19 June 2008

Coventry's Green Space Strategy

You have until the end of June to send feedback to the city council on its "Green Space Strategy."

You can see the full strategy here (4100 kb, PDF).

I'd advise you to skip straight to the end, and have a close look at pages 50, 51 and 52.

Specifically, take a look at which wards have next to no "parks and open space" and which wards have no allotments, or have very little allotment space. When you overlap the two factors, some wards jump out -- Radford (23% of recommended green space, 8% of recommended allotment space), Foleshill (27%, 23%), Lower Stoke (44.5% for green space, but only 8% for allotments), and Woodlands (38.1% and 21%).

There are MS Word and PPF response forms you can send back to the council (carole.littlewood@coventry.gov.uk), but beyond this, it would be encouraging if any push for more green space and allotments focused on these four wards, especially Radford.

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