Crow Lane Open Space; Arnal Drive open space; Land at rear of Merrimans Drive; Muller Rd Rec / Downend Park Farm; Arnal Drive open space (north); Longcross Woodland; Lockleaze Open Space; Elderberry Walk; Moorend Gardens; Portway Tip (Daisy field); Plummers Hill open space; Moorgrove; Small land, Snowdon road open space; Sturminster Close; Napier Square Park; Bracey Drive open space; Gill Avenue; Sherrin Way (Billand Close); North Valley Walk; Delebare Avenue; Huntingham Road/ Keble Avenue (Four Acres?); South Valley Walk; Tranmere Road; Willmott Park North , Hartcliffe; Cook Street Open Space; Terrell Gardens; Willmott Park South, Hartcliffe; Withywood Park (Paybridge Rd); Fonthill Park; Ladman Road and Bus Terminus; Henacre Open Space; Belroyal Avenue; Gillebank Close; Broomhill Road/Emery Road; Furber Road; Ladman Road and Bagnell Road; Brentry Hill; Gladstone Street; Maple Close; Hazelbury Road Open Space; Trym valley; Duchess Way O/S; Bath Road (3 Lamps) Burnbush Close; Broomhill Park; Craydon Road Triangle, Stockwood; Bonville Rd Open Space; Allison Avenue; Newbridge Road, Open Space; Dovercourt Road Open Space; Salcombe Road.
That's the list as approved by Cabinet last month. Barely comprehensible.
So, for clarity, here's a map - and a reshuffled list - showing which Neighbourhood Partnerships are being told to decide which of their green spaces to sell - and how many are on the hit-list in each. Where there's no number, of course, there's nothing to be sold.
The whole unsustainable strategy of financing the parks by selling parkland was based on the illusion that this would be 'fair', helping all parts of Bristol achieve a common standard of access to parkland amenities. Wealth redistribution in action - a rare thing from any Con-Dem administration. But the map shows that with the parks, a loss of assets in poorer parts of the city will provide more in the wealthier wards. (OK, it's a generalisation, but it's broadly true).
That's what the outer Neighbourhood Partnerships are being asked to approve. And the more they sell, the more open space they lose, and the more receipts go into the central pot.
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Here's the full list, by NP
Avonmouth & Kingsweston (NP01):
Land at rear of Merrimans Drive
Longcross Woodland
Moorend Gardens
Portway Tip (Daisyfield)
Moorgrove
Napier Square Park
Cook Street Open Space
Henacre Open Space
Henbury & Southmead (NP02)
Crow Lane Open Space
Arnal Drive Open Space
Arnal Drive Open Space North
Elderberry Walk
Brentry Hill
Tranmere Road
Fonthill Park
Trym Valley
Horfield & Lockleaze (NP04)
Muller Road Rec/Downend Park Farm
Lockleaze Open Space
Dovercourt Road Open Space
Greater Fishponds Area - Eastville, Hillfields & Frome Vale (NP05)
Small land, Snowdon Road Open Space
Bracey Drive Open Space
Gill Avenue
Delebare Avenue
Duchess Road Open Space
St George East & West (NP09)
Plummers Hill Open Space
Terrell Gardens
Furber Road
Gladstone Street
Filwood, Knowle & Windmill Hill (NP11)
Bath Road (3 Lamps)
Salcombe Road
Brislington Community Partnership (NP12)
Broomhill Road/Emery Road
Newbridge Road Open Space
Belroyal Avenue
Bonville Road Open Space
Broomhill Park
Allison Avenue
Dundry View - Bishopsworth, Hartcliffe & Whitchurch Park (NP13)
Sherrin Way (Billand Close)
North Valley Walk
South Valley Walk
Huntingham Road/Keble Avenue (Four Acres?)
Withywood Park (Paybridge Road)
Willmott Park North
Willmott Park South
Hengrove & Stockwood (NP14)
Sturminster Close
Hazelbury Road Open Space
Craydon Road Triangle
Burnbush Close
Ladman Road Bus Terminus
Gillebank Close
Ladman Road/Bagnall Road
Maple Close
There's more about each site among the draft Area Green Space Plans and (most of them) in this FoI disclosure
3 comments:
Hi Pete
Thanks for this fantastic work. I'll try and build awareness of this list into the 'Bristol Ecoshow' I'm fundraising for now. 8 streamside walks this spring and summer to help make people more like green custodians in Bristol. Background on www.ecoshow.org.uk (not up dated for a while. Email me for details bigbromo@yahoo.co.uk
Any chance of a short explanation of how this works? So DVNP has 6 cllrs. They get together with interested local people and decide what should be sold. The money raised is spent on the remaining green spaces. And what happens if they want to retain all the GS's. Is that an option? Being a betting man, I'll wager they go for one in each ward.
It'll be interesting to see how they approach it. Party/electoral? Nimby? Or to reflect neighbourhood opinion (if it can be assessed?)
In Dundry View, I think all the sites are in Whitchurch Park or Hartcliffe, so your Bishopsworth councillors will have a 'ward' interest in selling - their parks can share benefit from the income. But if only one or two sites are sold, there's next to nothing comes back to the neighbourhood - the sums only get significant (up to 70% sales value) as the sales list approaches the full list.
I put a graph that attempts to illustrate it on the FoSOS website here
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