The Pioneers statue celebrates the canal builders who founded Ellesmere Port and was cast in bronze by Liverpool artist Stephen Broadbent.
The Open Spaces Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) provides detailed evidence to support the protection and new provision of open spaces in the district, and guidance on the type and quality of open space.
The document was adopted on 14 August 2007. To see a copy of the adopted document and its adoption statement, please click on the relevant link below:
Details of consultation carried out on the document, representations received and the council's response, including how comments raised have been taken into account, can be found by clicking on the link below:
It is a requirement of the new planning system that planning policies are subject to a sustainability appraisal to ensure they make a positive contribution towards sustainable development. A copy of the Sustainability Appraisal of the Open Spaces SPD can be viewed by clicking below:
Hard copies of the SPD, its sustainability appraisal and adoption statement are also available to view at a range of community venues throughout the borough. To find out where and when they can be viewed, please click below:
To view the April 2004 report on open space, sport and recreation provision in the borough, by consultants PMP, please click the link below. This report was used to inform the content of the Open Spaces SPD.
For further information on the SPD, please contact Lucy Hughes (Senior Planning Officer) on 0151 356 6667 or email Lucy Hughes.
The first stage in the document's preparation was a sustainability appraisal scoping report. Sustainable development is the fundamental objective of the planning system.
It is essentially about balancing social, economic and environmental needs. Under recent reforms to the UK planning system, all new planning policies and strategies should be subject to a sustainability appraisal.
A scoping report which sets out the framework for appraising the Open Spaces SPD was prepared and consulted on in summer 2006.To view the finalised report, and a table of comments received and the borough council's response to them, please click the links below:
