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RE: Local Green Spaces - Anyone attempted to tackle them?
Eben van der Westhuizen, modified 11 Years ago.
Re: Local Green Spaces - Anyone attempted to tackle them?
New Member Posts: 5 Join Date: 21/01/12 Recent PostsCanterbury in its draft local plan has not mentioned LGSs incredibly but on asking has advised communities to request LGS status for relevant open spaces by making a request in the response to the open space polcy para. Sadly one has to 'object' in the on-line software to make such a request.
Objecting is not logical since local government are not required to bring LGSs forward so cannot formaly be criticised for not doing so. However it seems reasonable to expect councils to publicise both the ability to request LGSs and indeed the to need to do so during the plan consultation process (for otherwise the time intensive process of a neighbourhood plan is needed) .
I am not a local planner and would appreciate profesionals commenting on an LGS issue. An LGS can only be developed in exceptional circumstances. The NPPF wording appears to be a tighter requirement than the standard hurdles for open space development set out in the NPPF and of course one cannot provide alternative land when by defintion the LGS, like a village green, is definded by its proximity to local people and indeed needs that character to be approved in the first place.
Eben van der Westhuizen, modified 10 Years ago.
Local Green Spaces - Anyone attempted to tackle them?
New Member Posts: 5 Join Date: 21/01/12 Recent PostsGrahasm,
Although the first sentence of para 77 of the NPPF appears to be restrictive: "The Local Green Space designation will not be appropriate for most green areas or open space. The designation should only be used..." the draft Planning Practice Guidance on LGS effectively says it is up to local communities to define the details of how the criteria tests in para 77 will be interpreted locally.
The matter you seem to be raising is however not about the identification of LGS but the consultation process and therefore potentially the soundness of the plan and more specifically whether it is/will be justified.
NPPF para 76 states: "Local communities through local and neighbourhood plans should be able to identify for special protection green areas of particular importance to them." and note what the PAS Soundness Self-Assessment Checklist (which although not required, has become a document which most authorities submit as part of their examination library) asks under the ‘Justified’ section.
Regards
Thank you Eben. Appreciated.
Some applications are being processed currently for our town ( Whitstable) including the beach; which oddly enough happens to be partly green and owned by Mr Green.
The only practical issue that has come up so far is mapping.
Separately, there may be an issue of interaction of LGS applications and emerging allocations. It would seem appropriate re forthcoming local plan drafts that community promoters of LGSs put in their applications at the same time as developers to avoid later problems.
Hi all,
We, Plymouth, are currently out to consultation on Local Green Space. http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/localgreenspace
Our question is whether Local Authorities themselves can nominate spaces as well as the community. If anyone has a clear answer to this then please let me know.
Many thanks,
Jeremy
Ian McDonald, modified 8 Years ago.
RE: Local Green Spaces - Anyone attempted to tackle them?
Enthusiast Posts: 70 Join Date: 15/05/12 Recent PostsHi Ian, which local authority are you working at? Can you send me a link to information online or, if it is not available - can you get in touch for a chat? jeremy.sabel@plymouth.gov.uk / 01752 304229
Thanks,
Jeremy