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P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
… don't take on the property management. That's not our forte; it's more the amenity open space …
, Petitions Committee
P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
… from Greenbelt with us. You describe yourselves as 'the UK’s leading specialist in the stewardship of public open spaces, providing long-term, high-quality management solutions for outdoor areas and amenities on new residential developments.' Can …
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New Petitions
… Wasting £4million on Skyline private development Kilvey Hill, Swansea'. 'The plans for a skyline involve privatising a public open space for a project of very uncertain success. The shareholders of this private firm will benefit from this large …
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session - P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
… new development in Wales beyond a dwelling are often in green spaces—are in parks or in public open spaces. And I think that's quite a compelling argument for this committee to seek to try and bring …
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session - P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
… still be obligations and conditions attached to that decision, and that would capture, you know, the delivery of open space and the management and maintenance or the design of highways or so on, or conditions to be discharged …
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session - P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
… that I think could actually help support a better process here in terms of the quality of the open spaces and the natural environment …
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session - P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
… into question the resources, the capability, but also the risk. We've got a lot of privately maintained open spaces at the moment; should they all fail concurrently, how on earth would a local authority be able …
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Evidence session - P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
… know that there are a number of examples, right across Wales, and the United Kingdom in fact, where open spaces in newly built housing estates are not being adopted by local authorities. Can you tell us your assessment …
, Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv)—Full devolution of water
… from highways and other hard surface areas. With our SuDS regime, we will increase and enhance the community open spaces in our villages, towns and cities, making Wales a cleaner, greener place in which to live and work …
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
… Minister for Climate Change expects new housing developments to provide green infrastructure, and that includes play areas and open space. Local authorities must use the tools that are available to them, and that includes the enforcement of planning …
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session - P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
… different in what its maintenance is. The other thing that ties into this is that public open space, potentially, is getting used for more things. So, we've got SuDS, sustainable urban drainage systems. We've got biodiversity …
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Evidence session - P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
… think there's some potential merit, but because every piece of open space is different, so it's different in size and it's different …
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session - P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
… know that you can buy the services off us through your management company to look after the public open space', and I slightly cheekily went, 'Will you be turning up in the RCT council vans to cut the …
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Evidence session - P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
… didn't tell them who I was, went in; there's the nice model, 'Oh, there's some open space. What's happening with that?' And the salespeople came out straight away and said, 'Well, we're not …
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Evidence session - P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
… that issue, with regard to builders not being able to hand over, or being left with public open space that they need to find a way of managing …
, Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion on the Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Bill
… found that 82 per cent of women felt unsafe walking alone after dark in a park or other open space. One in two women aged between 16 and 34 experienced at least one form of harassment in the …
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: Celebrating Volunteers
… context, parkrun is a free, weekly, 5 km event and a 2 km junior event in areas of open space, organised entirely by local volunteer teams. Every weekend, they need and manage to attract 1,000 volunteers …
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you, Ken. Illegal off-roading damages our open spaces, which are crucial for the environment and the health and well-being of those accessing the countryside for legitimate recreation. We are providing £5.6 million during …
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
… But I think it is really important that you work with communities about what they want in their open spaces and their green spaces, because then I think they’re valued more, and they’re respected more …
, Petitions Committee
Evidence session - P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
… that you would have a commuted sum for a local authority to take on a piece of open space. So, you've got a green space of land on an estate, a local authority would be paid …