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Project name: Rice Lane and environs

Potential number of trees

100

Project cost estimate £86.5K

Explanation of Intervention Level

Engage – Friends of Group and residential involvement necessary to achieve level of buy in.

Reason for specification

Grass verge spec with larger tree and guard – Council Specification.

Potential match & source with indication of likelihood

£50K Play Pathfinder (funded 2010) £3500 Woodland Grant Scheme (req. registration and application) Community Spaces bid £50K (bid in process) £50K Landfill Tax Bid (bid in process)

Expenditure heading

Works to be undertaken Amount requested

Evidence to be provided

Negotiations with District

Indicative works: discussions with relevant sections of local authority / initial site investigations /obtain underground service plans /site visits / meetings

Guide: £1500 (5 days)

Evidence of expenditure should be provided wherever possible (receipted invoices/ costed timesheets - day rates must be provided in advance).

Scoping for community consultation

Indicative works: identification of existing community / user groups/ schools/ drawing up plan

Guide: £300 (1 day)

As above

Initial planting plan

Indicative works: Obtain initial planting plan drawing

Guide: £750 (GS + LA) (2550)

As above

Budgeting and finance

Indicative works: Identification of match funding/ process of securing match funding

Guide: £1500 (5 days)

As above

Other Other works will be considered where they are clearly shown to be necessary for the preparation

Guide: As above

Total £4050

A COMPLETED SITE SUMMARY SHEET AND PHOTO SHEET MUST BE ATTACHED FOR EACH APPLICATION

M57

A580

A5058

M58

Rice Lane, Liverpool

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Rice Lane LiverpoolRailway NetworkRegional Sustrans routeNational Sustrans routeNational Cycle NetworkLocal Sustrans routeA - RoadsMotorway NetworkFlood Zone 3

IMD Score75% - 90%> 90%

Regeneration Benefit Consult and engage one community Consult 100 households Engage one school Plant and establish 100 urban trees Directly engage 10 individuals Engage one community group

Potential number of trees

Linked to Newlands / Revive Project

Meets sub-regional priorities

Delivers RES transformational action

Significant Image Benefit

NWDA Business / Investment Area

City Region/Regional Park Connection

NEI < 10th percentile

NEI < 25th percentile

IMD > 90th percentile

IMD > 75th percentile

Within 300m of HMR area

Supports Climate Change adaptation

Rice Lane, Liverpool 100

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Rice Lane Recreation Ground - Liverpool Rice Lane residents and the neighbouring area of Orrel Park have campaigned for street trees in their vicinity without success as no agreement has been achieved with Liverpool Council on new street trees as a priority and no acceptable or affordable tree pit design for pavements has been agreed for residential streets. Given the lack of green corridoring from street trees and the poor provision of accessible and quality green space in the north east of the city, The Mersey Forest have been approached by the Friends Of Rice Lane Recreation Ground to provide trees, new woodland and existing woodland management and access pathways to link the park to and between its neighbouring residential populations and the Sustrans loopline. Rice Lane Recreation Ground is classed as a Distrcit Park and should therefore have a level of recreational activity and stature as specified in the recent Liverpools Parks Strategy and Planning guidelines PPG17.At present the park is a vast open space with sports fields and some woodland fringe. A multi level approach (detailed below) following recent motorbike and vehicle access restrictions combined with daytime disability access, access site line, and single point seating improvements should improve the park and visitor numbers. Currently the park is accessible by around 2000 homes in the immediate neighbourhood and another 2000 homes within a 10 minute walk of the site.

• Multi age exercise (green gym) points - 7 have been installed

• Seating has been installed in the formal part of the park on Rice Lane.

• Restricted access Further improvements intended

• Improved security to houses adjacent to the park

• Signage

• Dangerous tree removal

• Access Footways to the south east together with woodland creation

• Existing Woodland management and informal access pathways

• Avenue and trees of interest planting

• Childrens play Pathfinder equipment A multi funded approach with the collaboration of the Friends Group and Liverpool Parks and funding through The Mersey Forest and partners will offer the following regeneration benefits given the downturn in regeneration spending in traditional HMR areas and the value of the Health agenda e.g. exercise on prescription.

• Meets Sub Regional Economic Partnership Targets in terms of Infrastructure and Quality of Life

• Delivers RES Actions of the Newlands Green Streets agenda

• Meets targets of Planning policy guidance PPG 17 on planning and open space.

• Satisfies the greatest need locally and within Liverpool partner organisations pending Master planning and street tree implementation elsewhere in the city.

• Supports neighbourhood subject to high tenure but at risk of outward migration should quality of life issues not be addressed.

• Offers launch pad space for the health agenda

• Complements the NWDA SIA (Approach A580) Aintree Industrial Estate and Brookfields Business Park immediately adjacent and Stonebridge Park to the east, which have all received recent infrastructural/green infrastructural and creation investments.

• Supports aims of Liverpool City Councils Unitary Development Plan 2002

Sustainable communities are places that people like living in, and want to stay in, neighbourhoods with real character and sense of place. These successful places should have well-designed green spaces that people will want to use and respect” CABE Space

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Green space context for North East Liverpool and benefits of investment into parks below

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Towards the loop line on western side (avenue planting) Access from Loop line Sustrans route

Panorama of park green space from eastern pathway looking towards loop line with woodland to left

Dangerous trees on south eastern boundary. Litter in part of existing management woodland

Panorama of woodland creation site. Eastern entrance on left with school sports barn to right

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Historic legacy of poor parks security at key access points. Temporary solution to car access. New benches in background.

Western access from residential property and south over Sustrans loop line to NWDA SIA business parks

Taken from Liverpool’s Parks Strategy 2008