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Strategies, Activities and Actions – Community Infrastructure, Leisure and Tourism Public open spaces, particularly in urban areas, are important for social cohesion and community well-being. Foulness and the Crouch and Roach estuaries are also internationally designated Special Protection Areas (SPA). This means that the areas are protected sites, classified for rare, vulnerable, and regularly migrating birds. We recognise the importance of public art. CLT5 Open Space – Preferred Option New public open space will be required to accompany additional residential development, having regard to local current and projected future need. Standard Charges may be applied to developments as necessary. In particular we will seek the incorporation of a significant amount of public open space to accompany new, and be integrated with existing, residential development in the west of Rayleigh. Furthermore, the following existing uses will be protected, whether in public or private ownership: • Parks • Amenity areas • Allotments • Playing pitches • Any other form of open space that has a high townscape value or is intrinsic to the character of the area New forms of the above will be promoted. CLT5 – Alternative Options Option Why is it not preferred? To delete some of the above forms of open space from the list of those that will be protected. Community Facilities A comprehensive range of community facilities, including meeting halls, places of worship and social clubs exist throughout the District. These are well used and provide an important role for communities. We will seek to safeguard the use of community facilities, and to ensure they continue to provide a useful function to the communities they serve. Additional community facilities will also be encouraged where a need is shown. The Local Strategic Partnership has, as articulated within the Sustainable Community Strategy, identified a need for a multi-agency centre within Great Wakering. A need for additional community facilities elsewhere within the District is likely to arise as a result of residential development and we will, in conjunction with our partners, need to ensure that community facilities meet changing needs. 94 We consider that all of the above perform important roles for the District’s communities and are worthy of protection.
Strategies, Activities and Actions – Community Infrastructure, Leisure and Tourism CLT6 Community Facilities – Preferred Option Community facilities will be safeguarded from development that will undermine their important role within the community. New community facilities will be promoted in new and existing residential areas where a need is shown. We may require such facilities to be accommodated within new residential development schemes. In particular, we will seek the provision of a multi-agency centre within Great Wakering. Standard Charges may be applied as necessary in order to facilitate the delivery and enhancement of community facilities, as per CLT1. CLT6 – Alternative Options Option Why is it not preferred? Not to include a specific policy on protecting community facilities, and maintain a flexible approach to how spaces currently used are used in the future. Play Space This would represent a failure to appreciate the importance of community facilities and may lead to their loss for alternative uses. With higher densities of residential development being required in order to reduce the amount of greenfield land lost to housing, it has become increasingly difficult to ensure that dwellings are accompanied with large garden areas that can be utilised by children as play space. As such, communal play space will play an important function in new residential developments. Communal space can help foster a sense of community within new developments, providing a space where neighbours interact. Accessibility of play space is key, and it should be provided within new residential developments. It is crucial that parents and children feel safe within such space; therefore play space should be located in areas that are subject to natural surveillance – i.e. are overlooked and / or are subject to a number of passers-by. There are a number of existing play spaces within the District which are well used and important to the local communities they serve. We will seek to protect and enhance such spaces, including through the provision of additional fixed play equipment funded by the Big Lottery Fund money we have received. 95 Also recognised is the need for community space. We are a partner of Thames Gateway South Essex, and as such supports the GreenGrid Strategy. This strategy has the main objective of developing open spaces and green links throughout the south Essex Thames Gateway region, developing a GreenGrid network. An Audit Commission Report in 2004 found that 87.3% of Rochford residents thought that community activities have got better or stayed the same. The same study found that 84.85% of Rochford residents thought that cultural facilities in the District had got better or stayed the same.
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