Rolleston-on-Dove NP - Submission Version

<strong>Rolleston</strong> on Dove Neighbourhood Plan
Justification
6.8 The consultation process has identified a number of different green spaces within the parish
which members of the community consider make a positive contribution to life in <strong>Rolleston</strong> on
Dove.
6.9 The NPPF requires that, in order to propose Local Green Space designations, the following
criteria should be met:
the green space is in reasonably close proximity to the community it serves;
the green area is demonstrably special to a local community and holds a particular local
significance, for example because of its beauty, historic significance, recreational value
(including as a playing field), tranquillity or richness of its wildlife; and
the green area concerned is local in character and is not an extensive tract of land.
6.10 It is considered that all of the areas in this policy fulfil these criteria.
6.11 In seeking to protect these sites, this has taken into account the importance of ecology
considerations and the need to observe best practice. The local green spaces are as follows:
The Croft (Village Green)
6.12 The Croft is a piece of land acquired by the village that in recent years has been established as
the village green. The Alder Brook runs alongside it and it is surrounded by some of <strong>Rolleston</strong>’s
most important buildings including St Mary’s Church and its graveyard, the Old Grammar School,
the Almshouses and the Spread Eagle Public House. It faces the Commemoration Club across
the Alder Brook. The trees in surrounding properties increase with their distance from the green
so that the tallest visible are some distance away. This and five very tall limes beside the brook
create the feeling of a clearing within a forest.
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