Public parks and gardens
Accessible, high quality opportunities for informal recreation and community events, including urban parks, country parks, regional parks, forest parks, and formal gardens
- Design stage
- Co-design
- Tags
- local plan
- Frequency of updates
- Every 6 months
- Discussion
- Join the discussion on GitHub
- Last updated
- 26 September 2024
Backlog
Who asked for 'Public parks and gardens' data?
Identified by the Geospatial Commission as a national dataset to make data easier to find for the sector.
What is the driver for the request?
Other
Which 2024 focus area does the request support?
Modern planning software;Faster local plans
Screen
What is the 'Public parks and gardens' consideration?
Accessible, high quality opportunities for informal recreation and community events, including urban parks, country parks, regional parks, forest parks, and formal gardens
Is there legislation that defines 'Public parks and gardens'?
No
Who, in law, is responsible for the planning consideration or makes decisions about 'Public parks and gardens'?
There is no legislation outlining this, but we expect that LPAs are responsible for making decisions on public parks and gardens as it is a local designation.
Which organisations do we think should publish the data?
Local authorities;Ordnance Survey
Is the Public parks and gardens a trigger?
No
Is the Public parks and gardens something to consult during plan making?
Yes
Provide information about when Public parks and gardens is used during plan making
LPAs are likely to have locally designated public parks and gardens, which are accessible, high quality opportunities for informal recreation and community events, including urban parks, country parks, regional parks, forest parks, and formal gardens. The presence of these will likely be assessed through an open space study, and when planning for growth, new public parks and garden provision will be modelled, and be expected to be delivered through development. This provision is likely to be identified through an Infrastructure Delivery Plan.
Is there any Public parks and gardens data already available?
Yes
What Public parks and gardens data is currently available?
- OS Open Greenspace (publisher: Ordnance Survey; coverage: National; licence: OpenData - Open Government Licence; fields: id;function;distinctiveName1;distinctiveName2;distinctiveName3;distinctiveName4;geometry)
Do we think the data should come from a single source?
Yes, the data already exists nationally and openly. As per some research summarised in this blog, we will use the national data in the interim, but long term would like to collect this data from LPAs.
Will a data standard be required?
No
Research
What other planning considerations does it interact with?
Other local open space designations:
Amenity Greenspace Natural and Semi-Natural Greenspace Children’s play space Allotments Cemeteries Playing pitches Other outdoor sports
Who are the statutory consultees for Public parks and gardens?
Natural England
What are the planning needs for this data?
LPAs are likely to have locally designated public parks and gardens, which are accessible, high quality opportunities for informal recreation and community events, including urban parks, country parks, regional parks, forest parks, and formal gardens. The presence of these will likely be assessed through an open space study, and when planning for growth, new public parks and garden provision will be modelled, and be expected to be delivered through development. This provision is likely to be identified through an Infrastructure Delivery Plan.
From what we have learnt so far are there any risks to making Public parks and gardens data available?
Through the research of the available open national dataset, there appear to be no immediate risks to adding this data to the platform.