Creation and Enhancement: The Development of an Open Space Strategy for North Devon

Main Report- Bennett Leisure and Planning in association with North Devon District Council September 2001

We wish to thank all those community groups, sports clubs, schools and other organisations which responded to the various surveys undertaken as part of this study. Their comments and ideas provided much valuable information. The back cover to this report presents a selection of comments from primary schoolchildren.

For the data collection and mapping we wish to record our special thanks to officers of the Parks and Amenities Unit at North Devon District Council, especially Lee Hembrow, who was closely involved in setting up the original classification system and the compilation of the North Devon District Open Space Database.

Maps showing the distribution of different types of open space within the main settlements in North Devon have also been prepared by the Parks and Amenities Unit.

Contents

Full Report (pdf 161kb)

Key Policy Considerations

Table A (pdf 16kb) - Recommended types of Open Space Provision by Area/Parish
Table B (pdf 58kb) - Towards Standards for Open Space: Existing Provision

9.  Area Profiles (pdf 87kb)

For a brief overview of key themes, levels of provision, recommendations and policy considerations, please refer to Section 8 (pdf 20kb)  and Tables A (pdf 16kb) and B.(pdf 58kb)
There are a further 3 components to the Strategy:
The Technical Appendix contains all Tables, Schedules and Appendices referred to in this report, other than Tables A and B.
A list of Contents, for information, appears at the end of this report.
The North Devon District Open Space Database, held on disc.
Maps of Open Space developed from the Database.  A colour key for these is located at the end of the Technical Appendix.