Draft Thanet Local Plan - 2031 - Pre-Submission Publication, Regulation 19

Requirements for New Open Space

12.7 An Open Space Strategy was carried out in 2017 which assessed Thanet's open space provision. The results and recommendations are set out in Table 12 which show a deficit in all typologies against the Field in Trust guidelines. The following policies seek to deliver these recommendations for open space provision in new development. Further advice is given in Chapter 4 Environment Strategy. This sets out the intention of the Council to apply the Fields in Trust Guidelines to new developments in line with the draft recommendations in the strategy.

12.8 Table 12 sets out the provision guidelines, tables 10 and 11, set out the accessibility criteria and the Quantity Benchmark Guidelines for equipped/designated play space, respectively.

Table 10: Fields in Trust Accessibility Criteria

Open Space typology	Walking guideline (Walking distance metre from dwellings)*
Parks and Gardens	710m (approximately 10 minutes)
Natural and semi natural greenspace	720m (approximately 10 minutes)
Amenity greenspace	480m (approximately a 6 minute walk)
Equipped/designated play areas	LAPs 100m LEAPs 400m NEAPs 1,000m
Other Outdoor provision MUGAs and skateboard parks	700m

*Accessibility guidelines are provided as walking distance from dwellings. Indicative walking distances can be determined from the accessibility guidelines as set out below.

250m = 2 - 3 minutes' walk
400m = 5 minutes' walk
800m = 10 minutes' walk
1,200m = 15 minutes' walk
1,600m = 20 minutes' walk

Table 11: Recommended Application of Quantity Benchmark Guidelines - Equipped/Designated Play Space

Scale of development no. of dwellings	LAP	LEAP	NEAP	MUGA
5-10	Y
10-200	Y	Y		Contribution
201-500	Y	Y	Contribution	Y
501+	Y	Y	Y	Y

Source: Fields In Trust - Guidance for Outdoor Sport and Play Oct 2015

Table 12: Requirements for New Open Space

Open Space typology	Existing provision Total no. of sites	Ha	Current provision ha/1000	Fields in Trust guidelines	Requirement by 2031	Projected Deficit/ oversupply 2031
Amenity Greenspace	137	67.11	0.52	0.6ha per 1,000 per population	96.9	-29.79
Provision for children and young people	31	3.61	0.03	0.25ha per 1,000 population	40.38	-76.77
Allotments	16	24.46	0.17	0.2ha per 1,000 population	32.3	-7.84
Natural and semi-natural greenspace	14	100.51	0.71	1.8ha per 1,000 population	290.7	-190.19
Public parks and gardens	26	74.54	0.53	0.8ha per 1,000 population	129.2	-54.66

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