Crow Lane Open Space Project

Bristol City Council Parks department are preparing an Area Green Space Plan for the Neighbourhood Partnership covering Henbury and Southmead. As part of the Area Green Space Plan, Crow Lane Open Space is now being analysed to identify a series of improvements to make it more attractive to the local community it serves.
The Council has appointed a team of consultants to draw up plans for the open space/park area. This is following on from work already carried out by the Parks Department and a series of key community groups in Henbury on the City’s Park’s and Green Space Strategy over recent months.
Initial community consultation on the Crow Lane Project began in May 2009 when a leaflet was distributed to local community groups and schools inviting comments and ideas for improvements. This feedback has informed the overall emerging improvement plan which is currently being prepared.
Any improvements will need to be funded through developing small pockets of the park area with housing which is consistent with Policy LM7 within the Parks and Green Space strategy. As part of this process accommodation for an elderly persons support facility and sheltered home complex of 60 units will be promoted, together with some family housing on some edges of the open space area in order to increase the sense of natural surveillance by providing properties overlooking the site.
There is NO plan or intention to cover the open space with housing. The intention is for a small amount of housing to be released to fund a much improved open space and play area for local people, which will then be protected.
Local people are invited to see the plans , and comments and views will be invited, at a Consultation Event to be held in the Park on Saturday 12 September 2009 from 10am-4pm.
If you have any questions or queries on the Crow Lane Project, please contact Sarah Foster, tel. 01249 750168 or email: sarah@sfplanninglink.co.uk
For more information on the draft plan for Henbury and Southmead, which is programmed to be completed this year and then consulted on in January 2010, contact Heather Barham on heather.barham@bristol.gov.uk or tel. 0117 9223087 or look at www.bristol.gov.uk/parkstrategy for more details.