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Do you agree with the approach laid out in Draft Policy Direction 43d-Urban Parks and Play Areas?
Yes
Preferred Options 2025
ID sylw: 102469
Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025
Ymatebydd: BDW Trading Limited
Asiant : Knight Frank LLP
The policy highlights the importance of integrating accessible, high-quality urban parks and play areas into new developments. These play an important role in promoting community well-being, social interaction, and environmental sustainability. By mandating the provision of these spaces, the policy ensures that residents have opportunities for recreation and leisure within their localities. To further enhance the policy's effectiveness, it is recommended to explicitly acknowledge the multifunctional benefits of green infrastructure and open spaces, including their contributions to health, biodiversity, and landscape integration. This holistic approach aligns with sustainable development principles and fosters vibrant, resilient communities.
Yes
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ID sylw: 102507
Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025
Ymatebydd: IM Land 1 Limited
Asiant : Turley
91. IM Land supports a policy regarding play provision. The Vision Document for the Land off Rumbush Lane includes opportunities ranging from children’s play to equipped fitness spaces to ensure that all members of the community are able to participate. 92. IM Land would welcome the opportunity to review and comment on the future guidance referred to within Draft Policy Direction 43d.
Yes
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ID sylw: 103018
Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025
Ymatebydd: Mr David Bailey
I agree.
No
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ID sylw: 103131
Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025
Ymatebydd: Bloor Homes
Asiant : Marrons
Whilst the importance of Urban Parks and Play areas is recognised, Policy Direction 43d is not specific as to when, or the extent to which development will be expected to contribute to these. Not all developments can be expected to provide a MUGA.
Yes
Preferred Options 2025
ID sylw: 104126
Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025
Ymatebydd: Ms Margaret Halligan
Agree
Yes
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ID sylw: 104328
Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025
Ymatebydd: Mr Stephen Norrie
Yes I agree.
Yes
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ID sylw: 104472
Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025
Ymatebydd: South Warwickshire Foundation trust
We agree and support this approach, recognising the importance of local active leisure and play opportunities in public health.
Yes
Preferred Options 2025
ID sylw: 104716
Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025
Ymatebydd: Mr Neal Appleton
There is a shortage of such areas in existing villages in particular. Where space is provided as part of a development, it should be made available to the whole community.
Other
Preferred Options 2025
ID sylw: 104890
Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025
Ymatebydd: Miss Ann Colley
Not just multi games areas but also tennis courts, football pitches, etc
Yes
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ID sylw: 105025
Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025
Ymatebydd: Ms Susan Ingleby
Yes
Yes
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ID sylw: 106672
Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025
Ymatebydd: Warwickshire Property and Development Group
Asiant : Framptons
Yes, we agree in principle with the approach laid out in Draft Policy Direction 43d. However in the absence of details as to what “adequate play provision” represents for new developments, we reserve the right to comment further on this matter when future guidance has been published .
No
Preferred Options 2025
ID sylw: 106986
Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025
Ymatebydd: Bellway Homes
Asiant : Savills
The policy proposes that Multi Use Games Areas (MUGA) will be requested as part of Major development sites and the aspiration is that every resident will have a MUGA available to them within 15 minutes’ walk. The threshold to delivering MUGAs should only be required in line with national guidance such as the Fields for Trust guidance which sets a requirement of 0.3ha per 1,000 people. The threshold for ‘major’ development is significant. A site of just 11
dwellings could be counted as ‘major’ but it would not be appropriate for a scheme of this scale to deliver a MUGA. The provision of MUGAs should be agreed on a site by site basis.
Yes
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ID sylw: 107187
Derbyniwyd: 05/03/2025
Ymatebydd: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
The issues covered in DPD 43 are welcomed and supported.
Other
Preferred Options 2025
ID sylw: 107344
Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025
Ymatebydd: Stratford-on-Avon District Social Inclusion Partnership
Accessible green spaces are well understood to have therapeutic capacity in health and wellbeing terms and we believe that these should be protected and accessible. Access to healthy and nutritious food is not always available to all residents so every opportunity should be taken to develop community orchards and allotments and the management and distribution networks supporting these initiatives which also assist in supporting good health and wellbeing and develop relationships and community. We agree with Draft Policy Direction 43a, 43b, 43c, 43d & 43e.
In respect of parks with equipment, these should in our opinion be sited on all-weather surfaces, so they remain accessible and safe places for children to access year round. Unfortunately, where surfaces become boggy or inaccessible during the winter, this can lead to the loss of a useful bumping space for months on end, during which communities lose access to import opportunities to enable outdoor play for children and places for parents to meet and build community.
No
Preferred Options 2025
ID sylw: 107763
Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025
Ymatebydd: Bellway Strategic Land
Asiant : Savills
The policy proposes that Multi Use Games Areas (MUGA) will be requested as part of Major development sites and the aspiration is that every resident will have a MUGA available to them within 15 minutes’ walk. The threshold to delivering MUGAs should only be required in line with national guidance such as the Fields for Trust guidance which sets a requirement of 0.3ha per 1,000 people. The threshold for ‘major’ development is significant. A site of just 11 dwellings could be counted as ‘major’ but it would not be appropriate for a scheme of this scale to deliver a MUGA. The provision of MUGAs should be agreed on a site by site basis.
No
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ID sylw: 108600
Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025
Ymatebydd: Corbally Group (Harbury) Ltd
Asiant : Pegasus Group
The policy direction states that multi-use games areas (MUGAs) will be requested as part of all major development sites. In line with the definition in the glossary of the NPPF, a major residential development comprises 10 dwellings or more; a development of 10 dwellings is unlikely to generate the need for a new MUGA. Therefore, the policy should be amended to clarify that this requirement is only applicable to larger-scale major development (e.g. 100+ dwellings), providing that the evidence on need exists to justify this.