ABC Draft Open Space Strategy

Draft Open Space Strategy

Ashford Borough Council

Opens: 8 August
Closes: 20 Sep 2017

Open spaces enrich the quality of our lives and contribute towards a healthy lifestyle. They help define and add to the character and history of a place as well as provide vital green infrastructure for wildlife, biodiversity, water, tranquillity, recreation, play, food production and safe off-road pedestrian and cycling routes.

Ashford borough currently enjoys a wide range of open spaces across its urban and rural environment. The borough has the benefit of existing wildlife sites, protected landscapes and a network of accessible countryside. It also has the benefit of having many organisations and groups of people active in the community who take great interest in their current and future green environment.

This Open Space Strategy attempts to focus on what’s important for Ashford’s open space provision up to 2030 in consideration of previous studies and strategies, recent audits, consultation and the emerging Local Plan.

The consultation is open until 20th September. Please comment using the online questionnaire here, or by printing out a comment form and returning by post to: Cultural Services, Place and Space, Ashford Borough Council, Civic Centre, Tannery Lane, Ashford, Kent TN23 1PL or by email to culture@ashford.gov.uk

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Consultation Documents

• Open Space draft Strategy
  This Open Space Strategy attempts to focus on what’s important for Ashford’s open space provision up to 2030 in consideration of previous studies and strategies, recent audits, consultation and the emerging Local Plan.
• Appendix 1 – Open Spaces in Ashford
• Appendix 2 – Stakeholder List
• Appendix 3 – Draft Green Corridor Action Plan
• Appendix 4 – borough population
• Appendix 5 – Rural Audit Results
• Appendix 6 – Open Space Audit Quality Criteria
• Appendix 7a – Design Quality Audit Results
• Appendix 7b – Condition Audit Results
• Appendix 8 – Play Area Audit Criteria
• Appendix 9 – Value Audit Criteria
• Appendix 10 – Spatial Planning for Open Space
• Appendix 11 – Open Space Spatial Plan Example

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Consultation Summary

Name	Draft Open Space Strategy
Description	The Open Space Strategy will provide a robust framework to help strengthen Ashford’s open space provision by providing a series of interrelated actions that are all working towards the same goal. These are to protect, enhance and provide an open space network across the borough to create a thriving landscape of well-located and well-connected open spaces, which supports our existing and future community.
Dates	From 8 Aug 2017 at 15:00 to 20 Sep 2017 at 23:59.
Status	Open