population change can be attributed to a significant level of natural change(around 600 people per year on average), internal migration (growing to a peak of over 500people in 2008/09 and subsequently shrinking), and international migration (peaking atover 600 people in 2001/02 and generally shrinking in scale since).

8.4 Locally, population in the Brighouse area has been driven by net immigration with littlenatural population growth. The same is true of the Mytholmroyd, Northowram and Shelf,Ripponden, Sowerby Bridge and Todmorden areas. In the Elland and Halifax areas,population growth has largely been driven by natural change with births outnumberingdeaths. The scale of change in Hebden Bridge has been notably low with the area seeingrelatively little change in population over recent years.

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8 Population

9.1 The age profile of Calderdale is broadly similar to the profile for England. Since 2001, theborough has seen a fall in the number of residents aged 5 to 15 and 30 to 40. This hasbeen accompanied by increases to residents aged 40-50 and 60 to 70, which would suggestthat Calderdale is following the national trend in seeing an ageing population.

9.2 Locally, age profiles can have implications for the type of open space required. Generallyspeaking, age profiles for the Local Plan areas reflect the borough wide profile with a smallnumber of exceptions. Halifax, for example has a relatively high proportion of residentsaged 15 and under suggesting a high number of families. In Northowram & Shelf almostone in five residents is aged over 65.

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Age 9

10.1 In terms of internal migration, Calderdale has seen a significant net outflow of youngerpeople aged 15 to 19 over the period 2001 to 2011, with this typically associated withstudents moving to University. There is, however, a net inflow of many subsequent agegroups, suggesting that some students return after completing their education.

10.2 International migration has largely been driven by significant immigration from EU Accessioncountries with 44% of inward migrants originating from EU Accession countries during theperiod 2002 -2013 (ONS, 2015). There was also notable immigration from Asia and theMiddle East, with approximately 285 migrants moving to Calderdale from this region eachyear on average (ONS, 2015).

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10 Migration

11.1 The Replacement Calderdale Unitary Development Plan (RCUDP) is the current statutorydevelopment plan for Calderdale and was formally adopted on 25th August 2006. The UDPis a land-use plan for the whole of Calderdale and consists of two parts: a Written Statementwhich sets out policies and proposals that establish a framework for the provision of newdevelopment and the protection of the historic and natural environment; and a ProposalsMap which provides a land use designation for every piece of land within the district andillustrates where the policies apply. The RCUDP is the most important consideration in thedetermination of planning applications and gives a guide to developers, businesses andhouseholders as to what development is likely to be acceptable and also what is unlikelyto be permitted. The RCUDP is in the process of being replaced with a new Local Plan,however little weight can currently be afforded to the policies contained within this emergingdocument.

11.2 RCUDP policies relating to open space, sport and recreational facilities include:

OS1: Protected Open Spaces;OS2: The Provision of Open Spaces in Areas of Deficiency;OS4: The Provision of Sports and Recreation Facilities;OS5: The Provision of Recreational Open Space in Residential Development;OS6: The Safeguarding of Allotments;OS7: The Provision of Allotment Sites;OS8: Development Within or at the Edge of Common Land;OS9: The Recreational Use of Waterways and Open Water; andOS10: Former Halifax Branch Canal.

11.3 Policies GOS1: The Protection and Enhancement of Open Space, Sports and RecreationFacilities; GOS2: Audit and Assessment of Open Space, Sport and Recreation Facilitiesand Needs, and OS3:The Safeguarding of Sports Grounds and Playing Fields were deletedby direction of the Secretary of State: 3 August 2009.

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Unitary Development Plan 11

12.1 The underlying principles of the Calderdale Biodiversity Action Plan are:

Implementation of UK Action Plan in Calderdale;Protection of key habitats and the species which inhabit them;Identification of conservation priorities, since focused action is needed to addressdeclines of wildlife;Targets that clearly identify what is to be achieved;Clear actions that identify the steps needed to meet the targets;Shared knowledge, because no one person or group has all the answers;Precaution, because the environment is a very complex system;Surveying and monitoring to ensure that actions will be the right actions to protect andenhance the environment; andPartnership and co-operation.

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12 Calderdale Biodiversity Action Plan

13.1 The types of Open Space to be assessed will be based on both the definition of OpenSpace contained within the NPPF and the typology of open space that is contained withindeleted PPG17: Planning for Open Space, Sport and Recreation. This will ensureconsistency between the updated Open Space study and the original study in the absenceof an updated typology in the NPPF.

13.2 The NPPF definition of Open Space is detailed in the Policy Context section of this report.PPG17 offers the following typology of Open Spaces:

i. parks and gardens - including urban parks, country parks and formal gardens;ii. natural and semi-natural urban green spaces - including woodlands, urban forestry,

scrub, grasslands (e.g. down lands, commons and meadows) wetlands, open andrunning water, wastelands and derelict open land and rock areas (e.g. cliffs, quarriesand pits);

iii. green corridors - including river and canal banks, cycleways, and rights of way;iv. outdoor sports facilities (with natural or artificial surfaces and either publicly or privately

owned) - including tennis courts, bowling greens, sports pitches, golf courses, athleticstracks, school and other institutional playing fields, and other outdoor sports areas;

v. amenity greenspace (most commonly, but not exclusively in housing areas) - includinginformal recreation spaces, green spaces in and around housing, domestic gardensand village greens;

vi. provision for children and teenagers - including play areas, skateboard parks, outdoorbasketball hoops, and other more informal areas (e.g. 'hanging out' areas, teenageshelters);

vii. allotments, community gardens, and city (urban) farms;viii. cemeteries and churchyards;ix. accessible countryside in urban fringe areas; andx. civic spaces, including civic and market squares, and other hard surfaced areas

designed for pedestrians.

(PPG17, Annex: definitions, paragraph 2).

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Types of Open Space, Sports and Recreation Facilities 13

14.1 This part of the report deals with the methodology employed in the study. It is consistentwith the approach advocated in ‘Assessing Needs and Opportunities: A Companion Guideto PPG17’ and the 2006 KKP Open Space Sport and Recreation study.

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14 Methodology

15.1 An extensive range of desk top/background information has been reviewed and incorporatedinto the assessment of key issues for each typology. The national and local policy contextis summarised in the Policy Context section of this report. Other background documentationreviewed for the study includes:

Calderdale Open Space, Sport and Recreation Study, KKP, 2006.Calderdale Joint Strategic Needs Assessment, 2011.Calderdale’s Joint Wellbeing Strategy 2012-2022, Calderdale Health and WellbeingBoard, 2013.

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Background Information 15

16.1 Site visits to open spaces in Calderdale were undertaken to assess their quality and value.In total, 531 sites were visited as part of the update, comprising:

Parks and gardens 41 Natural and semi-natural greenspaces 140Amenity greenspace 145Outdoor Sports Facilities 94Provision for children and teenagers 10Allotments, community gardens and urban farms 36Cemeteries, disused churchyards & other burial grounds 59Green Corridors 5Civic spaces 1

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16 Site Visits

17.1 Open spaces, with the exception of provision for children and teenagers (see below) wereevaluated through the use of an assessment pro-forma (Appendix 1). The criteria utilisedare summarised below and are consistent with those used in the 2006 Open Space, Sportand Recreation study. The criteria were based upon those used for Green Flag (nationalstandard for parks and green spaces in England and Wales, operated by the Civic Trust)and ‘Green Space Strategies: A good practice guide’, published by CABE Space (2004).To provide a comprehensive picture of quality and value, site visit data has beensupplemented by additional data relating to issues such as community involvement,management plans etc.

17.2 Open Space site visit criteria:

Physical access, e.g., public transport links, directional signposts;Access-social, e.g., appropriate minimum entrance widths;Parking, e.g., disabled parking;Information signage, e.g., presence of up to date site information;Equipment and facilities, e.g., artwork, toilets – includes assessment of both adequacyand maintenance of provision such as seats, benches, bins;Location value, e.g., proximity of housing, other greenspace;Site problems, e.g., presence of vandalism, graffiti;Healthy, safe and secure, e.g., staff on site;Maintenance and cleanliness, e.g., condition of landscape;Typology specific profile, e.g., presence of environmental education facilities(natural/semi-natural provision);Site meets the needs of, e.g., elderly, young people;Site potential; andNon site visit information, e.g., community involvement, management plan.

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Open Spaces 17

18.1 This typology, as set out in PPG17: A Companion Guide, covers ‘areas designated primarilyfor play and social interaction involving children and young people, such as equipped playareas and teenage shelters.’ Site visits to provision for children and teenage facilities wereconducted for the 2006 Open Space Sport and Recreation study to identify the range,nature and type of equipment provided. The pro-forma utilised for the 2006 study wasdeveloped using the National Playing Fields Association (NPFA) guidelines (appendix 2).

18.2 Provision for children and teenagers site visit criteria included:

Signage;Fencing;Seating;Number of pieces of equipment;Surface;Provision for toddlers, children, teenagers; andType (NPFA classification).

18.3 The data obtained during the 2006 site visits has provided the basis for assessing thecurrent provision for children and teenagers in the district with any improvements made tothese facilities since the original study was published being taken into consideration.

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19.1 All information relating to open space sites in Calderdale is collated in the open spacedatabase which was developed for CMBC by KKP consultants for the original study. Theupdated database forms the basis for all analysis and interpretation contained within thisreport.

19.2 Data held on the open space database includes:

KKP/Site reference number;Site name;Local authority reference number;Nearest road/settlement;Ownership;Management;Typology;Sub-typology;Size (hectares);Access; andSite visit data.

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Database Development 19

20.1 ‘Assessing Needs and Opportunities: A Companion Guide to PPG17’ states that ‘anyassessment of quality needs a clear set of benchmarks, related to standards and, ideally,some form of scoring system.’

20.2 Data collected from site visits has been used to calculate a quality score for each site visited.Weightings have been applied to criteria to reflect their relative importance in determiningthe overall score. The criteria and their weightings can be found in Appendix 3. Scores inthe database are presented as a total score and percentage figures. The maximum scoresachievable for each typology are set out below (together with the equivalent data for value).

Table 2: Maximum scores for quality and value of open spaces in Calderdale

Value – maximumscore

Quality - maximumscore

Typology

190189Parks and Gardens

190179Natural/semi-natural greenspaces

190134Green corridors

190154Amenity greenspace

190144Provision for children and teenagers

195164Allotments, community gardens and urban farms

190204Cemeteries, disused churchyards and other burialgrounds

190174Civic spaces

20.3 The database colour codes each site visited against the mean – sites classed as red havea quality score below the mean for that typology; those identified as green are above themean.

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20 Quality

21.1 ‘Assessing Needs and Opportunities: A Companion Guide to PPG17’ details that value isa different and separate concept from quality. It relates to:

Context – a space or facility, which is inaccessible, is almost irrelevant to potentialusers and therefore may be of little value, irrespective of its quality. Similarly, if thereis significantly more high quality provision in an area than needed, some of it may wellbe of relatively little value – and conversely if there is very little provision in an area,even a space or facility of mediocre quality may well be valuable. Greenspaces whichform an integral part of the historic environments, however, will almost always be ofvalue, irrespective of their accessibility or condition.Level and type of use (in terms of primary purpose) – poorly used spaces or facilitiesmay be of little value (although the visual impact of a poorly used greenspace can besignificant) while well used spaces and facilities are always of high value. In this context‘well used’ should be interpreted in terms of people and wildlife while species richnesscan also be taken as a specific form of high level ‘use’.The wider benefits it generates for people, biodiversity and the wider environment.

21.2 Data collated from site visits together with non-site visit information (e.g., managementplans) has been utilised to calculate a value score for each site visited. Weightings havebeen applied to criteria to reflect their relative importance in determining the overall score.The criteria and their weightings can be found in Appendix 4. Scores in the database arepresented as a total score and percentage figures. The maximum scores achievable foreach typology are set out in Table 2 (together with the equivalent data for quality).

21.3 The database colour codes each site visited against the mean – sites classed as red havea value score below the mean for that typology; those identified as green are above themean.

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Value 21

22.1 All sites in the open spaces database for Calderdale have been mapped using MapInfo.Using standards developed as part of the original 2006 study that are considered to still berelevant (Table 4), catchment areas for each typology have been established (Table 3) andapplied to each relevant site and mapped.This has enabled a detailed picture of accessibilityfor each typology across the district to be mapped (Appendix 8: Accessibility Mapping).

Table 3: Catchment areas for open spaces in Calderdale

Catchment areaOther typologiesParks and gardens

0Sites < 0.04 haGardens (<0.04ha)

400mSites between 0.04 ha and 1.00ha

Small local open space between 0.04ha and 1.00 ha

600mSites between 1.00 and 3.00 haLocal parks (between 1.00 and 3.00ha)

1200mSites > 3.00 haDistrict parks (> 3.00 ha)

30 minute drive timeN/ABorough parks

Table 4: Open Space Standards

Standard TypeTypology

Not used by Authority therefore not includedin 2015 update

Quantity

Parks and gardens

Score of 60% or higher on qualitative siteassessment

Quality

All settlement areas within 400m of small localopen space and 600m of local park and 1200m of

district park

Accessibility

All settlement areas within 30 minute drive time ofa borough park

Not used by Authority therefore not included in2015 update

Quantity

Natural/semi-naturalgreenspace


Quality

All settlement areas within 400m of a site (0.04ha– 1ha) and 600m of a site (1.00ha – 3.00ha) and

1200m of a site greater than 3ha

Accessibility

N/AQuantityAmenity greenspace

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22 GIS Analysis

Standard TypeTypology


Quality

All settlement areas within 400m of a site (0.04ha– 1ha) and 600m of a site (1.00ha – 3.00ha) and

1200m of a site greater than 3ha

Accessibility


Quantity

Provisionfor children andteenagers


Quality

All settlement areas within 240m of a LEAP and600m of a NEAP

Accessibility

N/AQuantity

Allotments


Quality

All settlement areas within 400m of a site (0.04ha– 1ha) and/or 600m of a site (1.00ha – 3.00ha)

and/or 1200m of a site greater than 3ha

Accessibility


Quantity

Cemeteries Score of 60% or higher on qualitative siteassessment

Quality

N/AAccessibility


Quantity

Civic spaces Score of 60% or higher on qualitative siteassessment

Quality

N/AAccessibility


Quantity

Outdoorsports facilities

Site quality rating of good (as defined by SportEngland Electronic Toolkit)

Quality

Teams to have access to appropriate site atrelevant time

Accessibility

22.2 The catchments utilised for provision for children and teenagers are set out in the relevantsection of this report (Table 7) and Appendix 5: Play Criteria.

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GIS Analysis 22

23.1 To facilitate analysis, the 2015 Open Space Update divides Calderdale into ten analysisareas.These are summarised below. Analysis areas were adopted to create a more localisedassessment of provision and for examination of open space/facility surplus and deficienciesat a local level.The use of analysis areas allows local circumstances and issues to be takeninto account.The ten analysis areas broadly reflect the common sub-division of the Boroughinto its main towns.

Figure 3: Analysis areas in Calderdale

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23 Analysis Areas

24.1 As part of the 2006 Open Space study, KKP carried out extensive consultation with usersand non-users of open spaces throughout Calderdale, during which many issues concerningopen spaces in the Borough were raised and discussed. Due to resource issues and thelikelihood that the findings of any new survey would show similar trends to the 2006 survey,this exercise has not been repeated for the Open Space update. The findings of the 2006consultation are summarised below.

24.2 In terms of usage (typologies visited by respondents in the last 12 months), the most visitedtype of open space is a natural area of green space with large proportions of residents alsovisiting large parks and local parks. The level of visits to grassed areas on housing estatesand allotments is particularly low compared to other forms of provision which is probablydue to these typologies not being visited in the same way as other forms of provision withgrassed areas primarily having an amenity or aesthetic value and visits to allotments beingundertaken for a specific working purpose.

24.3 In terms of frequency of usage (proportion of total visitors visiting a particular typology oncea week or more), the most frequently visited sites are allotments, grassed areas on housingestates and natural areas of green space. The figure for natural areas of greenspacedemonstrates that not only do a large proportion of residents use such sites, a significantproportion does so frequently, indicating a high intensity of use. The frequency of visits tolarge play areas, large parks and churchyards/cemeteries is relatively low.

24.4 The main reasons for non-usage of open space facilities are poor toilets, dog fouling andfears over personal security. Other reasons given included no quality refreshment, poormaintenance, lack of information, poor parking, poor play areas, lack of shelter and lack ofseating. Improving these elements is key in the future management of open spaces andencouraging higher usage.

24.5 Travel time is another key consideration in open space usage. The time residents areprepared to travel to open spaces shows variation across the typologies.To reach provisionsuch as allotments, small play areas, local parks and grassed areas on housing estates,residents were not willing to travel much further than a 15 minute walk. The time they areprepared to travel to reach large parks, natural areas of green space and large play areasis half an hour or more. In terms of means of travel, residents travel a short distance andmost frequently walk to local provision and will travel a longer distance and most commonlyuse the car to visit larger provision with better facilities.

24.6 The provision of open space is generally rated as important by residents.This is particularlytrue for natural areas of green space, large parks and local parks. Lower ratings ofimportance were given to allotments and grassed areas on housing estates thusdemonstrating that there is a strong correlation between the proportion of people that visitan open space and how important it is perceived to be.

Table 5: Summary of Consultation Findings

Summary

There is high usage (and frequency of use) for natural areas of greenspace, large and localparks.The typologies with lowest use are allotments and grassed areas on housing estates.Reasons for not using open spaces include the range and quality of provision and amenities.

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The perception of safety is a key barrier to usage of open spaces by Calderdale residents– litter, vandalism, graffiti and young people ‘hanging around’ all contribute to negativeperceptions and must be dealt with quickly.The provision of open space is rated as important, especially for natural areas of greenspace,large and local parks.The provision of good quality public transport is key to increasing the accessibility of openspaces.Disability access is improving, but further work is required.

24.7 A full account of the 2006 consultation findings can be found in section 2 of the Open SpaceSport and Recreation Study, 2006.

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24 Summary of Consultation Findings

25.1 Accessibility mapping for all relevant typologies can be found in Appendix 8. Quality ofprovision scores for each site can be found in the Typology Site lists (Tables 8-16).

Parks and Gardens

Introduction

25.2 This typology, as set out in PPG17: A Companion Guide, covers urban parks, country parksand formal gardens (including designated landscapes), which provide ‘accessible highquality opportunities for informal recreation and community events.’

Quality of provision

25.3 The quality of Parks and Gardens in Calderdale is generally good with the Brighouse andElland areas scoring consistently well. Quality scores in the Halifax, Mytholmroyd,Northowram and Shelf, Ripponden, Sowerby Bridge and Todmorden areas are morevariable. Hebden Bridge is the only area where the quality of provision scores for Parksand Gardens are consistently poor. District wide, six parks currently hold a Green Flag withtwo others aiming for the award though the work of Friends Groups.

Accessibility

25.4 Provision of Parks and Gardens in Calderdale is variable with a distinct East West divide.In the East of the District, access to parks and gardens is very good with the areas ofHalifax, Brighouse, Northowram and Shelf, Elland and Sowerby Bridge all having goodcatchment area coverage. In the West of the District, provision is more variable withmoderate to good catchment area coverage in the valley bottoms of Hebden Bridge,Mytholmroyd and Todmorden with poor coverage in the more sparsely populated parts ofthese areas. The Ripponden area as a whole has poor access to parks and gardens.

Key Issues

The quality of Parks and Gardens in Calderdale is generally good with accessibilitybeing more variable.Significant infrastructure improvements have been carried out in recent years throughsection 106 funding from housing developments which has been used to match fundmonies raised through grant applications by community groups. The CommunityInfrastructure Levy (CIL) which came into force on 1st April 2015 restricts financialcontributions through section 106 agreements. Ultimately this type of infrastructure willbe secured through CIL, once the Council has adopted a charging schedule; however,there are several stages of work to go through before this can be done, and this isunlikely to happen until April 2016 at the earliest.

Natural and Semi-Natural Greenspaces

Introduction

25.5 This typology, as set out in PPG17: A Companion Guide, covers natural and semi-naturalgreenspaces, including urban woodland, which provide ‘wildlife conservation, biodiversityand environmental education and awareness’.

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25.6 The quality of Natural and Semi-Natural Greenspaces in Calderdale is generally good withthe Elland, Halifax, Mytholmroyd, Northowram and Shelf and Sowerby Bridge areas scoringconsistently well. Quality scores in the Brighouse, Hebden Bridge and Todmorden areasare more variable. Ripponden is the only area where the quality of provision scores forNatural and Semi-Natural Greenspaces are consistently poor.

Accessibility

25.7 Calderdale is well provided for in terms of Natural and Semi-Natural Greenspaces withgood coverage throughout the district. The majority of the population live within or in closeproximity to the catchment areas of this typology with only the more sparsely populatedareas affected by deficits.

Key Issues

25.8 The quality of and access to Natural and Semi-Natural Greenspaces in Calderdale is good.

Green Corridors

Introduction

25.9 This typology, as set out in PPG17: A Companion Guide, covers green corridors, whichprovide ‘walking, cycling or horse riding, whether for leisure purposes or travel, andopportunities for wildlife migration’.

Quality of Provision & Accessibilty

25.10 Analysis of the quality of provision and accessibility of Green Corridors in Calderdale is nota straight forward task. Most Green Corridors are made up of a number of smaller siteswhere Green Corridors are the sub- typology and other typologies, such as AmenityGreenspace and Natural/Semi-Natural Greenspace, are the primary typology. As such,Quality of Provision and Accessibility scores cannot be meaningfully analysed as part ofthis update.

25.11 Notwithstanding this, separate work detailing Green Corridors has previously been completedby the Council. This work gives an insight into quality of provision and accessibility and isdetailed below:

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Comments

Opportunity

DeficiencyAreas

QualityEnvironment

Education

Landscape

Cultural

Recreation

Accessibility

Flood RiskMitigation

Biodiversity

Public OpenSpace

Sca

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YN

YY

YY

YY

NY

YLo

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1B

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YY

YY

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NN

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ley

Val

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NN

YY

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ND

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YN

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Comments

Opportunity

DeficiencyAreas

QualityEnvironment

Education

Landscape

Cultural

Recreation

Accessibility


Biodiversity

Public OpenSpace

Sca

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YY

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Comments

Opportunity

DeficiencyAreas

QualityEnvironment

Education

Landscape

Cultural

Recreation

Accessibility


Biodiversity

Public OpenSpace

Sca

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Key Issues

25.12 Whilst Green Corridors have not been scored using the same methodology as the othertypologies, the quality of these areas and their accessibility would appear to be good. Itshould be noted that a detailed descriptive is provided for Green Corridors of regionalimportance in the District in Appendix 6: Regional Green Corridor Descriptions.

Amenity Greenspace

Introduction

25.13 This typology, as set out in PPG17: A Companion Guide, covers amenity greenspaces,which provide ‘opportunities for informal activities close to home or work or enhancementof the appearance of residential or other areas.’


25.14 The quality of Amenity Greenspace in Calderdale is variable with some areas scoring muchbetter than others. The Brighouse, Halifax and Northowram and Shelf areas all scoreconsistently well, with scores for the Elland, Mytholmroyd, Ripponden, Sowerby Bridge andTodmorden areas being more variable. Hebden Bridge is the only area where the qualityof provision scores for Amenity Greenspace are consistently poor.

Accessibility

25.15 Calderdale is generally well provided for in terms of Amenity Greenspace with good coveragein both the urban areas in the East of the District and the valley bottoms to the West. Themajority of the population live within or in close proximity to the catchment areas of amenitygreenspace with only the more sparsely populated areas affected by deficits.

Key Issues

The quality of Amenity Greenspace in Calderdale is variable with access being good.There is potential for change of use at some sites to correct deficiencies in othertypologies in the area.

Provision for Children and Teenagers

Introduction

25.16 This typology, as set out in PPG17: A Companion Guide, covers ‘areas designed primarilyfor play and social interaction involving children and young people, such as equipped playareas, ball courts, skateboard areas and teenage shelters.’


25.17 Since the 2006 strategy a number of sites have been refurbished through the Government’sPlay Builder Programme and the Council’s capital programme. Notwithstanding this, thequality of Provision for Children and Teenagers in Calderdale is variable with some areasscoring much better than others. The Elland area scores consistently well, with scores forthe Halifax and Ripponden areas being more variable. In Brighouse and Todmorden thequality of provision scores for Children and Teenagers are generally poor.

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25.18 It should be noted that work separate to this Open Space Update has been completed bythe Council detailing the quality of provision for Children and Teenagers in the District. Thiswork is summarised in Appendix 7: Provision for Children and Teenagers.

Accessibilty

25.19 Whilst Provision for Children and Teenagers is generally good within the urban populatedareas of Brighouse, Elland, Halifax and Sowerby Bridge, some small pockets of deficit areevident in these areas. Similarly, provision in the populated valley bottoms of the HebdenBridge, Mytholmroyd and Todmorden areas is generally good with limited provision in themore remote sparsely populated parts of these areas. The Northowram and Shelf area asa whole has poor provision for Children and Teenagers.

Table 7: Catchment areas for provision for Children and Teenagers

Straight linedistance

Pedestrian routeTimeFacility

60 metres100 metres1 minuteLocal area for play

240 metres400 metres5 minutesLocal equipped area for play

600 metres.1,000 metres15 minutesNeighbourhood equippedarea for play

Key Issues

The quality of Provision for Children and Teenagers in Calderdale is variable withaccess being good.Future improvements to facilities will have greater reliance on fund raising by communitygroups.

Allotments, Community Gardens and Urban Farms

Introduction

25.20 This typology, as set out in PPG17: A Companion Guide, covers allotments, communitygardens and urban farms, which provide ‘opportunities for those people who wish to do soto grow their own produce as part of the long term promotion of sustainability, health andsocial inclusion.’


25.21 The quality of Provision for Allotments, Community Gardens and Urban Farms in Calderdaleis variable with some areas scoring much better than others. The Brighouse and Halifaxareas score consistently well, with scores for the Elland, Hebden Bridge, Northowram andShelf and Sowerby Bridge areas being more variable. Mytholmroyd, Ripponden andTodmorden are the only areas where the quality of provision scores for Allotments,Community Gardens and Urban Farms are consistently poor.

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Accessibility

25.22 Allotments and Community Gardens clearly demonstrate a deficit in their provision districtwide and this is evidenced by local waiting lists for allotments in a large number of areas.Accessibility to this typology is particularly poor in Mytholmroyd and Ripponden. InTodmorden, whilst there are long waiting lists at Council sites, a number of privately runsites have recently opened, partly through the Incredible Edible Todmorden movement.However, Halifax and Sowerby Bridge provide a sharp contrast to the rest of the districtwhere the level of provision is comparatively good. Also, waiting lists in some other areashave decreased due to the splitting of larger plots and more frequent inspections to ensureplots are cultivated.

25.23 In order to build on the success of Incredible Edible Todmorden, the Council is developinga community growing initiative to encourage people to grow their own food and are makingavailable any suitable council owned land.This will help increase access to Allotments andCommunity Gardens district wide.

Key Issues

The quality of Allotments and Community Gardens in Calderdale is variable with accessbeing poor.Some privately owned sites are not being used or the plot rental is high.

Cemeteries, Churchyards and other Burial Grounds

Introduction

25.24 This typology, as set out in PPG17: A Companion Guide, covers cemeteries, disusedchurchyards and other burial grounds, which provide ‘quiet contemplation and burial of thedead, often linked to the promotion of wildlife conservation and biodiversity’.


25.25 The quality of Provision for Cemeteries, Churchyards and other Burial Grounds in Calderdaleis variable with some areas scoring much better than others. The Elland, Halifax andSowerby Bridge areas score consistently well, with scores for the Brighouse, Hebden Bridge,Mytholmroyd, Northowram and Shelf and Ripponden areas being more variable.Todmordenis the only area where the quality of provision scores for Cemeteries, Churchyards andother Burial Grounds are consistently poor.

25.26 Notwithstanding this, work creating and improving the condition of footpaths in operationalCemeteries has been completed since the last study. In addition to Council funded work,there are three active friends groups at sites managed by the Council who help withmaintenance and fund raising for improvement projects.

Accessibility

25.27 Provision of Cemeteries, Churchyards and other Burial Grounds in Calderdale is variablewith a distinct East West divide. In the East of the District, access to this typology is generallygood with the areas of Halifax, Brighouse, Northowram and Shelf, Elland and SowerbyBridge all having good catchment area coverage. In the West of the District, provision ismore variable with moderate to good catchment area coverage in the valley bottoms of

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Hebden Bridge and Todmorden with poor coverage in the more sparsely populated partsof these areas. The Mytholmroyd and Ripponden areas as a whole have poor access tocemeteries, churchyards and other burial grounds.

25.28 Specifically, there is a long standing issue of finding a suitable new burial site in Todmorden.A survey of 29 sites was conducted a few years ago and these are being re-examined.However, at present, the Council’s Bereavement Service is finding it difficult to locate asuitable site.

Key Issues

The quality of and access to Cemeteries, Churchyards and other Burial Grounds inCalderdale is variable.There is an urgent need for a new burial site in Todmorden.

Civic Spaces

Introduction

25.29 This typology, as set out in PPG17: A Companion Guide, covers civic and market squaresand other hard surfaced areas designed for pedestrians, which provide ‘a setting for civicbuildings, public demonstrations and community events.’


25.30 The quality of Provision for Civic Spaces in Calderdale is generally poor. Halifax is the onlyarea to score consistently well, with scores for the Brighouse area being more variable.Elland, Hebden Bridge, Sowerby Bridge and Todmorden are all areas where the quality ofprovision scores for Civic Spaces are consistently poor. It should be noted, however, thata number of markets throughout the district have been upgraded since the original studyin 2006 and that the Piece Hall is currently undergoing a multimillion pound facelift.

Accessibility

25.31 By their nature, the accessibility of Civic Spaces throughout Calderdale is variable, withsome areas having better access than others.Those areas with relatively good accessibilityinclude Halifax and Brighouse. Accessibility to Civic Spaces is more variable in the Ellandand Todmorden areas with the remaining areas in the District as a whole having pooraccess.

Key Issues

25.32 The quality of Civic Spaces in Calderdale is generally poor with access being variable.

Outdoor Sports Facilities

Introduction

25.33 This typology, as set out in PPG17: A Companion Guide, covers outdoor sports facilities(with natural or artificial surfaces and either publicly or privately owned) - including tenniscourts, bowling greens, sports pitches, golf courses, athletics tracks, school and otherinstitutional playing fields, and other outdoor sports areas.

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Quality of Provision & Accessibilty

25.34 Analysis of the quality of provision and accessibility of Outdoor Sports Facilities in theDistrict is covered by the Calderdale Playing Pitch Strategy.

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Typology Site Lists

26.1 The typology site lists at the end of each area section have been compiled using informationfrom the 2006 audit together with that obtained from the new site audits. Comments havebeen included from the 2006 audit supplemented with any known changes which haveoccurred since then. Some sites which have a low quality and value score may have potentialfor change of use or disposal. Whilst this study makes recommendations regarding siteretention, a full analysis of open space within the catchment of these sites would be requiredbefore a particular course of action is taken. Following completion of the Open SpaceUpdate, the data is now available to carry out this analysis when required.

26.2 It should be noted that Quality and Value scores are not available for those sites that havebeen carried forward from the 2006 study where the site was not visited as part of theoriginal study and has not been revisited as part of the 2015 update.

Accessibility Mapping

26.3 Accessibility mapping of all relevant typologies for each Local Plan Area can be found inAppendix 8 'Accessibility Mapping'.

Brighouse

Introduction

26.4 The Settlement Hierarchy identifies Brighouse (including Bailiff Bridge, Hipperholme, HoveEdge, Lightcliffe and Rastrick) as a principal town and as such it has the second mostsignificant role after Halifax. Its role is as a main focus for housing, employment, shopping,leisure, education, health and cultural facilities whilst also providing good transport linksbetween Brighouse and other surrounding towns and cities.


26.5 The quality of open spaces in the Brighouse area is generally good. Parks and Gardens,Amenity Green Space and Allotments and Community Gardens generally score highly interms of qualitative and value rating.The quality of Cemeteries, Semi Natural Greenspacesand Civic Spaces is variable with some areas scoring much better than others.The typologythat scores comparatively poorly in the Brighouse area is Provision for Children andTeenagers. However, low quality scores do not mean that a particular area of open spaceis not important and is not well used.

Quantitative Value

26.6 Brighouse is generally well provided for in terms of Parks and Gardens with good catchmentcoverage in the urban areas of Brighouse, Balliff Bridge, Rastrick and Hippholme andLightcliffe. The majority of the population live within the catchment area of a district or alocal park with fewer people living in close proximity to a small park or garden. However,whilst the coverage of Parks and Gardens is poor in the far east and far west of theBrighouse area, these areas are more sparsely populated and less people are affected bythis deficit. Also, there is the potential to improve facilities at some sites to compensate forthis deficit. For example, at Clifton in the west of the Brighouse area, there is the potentialto enhance the grounds at St John’s church to function as a small garden.

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26.7 To a lesser degree, the same general pattern of provision is also evident for the other openspace typologies to include Natural and Semi Natural Areas, Provision for Children andTeenagers and Amenity Greenspace. However, some typologies have better provision thanothers and some deficits are evident. Allotments and Community Gardens clearlydemonstrate a deficit in their provision and this is evidenced by local waiting lists forallotments.

Key Issues

26.8 Open space in Brighouse is generally well provided for and is of a good standard.

Typology Site Lists - Table 8: Brighouse

Allotments and Community Gardens

ActionCatchment(m)

Valuescore %

Qualityscore %

Size (ha)Name of siteKKP ref

Retain40023%63%0.4034Ripley Street960

Retain60025%64%1.6011Lillands Lane979

Retain60028%72%1.1651Waterloo Road980

Retain400- - 0.0845Bowling Alley988

Retain40016%52%0.4599Oaklands989

Retain40032%63%0.7817Lees Field1004

Retain400- - 0.0687Stoney Laneallotments

1022

Retain400- - 0.0823Stoney Laneallotments

1023

Retain40011%20%0.1177Stoney Laneallotments

1024

Retain40026%60%0.2293Chapel CroftAllotments

9278

Amenity Green Space

ActionCatchment(m)

Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%

Size (ha)Name of siteKKPref

Retain400- - 0.1692Oaklands PlayArea

278

Consider change ofuse for some areas

120015%60%3.9560Field Lane Estate306

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ActionCatchment(m)

Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain400- - 0.1653RegentsClose/FletcherCrescent

307

Retain40019%58%0.6054Chapel Croft308

Retain400- - 0.0812Lillands Terrace309

Consider change ofuse.

40019%59%0.3758Oaklands311

Retain400- - 0.6471Thornes Park312

Retain400- - 0.1732Green End313

Retain40028%69%0.3454Finkil Street Rec365

Retain400- - 0.1327Brydende689

Retain400- - 0.0821Cliffe Avenue698

Retain400- - 0.8059Sandholme Estate709

Retain400- - 0.9475Highmoor Estate,Clifton

717

Retain400- - 0.1385Deep lane Estate718

Retain400- - 0.0527Granny Hall Lane722

Retain400- - 0.1839Spouthouse lane724

Retain, removal wouldcause a catchment

40018%55%0.3542Smith HouseEstate

728

gap. Improve qualityof site.

Retain400- - 0.0915750A ChurchfieldsRoad Car Park

729

Retain600- - 2.9680751A Whinney HillPark Estate

730

Retain600 -- 1.0445SummerfieldAve/Little SmithHouse

732

Retain400- - 0.3527Waterloo Rd/LaneHead/RydingsDrive

733

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ActionCatchment(m)

Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain400- - 0.0761Bradford Road,Rayner Road

734

Retain400- - 0.1453St Andrew's Court735

Retain. Potential tocreate

40016%63%0.4337SunnybankTerrace

736

allotments/communitygarden.

Retain400- - 0.3774Elland Bank741

Retain120039%73%3.1112Lane HeadRecreation Ground

743

Retain400- - 0.2575Royds Crescent745

Retain1- - 0.0250Ganny Road746

Retain40023%49%0.3534George Street750

Retain1- - 0.0042Cliff RoadGardens

753

Retain1- - 0.0372Clara St754

Increase quality,consider change ofuse.

40019%27%0.7145Lillands Lane755

Retain, removal wouldcause a catchment

40025%56%0.6297Healey WoodRecreation Ground

759

gap. Improve qualityof site.

Retain40033%73%0.7893Woodhouse Rec761

Retain400- - 0.0794Castle Hill762

Retain400- - 0.1605CrowtreesCrescent

763

Retain400- - 0.1947Toothill Bank767

Retain40026%64%0.9749Burnsall Rd PlayArea/NunneryLane

768

Retain60027%58%1.6183Field Lane RecGround

769

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ActionCatchment(m)

Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain400- - 0.1487St Andrew's Drive776

Retain400- - 0.2135Ash Grove Estate907

Retain40028%62%0.8356Smith Crescent909

Retain40024%64%0.5329WoodheadRecreation Ground

914

Retain40021%54%0.5431Granny Hall lane948

Retain400- - 0.0443Wherwell Road949

Retain1- - 0.0374Amport Close951

Retain400- - 0.0476Danebury Road952

Retain40027%62%0.1842North Royd1508

Retain40023%51%0.1046George Street1510

Retain60035%81%1.7393Lightcliffe PrimarySchool

9023

Retain40019%58%0.0880Land Adj to 409Bradford Road

9025

Retain40035%72%0.6650Bailiff Bridge J&ISchool

9028

Retain60033%86%2.6797Cliffe Hill PrimarySchool

9031

Retain60029%61%1.4117Nunlea Royd9035

Retain40039%68%0.7097Aysgarth AvenueAmenity Space

9036

Retain60027%67%1.4944Clifton MillsAmenity Space

9037

Retain120024%59%4.4341Bailiff BridgeRecreation Ground

9040

Retain40027%70%0.0651Vale Street/FirthAvenue AmenitySpace

9044

Retain40032%62%0.0951Land Opposite 134Bradford Road

9045

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ActionCatchment(m)

Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain60039%79%1.1611Wells Terrace9064

Retain40039%77%0.4348Hill End9065

Retain40025%55%0.0752Land Adj to HillBrow

9070

Retain40042%72%0.0692Land Adj to OldVillage Hall

9072

Retain40039%74%0.2780Grasmere Grove9073

Retain40032%68%0.0913Windsor Villas9074

Retain40034%65%0.0765Land to Rear of 66Highfield Road

9267

Retain40031%70%0.0670Land Adj to HollyBank Road

9269

Retain60037%68%2.2652Carr GreenRecreation Ground

9275

Retain120035%85%6.1467Carr GreenPrimary School

9276

Retain60031%77%1.3365Field Lane PrimarySchool

9279

Retain40033%78%0.5497RastrickIndependentSchool

9281

Retain60031%82%1.2953WoodhousePrimary School

9324

Retain60034%83%1.2956St Andrews JuniorPlaying Field

9361

Retain120024%66%3.6851Land Adj toWakefield Road

9362

Retain40038%67%0.6771Towngate PlayArea

9363

Retain40033%81%0.3987St Johns CofESchool

9364

Retain40023%69%0.1988Haigh Street CarPark

9370

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ActionCatchment(m)

Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain40033%80%0.9952Longroyde JuniorSchool

9373

Cemeteries and Churchyards

ActionCatchment(m)

Valuescore %

Qualityscore %


Retain400- - 0.0688Quaker BurialGround

723

Retain400- - 0.1516Central MethodistChurch

739

Retain40024%48%0.4860St Martin's Church1527

Retain40018%49%0.7739St John's Church1546

Retain40015%40%0.9044Till Carr LaneBurial Grounds

9024

Retain120034%72%5.1118BrighouseCemetery

9042

Retain40031%64%0.7778St MatthewsChurch

9268

Retain60033%72%2.2337Rastrick Cemetery9274

Increase qualityto allow site to

40027%63%0.2947St Johns Church9365

function as asmall garden tomitigatecatchment gap

Retain40023%59%0.2025Clifton Cemetery9366

Civic Spaces

ActionCatchment(m)

Valuescore %

Qualityscore %


Retain40028%70%0.2585Thornton Square1611

Retain40028%60%0.3640BrighouseMarket

1612

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Natural and Semi-Natural Green Space

ActionCatchment(m)

Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain1200- - 8.4771Common Wood144

Retain1200- - 12.2139Cromwell Wood145

Retain1200- - 13.1023Freeman's Wood146

Retain1200- - 14.8063Clifton Wood187

Retain1200- - 15.0321Nun Bank Wood188

Retain600- - 2.3700Lower Blake LawWood

189

Retain1200- - 5.2833Lawn Wood190

Retain600- - 2.9811Kirklees Park191

Retain600- - 2.9713Suttcliffe Wood192

Retain1200- - 3.8849Wood Bottom193

Retain600- - 2.7590Pearson Brow194

Retain600- - 1.6049Sutcliffe Wood197

Retain600- - 1.6655Slead Syke Wood198

Retain1200- - 3.3727Brookfoot199

Retain600- - 2.1459Brighouse Wood200

Retain600- - 1.7238The Wilderness202

Retain1200- - 10.9831North Wood380

Retain -- - 29.5448Cromwell Bottom1702

Retain60032%56%2.4615Hoyle House Beck9026

Retain60014%49%1.0477Crow Nest Park9033

Retain40014%49%0.5645Crow Nest Park9034

Retain40023%49%0.9395Land Adj to LightcliffeGolf Course

9204

Retain60034%58%1.6014Land to Rear ofSherburn Road

9266

48


ActionCatchment(m)

Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain120020%38%3.1665Land Adj to Mill HillLane

9291

Retain120020%43%38.1570Elland Park Wood9295

Retain120039%51%5.4077Land Adj to HealeyWood Road

9323

Retain40016%43%0.6638Land Adj toWoodhouse Lane

9325

Retain60017%47%2.3214Land Adj toWoodhouse Gardens

9326

Retain60017%45%2.4515Dickbank9327

Retain40024%53%0.5477Land Adj to LillandsLane

9328

Retain60015%43%2.1544North Cut9330

Retain120026%46%4.8717Land Adj toDismantled Railway

9369

Parks and Gardens

ActionCatchment(m)

Valuescore %

Qualityscore %


Retain120042%68%4.9068The Stray720

Retain, removalwould cause acatchment gap.Improve qualityof site.

120029%44%5.2069Whinney HillPark

731

Retain60051%76%1.3296Rydings Park749

Retain120043%71%13.9580Wellholme Park751

Retain60038%72%1.3265Bramston StRec

756

Retain40036%65%0.3458War Memorial9027

49


Elland and Greetland/Stainland

Introduction

26.9 The main town in this area is Elland (including West Vale and Greetland), defined as a localtown in the Settlement Hierarchy Study. As such its role is to provide housing, employment,shopping, leisure, education, health and cultural activities/facilities that serve the needs of,and are accessible to, residents of the town and surrounding lower order settlements.

26.10 The other main settlements are Holywell Green and Stainland which have been combinedin the Settlement Hierarchy Study as a local centre whose role is to provide for locallygenerated needs for housing, employment, shopping, leisure, education, health and culturalactivities/facilities which cannot be accommodated in higher order settlements. It also servesto provide transport links to higher order settlements. These also serve some of thesurrounding neighbourhood/small rural centres.

26.11 There are 6 neighbourhood/small rural centres contained within this wider area. These areAinley Top, Elland Upper Edge, Elland Lower Edge, Jagger Green, Outlane and SowoodGreen. Generally their role as defined by the Settlement Hierarchy study is to accommodatelimited development to provide for locally generated needs for affordable housing withinexisting development limits and to provide small scale opportunities for economicdevelopment and diversification.


26.12 The quality of open spaces in the Elland area is generally good. Parks and Gardens,Provision for Children and Teenagers, Cemeteries and Churchyards and Semi NaturalGreenspaces generally score highly in terms of qualitative and value rating. The quality ofAmenity Greenspace and Allotments and Community Gardens is variable with some areasscoring much better than others.The typology that scores comparatively poorly in the Ellandarea is Civic Spaces.

Quantitative Value

26.13 Open Space provision in Elland is primarily focused around the urban populated areas.Typologies that are well catered for include Amenity Green Space, Natural and Semi-NaturalAreas, Parks and Gardens and Provision for Children and Teenagers. Areas of deficit areevident for Cemeteries and Churchyards and Allotments and Community Gardens withwaiting lists for allotments experienced in some areas.

Key Issues

26.14 Open space in Elland is primarily focused around the urban populated areas and is generallyof a good standard.

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Typology Site Lists - Table 9: Elland and Greetland/Stainland


Action/CommentsCatchment(m)

Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain40023%57%0.5154Drury Lane984

Retain40023%53%0.3882Drury Lane 1985

Retain40022%59%0.1647Allotment Gardens- Crest Road

1025

Retain40027%51%0.6199Stainland Road 11513

Retain40025%54%0.0831Fox Court1515

Retain40036%69%0.5646St ThomasAllotments

9129

Retain60024%53%1.0240Land Adj to SpaWell Allotments

9146

Retain40021%56%0.1645Hoults LaneAllotments

9376

Retain40026%58%0.2319Mill LaneAllotments

9393

Retain40024%64%0.0739Gladstone StreetAllotment Gardens

9399

Retain40022%65%0.1273George ViewAllotments

9400

Retain60019%52%1.2282Jagger GreenAllotments

9507

Amenity Green Space


Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain400- - 0.1390Thornhill Hey298

Retain400- - 0.2790Mellor Mill Lane300

Retain400- - 0.1786School Street302

Retain400- - 0.1938Cross Fields303

51



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain400- - 0.1400Green Lane House304

Retain400- - 0.3509Rosemount Avenue305

Retain400- - 0.0912Elsinroe Avenue314

Retain400- - 0.0523Bowood Road315

Retain400- - 0.0643Cherry Tree Drive328

Retain400- - 0.1285Briggate329

Retain40027%58%0.4054Sowood Recreationground

601

Retain400- - 0.0540Thornhill Close604

Retain400- - 0.5229Fall Spring Gardens605

Retain400- - 0.0582The Embankment609

Retain400- - 0.0736SchoolStreet/HighfieldAvenue

611

Retain400- - 0.5161West View/TheCrescent

614

Retain400- - 0.1546Moorlands Road615

Retain400- - 0.4603Little Bradley Estate616

Retain400- - 0.2632LambertClose/Princess StCar Park

617

Retain120042%77%10.7235GreetlandRecreation Ground

622

Retain400- - 0.1090CharlesSt/Roseberry StJunction

626

Retain400- - 0.1447Rosemount Avenue628

Retain400- - 0.5576Towngate/EllenRoyd Clinic

629

52



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain40029%63%0.5176BoxhallRd/Westgate/BurleySt etc

632

Retain400- - 0.3476Melrose Court642

Retain400- - 0.1692Northfield Estate643

Retain400- - 0.0426ScarboroughTerrace

645

Retain. Low valuesite but disposal

4009%43%0.2791BeanStreet/DewsburyRoad/Banks End

658

would create acatchment gap.Increase quality ofsite.

Retain Facilitiesimproved since lastassessment.

40015%52%0.3264Heathfield Rec668

Retain400- - 0.8993Whitwell AvenueEstate

669

Retain400- - 0.7806Whitwell Green LaneRec

671

Retain400- -0.1172Valley View674

Retain400- - 0.0821Park Road Estate676

Retain40025%60%0.5397Ainley TopRec/Lindley MoorRoad

679

Retain400- - 0.3889St Mary's Gate771

Retain400- - 0.0607Dean Street946

Retain400- - 0.0570Kinnaird/Plains Lane1031

Retain40023%49%0.0601Charles Street1529

Retain60033%82%1.9127Cross Lane School9136

Retain40037%84%0.9363St Patricks CatholicPrimary School

9141

53



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain60038%80%1.5351Sunny BankPre-School &

9144

GreetlandAccademy

Retain120024%65%4.3204Elland By-PassTraffic Island

9145

Retain60029%56%2.0259Land Adj toRosemount Avenue

9147

Retain40038%75%0.3029Land Adj toTalbotHouse

9153

Retain40038%82%0.7970Old Earth PrimarySchool

9154

Retain60026%59%1.0612Playing Field Adj toPark RoadRecreation Ground

9289

Retain40036%83%0.5062Hollywell GreenPrimary School

9379

Retain40031%76%0.2315Bowling Green Primary School

9390

Retain60024%66%1.6787Land Adj to M629395

Retain40028%70%0.3070Land Adj to NewHey Road

9396

Retain40028%64%0.2204George View 9401

Retain Improve sitequality.

40031%53%0.6584Land North ofVictoria Works

9508



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain40017%44%0.1420GreetlandMethodist Church

1518

Retain40025%50%0.6962BlackleyMethodist Church

1549

54



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain40029%58%0.9551St ThomasChurch

9128

Retain40029%70%0.3844All Saints Church9150

Retain40036%65%0.2353St PatricksChurch

9152

Retain40032%74%0.1838St Marys Church,Elland

9156

Retain120033%62%3.5445Elland Cemetery9242

Retain120025%69%20.2802Park WoodCremetorium

9288

Retain40026%60%0.4157Chapel CloseGraveyard

9377

Retain40024%62%0.6284St AndrewsChurch

9384

Requires improvedmaintenance.

40014%40%0.2618Carriage DriveGraveyard

9386

Retain40022%52%0.2381Burial Ground9388

Retain40022%64%0.6303St Stephens9409

Civic Spaces


Valuescore %

Qualityscore %


Retain40035%64%0.0674SouthgatePrecinct

1608

Retain40028%58%0.2279Boxhill Road1609

Retain40023%60%0.0928Elland Market1610



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain600- - 1.0418Woodland At HighTrees Lane

64

55



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain1200- - 3.1714Stubbing Wood74

Retain600- - 1.2196Scar Wood75

Retain600- - 1.0103Fall Spring Wood96

Retain600- - 1.0353Brandy Hole Wood97

Retain1200- - 3.0547Whittle Wood136

Retain600- - 2.0715Milner Wood137

Retain1200- - 4.5076Red Lane DikePlantation

138

Retain600- - 1.0010Hard Platts Wood171

Retain400- - 0.6812Shale Quarry201

Retain1200- - 8.4564Beestones Wood355

Retain600- - 2.6395Crawstone HallWood

1139

Retain600- - 1.0682Bank EndPlantation

1140

Retain400- - 0.1751Manor Croft1514

Retain60032%51%2.6872DismantledRailway/CricketGround

9126

Retain60026%48%1.6784CrossHill9127

Retain40026%49%0.7626Crawstone Rock9132

Retain120023%52%6.0207Long Wall9135

Improve sitethrough bettermanagement.

40030%43%0.9238Little Bradley9142

Retain40018%48%0.1597Gog Hill9159

Retain120021%48%5.1052Land Adj to NorthDean Wood

9332

Retain60023%51%1.0217Dean Top Delf9375

56



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain40025%54%0.7146Chapel CloseAmenity Space

9378

Retain40023%50%0.1706Church LaneAmenity Space

9383

Retain120020%50%5.4712Eaves Top Wood9387

Retain40025%51%0.1836Land Adj to Hotel9397

Retain120020%46%48.6205North Dean Wood& Quarry

9422

Retain40020%42%0.8606Land North-Westof Nab End Lane

9511

Parks and Gardens

Action/CommentCatchment(m)

Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Look at use andfunction of the site.

40013%50%0.0631Shaw Gardens607

Retain400- - 0.041122-24 StainlandRoad

618

Retain132%62%0.0370Hoyles MemorialGarden

619

Retain120063%78%3.9529Clayhouse Park623

Retain1- - 0.0064Library650

Retain400- - 0.0575Southgate CarPark

651

Retain120042%65%5.6350Hullen Edge Park654

Private garden40027%59%0.2058The Old Vicarage9131

Private garden40029%61%0.3376Ingwood Parade9143

Retain60037%66%1.6481Elland BridgeRiverside Park

9157

Retain40025%58%0.1532Elland Bridge 9158

Retain60045%67%2.4053Shaw Park9380

57


Action/CommentCatchment(m)

Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain114%43%0.0126Stainland MemorialGarden

9385

Retain120045%79%8.2677StainlandRecreation Ground

9392

Retain40031%73%0.4263Jagger GreenRecreation Ground

9398

Private garden40021%58%0.2637Land Adj to NortonStreet

9479

Halifax

Introduction

26.15 The Calderdale Settlement Hierarchy identifies Halifax as a Sub-Regional town providingthe main focus for housing, employment, shopping and services as well as links to othertowns and cities within the Leeds City Region such as Leeds, Bradford and Huddersfieldand areas such as Greater Manchester and Lancashire. There are several distinct parts tothe town each with their own characteristics, perhaps the most obvious is Halifax towncentre and its immediate surrounds which contain the main retail core as well as the mainpublic transport hubs. The northern parts of the town including the areas of Mixenden,Illingworth and Ovenden are characterised by large estates of mono tenure housing andinclude some of the worst performing areas within Calderdale when compared against theindicies of multiple deprivation.The southern parts of Halifax are more affluent, particularlythe Savile Park and Skircoat areas, and is the location of Calderdale Royal Hospital asignificant local employer.

26.16 The Halifax area also contains six smaller closely related, yet separate, settlements.Theseare Southowram, Bank Top, Warley, Mount Tabor and Bradshaw.The Settlement Hierarchyidentifies Southowram as a Local Centre, albeit the smallest of this type of centre, andtherefore meets locally generated needs for housing, employment and services.

26.17 The settlements of Bank Top, Warley, Mount Tabor and Bradshaw are all currently identifiedas Neighbourhood/ Small Rural Centres within the Settlement Hierarchy. This is the lowestrank of settlement within the hierarchy recognising the limited availability of goods andservices within each settlement. All of the settlements are, however, closely related to thewider urban area of Halifax and are reliant upon the area for goods and services.


26.18 The quality of open spaces in the Halifax area is generally good. Amenity Greenspace,Allotments and Community Gardens, Cemeteries and Churchyards, Green Corridors,Natural and Semi-Natural Greenspaces and Civic Spaces generally score highly in termsof qualitative and value rating.The quality of Parks and Gardens and Provision for Childrenand Teenagers is variable with some areas scoring much better than others.

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Quantitative Value

26.19 Halifax is generally well provided for in terms of most Open Space typologies to includeParks and Gardens, Amenity Green Space, Natural and Semi-Natural Areas and Provisionfor Children and Teenagers. Deficits of provision are however evident for other typologieswith a number of densely populated areas to include large parts of North Halifax and thetown centre not falling within the catchment area of an Allotment or Community Gardenand/or a Cemetery or Churchyard.

Key Issues

Open space in Halifax is generally well provided for and is of a good standard.

Typology Site Lists - Table 10: Halifax



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%

Size(ha)

Name of siteKKPref

Retain60025%66%1.1106Warley Allotments9419

Disused site.Demand exists in thearea for allotments.

40023%52%0.2174AllotmentGardens, SiddalGrove

9480

Retain40029%71%0.5865Land Between38-50 WhitehillRoad

9487


40014%43%0.5878Clover HillAllotments

9494


40021%49%0.2967Common LaneAllotment Gardens

9510

Amenity Green Space


Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%

Size(ha)

Name of siteKKPref

Retain400- - 0.1563Nursery Close1

Retain400- - 0.1755Sandhall Green266

Retain400- - 0.1461Myrtle Avenue279

Increase quality.Consider change of

40016%54%0.3557Littlemoor Road Estate280

59



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%

Size(ha)

Name of siteKKPref

use e.g. communitygarden/allotments.

Improve site qualityto compliment

40022%57%0.4066Caddyfields288

associated playarea.

Improve site qualityto compliment

40018%48%0.2127Crib Lane295

associated playarea.

Retain400- - 0.7217Littlemoor Road Estate323

Retain400- - 0.3812Woodlands Estate324

Retain400- - 0.0510Iona Place325

Retain400- - 0.6467Turner Avenue EstateSouth

330

Increase quality orconsider change ofuse.

60012%30%1.1700Denfield Crescent333

Retain400- - 0.0504Heathy Lane337

Retain400- - 0.4534Higgin Lane play area,Common Lane 1

369

Retain400- - 0.1550Sandbeds/MoorEnd/Sutcliffe St etc

398

Retain400- - 0.1191Tower HillView/Burnley RoadShrubs

498

Retain40022%57%0.5709Ryburn Court/OtleyStreet

500

Retain400- - 0.1894Aachen Way (cont.)501

Retain400- - 0.0454Albert Drive/Road502

Retain40030%59%0.5065Sandhall/HighroadWell/Sandbeds

504

Retain400- - 0.2126Mount Pellon505

60



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%

Size(ha)

Name of siteKKPref

Retain400- - 0.0463Vickerman street506

Retain400- - 0.1558Mile Thorn Flats507

Increase quality orconsider change ofuse.

60011%54%1.8717Ling Bob/Weatherhouse/Ryecroft etc.

515

Retain120029%49%28.6645Roils Head516

Retain40015%63%0.8868Queens RoadJ&I/Community Centre

519

Retain400- - 0.1559Conway/Bentley StreetPlay Area

521

Retain40040%70%0.1176Violet street North/StAugustine’s

523

Retain40027%57%0.4276Angel RoadEscarpment

524

Retain400- - 0.0821Clement Court526

Retain400- - 0.1033Alabama Street528

Retain40037%71%0.9665Crib Lane Estate529

Retain400- - 0.4936Rothery/Cherry Court530

Retain400- - 0.1953Lister Lane531

Retain400- - 0.1037Francis Close532

Retain400- - 0.1889Crossley Gardens533

Retain400- - 0.1035Horsfall House534

Retain400- - 0.3063Bruswick Gardens547

Retain400- - 0.1804Lister Court548

Retain400- - 0.2134St James/Albion Court549

Retain400- - 0.3248King Cross Rd/SwiresRd/Arden Rd

550

Retain400- - 0.1349West Parade Flats551

Retain40026%68%0.5231Spring Edge570

61



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%

Size(ha)

Name of siteKKPref

Retain400- - 0.1145Shaw Lodge571

Retain400- - 0.0609Lydbrook Park576

Retain400- - 0.0679Crossley Hill578

Retain40034%70%0.3933Copley RecreationGround

582

Retain400- - 0.0881Swift St/S'hebbleLn/Jubilee Rd

585

Retain400- - 0.6275Barker Close588

Retain600- - 1.7206Backhold589

Retain40035%60%0.7971Siddal Rec590

Retain1200- - 5.2521Spring Hall592

Retain40031%71%0.2423Higgins Close/Homefor the Aged

597

Site needsre-assessing.

40023%49%0.2654SouthowramEstate/Rec ground

706

Improved facilitiessince the lastassessment.

Retain400- - 0.8672New Street Estate707

Retain600- - 1.1713Fairfax Crescent708

Retain400- - 0.0718Bank Top710

Retain400- - 0.9559Mixenden CommunityPrimary

791

Site needsre-assessing.

120022%45%5.1126Four Fields PlayingFields

806

Improved facilitiessince the lastassessment.

Retain40017%50%0.3974Range Bank818

Retain400- - 0.2590Spring Terrace820

Retain400- - 0.3958Haley/Akroyd Court822

62



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%

Size(ha)

Name of siteKKPref

Retain400- - 0.0583Woodside flats823

Retain400- - 0.1814Carmel Road824

Retain400- - 0.8651Cantebury Crescent825

Retain60038%64%2.3725Grantham Road Rec828

Retain400- - 0.2726McBurney Close829

Retain60029%58%1.4557Holmfield833

Retain400- - 0.1221Quarry Road836

Retain400- - 0.2186Ovenden Way839

Retain400- - 0.0635Brickfield Grove/Place840

Retain400- - 0.1292Ramsden Street841

Retain400- - 0.2202GrangeAve/Beechwood Road

842

Retain400- - 0.2200St Andrews/Watkinsonflats

844

Retain400- - 0.3213Beechwood Close846

Retain60031%61%1.4967Moor Lane Rec847

Retain400- - 0.1381Ovenden Cross PublicHouse

850

Retain400- - 0.7246Ovenden Crescent851

Retain400- - 0.0546Ovenden Close852

Retain400- - 0.1481Fairview Terrace853

Retain400- - 0.1246Old Lee Bank/BatleyStreet

854

Retain400- - 0.1250865 GreenLane/Illingworth Road

858

Retain60036%69%2.6609Natty Lane RecGround

860

Retain60026%72%1.4568Keighley Road870

Retain60027%61%2.3478Whitehill Estate871

63



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%

Size(ha)

Name of siteKKPref

Retain400- - 0.5399Athol Estate872

Retain400- - 0.3575Rugby Estate873

Retain400- - 0.1733BlackburnHouse/Close

874

Retain400- - 0.2981Moorlands Close876

Retain400--0.2576Myrtle Estate879

Retain400--0.1682Moorside Gardens881

Retain60022%64%1.7190Illingworth Estate882

Consider togetherwith 888 for change

600--2.5351Furness Estate884

of use to fillcatchment gap fora local Park orGarden.

Retain40027%65%0.8291Dodgeholme Estate887

Consider togetherwith 884 for change

120015%50%3.4666Furness Avenue888

of use to fillcatchment gap fora local Park orGarden.

Retain400--0.0421Hebble Brook Close890

Retain40026%61%0.6621Mixenden Road Flats891

Retain60035%69%1.1121Clough LaneRecreation Ground

892

Retain400--0.3504Woodbrook Flats893

Retain600--1.1006Abbey Park Estate896

Improve quality60018%27%1.1136Turner Avenue NthEstate

897

Retain40021%65%0.5895Turner Ave Sth Estate898

Retain600--1.0991Stanningley Estate899

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Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%

Size(ha)

Name of siteKKPref

Low value and lowquality site.

60015%56%1.8664Hambleton Estate901

Consider forchange of use.

Retain400--0.9203Jumples Estate905

Retain400--0.8677Watkinson Bungalows906

Retain400--0.0464Heath Lea915

Retain400--0.0516Hunter Hill916

Retain400--0.0662Beechwood Drive917

Retain400--0.0991Fern Street919

Retain400--0.1266Warley Road936

Retain400--0.1436Ivy Street939

Retain40016%67%0.3262Crossley Gardens1006

Retain40017%30%0.7005Chatham StreetCommunity Centre

1517

Retain40022%59%0.1972Brunel Court1526

Retain40022%61%0.0745Laurel Crescent1530

Retain40023%58%0.0815Ambler Grove1541

Retain60027%65%1.0876Burdock Way/OrangeSt roundabout

9001

Retain60027%64%1.7288NorthbridgeRoundabout

9002

Retain60043%83%1.7303Beech Hill School9003

Retain40038%83%0.6739Jubilee Centre9006

Retain40035%69%0.0765Highway Verge Adj toMiall Street/HartleyStreet

9008

Retain40031%70%0.0942Boothtown MedicalCentre

9017

Retain40023%63%0.4383St Joseph's School9051

65



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%

Size(ha)

Name of siteKKPref

Retain60029%61%1.2512Horley Green Road9053

Retain60025%52%1.3151Bailey HallRoad/SouthowramBank Amenity Space

9054

Retain60028%65%1.1375Skircoat Moor RoadSite 1

9085

Retain40034%75%0.1365Skircoat Moor RoadSite 2

9086

Retain60037%73%1.5411Savile Park9088

Retain120037%75%3.4238The Crossley HeathSchool

9089

Retain120027%65%22.5841Amenity Space9091

Retain40035%83%0.2154All Saints C of ESchool

9096

Retain40038%75%0.4866Skircoat Green9097

Retain40034%84%0.3104Strechgate Lane Park9161

Retain40037%71%0.5085Pellon Network Centre9162

Retain40029%71%0.9341Roils Head Reservoir9165

Retain60035%79%2.1217Lee Mount PrimarySchool

9168

Retain40021%56%0.0500Land Adj to DenfieldAvenue

9171

Retain40035%67%0.8864Land Adj to GroveCroft/Edge

9172

Retain40033%70%0.2871Land off Buxton Way9173

Retain40035%67%0.1592Land Adj to GroveDrive/Square

9174

Retain40035%67%0.5233Land Adj to GrovePark/Royd

9175

Retain40025%65%0.5019Land Adj to VegalCrescent

9176

66



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%

Size(ha)

Name of siteKKPref

Retain40024%71%0.0749Myrtle GardensPlayground

9179

Retain40035%80%0.6785Moorside CommunitySchool

9182

Retain40033%66%0.3821Forest Green AmenitySpace

9183

Retain40031%59%0.2700Furness Drive AmenitySpace

9186

Retain120038%70%3.1077Innovations Children'sCentre

9187

Retain60029%61%2.6737Rake Bank9190

Retain60024%58%1.5585Land Adjacent toPolice Station

9198

Retain40024%65%0.1978Lee Bridge9205

Retain40029%70%0.5206Wrigley Hill9206

Retain40029%73%0.7542Land Adj to TheSycamores

9207

Retain40033%74%0.2961Keighley RoadSurgery

9209

Retain40027%69%0.3739Illingworth Fire Station9210

Retain40029%67%0.3798Land Adj to WhitehillDrive

9211

Retain40016%59%0.4268Littlemoor RoadRecreation Ground

9212

Retain60035%80%2.5769Whitehill School9213

Retain40028%71%0.1898Land Adj to KeighleyRoad

9214

Retain40032%79%0.7443Abbey Park School9215

Retain60041%82%1.2816Bradshaw PrimarySchool

9229

Increase quality ofsite e.g.

40028%59%0.4281Land Adj to PhoebeLane

9237

67



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%

Size(ha)

Name of siteKKPref

recreationalfacilities or planting.

Retain40038%68%0.2075Backhold LanePlayground

9247

Retain60037%77%2.0133Ash Green PrimarySchool Upper Site

9249

Increase quality ofsite. Issues with1200

28%59%3.2035The Bank9250

litter and dogfouling.

Retain40034%59%0.8722Land to Rear of 4/6Longhouse Road

9253

Retain40036%72%0.0409Land Adj to SlippyLane

9257

Former play area.Consider change ofuse.

40028%57%0.3282Fairfax Crescent9262

Retain40031%64%0.6406Land to Rear of LawLane

9263

Retain60036%78%1.1130Siddal Primary School9282

Retain40024%60%0.0567Beechwood Park9292

Retain60036%80%1.1957Within Fields PrimarySchool

9294

Retain40029%69%0.2614Land Adj to ArmitageRoad

9338

Requires bettermaintenance.

40022%58%0.5288Wainhouse Terrace9339

Retain60039%81%1.2088St Mary's PrimarySchool

9343

Retain40022%58%0.0658Land Adj to KingCross Street

9344

Retain40025%69%0.4602Boulevard HealthCentre

9345

Retain40028%71%0.1368Land Adj to A589408

68



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%

Size(ha)

Name of siteKKPref

Retain40028%72%0.1438Warley Town School9423

Retain60030%77%1.6042Holy Trinity PrimarySchool

9476

Improve facilities40030%52%0.9122Horley GreenRecreation Ground

9488

Retain40026%62%0.1524Jnct of Carmel Road& Claremount Road

9489

Improve drainageand facilities.

40021%58%0.7077Land to East ofAlexander Terrace

9490

Retain40020%59%0.2579Land Adj to 81 HunterHill Road

9491

Part of CalderdaleCollege. Improvemaintenance.

40013%41%0.2140Land at HopwoodLane

9492



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain600--1.0601IllingworthMethodist Church

928

Retain400--0.7946Christ Church941

Retain40021%47%0.9522St Mary's Church944

Retain4008%25%0.3151Chapel Street North965

Retain400--0.1904Providence Row966

Retain40030%51%0.2844Nursery Lane967

Retain600--1.2532Lister Lane1005

Retain60029%49%1.6993All SaintsChurchyard -

1506

Dudwell Lane,Halifax

Retain40019%49%0.2676St Pauls' Church1534

69



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain60016%45%1.0920Mount ZionMethodist Church

1542

Retain40024%58%0.7921Mount TaborMethodist Church

1543

Retain40029%62%0.6066All Souls Church9016

Requiresmaintenance.

60025%49%1.5866All Souls Cemetery,Woodside

9018

Overgrown withsignificant litter andfly tipping.

Retain40027%59%0.4229St Thomas Church9052


40023%43%0.0569Graveyard offChapel Street North

9178


40023%42%0.0991Club LaneGraveyard

9184

Potential for goodvisual amenityvalue.

Retain40032%55%0.4671St Mary's Church,Illingworth

9193

Retain40023%60%0.1974Land Adjacent toOld Lane 2

9196

Retain40027%55%0.9801Christ Church 9202

Retain60027%54%1.4727Illingworth MoorMethodist ChurchGraveyard

9208

Requiresmaintenance. Litter

40022%44%0.2746Bank Top BurialGround

9235

and dog foulingissues.

Retain40031%71%0.2439St Marks Church9238

Retain120031%67%12.9677Stoney RoydCemetery

9240

Retain40044%65%0.4284Holy NativityChurch

9256

70



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain40029%56%0.2235Chapel &Graveyard

9261

Former churchyardnow functions as

40024%62%0.6104St Paul's RestGarden

9337

amenity greenspace/garden.Potential toenhance facilities.

Requiresmaintenance

60025%49%1.8410King CrossMethodist Churchand Graveyard

9340

Retain40025%71%0.4346St Anne in theGrove

9403

Retain40021%59%0.9647Warley Cemetery9417

Civic Spaces


Valuescore %

Qualityscore %


Retain40027%65%0.0798Bull Green1601

Retain40038%80%0.4980Halifax TownCentre

1602

Retain40037%77%0.2156Northgate1603

Retain40039%81%0.4617Woolshops1604

Developmentscheme inprogress.

40027%82%0.5933Piece Hall1605

Retain40040%77%0.3096St GeorgesSquare

1606



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain400- - 0.9450Woodland At BirchLane

59

71



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain600- - 2.6806Hollins Wood60

Retain120053%87%74.6984Ogden Planatation81

Retain600- - 1.2903Beacon Hill93

Retain1200- - 5.8305Follies Wood94

Retain1200- - 6.4516Southowram Bank95

Retain600- - 1.4087Norton Tower98

Retain600- - 1.4039Seed Hill Plantation100

Retain1200- - 11.3436MixendenPlantation

122

Retain600- - 1.1259Broom Bank177

Retain1200- - 3.0429Only House Wood179

Retain400- - 0.6199Woodland at SlackEnd

180

Retain1200- - 6.8127Scout Wood181

Retain600- - 1.3060Slaterlee Wood182

Retain600- - 1.2344Shibden Mill Fold184

Retain1200- - 3.9777Simm Carr Clough185

Retain600- - 1.1951Shaking Delph195

Retain1200- - 3.6854Sunny BankClough

196

Retain120011%37%864.7144Ovenden/WarleyMoor

263

Retain600- - 1.0753Woodland Sion Hill297

Retain1- - 0.0320Ravenscliffe575

Retain120031%50%5.4198Shibden ParkCunnery Wood

809

Retain120039%55%4.6665Beechwood811

Retain400- - 0.1574Grassland945

72



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain1200- - 6.5374Bank House Wood1137

Retain1200- - 7.9951Elland Wood1138

Retain120018%40%3.6084Range Bank 11501

Retain60025%72%1.6351Victoria Reservoir9011

Retain -- 4.0262Albert Reservoir9013

Retain. Very steepslope unsuitable foralternative use.

60022%61%1.9162Site Adj toCharlestownRoad/Beacon HillRoad

9014

Low value and lowquality site.

40013%39%0.4471Caledonia Works9015

Consider foralternativeuse/disposal.

Retain. Highwayverge.

40016%49%0.2390Land Adj toPortland Road

9050

Retain40019%50%0.3555Bailey Hall RoadAmenity Space 2

9055

Retain125%60%0.0204Bailey Hall RoadAmenity Space 3

9056

Retain40016%49%0.6754Dudwell LaneAmenity Space

9094

Railway verge40012%44%0.0576Dudwell9095

Retain120027%42%7.4045Long Wood9099

Retain60028%58%1.5619Shroggs RoadEmbankment

9166

Retain40025%55%0.7310Shroggs Stables9167

Retain40020%44%0.1789Land Adj to CroftFold

9169

Retain40027%48%0.2008Land Adj toRamsden Street

9170

Retain60034%52%2.2761Dodge Holme DriveAmenity Space

9191

73



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain120026%49%8.2868Land Adj toHeathmoor ParkRoad

9192

Retain40019%46%0.2722Land Adjacent toOld Lane

9195

Retain40021%49%0.9531Former Refuse Tip9197

Retain120032%51%3.0246Snake Hill Wood 19199

Retain120032%51%8.2431Snake Hill Wood 29200

Retain40033%66%0.0500Footpath and Landadj to Ogden Water

9217

Retain40020%53%0.2967Upper Brockholes9218

Retain60023%49%1.8791Highroad WellMoor

9220

Retain120018%47%8.4043Hebble Brook9222

Retain40021%49%0.7563Elland WoodBottom

9232

Retain60024%51%2.8951Land Adj to OxfordLane

9241

Some fly tippingand dog foulingissues.

60040%42%2.3798Hebble Trail9243

Retain60042%53%1.7843Hebble Trail 29244

Retain40024%52%0.3067Land Adj toRookery Lane

9245

Retain127%50%0.0158Land Adj to 387Exley Lane

9246

Retain120038%54%4.3826Land to Rear ofLonghouse Road

9252

Retain40035%51%0.4743Mixenden Stones9254

Retain60024%47%1.0772Land Adj WakefieldGate

9346

74



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain60017%47%1.0525Land Adj toTrimmingham Lane

9353

Retain40022%48%0.2093Far Brook9407

Retain60017%55%1.2323Land Adj to GreatEdge Road

9416

Retain40015%40%0.1547Land Adj to WarleyTown Lane

9426

Parks and Gardens


Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain120041%60%3.1482West View Park494

Retain400- - 0.0521King Cross C/Park508

Retain40023%64%0.0546The Gibbet535

Retain120059%83%4.8609Peoples park537

Retain400- - 0.1094Halifax SwimmingPool

554

Retain400- - 0.0715Square Church557

Retain400- - 0.1133Hattersfold562

Retain40018%68%0.0435Magistrates Court566

Retain40038%32%0.2372Albert Park569

Retain120056%79%7.5945Manor Heath Park573

Retain400- - 0.0585Salterhebble600

Site facilitiesimproved since

120034%51%12.9768Beechwood Park810

assessment.Reassess.

Retain400- - 0.0437Garden StreetNorth

817

Retain40019%50%0.0535Boothtown Rd.Rest Garden

827

75



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain120024%43%3.8292AkroydPark/MemorialGarden

835

Retain400- - 0.0483Lee Bridge845

Retain120041%59%10.1118Shroggs Park861

Retain400- - 0.0661Rugby MountCouncil Offices

877

Retain400- - 0.1046Athol Gardens878

High value site,improve quality.

120040%52%5.4239Mixenden UrbanPark

895

Retain400- - 0.8986Belle Vue House1540

Retain40037%65%0.3442Queens RoadPark/Miall Street

9009

Retain40035%68%0.6527Square Park9019

Retain60032%66%1.1577St John TheBaptist's Church

9047

Private garden40024%56%0.1149Reservoir House9216

Retain60029%64%1.5221Bradshaw TetleyMemorial Park

9228

Private garden40026%60%0.1022St Michaels House9233

Retain40036%61%0.7033Land Adjacent toFountain Head

9283

Village (OvendenWood)

Retain40037%78%0.6870Mount TaborRecreation Ground

9284

Hebden Bridge

Introduction

26.20 The Calderdale Settlement Hierarchy identifies Hebden Bridge as a local town, meetingneeds for housing, employment and services generated locally and by surrounding lowerorder settlements. There are eight neighbourhood/small rural centres identified within theSettlement Hierarchy located within the area; Heptonstall, Pecket Well, Chiserley and OldTown, Charlestown, Callis Bridge, Slack and Blackshawhead. Many other smaller settlements

76


(such as Colden) exist based around the hilltop farmsteads, many of which are still in activeagricultural use today.


26.21 The quality of open spaces in Hebden Bridge is variable. Allotments and CommunityGardens, Natural and Semi-Natural Greenspaces and Cemeteries and Churchyards allshow mixed quality and value ratings. Parks and Gardens, Civic Spaces and AmenityGreenspace generally score poorly with only a small number of sites scoring highly. GreenCorridors is the only typology that scores consistently highly in the Hebden Bridge area.

Quantitative Value

26.22 Open Space provision in Hebden Bridge is primarily focused in the valley bottoms. AmenityGreenspace and Natural and Semi-Natural Greenspaces are well provided for with goodcoverage in the valley bottoms and further coverage evident in more remote locations.Deficits of provision are however evident for other typologies with large areas to includeparts of the valley bottom not falling within the catchment areas of Allotments and CommunityGardens, Cemeteries and Churchyards, Parks and Gardens and Provision for Childrenand Teenagers. However, there is the potential to improve facilities at some AmenityGreenspace sites to compensate for the deficit of Parks and Gardens. Examples of siteswhere such potential exists include Eaves Recreation Ground, Heptonstall RecreationGround and Charlestown Recreation Ground.

Key Issues

26.23 Open Space in Hebden Bridge is focused in the valley bottoms and is of a variable standard.

Typology Site Lists - Table 11: Hebden Bridge



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%

Size(ha)

Name of siteKKPref

Retain40016%38%0.1001Sandall Street959

Retain40017%45%0.6114Windsor Road994

Retain40028%58%0.4235Allotment North ofHalf Acre Island

9428

Retain40018%56%0.2148Half Acre IslandAllotments

9429

Retain40018%52%0.1826Allotments North ofBridge HolmeCricket Ground

9430

Retain40021%55%0.1058Allotments to SE ofBridge HolmeCricket Ground

9433

77



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%

Size(ha)

Name of siteKKPref

Retain40019%53%0.4049Land off TinkerBank Lane

9449

Amenity Green Space


Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Potential forimproved facilities to

40022%52%0.6177Heptonstall Rec13

compensate for thedeficit in Parks andGardens.

Retain1- - 0.0280Boston Hill33

Retain1- - 0.0307Slack44

Retain400- - 0.1890Naze Bottom55

Retain400- - 0.6451West Laith Estate66

Retain60027%75%1.0205MytholmCourt/Hall

77

Retain1- - 0.0343Garden Terrace88

Retain400- - 0.0619Commercial Street132


40028%40%0.3396Eaves RoadRecreationGround

143


Retain400- - 0.2795Mytholm CloseFlats

164


40034%63%0.5540Charlestown Rec275


Reassess. Improvedfacilities since thelast inspection.

40027%54%0.8216Old Town283

78



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Reassess. Improvedfacilities since thelast inspection.

40026%52%0.2664Pecket Well 1296

Retain400- - 0.3958Neale Street326

Retain400- - 0.0563Dodd Naze338

Retain400- - 0.1785Birchcliffe Road357

Retain40024%58%0.4507Bridge Lanes455

Retain40019%63%0.7564Popples Common456

Retain1- - 0.0283Gibraltar off OldLee

474

Retain1- - 0.0061Melbourne Street807

Retain400- - 0.0513Hebden ValeCentre

830

Potential forimproved facilities.

60023%52%1.0018Dodd Naze 1993

Retain400- - 0.4210Old Town Estate1151

Retain40026%58%0.2843Land to Rear ofStoodley Glen

9434

Retain40041%69%0.1930Land Adj to OldBrewhouse

9450



Valuescore %

Qualityscore %


Retain40034%56%0.2284St James Church1519

Retain40025%47%0.7005WainsgateBaptist Church

1550

Retain40024%44%0.0461Cross LaneMethodistGraveyard

9319

Retain Somemaintenance

40019%44%0.0853EastwoodCemetery

9427

79



Valuescore %

Qualityscore %


carried out byvolunteers.

Retain60020%66%1.3149St Thomas'Church

9451

Civic Spaces


Valuescore %

Qualityscore %

Size(ha)

Name of siteKKPref

Reassess,improvements carried

40028%68%0.1684St GeorgesSquare 1

1613

out since lastinspection.

Reassess,improvements carried

40029%69%0.1168Hebden BridgeMarket

1614

out since lastinspection.

Retain40035%75%0.1567Hebden BridgeVisitor Centre

9410


Action/Comments

Catchment(m)

Valuescore %

Qualityscore %


Retain1200- - 4.2395Hebble EndWood

3

Retain600- - 2.2364CommonBank Wood

11

Retain120031%22%3.3924Nutclough12

Retain400- - 0.4530Joan Wood14

Retain1200- - 16.2398Crow NestWood

16

Retain1200- - 16.1492HorseholdWood

17

Retain1200- - 4.6047Egde EndPlantation

18

80


Action/Comments

Catchment(m)

Valuescore %

Qualityscore %


Retain1200- - 16.6327CowbridgeWood

19

Retain1200- - 17.3208RawenstallWood

20

Retain1200- - 20.4518Callis Wood21

Retain1200- - 9.7441CommonBank Wood

22

Retain400- - 0.2048Woodland AtMarsh Clough

23

Retain600- - 1.8522Marsh Wood24

Retain600- - 1.8032Woodland AtBlake Dean

25

Retain600- - 1.8371Woodland AtNew Laithes

26

Retain400- - 0.2230Woodland AtWalshawLane

34

Retain400- - 0.0964Woodland AtWalshaw

35

Retain1200- - 7.5213Small ShawWood

36

Retain600- - 1.5020Horse HayWood

37

Retain600- - 1.9176HareshawWood

38

Retain1200- - 6.8893Burnt AcresWood

40

Retain1200- - 8.4580Height Wood41

Retain400- - 0.3005Woodland AtMayroyd Mill

42

Retain600- - 1.6391Parrock Wood48

Retain600- - 1.1818HelliwellWood

71

81


Action/Comments

Catchment(m)

Valuescore %

Qualityscore %


Retain400- - 0.0673Woodland AtNew Bridge

72

Retain1200- - 3.5247StoodleyWood

73

Retain1200- - 3.3656Lower EastLee Wood

129

Retain1200- - 12.5967HighGreenwoodWood

147

Retain1200- - 29.0111WalshawWood

148

Retain1200- - 6.5193ShackeltonWood

149

Retain1200- - 34.2444Foul ScoutWood

150

Retain1200- - 5.7409Ingham Wood151

Retain1200- - 14.8128Gibson Wood(GreenwoodLee Wood)

152

Retain1200- - 3.6739Mould GrainWood

153

Retain1200- - 14.8603Hebden Wood154

Retain1200- - 3.9218Hewden HoleWood

155

Retain1200- - 15.9293Eves Wood160

Retain120016%48%22.5098Dill Scout'sWood

161

Retain1200- - 3.1687Foster Wood162

Retain1200- - 3.4238Bod Wood163

Retain600- - 2.9700Slater IngWood

165

Retain400- - 0.6957Hut BoothWood

166

82


Action/Comments

Catchment(m)

Valuescore %

Qualityscore %


Retain1200- - 6.6573CrimesworthWood

167

Retain1200- - 5.5810Hollin HallWood

174

Retain1200- - 6.0165Hirst GreenWood

176

Retain400- - 0.4464Part ofHeptonstallMoor

205

Retain6009%31%2.6194Hoar SideMoor

210

Retain120013%34%7.4609Little Moor212

Retain120010%33%909.6609Midgley Moor219

Retain120014%45%4364.4829Wadsworth/Widdop/BlackMoor

220

Retain12007%33%71.6611Edge EndMoor

221

Retain12008%35%43.0171HeptonstallMoor

223

Retain40012%38%0.1400Part ofStansfieldMoor

228

Retain120015%43%14.5832Colden243

Retain40019%40%0.3076Cross Hill364

Retain1200- - 11.0030Knott Wood375

Retain1200- - 17.4978Lee Wood376

Retain1200- - 15.7681Middle BoothWood

377

Retain1200- - 11.8001Over Wood383

Retain1200- - 6.5040Spa Wood387

Retain1200- - 23.9145Spring Wood388

83


Action/Comments

Catchment(m)

Valuescore %

Qualityscore %


Retain600- - 2.2146Woodland AtBirchcliffe

394

Retain600- - 1.5543Woodland OffNursery LaneWest

396

Retain1200- - 6.1995Able CoteWood

903

Retain1200- - 23.2249Stoney SpotPlantation

1158

Retain1200- - 5.7315Boston HillWood

1159

Retain400- - 0.8768Tinker BankWood

1160

Retain400- - 0.4399Woodland AtHebden Dale

1161

Retain40029%50%0.2347Station Road1516

Retain60023%50%1.3910Slater Bank9317

Densewoodland

60020%43%1.1407Land atHangingroyd

9318

with limitedaccess.

Retain60028%52%2.0106Land Adj tothe Buttress

9320

Retain40021%47%0.2126Land Adj toBankfootTerrace

9411

Retain120028%60%3.1163Land Adj toVictoriaBridge

9414

Retain40027%51%0.0590Crow Nest9415

Washland40015%39%0.9756Land to Northof Bridge

9431

Holme CricketGround

84


Action/Comments

Catchment(m)

Valuescore %

Qualityscore %


Retain40020%52%0.4397StoodleyBridgeStables

9432

Improveaccess

40016%37%0.9499Land off WestView

9452

Somemanagement

40014%36%0.4177Land off GlenView Road

9453

takingplace.

Heavilyovergrown

40014%37%0.8397Land belowBank View

9454

woodedarea onsteep slopewith pooraccess.

Steepwoodlandsite

40013%37%0.3735Land Adj toRose Grove

9532

Parks and Gardens


Valuescore %

Qualityscore %


Retain40037%62%0.3434New Road MemGdns

2

Retain40018%51%0.0684Heptonstall DrivePark

110

Retain40016%43%0.1192Ash/Birch Street705

Retain60041%64%2.7946Calder HolmesPark

1084

Mytholmroyd (including Luddenden Dean and Cragg Vale)

Introduction

26.24 The Calderdale Settlement Hierarchy identifies both Mytholmroyd and Luddenden (includingLuddendenfoot) as local centres, meeting locally generated needs for housing, employmentand services. Mytholmroyd is the larger urban area, whilst Luddenden and the other villagesform much smaller urban areas with fewer services. There are two neighbourhood/small

85


rural centres within the area; Brearley and Midgley. Many other smaller settlements existbased around farmsteads and the minor transport routes.


26.25 The quality of open spaces in Mytholmroyd is variable. Cemeteries and Churchyards, Parksand Gardens and Amenity Greenspace all show mixed quality and value ratings. Allotmentsand Community Gardens generally score poorly with only a small number of sites scoringhighly. Natural and Semi-Natural Greenspaces is the only typology that scores consistentlyhighly in the Mytholmroyd area.

Quantitative Value

26.26 Open Space provision in Mytholmroyd is variable. Natural and Semi-Natural Areas are wellprovided for with good even catchment coverage. Amenity Greenspace is well provided forin the valley bottoms but coverage is patchy elsewhere in the Mytholmroyd area. Deficitsof provision are however clearly evident for other typologies to include Cemeteries andChurchyards, Parks and gardens, Allotments and Community Gardens and Provision forChildren and Teenagers.

26.27 Some sites demonstrate the characteristics and functions of more than one open spacetypology with other sites having the potential to be converted from a typology that has asurplus of provision to one that has a deficit. For example, White Lee Recreation Groundis classified as Amenity Green Space but functions to some extent as and includes someof the facilities of a Local Park. Also, at Kershaw Estate there is potential to develop someof the Amenity Green Space into Allotments or Community Gardens.

Key Issues

26.28 The quality of and access to Open Space in Mytholmroyd is variable.

Typology Site Lists - Table 12: Mytholmroyd (including Luddenden Dean and Cragg Vale)



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore %

Size(ha)

Name of siteKKPref

Retain40024%62%0.2712Stocks Lane,Luddenden

983

CemeteryAllotments

Retain40013%51%0.1298Allotment Gardens- BanksfieldTerrace

992

Retain60028%52%1.9880Rose Place1525

86



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore %

Size(ha)

Name of siteKKPref

Overgrown anddisused

40019%50%0.1642Dean HouseAllotments

9306

Amenity Green Space


Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain60038%77%1.6604Midgley Rec175

Retain600- - 2.7671Kershaw Estate206

Retain400- - 0.0751Cragg Rd PlayArea

235

Retain40043%62%0.2095Jerusalem Farm274

Potential for changeof use of part of this

40017%50%0.3253Kershaw Estate282

site to allotments orcommunitygardens.

Retain400- - 0.0596Nest Estate285

Retain119%63%0.0179Luddenden RestGarden

299

Retain600- - 1.0813Banksfield Estate310

Retain1- - 0.0206Jubilee Street321

Retain400- - 0.1491Nest Estate327

Functions to someextent as a local

60031%71%1.2499White LeeRecreation

343

park to cover thedeficit of Parks andGardens.

Retain400- - 0.1462Orchard Walk413

Retain400- - 0.2421Railes Close414

Retain400- - 0.0423Mount Zion Flats415

Retain400- - 0.4491Elphin Court484

87



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain400- - 0.0759LuddendenfootIndustrial Park

834

Retain400- - 0.1797Albert EdwardsMemorial

837

Retain400- - 0.0760Throstle Mount935

Retain400- - 0.1589Highfield Drive/Road

942

Retain40026%59%0.1609Halifax Lane/HighSt,Luddenden Rec

1008

Retain40030%55%0.2575Scout Road Rec1063

Retain40025%74%0.5413Wainstalls School9287

Retain60029%79%1.4244Woodbank School9299

Retain40041%79%0.7201Midgley School9308

Retain60036%66%2.8339Stubb PlayingFields

9321

Retain40027%55%0.6153Scout RoadCommunity Field

9535



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore %


Retain40017%45%0.1656Butts GreenCemetery

1019

Retain40031%49%0.3407MytholmroydMethodist Church

1539

Retain4009%31%0.6852Midgley Chapel1551

Retain40023%50%0.3070St John's Church1

1553

The site wouldbenefit from somebenches.

40033%64%0.3194St Mary'sChurchyard

9303

88



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore %


Unused section willform new site.

60033%64%1.6004LuddendenCemetery

9304

Retain40016%43%0.2389Booth BurialGround

9307

Retain40025%54%0.4262St MichaelsChurch

9313



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain400- - 0.8033Rud Clough Wood4

Retain1200- - 45.7175Sunderland Pasture5

Retain600- - 1.1836Woodland At GreenThorn Edge

6

Retain600- - 1.9120Swardy HillPlantation

7

Retain600- - 1.1321Rough Edge8

Retain1200- - 7.2630Hove Yard Wood9

Retain1200- - 12.4314Bell Bottom Wood10

Retain1200- - 5.8253Higher May RoydWood

15

Retain600- - 2.3017Hollin Bank Wood43

Retain1200- - 3.9623Deacon Hill Wood45

Retain1200- - 4.7909Bank Top Wood46

Retain600- - 2.5306Hobson Hey Wood47

Retain600- - 1.5855Woodland At GreatEdge

61

Retain400- - 0.7431West Royd Wood62

Retain400- - 0.9502Roe Buck Wood63

Retain600- - 1.3226Kiln House Wood65

89



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain400- - 0.5820Twelve PennyworthWood

68

Retain600- - 1.2431Tenter Wood69

Retain600- - 1.6520Brinks wood76

Retain1200- - 5.2184Lords Wood78

Retain1200- - 3.0531Paper Mill Wood79

Retain400- - 0.8614Sandy Pickle Wood80

Retain1200- - 7.8786Hathershelf Scout84

Retain1200- - 3.1695Redacre Wood85

Retain400- - 0.6812Brocks Wood90

Retain1200- - 3.3935Lark Hall Wood101

Retain600- - 2.1050Jumm Wood102

Retain600- - 1.5892Knowle Wood103

Retain1200- - 4.3447Higher House Wood104

Retain600- - 2.0779Hathershelf Scout(West)

108

Retain1200- - 4.7148Hathershelf ScoutWood (East)

109

Retain600- - 2.8478Woodland AtDuaber Bridge

111

Retain400- - 0.1344Woodland atDauber Bridge

112

Retain400- - 0.4586Woodland Adj HollinWell

113

Retain600- - 1.8759Park Fold Wood114

Retain1200- - 5.7304MytholmroydSidings (South)

115

Retain1200- - 3.8177MytholmroydSidings (north)

116

Retain1200- - 12.2300Brearley Wood117

90



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain400 - -0.8229Stoney SpringWood

118

Retain1200- - 3.2363Stephenson HouseWood

123

Retain600- - 2.8271Burlees Wood124

Retain600- -1.9016Broad Bottom Wood125

Retain1200- - 4.7849Han Royd Wood126

Retain400- - 0.5560Foster Clough127

Retain400- -0.4978Woodland at WhiteLee Clough

128

Retain1200- - 4.0573Whams Wood141

Retain600- - 2.7952Caty Wood156

Retain120011%37%7.5391Dry Carr Common211

Retain113%43%0.0024The Piece of land atScout Head

213

Retain60011%29%1.1204Sykes Gate215

Retain1200- - 8.8406Wood Hey218

Retain120013%37%18.8762Long Edge Moor222

Retain120011%37%135.3519Erringden Commonor Bellhouse andErringden Moor

229

Retain600- - 2.9239Martin Wood236

Retain120033%31%9.3796Wade Wood262

Retain120012%38%17.5594BlackwoodCommon (part)

359

Retain600- - 2.3334High Royd Wood370

Retain1200- - 23.1989Hollin Hey Wood371

Retain600- - 1.4764Wood At JerusleamLand

392

Retain1- - 0.0272Cragg Rd Play Area933

91



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain400- - 0.2236Dale View1030

Retain600- - 2.9943Frank Wood1144

Retain600- - 2.3117Upper Hays Wood1145

Retain600- - 1.2037Dean House Wood1146

Retain600- - 1.1718Woodland At BeckTop Farm

1147

Site overgrown.2000 Aerial

40023%60%0.6448Land Adj to TheDelvers PH

9286

Photography showscricket pitch.

Retain60015%46%2.7470RailwayEmbankment

9297

Steep sided,wooded river bankwith difficult access.

60019%46%1.7299Luddenden Dean9298

Retain40034%77%0.5107Land Adj toLuddenden CarPark & Toilets

9300

Retain40024%49%0.1829Land between HighStreet/New Road

9301

Retain40024%52%0.6119Land Adj toLuddendenMethodist Church

9302

Retain60037%78%1.4390Jerusalem FarmCampsite

9309

Retain60025%45%2.0755Land betweenKershaw Est &Burnley Road

9310

Retain40024%45%0.1193White Lee Bridge9312

Retain40033%57%0.8339Land Adj to ScoutRoad

9315

Retain60026%44%1.2819Cleveley Gardens9316

Part of the site isused as a garden.

40020%47%0.9864Land Adj to RoseGrove Lane

9348

92



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain60021%56%2.7517Mayroyd Bridge9412

Parks and Gardens


Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain4003%0%0.1557Delph Mills216

Retain120036%56%3.3822Holmes Park258

Retain400- - 0.0500Cragg Rd PlayArea

362

Retain400- - 0.1128Clegg NookGarden

401

Retain400- - 0.0482Clegg NookSports

402

Retain400- - 0.1035Dale View812

Retain40031%74%0.0885Mytholmroyd WarMemorial

9314

Northowram and Shelf

Introduction

26.29 Northowram and Shelf are located in the north east of Calderdale between Halifax andBradford.The majority of the developed land runs alongside the A6036 Bradford Road fromStump Cross through Northowram, Stone Chair and Shelf. Compared to other areas,Northowram and Shelf have fewer facilities and services overall; although both perform a'Local Centre' role in terms of the settlement hierarchy, providing for locally generated needsfor services.


26.30 The quality and value rating of open spaces in Northowram and Shelf is variable. AmenityGreenspace and Natural and Semi-Natural Greenspaces generally score highly.The qualityand value rating of Allotments and Community Gardens and Cemeteries and Churchyardsare however variable with some areas scoring much better than others.

Quantitative Value

26.31 The Northowram and Shelf area is generally well provided for in terms of most Open Spacetypologies to include Parks and Gardens, Amenity Green Space , Natural and Semi-Natural

93


Areas and Cemeteries and Churchyards. However, whilst areas of deficit are evident forAllotments and Community Gardens and Provision for Children and Teenagers, some siteshave the potential to be converted from a typology that has a surplus of provision to onethat has a deficit. For example, Land adjacent to Green Lane (Ref 9083), which is classedas Natural/Semi-natural Green Space, could be used as amenity green space, allotmentsor provision for children and teenagers.

Key Issues

26.32 Access to Open Spaces in Northowram and Shelf is generally good. However, the qualityof Open Spaces in the area is variable.

Typology Site Lists - Table 13: Northowram and Shelf



Valuescore %

Qualityscore %


Retain400- - 0.0558Shelf MoorRoad

386

Retain40024%47%0.2087Northowram927

Disused400- - 0.1851Halifax Road1003

Amenity Green Space


Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain400- - 0.1787Burnside Ave777

Potential forallotments however

40021%20%0.7687Belle Vue Estate778

land designation isPrimary Housing.

Retain400- - 0.0476Witchfield Grange779

Retain400- - 0.4713ShibdenPark/Godley Lane

802

Retain60037%71%1.4995NorthowramRecreation Ground

9058

Retain60038%78%1.8772Wytehill Chase9060

Retain60036%84%1.1109Shelf J & I School9075

Retain40029%72%0.0822Land Adj to ShelfMoor Road

9079

94



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain60031%78%1.2246St Michaels & AllAngels School

9082



Valuescore %

Qualityscore %


Retain40019%52%0.5763Heywood ReformChurch

1503

Retain40021%49%0.3307Bethel Chapel1507

Retain40024%53%0.3606St Michael & AllAngels Church

1537

Retain40036%71%0.8396St Matthew'sChurch

9057



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain1200- - 4.5939Halls Royd Wood70

Retain1200- - 10.1294Staups Wood178

Retain600- - 1.9744Intake Wood183

Retain400- - 0.7108Upper Brear186

Retain1200- - 17.1285Sun Wood203

Retain600- - 2.8576Jagger Wood241

Retain1200- - 7.1469Wood Fall393

Retain40018%40%0.1678Land Adj to WadeHouse Road

9076

Retain40024%49%0.8298Land Adj toAyreville Road

9078

Potential for the siteto be used for one

60026%51%1.9174Land Adj toGreen Lane

9083

of the deficienttypologies in the

95



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


area; amenity greenspace, allotments orprovision forchildren and youngpeople.

Retain120029%49%4.4831Woodfall Beck9084

Parks and Gardens


Valuescore %

Qualityscore %


Retain120042%60%8.6636Shelf Hall Park785

Retain40024%57%0.0843NorthowramRest Garden

788

Consider change ofuse. Catchment

40019%46%0.0622Staups lane804

covered by ShibdenPark.

Retain120068%86%27.4261Shibden Park808

Retain40027%52%0.0649Land Adj to CarrHouse Lane

9080

Ripponden (Ryburn Valley)

Introduction

26.33 The Calderdale Settlement Hierarchy identifies Ripponden (including Rishworth) as a localcentre. As such its role is to meet locally generated needs for housing, employment andservices. There are also four defined neighbourhood/small rural centres within the area;Barkisland, Soyland, Mill Bank and Triangle. Other smaller settlements and hamlets exist,based around the hilltop farmsteads, many of which are still in agricultural use today.

26.34 The M62 is only five miles south of Ripponden centre and as a result the Ryburn valley isa significant commuter route from the Greater Manchester area through into Calderdale.The attractive rural environment and high commuting rates has led to a rapid increase inpopulation and high levels of new house building over the last decade.

Quality of Provision

26.35 The quality of open spaces in the Ripponden area is variable. Parks and Gardens, Provisionfor Children and Teenagers and Amenity Greenspace all show mixed quality and valueratings. Allotments and Community Gardens and Natural and Semi-Natural Greenspaces

96


score poorly with only a small number of sites scoring highly. Cemeteries and Churchyardsis the only typology that scores consistently highly in the Ripponden area.

Quantitative Value

26.36 Open Space provision in the Ripponden area is variable. Natural and Semi-Natural Areasare well provided for with good even catchment coverage. Amenity Greenspace is wellprovided for in and around the built up areas but coverage is poor elsewhere. Further deficitsof provision are evident for other typologies to include Cemeteries and Churchyards, Parksand Gardens, Allotments and Community Gardens and Provision for Children andTeenagers.

26.37 Some sites have the potential to be converted from a typology that has a surplus of provisionto one that has a deficit. For example, there is potential to change part of the AmenityGreenspace at St John’s Close (ref 445) to Allotments or Community Gardens.

Key Issues

26.38 The quality of and access to Open Space in Ripponden is variable.

Typology Site Lists - Table 14: Ripponden (Ryburn Valley)

Amenity Green Space


Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain400- - 0.0683Triangle Park273

Retain40035%65%0.4042Whiteley Park277

Retain400- - 0.1215Smithies Close301

Retain400- - 0.3915Greenacres Estate318

Retain60015%59%1.4842Sowerby Estate319

Retain400- - 0.0498Hollin Street320

Potential for changeof use.

40011%46%0.0412Ripponden OldBank/School Close

420

Retain40018%58%0.8987BrigRoyd/GreenAcresEstate

427

Retain40021%56%0.4323Mill Bank Close430

Retain120034%65%3.1571Ripponden WoodRec

435

Retain400- - 0.0911Fountain Street437

97



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain40019%59%0.2273Oak Hill439

Retain400- - 0.2215Sowerby BridgeRailway Station

443

Potential for changeof use of part of this

40015%58%0.8093St John's CloseEstate

445

site to allotments orcommunitygardens.

Retain400- - 0.0829Norland Town479

Retain40032%79%0.9473Triangle PrimarySchool

9123

Retain60034%84%1.0106Barkisland C of ESchool

9226

Retain60026%67%2.4697Land Adj to ShawLane

9356

Retain40032%79%0.5267Norland C of EPrimary School

9358

Improvementsplanned by ParishCouncil.

60016%51%1.1133Brig Royd House(RiversideMeadow)

9516



Valuescore %

Qualityscore %


Retain40025%52%0.6029St Bartholomew'sChurch

1538

Retain40029%60%0.4206Christ Church9223

Retain40031%58%0.0646Burial Ground9512

Overgrowngraveyard with

40019%42%0.1902The Manse BurialGround

9521

many broken looseheadstones.

Retain40029%57%0.4747St John TheDivine Church

9522

98



Valuescore %

Qualityscore %


Overgrown withtrees.

40013%36%0.1915The HollinsGraveyard

9525



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain1200- - 8.3937Fiddle Wood49

Retain1200- -26.9644High Lee Wood50

Retain1200- - 7.8014Rishworth Wood51

Retain600- - 2.5450Conney Wood52

Retain1200- - 3.7582Drumming Wood53

Retain400- - 0.5807Plantation At HutchBridge

54

Retain400- - 0.9030Coneygarth56

Retain400- - 0.7515Rishworth Bank57

Retain600- - 1.9510Hanging StonesWood

58

Retain600- - 2.2180Barkisland Clough67

Retain1200- - 10.0011Rough Hay Wood92

Retain600- - 2.5030Shaw Bank Wood105

Retain600- - 2.4753Gough Wood106

Retain400- - 0.7812Severhill Clough107

Retain600- - 1.5424Owlet Edge Wood139

Retain600- - 1.7936Heys Wood140

Retain1200- - 7.8019Firth House Wood157

Retain400- - 0.4219Woodland AtBottomley

168

Retain400- - 0.4062Woodland atBottoms

169

99



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain600- - 2.2652Woodland At DogLane Mill

170

Retain400- - 0.8970Woodland AtPinfold Quarries

172

Retain600- - 1.0545Woodland AtHowroyd

173

Retain120010%33%14.1610Little Crow Hill207

Retain120013%37%23.7818Pike End231

Retain40016%48%0.5410Hey HeadRishworth

232

Retain120030%47%94.0903Norland Moor287

Retain1200- - 7.3104Booth Wood360

Retain1200- - 3.5808Bottomley Wood361

Retain120015%42%1594.7694Rishworth Moor385

Retain600- - 1.0131Syke House Wood1141

Retain400- - 0.3937Zechariah Wood1142

Retain1200- - 4.9172Gallows Pole HillPlantation

1143

Retain1200- - 4.2999Hanson Wood1149

Retain1200- - 5.9101Turner Wood1150

Retain1200- - 5.1954Plantation AtBaitings North

1152

Retain1200- - 3.2896Plantation AtRyburn South

1153

Retain1200- - 5.7591Esther Cliff Wood1154

Retain600- - 2.3838Meg Scar1155

Retain600- - 1.8525Woodland At CliffeLane

1156

Retain600- - 1.4409Hill House MoorPlantation

1157

100



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain60018%45%1.2485Land Adj toKebroyd Mill

9477

Site slopes steeplyto the river.

40013%43%0.3095Land BehindCentral Hall

9513

Retain40018%46%0.2377Woodland AboveRoyd Lane CarPark

9515

Retain40017%45%0.5869Land Adj to StMatthews Church

9517

Retain40014%42%0.8760Land Adj to SteadLane

9519

Retain60016%35%1.7610Land BehindRippondenBusiness Park

9524

Potential for siteimprovements.

120018%40%4.1938Picnic AreaBarkisland

9526

Parks and Gardens


Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain16%35%0.0127Rishworth WarMemorial

433

Retain60039%74%2.2213Mill FoldRecreationGround

457

Retain1- - 0.0370Ripponden WarMemorial

1002

Retain40035%63%0.8435Norland WarMemorial

9357

Retain40037%68%0.0567Jubilee Garden9514

Private garden40019%46%0.4619Land Adj toSlitheroe Bridge

9518

101


Sowerby Bridge

Introduction

26.39 Sowerby Bridge is a market town located at the eastern gateway to the Upper Calder Valley.Along with Elland, Todmorden and Hebden Bridge, Sowerby Bridge is considered to be aLocal Town by the Settlement Hierarchy study for Calderdale. Local Towns are consideredto have a defined service centre and provide a wide range of services and facilities whichserve not only the town itself but other smaller settlements nearby. The area includes thesettlements of Sowerby Village, Friendly and Norland Town.


26.40 The quality and value rating of open spaces in the Sowerby Bridge area is variable.Cemeteries and Churchyards and Natural and Semi-Natural Greenspaces generally scorehighly. The quality and value rating of Allotments and Community Gardens, AmenityGreenspace and Parks and Gardens is however variable with some areas scoring muchbetter than others. The typology that scores comparatively poorly in the Sowerby Bridgearea is Civic Spaces.

Quantitative Value

26.41 The Sowerby Bridge Area is well provided for in terms of most Open Space typologies toinclude Parks and Gardens, Amenity Green Space, Natural and Semi-Natural Areas,Cemeteries and Churchyards, Provision for Children and Teenagers and Allotments andCommunity Gardens.

Key Issues

26.42 Access to Open Spaces in Sowerby Bridge is generally good. However, the quality of OpenSpaces in the area is variable.

Typology Site Lists - Table 15: Sowerby Bridge



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain400- - 0.0465AllotmentGardens

977

Retain40017%58%0.2064Willow Street981

Disused40014%37%0.1496Wood View1533

Retain60035%77%1.4556Wood Nook LaneAllotmentGardens

9104

Retain40034%72%0.1751BeechwoodAllotments

9117

102



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain60031%81%1.4721Pye NestAllotments

9342

Some partsovergrown

40019%53%0.1057Dale StreetAllotments

9350

Only part of the sitein use

40014%48%0.2796Mill House LaneAllotments

9359

Retain40017%63%0.6869Fall LaneAllotments

9406

New Site40017%63%0.5479Cemetery Fields9540

Amenity Green Space


Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain400- - 0.1517The Newlands272

Retain60033%71%1.3952Beech RecreationGround

418

Retain400- - 0.0453Tuel Lane423

Retain400- - 0.0477Milton Ave/StepsLn/Albert Rd/Oak St

424

Retain4005%33%0.8929Rawson Wood428

Reassess. Part ofthe site has beenredeveloped.

40016%42%0.6419West EndEstate/Quarry Hill

429

Retain400- - 0.0587Mount Street440

Retain400- - 0.0445Industrial/Beech/MountRd/Tuel Lane

442

Retain400- - 0.4408TheNewlands/SowerbyPark/Stocks Lane

446

Retain400- - 0.2117Tower HillFlats/EllisonMemorial

453

103



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain40029%68%0.3240St Peter's Ave460

Retain400- - 0.1298Norland View462

Retain40031%64%0.3853Beechwood463

Retain400- - 0.5174Long Bottom/MaudeCrescent

464

Retain600- - 1.0859Beechwood Estate466

Retain40022%65%0.1187Nelson Place/Street467

Retain400- - 0.0492Norland View468

Retain400- - 0.5907Bairstow Mount483


60029%40%2.0218Cemetery Fields485

Retain400- - 0.1432Lower Bentley Royd486

Retain60016%51%2.2088Willowfield Estate497

Retain400- - 0.0458Windle RoydFlats/Bairstow Lane

503

Retain400- - 0.0691Sowerby New Road954


40016%43%0.1402Willow Street1521

Retain40020%58%0.0790Higher Brockwell1531

Retain40035%86%0.9925Christ Church C ofE School

9103

Retain60039%73%1.2433Sacred Heart RCPrimary

9112

Retain40026%62%0.2794Beechwood Avenue9118

Retain60034%85%1.5556Sowerby VillagePrimary School

9120

Retain60029%62%1.2978Land Adj to ChristChurch

9354


40014%45%0.6214New Road PlayingFields

9538

104




Valuescore %

Qualityscore %


Retain120024%57%3.2528Cemetery Lane1012

Retain40032%55%0.6034St Peter'sChurch

1532

Scope for siteimprovements withseats and litter bins.

40040%68%0.7162St Patrick'sChurch

9107

Retain40029%68%0.2227Christ Church9351

Retain40031%55%0.4231Bolton BrowGraveyard

9352

Civic Spaces


Valuescore %

Qualityscore %

Size(ha)

Name of siteKKPref

New site assessmentrequired. The market

40031%60%0.2129SowerbyBridgeMarket

1607

has relocated since thelast assessment.



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain120011%16%4.5897Milner Royd LNR1701

Retain120037%54%4.7940Scarr Wood9100

Retain120032%47%12.9683Scarr Bottom Road9101

Retain40028%0%0.6113Park Road FishingLake

9102

Retain120036%52%8.1849Dam Head RoadPonds

9105

Retain40024%48%0.3338Bairstow Lane 29106

Litter problem onpart of the site.

60019%43%1.4369Land Adj to WestEnd Bowling Club

9110

105



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain60024%55%1.0010Land Adj to WhiteWindows

9111

Retain120031%48%6.1577Land Adjacent toRyburn Valley HighSchool

9114

Some litter issues40021%44%0.1690Land Adjacent toScarr Head Road

9115

Retain40024%48%0.9964Washer Lane FishPond

9341

The site is very overgrown in places.

40019%41%0.6109Land Adj to HollinsLane

9347

Maintenancerequired.

Retain40023%52%0.9009Land Adj toIndustrial Road

9349

Site is included inthe Sowerby Bridge

120015%38%7.1929Fall Lane LNR/Milner Royd

9405

and Copley ValleyRedevelopmentscheme.

Parks and Gardens


Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain400- - 0.0531West StreetGardens

448


60031%52%2.1668Alan Park450

Retain400- - 0.2137Bolton BrowGardens

469

Retain400- - 0.0993Wakefield Rd470

Retain120042%72%5.6332Crow Wood Park481

Retain40023%68%0.0706Tuel Lane Lock492

106



Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Reassess. Siteimprovements

40017%47%0.0871Bairstow Lane511

carried out sincelast inspection.

Private housing. NoOpen Space value

60025%50%2.0435Haugh EndHouse

9113

to public except forvisual amenity.

Retain40037%52%0.0550St Peter's Square9121

Retain40032%60%0.0437Sowerby Park(Stocks Lane)

9122

Todmorden

Introduction

26.43 Todmorden is a market town that is located at the western end of the Upper Calder Valley.The Calderdale Settlement Hierarchy identifies Todmorden (including Walsden) as a localtown, meeting needs for housing, employment and services generated locally and bysurrounding lower order settlements.


26.44 The quality and value rating of open spaces in the Todmorden area is variable. GreenCorridors score highly.The quality and value rating of Allotments and Community Gardens,Amenity Greenspace, Parks and Gardens and Natural and Semi-Natural Greenspaces ishowever variable with some areas scoring much better than others. The typologies thatscore comparatively poorly in the Todmorden area are Cemeteries and Churchyards,Provision for Children and Teenagers and Civic Spaces.

Quantitative Value

26.45 Open Space provision in the Todmorden area is primarily focused in the valley bottoms.Amenity Greenspace, Natural and Semi-Natural Greenspaces and Parks and Gardens arewell provided for in the valley bottoms with poor coverage evident in more remote locations.More extensive areas of deficit are however evident for other typologies to include Allotmentsand Community Gardens, Cemeteries and Churchyards and Provision for Children andTeenagers. Here, large areas of the valley bottom as well as more remote locations do notfall within the relevant typology catchment areas.

26.46 Some sites have the potential to be converted from a typology that has a surplus of provisionto one that has a deficit. For example, there is scope to develop a Community Garden onsome of the Amenity Green Space at Lennox Road (Ref 421).

107


Key Issues

26.47 Open Space in Todmorden is focused in the valley bottoms and is of a variable standard.

Typology Site Lists - Table 16:Todmorden



Valuescore %

Qualityscore %


Retain40020%47%0.2373Lime Avenue930

Retain40022%53%0.6909Portsmouth1017

Retain40016%37%0.5814Pitts Estate1027

Retain6008%28%1.0980Woodhouse1554

Retain60021%50%1.1253Land to SE of StMichaels Church

9444

Retain40021%55%0.4116Roebuck InnAllotmentGardens

9455

Retain40025%65%0.7179Incredible Farm9466

Amenity Green Space


Valuescore

%

Qualityscore

%


Retain40018%64%0.4378Rochdale Road244

Retain400- - 0.1626Carr House Estate267

Retain400- - 0.1295Ashenhurst269

Retain40014%35%0.5311Dineley Avenue270

Retain400- - 0.1440Bacup Road Rec281

Retain400- - 0.0456FieldenTerrace/MeadowBank

334

Retain400- - 0.1852Napier House335

Retain400- - 0.1244Knowlwood Road336

Potential for changeof use into allotment

40019%57%0.5308Lennox Road421

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Site needsreassessing due toredevelopment.

60014%48%1.0999Longfield Estate432

Retain400- - 0.1308Orchan Road451

Retain400- - 0.0462Adelaid Street459

Retain40032%68%0.6740Walsden Rec ScottStreet

518

Retain400- - 0.3245Walsden Rec ScottStreet

536

Retain400- - 0.0717Hollins Mill/ChapelSt

545

Retain400- - 0.1186Mount ZionFrontage

567

Retain400- - 0.3841Hill/Vernon/CharlesPlace

574

Retain60033%56%1.0587Portsmouth Rec595

Retain400- - 0.0893Wilk'son/C'roft Flats661

Retain400- - 0.8439Ashenhurst Estate678

Retain40034%61%0.7336Woodlands Avenue725

Retain400- - 0.0497Vale Manse Verges757

Retain400- - 0.0641Burnley /StationRoad

766

Retain400- - 0.2134Carr House Estate848

Retain400- - 0.0420Plane Street863

Retain400- - 0.1222StubleyViaduct/Mount

869

Retain40018%56%0.5390Ferney LeeRoad/Beaum

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Retain400- - 0.0580Ridgefoot Flats894

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Retain400- - 0.1760Roomfield House900

Retain400- - 0.4818Hallroyd Flats/Road910

Retain400- - 0.1094Knowlwood RoadMaison

920

Retain400- - 0.0991Sunvale Estate931

Retain400- - 0.6060Bobbin Mill Close953

Retain60024%48%1.7706Harley Wood1009

Retain40036%77%0.5204Castle Hill PrimarySchool

9474

Site to beredeveloped fornew school.

60038%64%2.1628Ferney Lee School9475

Retain40036%79%0.6926Shade PrimarySchool

9499

Retain40029%70%0.1012Amos Court9527

Retain40021%59%0.1399Land off BurnleyRoad

9528

Retain40027%62%0.2570Vale Baptist Church9529

Retain40028%69%0.1407Roebuck InnFormer BowlingGreen

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Retain60020%49%1.5496St Peter's Church1524

Retain40027%65%0.8694Christchurch9440

Retain40022%47%0.3839CornholmeMethodistGraveyard

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Retain40027%71%0.2184Vale BaptistChurch

9445

Retain60019%44%1.7964TodmordenUnitarian ChurchCemetery

9472

Retain40019%48%0.3113MankinholesMethodist Church

9483

Retain40025%66%0.2832Lumbutts Church9484

Retain60019%48%1.3150Cross StoneChurch Yard

9502

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Retain40028%66%0.1287Fielden Square1615

Refurbished sincethis assessment.

40026%67%0.2757TodmordenMarket/BramcheSquare

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Retain600- - 1.6307Pasture Side Wood29

Retain400- - 0.6184Henshaw Wood32

Retain600- - 1.5364Hall Wood87

Retain600- - 2.6592Longfeid Wood135

Retain600- - 1.0085Bent Stones Wood158

Retain40027%52%0.2648Hole Bottom1522

Retain40017%44%0.4381Dineley Avenue1555

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Retain60025%53%1.6316Land over HorsfallTunnel

9435

Retain60018%43%1.3171Land Adj to CinderHill Road

9437

Retain40017%46%0.1746Land over CastleHill Tunnel

9438

No public access60018%49%1.7411Land to South ofPickthall Terrace

9439

Retain40016%38%0.4431Land East ofPortsmouthAllotments

9441

Retain40025%51%0.1688Land South ofPortsmouthRecreation Ground

9442

Retain40018%43%0.2362Land at Carr Road9457

Steeply sloped sitethat is mostly

40018%38%0.8149Land at KnowlwoodRoad

9458

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Small part of the siteis private gardens,

40026%43%0.7897Clough Mill9459

garages, workshopsand allotments.

Retain40021%40%0.4634Land Adj toWalsden Rec

9464

Retain40018%37%0.5953Dean Royd (Westof Railway)

9465

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60024%42%2.0301North of IncredibleFarm

9467

cycle way runsalong one side ofsite.

Retain40020%43%0.0727Land Adj toLongfield Way

9468

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40018%42%0.2690Land to Rear ofWellfield Terrace

9469

Retain60014%46%1.7682Todmorden Curve9481

Retain40017%44%0.2345Lumbutts Clough9485

Wooded clough withstream and a

60019%48%1.4334Land North ofHighcroft Road

9495

grassed area withsome evidence ofallotment use.

Mainly grasslandwith some trees.

40016%42%0.9302Land South of TheMount

9496

Retain40021%40%0.0943Land Adj to StileRoad

9504

Unmaintained seminatural area with

40013%36%0.6128Land Off Key SykeLane

9531

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9534

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4005%40%0.1226Meadow BottomBanking

9536

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Retain40013%43%0.0514Fielden Wharf510

Retain40022%61%0.0413Walsden Library583

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Retain400- -0.0623Castle Hill635

Retain40025%55%0.0842Patmos Gardens694

Retain120063%77%32.8592Centre Vale Park715

Retain40026%50%0.0623Burnley RoadTodmorden

790

Retain40021%68%0.0464Myrtle StreetC/Parks

975

Retain40032%65%0.1326Lob Mill ServiceArea

9436

Retain40023%59%0.0512Land Adj to PalmaStreet

9448

Private gardens40027%53%0.8259Land South ofRossendale View

9482

Retain40029%63%0.3280Fielden Centre9500

Private gardens40020%46%0.1806West View PrivateGardens

9503

Now a house andprivate garden.

40026%62%0.1142Land Adj to BirksLane

9505

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27.1 The vision for the 2006 Open Space study was to make Calderdale a great place to work,rest and play for all, by providing good quality and accessible sport, recreational and openspace opportunities.

27.2 The 2006 study also set strategic aims and management objectives. The strategic aimswere to:

1. Provide usable, accessible and sustainable open spaces, sport and recreational facilitieswithin the Borough.

2. Seek to ensure that this provision is of an appropriate distribution, quantity and quality(New facilities will only be provided or supported if they contribute to the appropriatedistribution of facilities).

3. Encourage, support and develop partnerships with all owners, community groups andproviders of open space, sport and recreational facilities to secure public/communityuse of provision.

27.3 The management objectives, which needed to be implemented to enable the strategic aimsto be delivered, included:

1. Within a phased programme, improve the quality of all open spaces, sport andrecreational facilities including their ancillary facilities.

2. Use development opportunities and consult with local stakeholders to identify facilityneed and increase and/or improve the existing in line with the findings of the assessmentreports.

3. Develop a general framework to enable stakeholders, where needs have been identified,to implement development proposals.

4. Where sites may be lost, through development or closure ensure that appropriateprovision is made to meet the continued needs of residents through an assessmentof needs.

5. All partners and stakeholders to work together to provide usable, accessible and viableopen spaces, sport and recreational facilities.

6. Provide assistance and support to those facilities that have yet to meet DDArequirements and ensure that there is appropriate access.

7. Ensure that there is a clearly identified community and recreational need fordevelopment of new facilities with minimal displacement of usage from other sites.

8. Ensure that all new or replacement facilities are developed to meet minimumcontemporary specifications.

9. Continue to gather the views and opinions of local stakeholders.

27.4 The vision, aims and objectives set in the 2006 study are considered to still be relevantand have been retained in the 2015 update study.

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28.1 This section sets out general objectives for the development of open space provision inCalderdale. It seeks to address the issues raised during the assessment and analysis ofOpen Spaces in this report.

28.2 The following targets were developed through the combination of information gatheredduring site visits and the catchment mapping carried out in 2006 and has been updatedwhere more current information is available. They reflect the key areas to be addressedover the lifetime of the Strategy. However, implementation must be considered in thecontext of financial implications and the need for some proposals to meet planningconsiderations.

Parks and Gardens

Develop and keep up to date management plans for all the major parks, focused onmaintaining site quality and encouraging use.Address perceptions of site quality and safety by encouraging greater use of sites.This work should include consideration of how buildings within parks and gardens canbest be utilised.Enhance the infrastructure of parks to host events.Develop structured programmes of events for main sites (linked to management plans).Upgrade site quality at sites which fall below the quality threshold.Continue to develop community involvement in the management of parks and gardens.Identify sites capable of achieving Green Flag and develop rolling programme ofsecuring award.Identify ways of decreasing anti-social behaviour and vandalism e.g., through increasedsecurity presence, improved lighting etc.Continue to improve access to provision e.g., car parking, upgrading paths.

Natural and Semi-Natural Greenspaces

Develop resource to enable delivery of biodiversity management, interpretation andenvironmental education to be enhanced.Continue to develop community involvement in the management of natural/semi naturalgreenspace.All agencies involved in the management of natural/semi natural green space in theBorough to work more closely together.Explore options to enhance management of woodlands.Identify mechanism by which local nature reserves will be managed and maintain theirdesignation.Enhance access to provision where appropriate.Upgrade site quality at sites which fall below quality threshold.Continue to develop community involvement in the management of natural/semi-naturalgreen spaces.Reinvigorate tree planting programmes.

Green Corridors

Develop strategy for addressing condition and improving signage of PROW networkwhere located in green corridors.Upgrade site quality where appropriate and encourage use to help meet activity targets.

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Continue to develop community involvement in the management of green corridors.Where appropriate, continue to improve access to provision (taking into accountdisability access).

Amenity Greenspace

Develop a programme of site enhancement, e.g., flower planting.Upgrade site quality at sites which fall below the quality threshold.Continue to develop community involvement in the management of amenity greenspace.Consider changing the function of low value or surplus sites to compensate for deficienttypologies.


Continue to enhance the accessibility and inclusivity of play provision.Develop greater range of informal play provision.Review the future of all LAP sites in the context of their potential to be upgraded toprovide sites that meet the needs and expectations of local young people and theirparents. (However, there are some LAPs which have equipment and minimalmaintenance cost. These sites will be retained and reviewed when maintenance costsrise due to aging equipment).Upgrade site quality at sites, which fall below the quality threshold.Aim for all play areas to comply with safety standards EN 1175/1176.

Allotments, Community Gardens and City Farms

Upgrade allotment site security.Aim to provide water and toilet facilities at all allotment sites in Calderdale.Increase awareness of allotments and their value (in terms of wider social and healthimpact).Continue to develop programmes that utilise allotments to address broader issues.Enhance community involvement in the management of allotments and the developmentof allotment associations to manage sites.Upgrade site quality for sites below the quality threshold.Increase the role of Calderdale Leisure Gardeners Federation in the management anddevelopment of allotment sites.Build up a database of privately owned sites to include contact details and vacancies.Support community groups such as Incredible, Edible Todmorden which are workingto develop food growing sites.

Cemeteries, Disused Churchyards and Burial Grounds

Enhance access at sites, particularly in the context of access by disabled and elderly.Expand community involvement in the management of sites.Upgrade site quality at sites which fall below the quality threshold.

Civic Space

Explore opportunities for greater community involvement in the management of civicspaces.

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Strategic Framework for Open Space Improvements 28

Make greater use of civic spaces for events

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Assessing needs and opportunities: a companion guide to PPG17, Department forCommunities and Local Government, 2002.Calderdale Joint Strategic Needs Assessment, Calderdale Health and Wellbeing Board,2011.Calderdale Joint Wellbeing Strategy 2012 – 2022, Calderdale Health and WellbeingBoard, 2013.Calderdale Open Space, Sport and Recreation Study, KKP, 2006.Data Tables, Office for National Statistics, ons.gov.uk [Accessed: 12 January 2015].English Indicies of Deprevation 2010, Department for Communities and localGovernment, 2011.National Planning Policy Framework, Department for Communities and LocalGovernment, 2012.PPG17: Planning for open space, sport and recreation, Department for Communitiesand Local Government, 2002.Replacement Calderdale Unitary Development Plan, Calderdale Council, 2006.2001 Census, Office for National Statistics, ons.gov.uk. [Accessed: 12 January 2015].2011 Census, Office for National Statistics, ons.gov.uk. [Accessed: 12 January 2015].

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Structural and landscape benefits

Well maintained and clean

Excellent – nolitter/dog foul

Good – littleevidence of litter,

AdequatePoor – evidenceof dog foul, graffitiand litter

Very poor – litter,graffiti and/or isconsidered alarge problem

graffiti and dogfouling

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Take from the site assessment sheet:

Landscape (1)

Landscape, shruband flowerbeds areattractive in design

Half of landscape,shrub andflowerbeds areattractive in design

Landscape, shruband flowerbeds arenot attractive indesign

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Landscape (2)

Landscape, shruband flowerbeds

Half landscape,shrub and

Landscape, shruband flowerbeds not

well maintainedflowerbeds wellwell maintained(pruned, weed/litterfree)

maintained (someevidence of

(not pruned, notweed/litter free)

pruning, someareas notweed/litter free)

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Where the following points (highlighted in red) are ticked award five points:

please tickLocationValue



Bus andrailwaystations

Localshoppingprecinct

Terracedhousing, flatsandmaisonettes

Main roadswithout

High streetSocialhousing in

pedestriancrossing

urban andcommuterareas

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Appendix 4 Value Criteria

RailwaysParks, picnicsites, canals,

Houses insuburbs

lakes andriversides.

Canals/riversAlleywaysMain roads

Canals/riversWarehouses,industrial

Rural roads

estates andout of townshoppingcentres

Ecological benefits


Conservation of natural features, wild fauna and flora

Very good -Priority

Good condition -environmental

Adequate - someevidence of

Poor condition -little observation

Very poor -evidence ofvandalism conservation site

(SSSI or LNR)educationfacilities,

conservation,e.g., meadow orbird/bat boxes

of areasmanaged toprovide habitats maintained with

to attract wildlife.Maintenance ofwater features ifrelevant

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Where ‘Wildlife Area’ is ticked under Cemeteries or Parks and Gardens within the ‘information forindividual typologies’ section award five points.Where a site is a designated LNR award five points.

Educational benefits

Where there is an educational programme in place award five points (info to be provided by CMBC).Education Database supplied by CMBC Countryside Service.

Sites where an historic building features score five points (info to be provided by CMBC).Takefrom the site assessment sheet:

Where ‘Environmental education facilities’ is ticked under Amenity Greenspace within the‘information for individual typologies’ section award five points. This element can be linked backto the education database (disc provided)

Social inclusion and health benefits

All sites to score five points (except formal planting).

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Value Criteria Appendix 4

Allotments to score an additional five points for promotion of healthy living and well being.

All sites with formal sports provision i.e. pitches/bowling greens to score an additional five points(info to be provided by CMBC). This information should be held on the Green Spaces Database

Indices of multiple deprivation:

Indices of multiple deprivation

Sites within themost deprived

Sites within areasof substantial

Sites within areasof moderate

Sites within areasof low deprivation(41% - 70%)

Sites within theleast deprivedareas (70% -100%)

areas (worst10%)

deprivation (next10%)

deprivation (21%- 40%)

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Where ‘Evidence of ball games’ is ticked under Amenity Greenspace within the ‘information forindividual typologies’ section award five points.

Where the following points (highlighted in red) are ticked award five points:

Other

Cultural value - artwork/events/bandstand/links to BME community /other

Health benefits - describe specifics eg. trim trial, footpaths, cycleways

Non site visit information (tick)

Part time staffCommunity involvement

Community managedMaintenance staff

Full time staffManagement plan

Conclusions (tick)

Site potential:Space meets the needsof:

Site being developed atmoment

Elderly

Re-evaluate the siteYoung people

Good siteDisabled

Potential to be enhancedFamilies

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Visual amenity

Other

Cultural and heritage benefits

Those sites identified as having a long history or have a listed building on site award five points(info to be provided by CMBC).

Amenity benefits and a sense of place

Those sites with ‘friends of groups’ in place award five points. This can also be linked with‘Community Involvement’ above.


Well maintained and clean

Excellent – nolitter/dog foul

Good – littleevidence of litter,

AdequatePoor – evidenceof dog foul, graffitiand litter

Very poor – litter,graffiti and/or isconsidered alarge problem

graffiti and dogfouling

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Where ‘visual amenity’ is ticked under ‘conclusions’ award five points.

Economic benefits

Where sites have received funding through regeneration funding to enhance facilities within thelast three years award five points (info to be provided by CMBC).

Access


Parking adequacy

Adequate numberof spaces, close

Reasonablenumber of

Small car park,away from

tospaces,facilities/entrance,facilities/entrance,reasonably closesecluded and of

poor quality not secluded,good quality

tofacilities/entrance,partly secluded,reasonablequality

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Value Criteria Appendix 4

Where a tick appears in the following award five points:

A WELCOMING PLACE

(Tick if present)Access - social(Tick ifpresent)

Physical access

Minimum entrancewidths of 1.5m

Public transportlinks/stops

Ramps/guard railsat appropriateheight

Safe crossingplaces

Proximity of other greenspace

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Neighbourhood equippedarea for play (NEAP)

Locally equipped areafor play (LEAP)

Local area for play

(LAP)

Older children.4-8years.Up to 6 years.Age group

10 minutes.5 minutes.1 minute.Walkingtime fromhome

Adjacent to a well-usedpathway and on a flat site thatis well drained.

Adjacent to a well-usedpathway and on a flat sitethat is well drained.

Adjacent to awell-used pathway,overlooked by houses

Location

and on a flat site thatis well drained.

1,000m2 divided into 2 parts;at least 465m2 of hard surface

400m2.100m2.Minimumactivityzone area and equipped play

space area.

At least 8 types of playequipment to allow

At least 5 types of playequipment where at least

Demonstrative playfeatures to enable

No. andtype of playequipment developmental play amongst2 are individual itemschildren to identify

younger children andrather than part of aspace as their owndomain. moderate/adventurous play

for older children.combination. Impactabsorbing surface beneathand around playequipment.

30m depth including plantingand other physical features.

10m depth includingplanting and other physicalfeatures.

5m depth includingplanting.

Buffer zone

1m high fencing with twopedestrian gates & barriers to

1m high fencing with twopedestrian gates & barriers

600mm high fencingand barrier to limit

Fencing

limit speed of childentering/leaving the facility.

to limit speed of childentering/leaving the facility.

speed of child enteringor leaving the facility.

Seating and litter bins at eachaccess point. Secure bicycleparking facilities.

Seating and a litter bin.Seating.Furniture

Area solely used for childrenand that adults are not

Area solely used forchildren and that adults are

Area solely used forchildren and that

Signs andnotices

allowed unless accompaniednot allowed unlessadults are not allowedby children, and name and tel.no. of facility manager.

accompanied by children,and name and tel. no. offacility manager.

unless accompaniedby children.

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Play Criteria Appendix 5

Description of regional corridorCorridor name

The River Calder corridor includes the River Calder, the Calder and HebbleNavigation and the Rochdale Canal. It links with the North West region and

River Calder

the South Pennines SPA and runs from above Todmorden to the confluencewith the Aire. The corridor is relatively narrow, being largely contained withinthe steep sided valley, with wider sections – especially on meanders – takingin riverside greenspaces such as Cromwell Bottom, Atlas Mills and CliftonLagoons, which provide vital refuges for wildlife. The regeneration initiativeat Copley and Sowerby Bridge includes flood alleviation measures and greeninfrastucture improvement. British Waterways has plans to create a linearpark alongside the canal.

Within Calderdale, the Great Northern Trail runs from the northern boundarywith Bradford, branching at Shibden Park into the Hebble corridor which joins

RedBeck/ShibdenBeckHebble

the Calder at Salterhebble and the Red Beck corridor which joins the Calderat Brookfoot, Brighouse. It is a vital urban fringe link between the Aire andthe Calder and includes the LNR at Shibden Estate, a popular visitor attraction.The Shibden and Red Beck Valleys include woodland, grassland and wetlandin close proximity to urban areas.The Hebble Trail links into the national cyclenetwork.

The Colden Clough corridor runs from the South Pennines SPA at Coldendown to the River Calder at Mytholm. It is a highly attractive and ecologicallyrich valley with a stream flowing through ancient woodland

Colden Clough

Running down from the South Pennines SPA to the Calder at Hebden Bridge,the Crimsworth and Hardcastle corridor consists of a network of woodland,

Crimsworth &Hardcastle

pasture, hay meadow and streams. Large numbers of visitors are attacted toits key reatures; Lumb Falls, Hardcastle Craggs and Crimsworth Dean. Mostof the area is designated as LWS, LGS and SSSI and is owned and managedby the National Trust for the benefit of visitors.

Connecting the South Pennines SPA to the Calder at Luddenden Foot,Luddenden Dene is an attractive valley with a wide range of wildlife habitats

LuddendenDean

from open moorland to grasslands woodlands and streams. It includesJerusalem Farm which is a LNR, a popular community and environmentaleducation centre and camp site.

Starting in the SPA at Ogden the Wheatley Valley and Halifax Corridor runsthrough some of the most deprived areas in the country, linking to the Calder

Wheatley ValleyHalifax

at Copley. Part of the corridor running trhough urban central Halifax isdiscontinuous and will need innovative solutions to establish.

The Ryburn and Norland Moor corridor starts at the South Pennines SPA andruns down the Ryburn valley. One branch joins the Calder at Sowerby Bridge,

RyburnUpper RyburnNorland Moor the other runs through Norland Moor (LNR and LWS) and North Dean Woods

(LWS and LGS), both of which are Council owned, joining the Calder atSalterhebble. It is an important link from urban areas to open countryside withimportant wildlife habitats such as woodland, moorland, grassland andstreams.

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Appendix 6 Regional Green Corridor Descriptions

Description of regional corridorCorridor name

The Elland Bypass corridor runs up the dual carriageway from the Calder atElland to the M62 corridor. It includes a geological SSSI and a variety of

Elland Bypass

post-industrial habitats ranging from dry spoil to very wet areas. Regenerationinitiatives offer opportunities for green infrastucture enhancement.

The Clifton Beck Corridor runs from the Bradford border through well usedpublic open space at Shelf Hall Park, Winney Hill and Wellholme Park before

Clifton Beck

joining the Calder at Brighouse. There are development opportunities in thesouthern section and potential for flood alleviation work and wildlifeimprovement at Wellholme Park. A disused railway line provides potential fora link to Wyke.

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Regional Green Corridor Descriptions Appendix 6


ConditionAge*Postcode

WardLocationOwnershipPlay AreaSiteNo

1.51980HD64BT

Hipperholme &Lightcliffe

Bradford Road,Brighouse

CMBCWhinney HillEstate

141

1.51990HD62ND

BrighouseWhinney HillPark

CMBCWhinney HillPark

14

21980HX26HU

LuddendenfootBrearley Lane,Mytholmroyd

CMBCBrearley51

21980HX39JB

TownTrooper LaneCMBCCaddyfields72

21980HX59HR

EllandWoodlandsRoad

TogetherHousing

KinnardClose/PlainsLane

23

21980HD63JB

RastrickThorntonRoad/HighfieldRoad

TogetherHousing

Thornton Road15

21980HX27TE

LuddendenfootWainstalls RoadCMBCWainstalls123

2.51990HX76PX

CalderHalifaxRoad/WoodVillas

CMBCCharlestown52

2.51980HD63BL

RastrickGeorge StreetCMBCGeorge St/CliffeRoad

139

2.51980HX28SU

Illingworth &Mixenden

Hunter HillRoad/BalkramRoad

CMBCHunter Hill116

2.51980HD63BU

RastrickOaklandsCMBCOaklands4

31980HX49DE

Greetland &Stainland

Jagger GreenLane/New Road

CMBCJagger GreenLane Rec

22

31980OL145RY

CalderRussell StreetTogetherHousing

Russell Street38

31980HX63NN

RyburnHollin StreetCMBCTriangle Park57

31980OL147TF

TodmordenScottStreet/Yew TreeCourt

CMBCWalsden Rec40

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31990HX38JU


DenholmegateRoad,Hipperholme

CMBCWoodhead9

3.51980OL148AF

CalderCastle LaneNt RailCarr HouseEstate

37

3.51980HX36AP

Northowram &Shelf

BellStreet/TurnerLane

CMBCHorley Green96

3.51990HX59HZ

EllandPark Road,Elland

CMBCPark Road23

3.51980HX49JQ


Park LaneCMBCSowood27

41990HX28RX


Sunny BankRoad

CMBCAsh tree road115

41990HD63JS

RastrickBurnsall Road,Rastrick

TogetherHousing

Burnsall Road16

41990HX15LG

ParkGrosvenorTerrace

CMBCHanson LanePark

153

41980HX50QY

EllandHullenedgeRoad

CMBCHullen Edge (incgym)

29

42009HX50JA

EllandJames StreetCMBCJames Street137

41990HX26XB

LuddendenfootJerusalemLane,Luddenden

CMBCJerusalem Farm69

41980HX38TR


WakefieldRoad/Till CarrLane, Lightcliffe

CMBCKing George V5

41980HX64DJ

RyburnMillfold WayCMBCMill Fold71

41990HX28HH

OvendenMyrtle AvenueCMBCMyrtle Avenue102

41980HX38PU


RookesLane/StationRoad

CMBCNorwood Green11

41990HD62LD

BrighouseSmith HouseAvenue

CMBCSmith HouseEstate

125

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41990HD63TG

RastrickWoodhouseLane/DaisyRoad

CMBCWoodhouseLane Rec

17

4.51990HX15TN

ParkOff MountPleasantAvenue

CMBCCrib Lane PlayArea

74

4.51990HX76DJ

CalderEaves AvenueCMBCEaves Avenue44

4.52002HX37NT

Northowram &Shelf

Halifax Road,Shelf

CMBCShelf Hall Park118

4.51990HX27RZ

WarleyWarley TownLane

CMBCWarley Rec85

51990HX40AQ

RyburnScammondenRoad

CMBCBarkisland Rec65

51990HX29XB


Bradshaw LaneCMBCBradshaw Park97

52008HX76AR

CalderMytholm CloseTogetherHousing

Mytholm Close32

52000HD64AF

BrighouseBradford RoadCMBCWellholme Park(inc skate park)

1

51990HX20BQ

WarleyWarley RoadCMBCWest View Park86

52002OL145LT

TodmordenWoodlandsAvenue

CMBCWoodlandsAvenue

93

51990HX36ED

TownWoodsideRoad/Haley Hill

CMBCWoodside140

5.51980HD64HP

BrighouseTowngate,Clifton

CMBCClifton Rec10

5.52000OL146PB

TodmordenKnowlwoodRoad

CMBCKnowlwoodRd/Spoon DamShade

39

62005HX36DR

TownAll Souls Road,Boothtown

CMBCAkroyd Park94

62006HX63AD

SowerbyBridge

Norland RoadCMBCAllan Park56

61990HD64ED


Bradford RoadCMBCBaliff Bridge7

148




61980HX78BS

CalderMarlboroughRoad

CMBCBirchcliffe Road127

62010HX50DE

EllandBoxhall RoadCMBCBoxhall Road26

61990HD63AQ

RastrickBramston StreetCMBCBramston St3

62005OL145DA

TodmordenHallroydCrescent

CMBCCambridgeSt/Tipside

101

62004OL148LY

TodmordenHarrison StreetCMBCHarrison Street35

61990HX26PW

LuddendenfootHalifax LaneCMBCLuddenden Rec121

61990HX26TT

LuddendenfootSolomonHill/Green Lane,Midgley

CMBCMidgley Rec61

62009HX28QF


Mixenden RoadCMBCMixendenAdventure PlayArea

31

61990HX29EA


NattyLane/IllingworthRoad

CMBCNatty Lane Rec106

61990HX12TS

ParkPark RoadCMBCPeople's Park150

61990OL147ET

TodmordenBurnley RoadCMBCPortsmouth Rec(inc trim trail)

34

61990HX64AG

RyburnHalifax RoadCMBCRippondenWood Rec

128

61990HX75LX

LuddendenfootMidgley RoadCMBCWhite Lee Rec50

6.52002HD63LT

RastrickCarr GreenLane, Rastrick

CMBCCarr Green12

6.52000HX49A


NorthView/Chapel

CMBCChapel Street,Holywell Green

21

Street, HolywellGreen

6.51990HX28PH


Dodge HolmeRoad

TogetherHousing

DodgeholmeRoad

114

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6.51990HX29BE


BeechwoodAvenue/HeathyLane

CMBCHolmfield (incgym, trim trailand skate zone)

105

6.52000HX26NS

LuddendenfootKershawCrescent

CMBCKershaw Estate67

6.52005HX49AB


Shaw LaneCMBCShaw Park28

6.52000HX35BX

OvendenShroggsRoad/LeeMount Road

CMBCShroggs Park110

6.52002HX39BJ

TownOxford LaneCMBCSiddal Play Area80

6.51990HX49HN


Stainland Road,Elland

CMBCStainland Rec20

6.52009HX38UT


Bentley AvenueTogetherHousing

Stoney LaneCommunity Park

24

6.52006HX64EN

RyburnDyson LaneCMBCWhiteley Park70

72009HX59HQ

EllandCentury RoadCMBCElland RiversidePark

42

72011HX39EX

TownPhoebe Lane,Siddal

CMBCHebble Trail(gym only)

89

72009HX77LT

CalderAcres Lane,Heptonstall

CMBCHeptonstall Rec120

72014HX12TH

ParkNew BondStreet

CMBCNew Bond Street103

72003HX37BQ

Northowram &Shelf

TowngateCMBCNorthowram Rec112

72010HX75HZ

LuddendenfootScout RoadCMBCScout Road49

7.52005HX76JE

CalderStation RoadCMBCCalder HolmesPark (inc skatepark and gym)

43

7.52006OL147BS

TodmordenBurnleyRoad/EwoodLane

CMBCCentre ValePark (inc gymand skate park)

33

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7.52009HX48AN


Rochdale Road,Greetland

CMBCClay House (inctrim trail)

18

7.52009HX28SQ


Clough Lane,Mixenden

CMBCClough Lane117

7.52010HX14DT

ParkConway StreetCMBCConway/BentleyStreet

134

7.52010HX39SG

TownFairfaxCrescent,Southowram

CMBCFairfax Crescent124

7.52009HD62LS


Finkil StreetCMBCFinkil Street Rec6

7.52009HX36PL

TownGrantham RoadCMBCGrantham Road95

7.52010HX20NT

WarleyPaddock LaneCMBCRoils Head81

7.52008HX36XG

Northowram &Shelf

Godley LaneCMBCShibden Park111

7.52012HX38NH


Leeds Road,Hipperholme

CMBCThe Stray8

82009HX62LT

SowerbyBridge

RecreationRoad

CMBCBeech Road Rec(inc gym)

55

82010HX61DJ

RyburnKingsleyRoad/BatesAvenue

TogetherHousing

Beechwood Ave/ Estate

63

82014HX26SY

LuddendenfootGoit SideCMBCBoothVillage/Goit side

68

82009HX26AD

LuddendenfootStation RoadCMBCHolmes Park60

82012HD62EA

BrighouseGarden RoadCMBCLane Head2

82004HX13EA

SkircoatManor HeathRoad

CMBCManor Heath(inc gym andwater play)

77

82010OL148BG

TodmordenMeadow BottomRoad

CMBCMeadow Bottom131

82010HX63DY

RyburnBirks LaneCMBCMill Bank Rec58

151




82010HX20UP

WarleyMount TaborRoad

CMBCMount Tabor78

82013HX63RN


Shaw LaneCMBCNorland Park59

82011HX20EU

WarleyStretchgateLane

CMBCPellonRec/SandbedsPark

79

82010HX13HG

SowerbyBridge

HorsfallStreet/SpringEdge South

CMBCSpring Edge82

82012HX78JX

CalderVictoria RoadCMBCVictoria Road45

82012HX59EN

EllandBack SpringfieldRd

TogetherHousing

Whitwell Green88

8.52010HX30TP

SkircoatWakefield Road,Copley

CMBCCopley Rec73

8.52010HX75RY

LuddendenfootCragg RoadCMBCCragg Rd48

8.52009HX62SH

SowerbyBridge

Rochdale RoadCMBCCrow Wood Park(inc gym andskate park)

54

8.52014OL145PA

TodmordenDineley AveTogetherHousing

Dineley Ave143

8.52010HX78DS

CalderManor CroftTogetherHousing

Dodd Naze46

8.52013HX39PQ

TownHiggin Lane,Southowram

CMBCHiggin Lane PlayArea

76

92010HX29LG


North SelbyCMBCAbbey Park91

92013HX20DR

WarleySandhall GreenCMBCSandhall Green84

92013HX15PL

ParkSt AugustinesTerrace

CMBCSt Augustine's83

92010HX64RL

RyburnSt John's CloseCMBCSt John's Close130

102014HD33RU

EllandSt Anne'sAvenue

CMBCAinley Top129

152




102014OL147HG

TodmordenBacup RoadCMBCBacup Road Rec41

102015HX48JE


Rochdale Road,Greetland

CMBCGreetland Rec19

102015HX30HGSkircoat

Free SchoolLaneCMBC

Savile Park(Gym only)154

Notes:

* Age may indicate decade of refurbishment only

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8.1 Brighouse

Key for accessibility mapping

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Appendix 8 Accessibility Mapping

Brighouse - Allotments and Community Gardens

155

Accessibility Mapping Appendix 8

Brighouse - Amenity Green Space

156


Brighouse - Cemeteries and Churchyards

157


Brighouse - Natural and Semi-natural Areas

158


Brighouse - Parks and Gardens

159


Brighouse - Provision for Children and Teenagers

160


8.2 Elland and Greetland/Stainland

Key for Accessibility Mapping

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8.3 Halifax


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Halifax - Allotments and Community Gardens

169


Halifax - Amenity Green Space

170


Halifax - Cemeteries and Churchyards

171


Halifax - Natural and Semi-natural Areas

172


Halifax - Parks and Gardens

173


Halifax - Provision for Children and Teenagers

174


8.4 Hebden Bridge


175


Hebden Bridge - Allotments and Community Gardens

176


Hebden Bridge - Amenity Green Space

177


Hebden Bridge - Cemeteries and Churchyards

178


Hebden Bridge - Natural and Semi-natural Areas

179


Hebden Bridge - Parks and Gardens

180


Hebden Bridge - Provision for Children and Teenagers

181


8.5 Mytholmroyd (including Luddendean and Cragg Vale)


182


Mytholmroyd - Allotments and Community Gardens

183


Mytholmroyd - Amenity Green Space

184


Mytholmroyd - Cemeteries and Churchyards

185


Mytholmroyd - Natural and Semi-natural Areas

186


Mytholmroyd - Parks and Gardens

187


Mytholmroyd - Provision for Children and Teenagers

188


8.6 Northowram and Shelf


189


Northowram & Shelf - Allotments and Community Gardens

190


Northowram & Shelf - Amenity Green Space

191


Northowram & Shelf - Cemeteries and Churchyards

192


Northowram & Shelf - Natural and Semi-natural Areas

193


Northowram & Shelf - Parks and Gardens

194


Northowram & Shelf - Provision for Children and Teenagers

195


8.7 Ripponden (Ryburn Valley)


196


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