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The NPPF discusses how to create opportunities to bring together members of a community who work, live and play within an area. Paragraph 98 of the NPPF states:
'Access to a network of high quality open spaces and opportunities for sport and physical activity is important for the health and well-being of communities, and can deliver wider benefits for nature and support efforts to address climate change. Planning policies should be based on robust and up-to-date assessments of the need for open space, sport and recreation facilities (including quantitative or qualitative deficits or surpluses) and opportunities for new provision. Information gained from the assessments should be used to determine what open space, sport and recreational provision is needed, which plans should then seek to accommodate'. The Cheshire East Open Space Assessment has combined existing data sources from previous surveys and carried out a new comprehensive survey of all the sites within the main 24 settlements listed in the council's 2010 determining the settlement hierarchy study (PDF, 2.28 MB). All the sites are contained within a database with corresponding digital mapping. The Introductory Report explains the structure and content of each open space summary report. The 11 open space summary reports and associated maps cover the 11 KSCs : Alsager, Congleton, Crewe, Handforth, Knutsford, Macclesfield, Middlewich, Nantwich, Poynton, Sandbach and Wilmslow. In additional there is a report covering the 13 LSCs . The summary reports are ‘living documents’ and an addendum will be produced every year with any corrections, new information and new sites. The evidence contained in the summary reports informs the Local Plan. Any updates or corrections can be sent to planningpolicy@cheshireeast.gov.uk or by post to Cheshire East Council, Strategic Planning (Westfields), C/O Municipal Buildings, Earle Street, Crewe CW1 2BJ.
Page last reviewed: 17 December 2021
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