Policy information sourced from Redbridge Local Plan

LP35: Protecting and Enhancing Open Spaces

The Council will protect, enhance the quality and improve access to existing green spaces by:

  • Protecting all Open Space and Play Space in the borough, as identifed on the Policies Map. Any development proposals on such space should:
    • be supportive of and ancillary to the purpose of that open space; and
    • enhance the quality or accessibility of the open space
  • Enhancing the supply of open space to meet the needs of the borough’s growing population, by seeking onsite provision of publicly accessible open space, particularly in major new developments in areas of defciency and the strategic sites identifed in policies LP1A - E. Provision should be in accordance with standards set out in the Council’s Open Space Study, unless superseded, and in dense urban areas could include the use of pocket parks, green roofs, and landscaping and public realm provision . Where open space standards cannot be met on-site, fnancial contributions towards improvements to existing or planned spaces within reasonable walking distance of the proposed development will be sought;
  • Supporting improvements, enhancements and management that improve both quality and access to existing green spaces;
  • Supporting new high quality outdoor sports facilities to promote sports and active recreation across the borough in accordance with polices LP34, LP38 and subject to community use agreements;
  • Promoting the multifunctional and shared use of existing open space for play and sports including schools and private sports facilities and playing pitches, subject to satisfactory management arrangements being put in place; and
  • Supporting proposals for new children’s play space in accordance with the Mayor’s Providing for Children and Young People’s Play and Informal Recreation SPG.

Implementation

Open Spaces will be reviewed periodically through updates to the Open Space Assessment to refect changes in quality, quantity and accessibility;

The Council will revise its Infrastructure Delivery Plan annually to provide an up-todate assessment of the need for all types of community infrastructure; and

The Council will keep under review the level and application of its Community Infrastructure Levy Charging Schedule to maximise receipts to help fund infrastructure provision without undermining the viability of the development other policies in this plan seek to encourage.

For more information please see the Local Plan