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8 OPEN SPACE ALLOCATIONS

8.1 Core Strategy Strategic Objective 11 is to provide accessible and varied opportunities for leisure, arts, sport and recreational activities in order to promote healthy lifestyles. The local plan can make a significant contribution towards improved levels of health by supporting the location and provision of suitable open space, children's play space and sports facilities to increase opportunities to exercise as part of a healthy lifestyle for the whole community. Open space provision will help contribute to the delivery of Green Infrastructure and provide opportunities for biodiversity enhancement and linking up of habitats. One of the purposes of allocating land as open space is for it to be open to the public, however, this can lead to increased visitor pressure and disturbance to habitats and species which should be assessed and mitigated. Long term management measures for open spaces should be formulated.

8.2 Development Management Policy DM11 seeks to protect open spaces, sport and recreation facilities and children's play space.

Identification of Open Spaces

8.3 The adopted Local Plan Proposals Map identifies 61 publicly accessible open spaces across the District. These spaces are shown in Appendix 3. The Council will continue to protect these areas by retaining their allocation as open space on the Policies Map.

8.4 Taking into account changes that have occurred over the last ten years, the Site Allocations document makes a change to the boundary of one open space designated in the Local Plan 1996-2011, which has been slightly reduced. The Site Allocations document also allocates 17 additional areas as publicly accessible open space.

8.5 National and local planning policy will guide planning decisions on sites which are not specifically allocated as open spaces.

Open Space Allocations

8.6 All open spaces designated in the Local Plan 1996-2011 (as shown in Appendix 5) are retained as allocations for open space, subject to an amendment to the boundary of the open space at Middleton Road, Mill End (site OS(d)). The Site Allocations document allocates an additional 14 areas as open space. These areas are shown below and in Appendix 2 alongside all other allocations by parish area.

POLICY SA5: OPEN SPACE ALLOCATIONS

Sites allocated as open space will generally be safeguarded as open spaces.

Open Space Allocations

Site Ref	OS(a)		Site	The Grove Woodland, Plaitford Close/The Byeway, Rickmansworth

Comments		New designation of open space following acquisition of the land by the Council.

Site Ref	OS(b)	Site	Chorleywood House Estate, Chorleywood

Comments		New designation of area of that has been used as open space but was not previously designated.

Site Ref	OS(c)	Site	Land North of South Way (Horsefield and Furtherfield), Leavesden

Comments		New designation of area of open space to be an extension to Leavesden Country Park following the transfer of land to the Council.

Site Ref	OS(d)	Site	Middleton Road, Mill End, Rickmansworth

Comments		Amendment to a Local Plan 1996-2011 designation to remove a 3.65m strip of land to the rear of Middleton Road where licences have been granted for properties to use land as residential garden.

Site Ref	OS(e)	Site	South Oxhey Playing Fields, Rear of 180-202 Hayling Road, 11-15 Frinton Close and 18-21 Sidmouth Close, South Oxhey

Comments		New designation of area of that has been used as open space but was not previously designated.

Site Ref	OS(f)		Site	Baldwins Lane Recreation Ground, Croxley Green

Comments		New designation of area of that has been used as open space but was not previously designated.

Site Ref	OS(g)	Site	Croxleyhall Wood, Croxley Green

Comments		New designation of area of that has been used as open space but was not previously designated.

Site Ref	OS(h)	Site	Long Valley Wood and Buddleia Walk, Croxley Green

Comments		New designation of area as open space following designation of the site as a village green.

Site Ref	OS(i)	Site	Pheasant's Wood and Solomon's Wood, Chorleywood

Comments		New designation of area of that has been used as open space but was not previously designated.

Site Ref	OS(j)	Site	Croxley Common Moor, Croxley Green

Comments		New designation of area of that has been used as open space but was not previously designated.

Site Ref	OS(k)	Site	South Way Playing Fields, Abbots Langley

Comments		New designation of area of that has been used as open space but was not previously designated.

Site Ref	OS(l)	Site	The Green, Croxley Green

Comments		New designation of area of that has been used as open space but was not previously designated.

Site Ref	OS(m)	Site	Harrocks Wood, Chandlers Cross

Comments		New designation of area of that has been used as open space but was not previously designated.

Site Ref	OS(n)	Site	Hill Farm Avenue, Leavesden

Comments		New designation of area of that has been used as open space but was not previously designated.

Site Ref		OS(o)	Site	Leavesden Green Open Space

Comments	New designation of area of that has been used as open space but was not previously designated.

Site Ref		OS(o)	Site	Leavesden Green Open Space

Comments	New designation of area of that has been used as open space but was not previously designated.

Site Ref	OS(q)		Site	Hill Farm Open Space

Comments		New designation of area of that has been used as open space but was not previously designated.

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