Surveys
Green Space Survey conducted by Transition Town Okehampton
Greenspace Survey Results
Five questions
- Do you go to the site for any reason?
- How often do you go there?
- …what do you do there?
- With the site as it currently is, how positively or negatively do you view the site?
- … what would you like to see done there?
Do you go there?
How often?
What do you do there?
What do you do there?
“For my mental and physical health… I have [a chronic illness] and the park is too far.”
“We thought that this is private land and as such we don’t go there but we would love to go there and enjoy it fully if allowed.”
“I often collect up rubbish and get rid of it.”
How positively or negatively do you view the site?
How … do you view the site? Negative
Look and feel:
- An eyesore
- A wasteland
Vision:
- Rear access
- Keep a lot of the site
- The nature is amazing
How … do you view the site? Neutral
Look and feel:
- Could be tidied up
- Unmaintained land
Vision:
- Put to better use
- Residents parking
- Managed greenspace
- Could be enhanced for nature
- Open space for local children
How … do you view the site? Positive
Look and feel:
- Peace and quiet
- Health and wellbeing
- A space for wildlife and children
Vision:
- Parking
- Cleanliness
- Lack of, need for and value of natural spaces
What would you like to see done there?
Comments
- Housing, mostly opposed
- Wildlife and nature
- Community use and benefit
- Children
- Wellbeing
- Amenities
- Food
- Water
“Although I would be sorry in a way to see it tamed by development, it is in town and people on low incomes need homes.”
“Too many places are being destroyed. I’ll do anything to help this piece of land to continue to be what it is. To see nests of slow worms, to know how many bats are there, is just too beautiful to lose.”
“It’s a great space for children and wildlife to play. Building houses would be crazy.”
