PPS 8 Open Space Sport and Outdoor Recreation·Page 19
Management and Maintenance Arrangements
Before planning permission is granted, developers must establish legal arrangements to ensure the public open space is managed and maintained in perpetuity through transfer to a local council, charitable trust, or residents' association.
Planning permission will not be granted until the developer has satisfied the Department that suitable arrangements will be put in place for the future management and maintenance in perpetuity of areas of public open space required under this policy. Arrangements acceptable to the Department include:
(a) a legal agreement transferring ownership of and responsibility for the open space to the local district council; or
(b) a legal agreement transferring ownership of and responsibility for the open space to a charitable trust registered by the Charity Commission or a management company supported by such a trust; or
(c) a legal agreement transferring ownership of and responsibility for the open space to a properly constituted residents' association with associated management arrangements.
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