Is there enough open space in your Community?
| Published: 1st May 2008 20:36 |
News Release
Date: 30 April 2008
IS THERE ENOUGH OPEN SPACE IN LEEDS?
A project is underway to find out whether there is enough open space, sport and recreational facilities across the whole of Leeds.
The idea is to establish if the current level of open space is sufficient in terms of quality, quantity and accessibility to meet the needs of Leeds residents and visitors, now and in the future. The findings of this study will be used to prepare planning documents which set out the future growth of the city.
Parks, woodland, canals, outdoor and indoor sports facilities, recreation facilities for children and young people/teenagers, amenity green space within housing developments, allotments, civic spaces, bowling greens, cemeteries and churchyards will all be included and assessed.
The project includes 7,000 households being sent questionnaires. At the same time an on-street survey will be carried out at various locations across the city asking people what they think. The surveys will be carried out over the next three to four weeks. The results and analysis of the surveys will be available for use from August.
Leeds City Development Director Jean Dent said:
"We need to make sure that in the future there's enough open space for the people of Leeds to enjoy, and through the planning process we want to be able to protect those facilities.
But, before we can set our policies, we need to find out whether our residents think the existing amount and quality of parks, recreational and leisure space is good enough and in the right places. That's why we're carrying out this study. I'm very keen to hear from anyone who wants to comment. We need as many responses as possible to build up the fullest possible picture of what residents want now and in the future."
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