Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead: Open Space Standards

Open Space Typology	Quantity Guideline (Hectares per 1,000 population)	Walking Guideline (Walking distance, metres from dwellings)	Quality Guideline
Parks and Gardens (including urban parks, country parks and formal gardens)	0.8 ha	710m	Green Flag Standard Appropriately landscaped Positive management Provision of footpaths Designed to be free of the fear of harm or crime
Amenity Greenspace (including informal recreation spaces, greenspaces in and around housing, domestic gardens and village greens)	0.6 ha	480m	Appropriately landscaped Positive management Provision of footpaths Designed to be free of the fear of harm or crime
Natural and Semi-Natural Green Space (including woodlands, urban forestry, scrub, grasslands, wetlands, open and running water, wastelands and derelict open land and rock areas)	1.8 ha	720m	Appropriately landscaped Positive management Provision of footpaths Designed to be free of the fear of harm or crime
Provision for children and young people (including play areas, skateboard parks, outdoor basketball hoops, and other more informal areas)	Equipped / Designated Play Areas: 0.25 ha	Local Areas of Play (LAPs): 100m Locally Equipped Areas of Play (LEAPs): 400m Neighbourhood Equipped Areas for Play (NEAPs): 1,000m	Quality appropriate to the intended level of performance, designed to appropriate technical standards Located where they are of most value to the community to be served Sufficiently diverse recreational use for the whole community Appropriately landscaped Maintained safely and to the highest possible condition Positively managed taking account of the need for repair and replacement over time as necessary Provision of appropriate ancillary facilities and equipment Provision of footpaths Designed so as to be free of the fear of harm or crime
	Other Outdoor Provision: n/a	700m

Open Space Typology	Quantity Guideline (Hectares per 1,000 population)	Walking Guideline (Walking distance, metres from dwellings)	Quality Guideline
Allotments and Community Gardens	0.2 ha	Local significance: 400m	N/A
Green Corridors (including river and canal banks, cycleways and rights of way)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cemeteries and Churchyards	N/A	Local significance: 400m	N/A
Civic spaces (including civic and market squares and other hard surfaced areas designed for pedestrians)	N/A	N/A	N/A

	LAP (Local Area of Play)	LEAP (Locally Equipped Area for Play)	NEAP (Neighbourhood Equipped Area for Play)
5 to 10 dwellings	Required	Not required	Not required
11 to 200 dwellings	Required	Required	Not required
201 to 500 dwellings	Required	Required	Required
500+ dwellings	Required	Required	Required