OPEN SPACE SETTLEMENT ANALYSIS FOR THE … · Open Spaces Framework – Appendix 2-4: Settlement Analysis for the LCA North West Chiltern and Princes Risb. 3 Table: Open spaces serving

Open Spaces Framework – Appendix 2-4: Settlement Analysis for the LCA North West Chiltern and Princes Risb.

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OPEN SPACE SETTLEMENT ANALYSIS FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AREA (LCA) NORTH WEST CHILTERN AND PRINCES RISBOROUGH (DISTRICT NORTH)

CONTENTS: PRINCES RISBOROUGH / LONGWICK ......................................................................................... 2 NAPHILL / WALTERS ASH ............................................................................................................. 8 RURAL AREAS.............................................................................................................................. 13


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PRINCES RISBOROUGH / LONGWICK

Open space provision Figure: Open spaces serving Princes Risborough and Longwick


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Table: Open spaces serving Princes Risborough and Longwick Site ID

Area (ha) Name Owner WDC_Typology Prim_Purp Sec_Purp Access Quality

40 0.13 Walkers Road Amenity Space Wycombe District Council Amenity Space L & V Informal Recreation Unrestricted 0.00

41 0.16 Bell Crescemt Open Space (longwick)

Wycombe District Council Amenity Space L & V Informal Recreation Unrestricted 0.00

51 12.5 Brushill Lnr WDC, Risborough Group Semi Natural Biodiversity Informal Recreation Unrestricted 0.00

52 11 Whiteleaf Cross Lnr BCC Semi Natural Informal Recreation L & V Unrestricted 0.00

59 0.28 Bar Lane Allotments Parichial Charity Allotments Operational L & V Restricted 0.00

701 0.14 The Crescent Amenity Space PR Town Council Amenity Space L & V Informal Recreation Unrestricted 0.83

702 0.09 Park Meadow Amenity Space Wycombe District Council Amenity Space L & V Informal Recreation Unrestricted 0.82

703 0.24 Woodfield Road Open Space Wycombe District Council Amenity Space Formal Recreation Informal Recreation Unrestricted 0.69

704 0.85 St.mary's Churchyard PR Town Council Churchyard/ Cemeteries Operational L & V Unrestricted 0.86

705 0.36 Northfield Rpad Amenity Space

Wycombe District Council Amenity Space L & V Informal Recreation Unrestricted 0.69

706 0.67 Berryfield County First School bcc Vacant/Derelict Operational L & V Restricted 0.00

707 0.13 Fairway Amenity Space Wycombe District Council Amenity Space L & V Informal Recreation Unrestricted 0.82

708 0.19 Dunsmore Ride Amenity Space bcc Amenity Space L & V Informal Recreation Unrestricted 0.84

709 2.19 Longwick Playing Field Princes Risborough Town Council Park Formal Recreation Informal Recreation Unrestricted 0.84

710 3.4 Windsor Playing Field private Outdoor Sports Formal Recreation Informal Recreation Restricted 0.60

711 0.94 Icknield County Middle School bcc Institutional Formal Recreation L & V Restricted 0.00

712 3.67 Wades Park Princes Risborough Town Council Park Formal Recreation Informal Recreation Unrestricted 0.65

713 0.85 St Dunstans Churchyard church Churchyard/ Cemeteries Operational Informal Recreation Unrestricted 0.82

714 0.52 Monks Risborough Ce Combined School bcc Institutional Formal Recreation Informal Recreation Limited 0.83

715 1.21 Dixons Playing Field private Outdoor Sports Formal Recreation Informal Recreation Unrestricted 0.84

716 2.03 King George V Rec - Wellington Ave

Princes Risborough Town Council Park Informal Recreation L & V Unrestricted 0.67

717 0.22 St Dunstan's Church South church Vacant/Derelict None None Unrestricted 0.00

718 1.58 Monks Risborough Recreation Ground

Princes Risborough Town Council Park Informal Recreation L & V Unrestricted 0.59

719 0.86 Longwick School bcc Institutional Formal Recreation None Limited 0.65

720 4.27 Molins Sports Ground private Vacant/derelict None None Restricted 0.58

721 0.76 Princes Risborough Bowls And Tennis Club private Outdoor Sports Formal Recreation L & V Limited 0.70

722 2.61 Princes Risborough Technology School bcc Institutional Formal Recreation L & V Limited 0.64

723 0.87 New Road Amenity Space Amenity Space L & V Informal Recreation Unrestricted 0.74

724 0.54 Berryfield Road Amenity Space Wycombe District Council Amenity Space L & V Informal Recreation Unrestricted 0.81

725 5.13 Princes Risborough School bcc Institutional Formal Recreation None Limited 0.57

726 0.29 Beech Road Amenity Space Wycombe District Council Amenity Space L & V Informal Recreation Unrestricted 0.75

727 1.96 Earl Mitchell Playing Field PR Town Council Outdoor Sports Formal Recreation Informal Recreation Unrestricted

728 1.47 Risborough Cricket Club Risborough Cricket Club Outdoor Sports Formal Recreation Informal Recreation Limited 0.76

730 0.57 Cadsen Road Allotments Princes Risborough TC? Allotments Operational L & V Limited 0.81

731 1.49 Monks Risborough Football Club

Monks Risborough FC? Outdoor Sports Formal Recreation L & V Restricted 0.77

Note: rows in light grey indicate sites that are also used for formal outdoor sport.


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Table: Open space provision analysis for Princes Risborough and Longwick

Typology Proposed local standard

(ha / 1000)

OS in no

OS in ha Level of OS / 1000 population

(restricted and unrestricted)

Unrestricted OS in no

Unrestricted OS in ha

Level of unrestricted

OS in ha / 1000

population

Population = 8,356

Allotments 0.23 2 0.9 0.11 n/a n/a n/a

Amenity Space 0.55 11 3.14 0.38 11 3.14 0.38

Churchyards / cemeteries

n/a 2 1.70 n/a 2 1.70 n/a

Institutional n/a 5 10.06 n/a n/a n/a n/a

Natural / semi-natural green spaces

3.2 2 23.47 2.83 2 23.47 2.83

Sites used for outdoor sports*

2.52 total

(1.2 ha public, 1.32 ha private) 13 21.95 2.63 4 7.08 0.85

Parks 1.67 4 9.5 1.14 4 9.5 1.14

Playgrounds 0.68 facilities/

1000 5 n/a 0.6 facilities 5 n/a 0.60 facilities

Teen facilities 0.31 facilities/

1000 4 n/a 0.48 facilities 4 n/a 0.48 facilities

Vacant / Derelict n/a 3 5.16 n/a n/a n/a n/a

TOTAL 9.71 35 64.14 7.71 23 41.69 4.99

Please note: differences in the ‘OS in ha-Total’ and the sum of hectares of the individual typologies differs due to some sites being used for outdoor sport in addition to their other purposes. * Please note: this provision analysis does not include Molins sports ground (site 720) in the outdoor sports calculation because it is currently not in use. Please note also that some restricted access outdoor sports sites such as schools offer clubs the opportunity to use their pitch at certain times.


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Figure: Site accessibility in Princes Risborough and Longwick


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Figure: Access to play and teen provision in Princes Risborough and Longwick


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Key findings for Princes Risborough and Longwick

Quantity

▪ Despite falling below the proposed local standard, the town is considered well served by open space. This is partly due to the good access to the surrounding high quality countryside.

▪ The provision of play and teen facilities meets or exceeds proposed quantitative standards. However the district analysis highlights the need for the NEAP in the LCA North. This facility would be best placed in Princes Risborough and could comprise an upgrade of an existing play facility.

▪ The provision of natural/ semi-natural space is slightly below standard but this is not a concern considering that the town is surrounded by high-quality countryside

▪ There is a below standard provision in parks. public amenity spaces and allotments ▪ Outdoor sports provision slightly exceeds local standards when both public and private provision

are taken into account, but falls short when only publicly available facilities are being considered ▪ Open spaces of the typology common, gardens and green corridors are absent

Accessibility

▪ Accessibility deficiencies for publicly available open space, play areas and teen facilities exist in the southern part of Princes Risborough

▪ Wycombe Road acts as a line of severance for movement between east and west PR in places ▪ The railway line defines PR at the west and acts as a line of severance to the countryside ▪ Disabled access is generally possible but might be limited at some sites, e.g. the sloping sites of

Whiteleaf Cross and Brushill Nature Reserve (site 51) ▪ Private ownerships result in a high proportion of restricted access outdoor sports sites

Quality

▪ 26 of the 34 sites have been quality assessed ▪ Quality scores vary between 57 – 86% with an average score of 74%, which suggests that the

open spaces in PR and Longwick are generally of good quality ▪ Monks Risborough Recreation ground (718) is the lowest scoring site, ▪ Play areas score generally relatively poorly and should be improved

Possible options for improvement ▪ Maintain and increase overall standard of provision ▪ Increase the amount of public amenity space by requiring this open space element to be

provided on site as part of any larger development ▪ Create an additional public open space including play facility in the southern part of PR to

address the localised deficiency. This is proposed to being addressed by the proposed redevelopment of the Hypnos site

▪ Improve quality of play areas


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▪ Address shortfall in publicly available sports provision either by negotiating access to restricted access sites or through the creation of an additional site. This could for example be achieved by bringing the currently closed Molins sports ground (site 720) into public use.

▪ Improve quality of existing sports sites (St George V playing field (716), Monks Risborough Rec (718), Earl Mitchell playing field (727) and Dixons playing field (715))

A strategic and a local open space deficiency exist in this area.

NAPHILL / WALTERS ASH

Open space provision

Figure: Open spaces serving Naphill and Walter’s Ash


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Table: Open spaces serving Naphill and Walter’s Ash

Site ID

Area (ha) Name Owner Typology Prim_purp Sec_purp Access

Site quality

601 1.63 Naphill and Walters Ash Combined School bcc Institutional Formal Recreation Informal Recreation Limited 0.00

603 2.06 THE CRICK - NAPHILL RECREATION GROUND parish Park Formal Recreation Informal Recreation Unrestricted 0.51

604 60.9 Naphill Common (CL63) West Wyc Estate Common/Green Biodiversity Informal Recreation Unrestricted 0.77

605 0.06 Part of Naphill Common (CL115) Amenity Space L & V Informal Recreation Unrestricted 0.59

606 0.06 Part of Naphill Common (CL115) Amenity Space Informal Recreation L & V Unrestricted 0.55

607 0.22 Templewood Amenity Space parish Amenity Space Formal Recreation Informal Recreation Restricted 0.00

608 5.15 RAF SPORTS GROUND military Outdoor Sports Formal Recreation Informal Recreation Restricted 0.00

610 0.75 Naphill Allotment Garden parish Allotments Operational L & V Limited 0.63

612 0.79 Naphill Allotments East parish Allotments Operational L & V Limited 0.61

613 1.94 Vincent's Meadow unknown Semi Natural Biodiversity Informal Recreation Unrestricted 0.65

614 0.03 Naphill Pond unknown Amenity Space L & V None Limited 0.59

615 0.12 Ash Close Amenity Space wdc Amenity Space L & V Informal Recreation Unrestricted 0.59

618 0.19 Moseley Road road verge wdc Amenity Space L & V Informal Recreation Unrestricted 0.00

Note: rows in light grey indicate sites that are also used for formal outdoor sport. Table: Open space provision analysis for Naphill and Walter’s Ash

Typology Proposed local

standard

(ha / 1000)

OS in no

OS in ha

Level of OS in ha / 1000 population

(restricted and unrestricted)

Unrestricted OS in no

Unrestricted OS in ha

Level of unrestricted OS in

ha / 1000 population

Population = 3,382

Allotments 0.23 2 1.54 0.45 n/a n/a n/a

Amenity Space 0.55 3 0.35 0.10 3 0.35 0.10

Commons / village greens

1.65 1 61.00 18.03 1 61.00 18.03

Institutional n/a 1 1.92 n/a n/a n/a n/a

Sites used for outdoor sports

2.52 total

(1.2 ha public, 1.32 private) 3 8.84 2.61 1 2.06 0.61

Parks 1.67 2 2.62 0.77 2 2.62 0.77

Natural / semi-natural

3.2 3 2.07 0.61 1 0.06 0.02

Playgrounds 0.68 facilities/

1000 4 n/a 1.18

facilities/1000 4 n/a 1.18 facilities/1000

Teen facilities 0.31 facilities/

1000 1 n/a 0.30

facilities/1000 1 n/a 0.30 facilities/1000

TOTAL 9.71 13 74.62 22.06 7 64.03 18.93

Please note: differences in the ‘OS in ha-Total’ and the sum of hectares of the individual typologies differs due to some sites being used for outdoor sport in addition to their other purposes.


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Figure: Site accessibility in Naphill and Walter’s Ash


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Figure: Access to play and teen facilities in Naphill and Walter’s Ash


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Key findings for Naphill / Walter’s Ash

Quantity

▪ The open space provision in Walters Ash and Naphill significantly exceeds the district average and the proposed local standards. This is caused by the large size of Naphill Common.

▪ Main quantitative deficiencies exist with regard to amenity spaces, parks and publicly available outdoor sports provision.

▪ There is a significant shortfall in semi-natural open space, however, this is not of concern due the high amount of common land and the good access to the surrounding countryside

▪ There is an above average provision in play facilities

Accessibility

▪ Whilst the area is rich in publicly accessible open space, access to formal open spaces such as sports pitches is generally restricted

▪ The main road running through the settlements shows high traffic volumes at times and can act as a line of severance to open space

▪ Access to the surrounding countryside is good

Quality

▪ 9 of the 12 sites have been quality assessed ▪ Quality scores vary between 55 – 77% with an average score of 63%, which is in line with the

district average ▪ There are no poor quality sites although most sites have room for improvement

Possible options for improvement ▪ Increase publicly available outdoor sports provision by improving access to restricted access

sites ▪ Maintain and enhance quality of existing sites through minor improvement schemes ▪ Increase the amount of multi-functional open space either through improvements to existing sites

or the creation of a new site A strategic open space deficiency exists in this area. No local deficiency has been identified.


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RURAL AREAS The northern Local Community Area (LCA) contains also a large number of smaller settlements that are not covered in detail. Rural deficiencies cannot be defined in the same way as urban deficiencies because distance thresholds and requirements for different types of provision cannot be applied. Smaller settlements tend to have good access to the surrounding countryside, which offers recreational value. However, it is recognised that rural areas also have needs for open space and that these should be met locally wherever possible. Being rural in nature there tends to be a greater need for more publicly available formal open space such as play areas, teen facilities, sports pitches and allotments.


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The following map shows the distribution of open spaces in the northern LCA.

Key observations for the rural areas of the LCA North West Chiltern and Princes Risborough ▪ The majority of rural sites are either semi-natural sites, village playing fields (including play) or

cricket grounds. ▪ Almost all villages or hamlets appear to have at least one open space within walking distance of

the village, ▪ There is a high provision of private outdoor sport facilities in this LCA, caused by the large

number of private sports clubs such as cricket clubs. Although an important resource for the rural communities these private grounds often offer only limited use to the public as their public use is often restricted to the perimeter of the site and/or the play area where existent

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OPEN SPACE SETTLEMENT ANALYSIS FOR THE … · Open Spaces Framework – Appendix 2-4: Settlement Analysis for the LCA North West Chiltern and Princes Risb. 3 Table: Open spaces serving