Chesterfield Borough Local Plan

8.0 PARKS, OPEN SPACE, SPORT AND RECREATION

Introduction

8.1

Demand for sport and recreation facilities and the protection and enhancement of public open space within urban areas is increasing. National planning guidance in PPG17 (Open Space, Sport and Recreation, July 2002) places emphasis on protecting open spaces of recreational value and using the planning system to promote sport and informal recreation in order to improve people's quality of life.

8.2

The government's objectives for sport and recreation are to ensure the effective planning of accessible, high quality open spaces and sport and recreation facilities which meet the needs of local residents and which are economically and environmentally sustainable. This will primarily involve the improvement and protection of existing facilities, but will also necessitate new provision, in some cases.

8.3

It is recognised that good quality parks and open spaces can deliver a wide range of social, economic and environmental benefits.

8.4

The policies of the 1996 adopted plan achieved the protection of existing open space and playing fields as well as ensuring that there is sufficient new provision (mainly children's play space) to meet further demands. A Parks and Open Spaces Strategy (2002) for the borough has been adopted by the council to provide the context, vision and strategic direction for the management and improvement of parks and open spaces and the development of new public open space. It sets local standards for provision in line with guidance in PPG17. An initial action plan has been prepared which forms the basis of the policies and proposals in this local plan.

8.5

This replacement local plan continues to protect a hierarchy of parks and other public open space, setting out standards for provision in association with new development, and makes new proposals where deficiencies exist and opportunities are available. It carries forward policies to protect playing fields and allotments. There are specific policies for the Chesterfield Football Club and for Chesterfield Rugby Club.

The Parks and Open Spaces Strategy

8.6

The strategy recognises that it will be essential that:

each area of the borough is served by a range of types of open space appropriate to the community
the nature, layout and condition of sites meet the needs of the community
each site has a range of facilities appropriate to its role and users
there are measures in place to encourage a broad usage of sites
there is community involvement in the management of sites
there is adoption of good management practice

8.7

The strategy identifies a hierarchy of parks, of varying size and distribution, to meet different levels of need and catchment. The hierarchy consists of:

Borough Parks - large areas of public open space, catering for weekend and occasional visits by car and public transport and serving an area of the borough within a distance of around 3.2 kilometres. Queens Park and the Annex serve the greater part of the borough whilst Holmebrook Valley Country Park and Pools Brook Country Park serve the urban areas to the west and east of the borough respectively. The strategy does not propose any further Borough Parks but seeks to ensure that the three existing parks will be protected and the range of facilities broadened.

Community Parks - smaller areas of public open space of between 2 and 20 hectares providing a range of facilities including local sports and play provision, and serving a community within a distance of around 400 metres. The three larger Borough Parks also have this function for their immediate areas and the strategy lists 11 more sites (paragraph 8.3 of the strategy).
The strategy highlights a number of areas where additional provision is considered to be necessary, if the desired provision is to be achieved (paragraph 8.4 of the strategy).

Immediate local public open space of recreational value - smaller areas of public open space, usually within housing areas, providing children's play facilities. Deficiencies are evident in some parts of the borough, often in densely built up and deprived areas and are unlikely to be remedied except through provision within or associated with new developments.

8.8

Key needs identified by the strategy for provision of parks, local space of recreational value and equipped play provision include:

existing Borough Parks to be protected but no further Borough Parks to be sought
where possible all homes to be within 400 metres of a Community Park in the region of 6-6.5 hectares in size
all Community Parks to have a Neighbourhood Equipped Area for Play (NEAP)
where possible, all homes in the borough to be within 300 metres of accessible natural space
where possible, deprived areas of the borough and dense built-up areas to have a minimum of 0.8 hectares per thousand population of land fulfilling the requirements of the National Playing Fields Association standard for children's play
where possible and where appropriate, all homes within the borough to be within 240 metres straight line distance of a minimum 3,600 square metres open space containing a Locally Equipped Area for Play (LEAP)
generally Local Area for Play (LAP) provision is not considered appropriate in most circumstances and appropriate alternative provision to be sought
provision of an even distribution of outdoor youth facilities to be primarily, but not exclusively, located in community parks where there is sufficient space and where a local need is determined
specialist youth facility provision to meet a wider need be provided at key locations e.g. skateparks

8.9

In addition to the above it is important to recognise the need to develop a greater linkage between individual sites, primarily through the development of Greenways, to form an integrated and accessible greenspace system. Where such improved links are achievable in connection with new development, the opportunity will be taken to secure them when applications for planning permission are being determined.

8.10

The detailed needs identified in the strategy will be used as a guide to the identification of the specific requirements for open space and related facilities generated by new development. As indicated in the strategy, existing public open space generally needs to be protected from development except for development associated with the provision of leisure or recreational uses of an open nature. Unusually it may be appropriate to grant planning permission for development on open space, for example where the open space is surplus to requirements. In such cases, provision for other forms of open space or sport and recreation that are in deficit will be sought on part of the site.

8.11

Cemeteries and closed churchyards contribute to the landscape and spacious open character of the locality. Such sites provide significant areas of green space and when associated with other adjacent open sites make an important contribution to overall open space provision. Policy EVR2 in chapter 5 is intended to protect these sites.

8.12

In addition to public open spaces, there are some areas of privately owned open space, which contribute to the quality of the urban environment because they have amenity value and, in some cases, wildlife value. They are often located within wider green corridors such as that along the Chesterfield Canal. They require protection from development in the same way as public open space and are covered by policy EVR2 in chapter 5.

POS1 EXISTING PARKS AND OPEN SPACES
PLANNING PERMISSION WILL BE GRANTED FOR DEVELOPMENT ON PUBLIC AND PRIVATE OPEN SPACES, AS IDENTIFIED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP, WHERE THE DEVELOPMENT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECREATIONAL USE OF THE LAND AND WOULD ALLOW THE RECREATIONAL USE TO BE ENHANCED, PROVIDING IT WOULD NOT BE SIGNIFICANTLY DETRIMENTAL TO THE OPEN CHARACTER OF THE AREA.
PLANNING PERMISSION WILL NOT BE GRANTED FOR DEVELOPMENT WHICH WOULD RESULT IN THE LOSS OF PUBLIC OR PRIVATE OPEN SPACES, AS IDENTIFIED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP, UNLESS THE SITE DOES NOT MAKE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE WIDER NETWORK OF OPEN SPACES IDENTIFIED IN THE LOCAL PLAN AND THEN ONLY IF THE DEVELOPMENT:
(a)	MAKES PROVISION FOR REPLACEMENT OPEN SPACE WHICH IS AT LEAST EQUIVALENT TO THAT WHICH IS TO BE LOST (WHILST RETAINING THE EXISTING FACILITIES UNTIL THE REPLACEMENT IS AVAILABLE FOR USE); OR
(b)	THE OPEN SPACE IS SURPLUS TO REQUIREMENTS, IN WHICH CASE PROVISION FOR OTHER FORMS OF OPEN SPACE OR SPORT AND RECREATION THAT ARE IN DEFICIT WILL BE SOUGHT ON PART OF THE SITE.

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New public open space

8.13

As mentioned in 8.7 above, the Parks and Open Spaces Strategy identifies deficiencies in public open space provision in fifteen parts of the borough. The borough council will seek to create new community parks and local open spaces and increase the level of landscape provision in highways, housing, commercial and industrial areas through the initial action plan arising from the Parks and Open Spaces Strategy. Developers will be expected to help implement some of this plan as part of their contribution to open space provision.

8.14

Four sites are allocated in this local plan for new community parks. This represents the first phase in the implementation of the strategy.

Land between Sycamore Road and Elm Street, Hollingwood - Residential development is taking place or has been permitted on five sites within the former British Steel housing area at Hollingwood. As there is a deficiency of local open space and community park provision in the east of Brimington, it is proposed that the above site be allocated for a community park to be provided by the developers of the other land in this area, in lieu of smaller areas of on-site provision on each of the development sites.

Land to the north of Coronation Road, Brimington - There is a requirement for a new community park in the east of Brimington. A site has been allocated on the northern edge of the built-up area of Brimington.

Land to the north of Coniston Road, Dunston - There is a requirement for a new community park in Dunston. A site has been allocated on the open break between the Dunston Technology Park and the Mardale Close residential area for development of a new community park in association with the rugby club development described in paragraph 8.32 and policy POS7.

Land at Duckmanton - There is a requirement for a new community park in Duckmanton. This could be achieved as part of the Markham Vale proposals.

POS2 NEW PUBLIC OPEN SPACE
THE FOLLOWING SITES ARE ALLOCATED FOR NEW PUBLIC OPEN SPACE, AS SHOWN ON THE PROPOSALS MAP:
(a)	0.7 HECTARES OF LAND BETWEEN SYCAMORE ROAD AND ELM STREET, HOLLINGWOOD
(b)	3.0 HECTARES OF LAND TO THE NORTH OF CORONATION ROAD, BRIMINGTON
(c)	3.9 HECTARES OF LAND TO THE NORTH OF CONISTON ROAD, DUNSTON
(d)	1.0 HECTARES OF LAND AT DUCKMANTON

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Public open space requirements resulting from new developments

8.15

New development will usually generate a need for public open space. In the case of housing (including flats but excluding sheltered accommodation, residential care homes and nursing homes) this could take various forms, for example new recreation space within a proposed housing development (often equipped children's play facilities), provision of new amenity open space for new employment, leisure, health or education facilities, or the improvement of existing parks and open spaces in line with the Parks and Open Spaces Strategy. Conditions applied to planning permissions will be used to secure facilities within development sites, while the council will seek to negotiate legal agreements for off-site provision where appropriate.

8.16

Suitable forms of provision for each of the proposed housing sites in policy HSN1 of the Housing chapter are as follows:

H20

Walton Hospital (north); contribution to improving existing public open space to the north of Whitecotes Lane

H21

Walton Hospital (south); contribution to improving facilities at Grangewood or Gorsey Knowe

H24

Land at Gate Inn, Mastin Moor; contribution to improvement of adjacent play facilities

H25

Newbold School; provision of open space in the eastern part of the site and alongside the footpath to the south; provision of play/youth/sport facilities on the adjacent playing field site

H38a&b

Land South of Chatsworth Road; contribution towards provision of facilities within the local area.

H39

Part of former UEF site, Derby Road; provision of new local open space, incorporating play/youth within the proposed residential area, accessible to the existing St. Augustine's area as well as the new housing area

8.17

It is also necessary to set out the appropriate levels of open space provision, likely to be made necessary by "windfall" housing sites. However, it is impractical to provide separate, very small areas of open space that would be generated by smaller scale housing schemes, most of which will be less than 10 dwellings and often only single plots. It would also be impractical to seek contributions to the improvement of existing facilities from these smaller developments.

8.18

In respect of "windfall" sites of between 10 and 50 dwellings, the council will not be seeking the provision of immediate local open space for children's play within developments as such areas would be too small for future management by the council. As an alternative, the council would be seeking to agree an off-site payment for the improvement of an existing nearby public open space in line with the needs identified in the Parks and Open Spaces Strategy and Action Plan. Incidental open space within developments for landscaping and visual amenity purposes will still be required in accordance with policy HSN5 in chapter 3.

8.19

On sites of 50 dwellings and over, the council will be seeking the provision of a locally equipped area for play (LEAP) of 3,600 square metres or over capable of accommodating five or more pieces of children's play equipment. Sites of over 100 dwellings will require to be individually assessed. The adoption of play areas by the council will depend on developers agreeing to an index-linked commuted sum for the maintenance of that facility for a period of ten years. Open space and play provision within a development will need to be carefully designed and located taking due account of community safety issues.

POS3 PUBLIC OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS RESULTING FROM NEW DEVELOPMENT
NEW DEVELOPMENTS PROVIDING FOR SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF EMPLOYEES, VISITORS OR OTHER USERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE OR ENHANCE OPEN SPACE TO MEET THEIR NEEDS. THESE FACILITIES AND CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS THEM MAY BE ON SITE OR OFF SITE AS APPROPRIATE AND WILL BE SECURED BY CONDITIONS OR SOUGHT THROUGH LEGAL AGREEMENT.
WHERE EXISTING OPEN SPACE PROVISION IN THE LOCALITY IS INADEQUATE, THE FOLLOWING WILL BE SOUGHT IN NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS (INCLUDING FLATS BUT EXCLUDING SHELTERED ACCOMMODATION, RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES AND NURSING HOMES), IN LINE WITH THE COUNCIL'S IDENTIFIED PRIORITIES FOR PARKS AND OPEN SPACES:
(a)	ON SITES PROVIDING BETWEEN 10 AND 49 DWELLINGS, A FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION TO IMPROVEMENTS TO EXISTING PUBLIC OPEN SPACE AND RELATED PLAY FACILITIES;
(b)	ON SITES PROVIDING 50 DWELLINGS AND OVER, THE PROVISION OF A LOCALLY EQUIPPED AREA FOR PLAY (LEAP) TOGETHER WITH A COMMUTED SUM FOR MAINTENANCE.
(c)	SITES PROVIDING 100 DWELLINGS OR OVER WILL BE INDIVIDUALLY ASSESSED TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE COUNCIL'S OVERALL OBJECTIVES FOR PARKS AND OPEN SPACES IN THE BOROUGH. ON-SITE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND/OR A CONTRIBUTION TO OFF-SITE FACILITIES MAY BE SOUGHT, AS WELL AS CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS MAINTENANCE.

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Sports pitches and playing fields

8.20

The Parks and Open Spaces Strategy indicates that the existing public open space system is likely to be generally sufficient to accommodate outdoor sports facilities needs, taking into account education and private sector provision, whilst also catering for requirements in respect of parks, accessible natural greenspace, children's play space and land required for landscape and wildlife purposes.

8.21

Private facilities, including school pitches, play an important role in achieving the adequate provision of sports pitches. Any loss would be detrimental to the overall provision in the borough. The council is required to consult Sport England on planning applications that would result in the loss of playing fields and sports facilities. Such applications would be opposed by Sport England unless it meant that there was no overall detriment to the quantity and quality of provision in the borough.

8.22

The development of new community parks in areas of deficiency should give opportunities to provide further pitches in future. The requirement to accommodate additional pitch needs/relocated sites could lead to the setting out of pitches on open space not currently used or to the increased carrying capacity of existing pitches. If additional pitch needs cannot be accommodated in this way then additional land should be set aside for pitch use rather than provide it inappropriately to the detriment of other open space roles and uses.

POS4 SPORTS PITCHES AND PLAYING FIELDS
PLANNING PERMISSION WILL NOT BE GRANTED FOR DEVELOPMENT WHICH WOULD INVOLVE THE LOSS OF LAND PREVIOUSLY OR CURRENTLY USED FOR SPORTS OR RECREATION PURPOSES, INCLUDING PLAYING FIELDS ASSOCIATED WITH EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS AND PRIVATE COMPANIES, UNLESS:
(a)	ALTERNATIVE REPLACEMENT FACILITIES OF EQUIVALENT OR BETTER QUANTITY, QUALITY AND COMMUNITY BENEFIT CAN BE PROVIDED PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF DEVELOPMENT; OR
(b)	THE PROPOSALS ARE SO MINOR IN SCALE THAT THEY DO NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT THE USE OF THE PLAYING FIELD; OR
(c)	THE FACILITY IS SURPLUS TO REQUIREMENTS, IN WHICH CASE PROVISION FOR OTHER FORMS OF OPEN SPACE OR SPORT AND RECREATION THAT ARE IN DEFICIT WILL BE SOUGHT ON PART OF THE SITE.

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Allotments

8.23

Allotments provide a valuable leisure and community resource and contribute to the promotion of healthier and more sustainable lifestyles. National guidance in PPG17 also draws attention to their perceptual value as "green spaces" appreciated by passers-by and as habitats for wildlife. Demand for allotments to cultivate tends to fluctuate and there is an uneven distribution of allotment sites throughout the borough, with some communities having very limited provision and others having an excess. Across the whole borough there are 45 hectares of allotments (33 ha council and 12 ha privately owned) which in plot terms equates to a provision of twice the national average. Qualitatively though, only 2 of these sites are categorised as good and 13 of reasonable quality, while 20 are categorised as poor. Some of the private sites are smallholdings rather than conventional allotments. Once any allotment is lost to built development it cannot easily be replaced.

8.24

Both PPG3 and PPG17 stress the importance of all forms of open space in urban areas. Therefore, where a demand for allotments continues to exist, the council's policy is to ensure that the allotment facility is maintained. The council will only permit the loss of allotments for which there is still a demand if they are replaced by a site of at least the same quality and accessibility.

8.25

If it can be demonstrated that there is no current or future demand for allotments and the site (in whole or in part) is no longer in active use, the council's policy is to retain the site in other open space uses, in accordance with the needs highlighted in the Parks and Open Spaces Strategy, e.g. play areas, wildlife sites, woodland, parks etc. The option of built development would only be considered if the site cannot usefully contribute to the open space needs or deficiencies of the local community.

8.26

In areas where there is little or no current provision of allotments, there may be opportunities to develop new sites on the edge of the built up area within the open countryside if demand was forthcoming in accordance with Policy EVR2. The areas of deficiency identified in the strategy include: former Newbold Ward (now Linacre and Loundsley Green Wards), Dunston Ward, Walton Ward and south of Rother Ward, the south of Hasland Ward and the former Markham Ward (now part of Hollingwood and Inkersall Ward). There is a need to provide new allotment sites to satisfy the deficiencies in these areas, provide new better-quality allotments and improvements to existing ones. As upgrading of the poor and, to a lesser extent, the reasonable category allotments takes place it is council policy to actively market and provide allotment sites as part of its commitment to leisure, health, sustainability, community involvement and education and lifelong learning.

POS5 ALLOTMENTS
PLANNING PERMISSION WILL ONLY BE GRANTED FOR DEVELOPMENT WHICH INVOLVES THE LOSS OF ALLOTMENT SITES IF:
(a)	ALTERNATIVE REPLACEMENT FACILITIES OF EQUIVALENT OR BETTER QUANTITY, QUALITY AND COMMUNITY BENEFIT ARE PROVIDED IN THE SAME AREA OF THE BOROUGH; OR
(b)	IT IS DEMONSTRATED TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE BOROUGH COUNCIL THAT THERE IS, AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE, INSUFFICIENT DEMAND FOR THE ALLOTMENTS. IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES, PLANNING PERMISSION WILL ONLY BE GRANTED FOR DEVELOPMENT WHICH WOULD RESULT IN THE PERMANENT LOSS OF OPEN LAND PROVIDED THAT THE COUNCIL IS SATISFIED THAT THE LAND IS NOT REQUIRED TO MEET OTHER OPEN SPACE NEEDS.
WHERE ALLOTMENTS OR PARTS OF ALLOTMENTS ARE FOUND TO BE SURPLUS TO REQUIREMENTS, PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO ALTERNATIVE OPEN USES INCLUDING LOCAL PLAY SPACE FOR CHILDREN, COMMUNITY PARKS, GREENWAYS, WILDLIFE AREAS, SPORTS PITCHES AND WOODLAND.

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Chesterfield Football Club

8.27

Chesterfield Football Club is seeking to relocate from its existing ground at Saltergate, in order to provide a modern stadium to meet the club's future requirements. Planning policy guidance advocates locating such major generators of travel demand in locations which are capable of being well served by public transport and close to existing town and district centres.

8.28

A number of alternative sites for the stadium have been considered, but the most suitable location in planning terms is the former Dema Glass site on Sheffield Road. The site is located within the urban area and benefits from good access by car and public transport. It is also a former industrial site in need of regeneration, for which a football stadium would act as a catalyst. There are no other more sustainable or sequentially preferable sites available in the borough.

8.29

Accordingly, the site is allocated in the revised plan for a football stadium. A planning brief for the A61 Corridor Area of Major Change has been published which gives more detailed guidance on the site and the mix of other uses and associated facilities to be provided on the site alongside the stadium to enable its regeneration.

8.30

Once the new stadium is constructed and the football club has relocated, the existing Saltergate stadium will become redundant and alternative uses for the site will need to be considered. It is important that any redevelopment of the stadium site is in keeping with the character and mix of uses of the surrounding area. Therefore, the most suitable use is considered to be residential, with the possibility of some A2 or B1 offices and small shops or restaurants along the Saltergate frontage. It is considered that a planning brief should be drawn up and agreed with the council to guide the redevelopment of the Saltergate site. To ensure that an operational football stadium is maintained, planning permission for the redevelopment of the Saltergate stadium will not be granted until the a new stadium on the Dema Glass site has been provided.

POS6 CHESTERFIELD FOOTBALL CLUB
4 HECTARES OF LAND ON THE FORMER DEMA GLASS SITE IN SHEFFIELD ROAD IS ALLOCATED FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW FOOTBALL STADIUM, AS SHOWN ON THE PROPOSALS MAP, TO ENABLE THE RELOCATION OF CHESTERFIELD FOOTBALL CLUB FROM SALTERGATE. PLANNING PERMISSION WILL BE GRANTED FOR A NEW FOOTBALL STADIUM ON THE DEMA GLASS SITE, PROVIDED THAT:
(a)	IT ALLOWS FOR THE POSSIBLE GRADE SEPARATION OF THE A61 /LOCKOFORD LANE ROUNDABOUT;
(b)	PARK AND RIDE FACILITIES ARE INTEGRATED INTO THE DEVELOPMENT;
(c)	A MIXTURE OF OTHER EMPLOYMENT GENERATING USES IS PROVIDED INCLUDING CLASS B1, CAR SHOWROOMS AND LEISURE AND ENTERTAINMENT FACILITIES. A1 RETAIL USES RETAIL WILL NOT BE PERMITTED UNLESS ANCILLARY TO THE MAIN USES.
FURTHER DETAILED GUIDANCE IS PROVIDED IN THE ADOPTED A61 CORRIDOR PLANNING BRIEF.
PLANNING PERMISSION FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SALTERGATE STADIUM FOR ALTERNATIVE USES WILL NOT BE GRANTED UNTIL AND UNLESS A NEW FOOTBALL STADIUM HAS BEEN PROVIDED ON THE DEMA GLASS SITE.

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Chesterfield Rugby Club

8.31

Chesterfield Rugby Club is seeking to relocate from its present site at Stonegravels where there is insufficient playing and training area to accommodate an expanding number of teams. The club would also like to develop greater links with schools and with the council bring the sport to the community.

8.32

A number of alternative sites have been investigated and a suitable site has been identified on land north of Coniston Road at Dunston. This would occupy part of the land allocated in the first deposit plan in this location for a new community park. Therefore, the council will require the public park to be provided on the remainder of the land in accordance with policy POS2 of the plan, to be secured as necessary by the use of conditions or through a S106 legal agreement attached to any planning permission for the new rugby club.

POS7 CHESTERFIELD RUGBY CLUB
LAND NORTH OF CONISTON ROAD AT DUNSTON IS ALLOCATED FOR THE PROVISION OF A NEW RUGBY CLUB AS SHOWN ON THE PROPOSALS MAP. PLANNING PERMISSION WILL BE GRANTED FOR A NEW RUGBY CLUB AND ASSOCIATED FACILITIES ON THIS LAND, SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:
(a)	A SAFE VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THE SITE MUST BE PROVIDED FROM DUNSTON ROAD IN ORDER TO MINIMISE THE IMPACT OF TRAFFIC ON SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL AREAS;
(b)	A TRAVEL PLAN IS SUBMITTED TO AND AGREED WITH THE COUNCIL SHOWING HOW THE RUGBY CLUB WILL MANAGE JOURNEYS TO AND FROM THE SITE, INCLUDING MEASURES TO MINIMISE THE NUMBER OF JOURNEYS BY CAR AND MAXIMISE JOURNEYS BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT, CYCLING AND WALKING;
(c)	ANY BUILDINGS OR CAR PARKING AREAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FACILITY MUST BE LOCATED ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE SITE AND DESIGNED IN ORDER TO MINIMISE THEIR IMPACT ON SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES;
(d)	FLOODLIGHTING MUST BE DESIGNED AND LOCATED IN ORDER TO MINIMISE ITS IMPACT ON SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES;
(e)	AN APPROPRIATE SCHEME OF LANDSCAPING TO CREATE PITCH LEVELS AND, WHEREVER POSSIBLE, RETAIN EXISTING TREES AND HEDGEROWS, IN ORDER TO MINIMISE THE IMPACT ON ADJOINING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES;
(f)	PROVISION OF A NEW COMMUNITY PARK/PUBLIC OPEN SPACE ON THE ADJOINING AREA OF LAND IN ACCORDANCE WITH POLICY POS2.
THE COUNCIL WILL SEEK TO SECURE THE ABOVE REQUIREMENTS BY CONDITION OR BY AGREEMENT UNDER SECTION 106 OF THE TOWN & COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990.
THE COUNCIL WILL NOT SUPPORT ANY EXCAVATION OF THE SITE OTHER THAN THAT NECESSARY TO CREATE PITCHES.

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