Policy information sourced from Sandridge Parish Council Neighbourhood Plan

E4 Non-designated Green Spaces

Within Non-designated Green Spaces set out in the table below and described in Appendix 8, planning applications to provide ancillary forms of built development necessary to support community access to, and use of, the spaces will be supported in principle.

Loss of Non-designated Green Spaces to development will be refused unless all the following criteria are met:

  1. The land no longer serves an important recreational, sporting, amenity or biodiversity purpose, or, suitable reasonably local replacement land and facilities can be provided elsewhere (if replacement recreational or sporting facilities are to be provided, they must be laid out and usable before the existing site is lost).
  2. The proposed development would not destroy or damage the character of the remaining green space, or the environment of the surrounding area, or the strategic function of the green space with which the site is associated.
  3. Wildlife conservation has been provided for in the design and landscaping of the proposed development.
  4. The integrity and value of green chains such as watercourses and disused railway lines are maintained and opportunities to strengthen such chains are not unacceptably compromised.

If existing green space is to be developed, details of the enhancement of the remaining areas and future management of these spaces will be required and secured through planning obligations.

For more information please see the Neighbourhood Plan