As part of the development, Bellway will contribute up to 7.5 hectares of public open space.
This will include a new neighbourhood play area and sports park.
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Play shall be integrated along with formal sport and recreation opportunities to encourage health and fitness within the public open spaces for children, young people and their families.
Neighbourhood Equipped Area for Play (NEAP)
A Neighbourhood Equipped Area for Play (NEAP) will be located within the parkland and will provide a destination play space with various play and recreation opportunities.
The NEAP shall provide a destination for play, primarily for older children. This space will include a minimum activity zone of 1000m2, including an area of hard surface, typically a MUGA.
The offer:
A space for children to meet, interact and play together.
Multiple activity opportunities such as climbing, sliding, crawling, balancing and swinging.
Creation of a play space that is sympathetic to its wooded setting, which provides a diverse range of play for all.
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Opportunities for ball sports through hard surface, posts and net as part of MUGA style provision.
Illustrative views of woodland space
Sports Park
The Sports Park provides formal sports provision within the northern area of open space.
As part of the sports park, Bellway intend to deliver new football pitches and a pavilion with changing room facilities.
Existing trees around the periphery of the sports park will be maintained and additional rows of tree planting will be added to define the boundary of the park.
Key open space location plan
Rectory Lane Linear Park
The Rectory Lane Linear Park provides a key element of green space within the scheme.
The space will be multi-functional and will provide an additional buffer with Rectory Lane.
The space will include outgrown tree-rich hedgerow to reinforce the character of the protected lane and the rural nature of the area.
The space will include:
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Provision of semi-formal footpath to provide route for users, integrating the John Ray Walk (PRoW).
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Integration of thicket planting to separate and enclose the park, providing a physical buffer and screen to the built edge of the development.
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Supplementary planting to bolster the site’s boundaries.
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Creation of grassland to provide informal recreation opportunities that connect the NEAP and earlier phases to the Sports Park.
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Connections into the 2.7km route and wider area.