Cyngor Bro Morgannwg
Vale of Glamorgan Council

We support the principles of this policy by there are some important more contemporary considerations missing for the text.
Proposals for development on areas of open space within settlements will only be permitted where:
1. The amount of open space (broken down by typology) remaining in the neighbourhood would still be adequate to serve local needs; and
2. The site has no significant value as a recreational resource, a source of social or food growing provision, or as an area of visual amenity a green infrastructure asset.
6.240 Public open spaces are an important part of the distinctive character of communities within the Vale, providing areas for a range of recreational activities, the provision of food production, social cohesion, as well as making areas attractive to live, and supporting physical and mental well-being. Increasingly, open spaces within existing settlements are under pressure from development and it is important that, where appropriate, those open spaces that have significant social, recreational or visual amenity value are safeguarded, particularly in areas where there is a deficit of open space when compared to the FIT standards for open space provision.
6.241 Policy CI2 applies to all open spaces on unallocated sites within a defined settlement boundary. The open space typologies to which it applies are defined in TAN 16: Sport, Recreation and Open Space, with this including formal facilities such as public parks and gardens, allotments, outdoor sports facilities and provision for children and young people, as well as more informal open space such as community growing areas, amenity greenspace and natural and semi natural greenspace.