SPPS Strategic Planning Policy Statement Edition 2 (December 2025)·Page 83·6.200
Open Space Contribution to Urban and Rural Quality
Open space contributes to urban quality by providing visual and environmental benefits, enhancing character, supporting wildlife, and contributing to regeneration through business and tourism attraction.
Open space, whether or not there is public access to it, is important for its contribution to the quality of urban life by providing important green lungs, visual breaks and wildlife habitats in built-up areas. Open space can enhance the character of residential areas, civic buildings, conservation areas, listed buildings and archaeological sites. It can also help to attract business and tourism and thereby contribute to the process of urban and rural regeneration.
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