Dec 2010 - South Worcestershire Development Plan

SOUTH WORCESTERSHIRE ANNUAL MONITORING REPORT 2010148Table 44: Worcester City Green CorridorsNameAreaAreaName(ha)(ha)Riverside, New Road to WeirLane3.40 Droitwich Road Trees 1.3Grandstand Road Gardens 0.73 Broomhall Buffer Zone 4.29Land South of Broomhall Way 9.80 Kestrel Drive buffer zone 0.20Balancing Area and OpenBroomhall Way East BufferAmenity Space Adjacent to 0.89ZoneNorton Roundabout0.77St Peters Drive Play Area andLand north east of Duck0.24cycle pathsBrook4.69Bakewell (Warndon Villages) 4.60 Cotswold Way buffer zone 2.00Landscape corridorAlford Avenue (Warndon11.03 Beverbourne andVillages)Pendlesham (Warndon)6.46Corridor in Harley Warren(Warndon Villages)0.321.4 The 2006 Strategic Leisure PPG17 Open Spaces audit also identified that thereare 42 sites covering 152.48 hectares which are classified as Natural and SemiNatural Green Space; this does not include green corridors or parks.Core Output and Local Performance IndicatorsCore Output Indicator E2: Change in areas of biodiversity importance1.5 There have been no highly significant changes in populations of biodiversityimportance; however the recovery of the butterfly population will be monitoredcarefully as will any changes in Great Crested Newt habitats.1.6 The City Council Parks Section carries out bird surveys throughout the year onselected Local Nature Reserves across the City. Bird populations show nonoticeable changes in quantity.