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Annex 2: Audit Survey Data

Contents

Balfour

  • Map of audited spaces — 1
  • Score breakdown sheet — 2
  • Individual surveys:
    • Gasworks — 3
    • Pierhead — 8
    • Shapinsay Community School — 13

Brinyan

  • Map of audited spaces — 18
  • Score breakdown sheet — 19
  • Individual surveys:
    • Cemetery — 20
    • Heritage Centre — 25
    • Pier Road Amenity Space — 30
    • War memorial — 35

Burnside Flotta

  • Map of audited spaces — 40
  • Score breakdown sheet — 41
  • Individual surveys:
    • Burnside Flotta housing — 42
    • Burnside Flotta play area — 48
    • Flotta Community Centre — 53
    • Putting green — 59

Burnside Harray

  • Map of audited spaces — 64
  • Score breakdown sheet — 65
  • Individual surveys:
    • Harray Community Centre — 66

Burray Village

  • Map of audited spaces — 71
  • Score breakdown sheet — 72
  • Individual surveys:
    • Burray playground — 73
    • Burray Primary School — 79
    • Langatang — 84
    • Westlinks — 89

Dounby

  • Map of audited spaces — 94
  • Score breakdown sheets — 95
  • Quality score map — 97
  • Accessibility map — 98
  • Secondary code — 99
  • Playspace for children & teenagers map — 100
  • Natural space map — 101
  • Open space 2ha and over map — 102
  • Individual surveys:
    • Dounby Primary School — 103
    • Dounby Show Park — 108
    • Dounby Village Green — 113
    • Grip of Grunkahowe — 119
    • Ingleside — 124
    • Market Green — 129
    • Open space across from Post Office — 134
    • Open space at bus stop — 139
    • Quilco — 144
    • Smithfield — 149

Eday Community School

  • Map of audited spaces — 154
  • Score breakdown sheet — 155
  • Individual surveys:
    • Eday Community School — 156

Evie School

  • Map of audited spaces — 161
  • Score breakdown sheet — 162
  • Individual surveys:
    • Evie Primary School — 163

Evie Village

  • Map of audited spaces — 168
  • Score breakdown sheet — 169
  • Individual surveys:
    • Evie churchyard — 170
    • Evie graveyard — 175

Finstown

  • Map of audited spaces — 180
  • Score breakdown sheets — 181
  • Quality score map — 183
  • Accessibility map — 184
  • Secondary code — 185
  • Playspace for children & teenagers map — 186
  • Natural space map — 187
  • Open space 2ha and over map — 188
  • Individual surveys:
    • Acre Lea — 189
    • Evie Road — 194
    • Finstown cemetery — 199
    • Finstown community garden — 204
    • Finstown football pitches — 209
    • Finstown slip — 214
    • Firth Community Centre — 219
    • Firth Primary School — 224
    • Grimond Road junction — 229
    • Heddle Road — 234
    • Parkside — 239

Kirkwall

  • Map of audited spaces — 244
  • Score breakdown sheets — 245
  • Quality score map — 252
  • Accessibility map — 253
  • Secondary code — 254
  • Playspace for children & teenagers map — 255
  • Natural space map — 256
  • Open space 2ha and over map — 257
  • Individual surveys:
    • Back of Clumly — 258
    • Back of Isbister Road and Wasdale Crescent — 263
    • Bellevue Park — 268
    • Berstane Road — 273
    • Bignold Park — 279
    • Brandyquoy Park — 284
    • Broadsands Play Area — 289
    • Carters Park — 294
    • Clumly — 299
    • The Crafty — 304
    • Crafty residential car park — 309
    • Cromwell Road Banks — 314
    • Earl’s Palace — 319
    • East Hill Quarry — 326
    • East Road — 331
    • Glaitness Primary School — 336
    • Grainshore Road — 341
    • Hordaland — 346
    • Islands View Play Area — 351
    • Islands View Road — 356
    • King Haakon Street — 362
    • Kirk Green — 367
    • Kirkwall Library — 372
    • Lynn Crescent — 377
    • Lynn Park amenity area — 382
    • Manse Road — 387
    • The Meadows — 392
    • Muddisdale Woods — 398
    • Orkney College — 403
    • Papdale East — 408
    • Papdale East (tree planting) — 413
    • Papdale Halls of Residence — 418
    • Papdale Place — 423
    • Papdale School — 428
    • Papdale Wood — 433
    • The Peedie Sea — 438
    • Pickaquoy Loan — 443
    • Pickaquoy Loan Play Park — 448
    • The Quadrant — 453
    • Reid Crescent — 458
    • Rope Walk — 463
    • Royal Oak Road space — 468
    • Rugby pitch — 473
    • Sabiston Cresent — 479
    • Scapa Crescent — 485
    • Soulisquoy Place — 490
    • St Magnus Churchyard — 495
    • Summerdale Play Area — 500
    • Sutherland — 506
    • Sutherland Park — 511
    • Tankerness House Gardens — 516
    • Top of the Clay Loan — 521
    • Victoria Road Allotments — 526
    • Warrenfield — 531
    • Weyland Bay — 536
    • Weyland Bay amenity — 541
    • Willowburn — 546

Lady

  • Map of audited spaces — 551
  • Score breakdown sheet — 552
  • Individual surveys:
    • War memorial — 553

Longhope

  • Map of audited spaces — 558
  • Score breakdown sheet — 559
  • Individual surveys:
    • Community Hall — 560
    • Hoy and South Wall Health Centre — 565
    • St Colm’s Play Park — 570
    • St Colm’s Quadrant — 575

Lyness

  • Map of audited spaces — 580
  • Score breakdown sheet — 581
  • Individual surveys:
    • Lyness Naval War Musuem — 582
    • Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery — 587

Lyron

  • Map of audited spaces — 592
  • Score breakdown sheet — 593
  • Individual surveys:
    • Rendall Community Centre — 594

North Walls Community School

  • Map of audited spaces — 599
  • Score breakdown sheet — 600
  • Individual surveys:
    • North Walls Community School — 601

Orphir Village

  • Map of audited spaces — 606
  • Score breakdown sheet — 607
  • Individual surveys:
    • Millennium Garden — 608
    • Orphir Community Primary School — 613
    • Orphir Parish Church — 618

The Palace

  • Map of audited spaces — 623
  • Score breakdown sheet — 624
  • Individual surveys:
    • The Earl’s Palace — 625
    • St Magnus Churchyard — 630

Pierowall

  • Map of audited spaces — 635
  • Score breakdown sheet — 636
  • Individual surveys:
    • Gillpier Road — 637
    • Howanbrek and Lastigar — 642
    • Lady Kirk Graveyard — 647
    • Pierowall shoreline — 652
    • Westray Community School — 657
    • Westray Heritage Centre — 662

Rousay Community School

  • Map of audited spaces — 667
  • Score breakdown sheet — 668
  • Individual surveys:
    • Rousay Community School — 669

Sanday Community School

  • Map of audited spaces — 675
  • Score breakdown sheet — 676
  • Individual surveys:
    • Sanday Community School — 677

St Margaret’s Hope

  • Map of audited spaces — 682
  • Score breakdown sheets — 683
  • Quality score map — 684
  • Accessibility map — 685
  • Secondary code — 686
  • Playspace for children & teenagers map — 687
  • Open space 2ha and over map — 688
  • Individual surveys:
    • Hope Community Play Park — 689
    • Hope Community School — 695
    • Marengo Community Garden — 700
    • Thorfinn Place — 705

St Mary’s

  • Map of audited spaces — 711
  • Score breakdown sheet — 712
  • Individual surveys:
    • Bay of Ayre — 713
    • Graeme Park — 718
    • Holm Play Park — 723
    • The Pier — 728
    • Rockworks Football Pitch — 733

Stenness

  • Map of audited spaces — 739
  • Score breakdown sheet — 740
  • Individual surveys:
    • Stenness Community Primary School — 741

Stromness

  • Map of audited spaces — 746
  • Score breakdown sheets — 747
  • Quality score map — 751
  • Accessibility map — 752
  • Secondary code — 753
  • Playspace for children & teenagers map — 754
  • Natural space map — 755
  • Open space 2ha and over map — 756
  • Individual surveys:
    • Alfred Street — 757
    • Alfred Terrrace Allotments — 762
    • Back Road — 768
    • Citadel — 774
    • Citadel Crescent — 779
    • Citadel Drive — 784
    • Community Centre Play Area — 789
    • Croval — 795
    • Faravel amenity space — 800
    • Faravel Play Area — 806
    • Ferry Road — 812
    • Garson open space — 818
    • George Mackay Brown Memorial Garden — 823
    • Grieveship Brae — 828
    • Guardhouse Corner — 833
    • Hamnavoe Play Area — 838
    • Hamnavoe Shore — 844
    • Hillside — 849
    • Hillside Road — 854
    • Login’s Well — 859
    • Lower Brinkies Brae — 865
    • Market Green playing fields — 870
    • Marwick Park Play Area — 875
    • Marwick playing fields — 881
    • Mayburn Court — 886
    • The Mill Burn — 892
    • Ness — 897
    • Ness Road — 902
    • North End Road — 907
    • Ogalby — 913
    • Pier Arts Centre — 918
    • Pumpwell Park — 924
    • South End Play Area — 929
    • Springfield Crescent — 935
    • Stromness Academy — 940
    • Stromness coast — 945
    • Stromness Community Centre — 950

Stronsay Junior High School

  • Map of audited spaces — 955
  • Score breakdown sheet — 956
  • Individual surveys:
    • Stronsay Junior High School — 957

Toab

  • Map of audited spaces — 963
  • Score breakdown sheet — 964
  • Individual surveys:
    • St Andrews Primary School — 965
    • Toab Show Park — 971

Whitehall

  • Map of audited spaces — 976
  • Score breakdown sheet — 977
  • Individual surveys:
    • Amenity space — 978
    • Play area — 984

Additional material

  • Open space survey template — 989
  • Individual score criteria — 994

Balfour

IMAGE: Cover page showing the Orkney Islands Council crest and the title “Annex 2: Audit Survey Data”.

Map of audited spaces

IMAGE: Map of Balfour showing the settlement boundary and audited open spaces at Shapinsay Community School, Gasworks and Shore, and Pier Head.

Score criteria key

AWC – Accessible and well connected; AA – Attractive and appealing; BD – Bio diverse supporting ecological networks; PA – Promote activity, health and wellbeing; and CB – Community benefits.

ReferenceName of SiteManagementPAN65 TypologySub CategoryAWCAABDPACBScore breakdownOverall ScoreOverall Score %
BA01GasworksUnmanaged6.7 Natural/Semi-natural Greenspace6.72 Open Semi-natural752550255627/5648
BA02Pier HeadCouncil6.3 Amenity Greenspace6.33 Transport756350634544/7658
BA03Shapinsay Community SchoolCouncil6.2 Private Gardens or Grounds; 6.4 Playspace for Children and Teenagers; 6.5 Sports Areas6.22 Schools; 6.51 Playing Field; 6.55 Other Sports676475836065/9668

Individual survey: Gasworks

Open Space Survey Form

Site Description

FieldDetails
Open Spacegasworks and shore
Surveyed byCharlotte Slater
OwnershipPublic?
Managed byCurrently unmanaged?
AreaShapinsay

Type of open space

  • 6.1 Public Parks and Gardens
  • 6.2 Private Gardens or Grounds
  • 6.3 Amenity Greenspace
  • 6.4 Playspace for Children and Teenagers
  • 6.5 Sports Areas
  • 6.6 Green Corridors
  • 6.7 Natural/Semi-Natural Greenspace — X
  • 6.8 Other Functional Greenspace
  • 6.9 Civic Space
  • 6.10 Other Open Space

Description

Area of shore and rough grass next to the old gas works tower.

IMAGE: Photograph showing the old gas works tower beside the shore, with rough grass and rocky beach.

Boundary Features

  • Wall
  • Fence
  • Planting
  • Landscape feature

The sea.

Surfacing

  • Hard
  • Soft

Rough grass and rocky beach.

Landscaping/natural features

  • Planting / vegetation / habitat
  • Geology
  • Water body

The sea.

Other built features

  • Club House
  • Maintenance shed
  • Play Equipment

Gas works tower.

Facilities

  • Sports grounds
  • Toilets/Changing room
  • Slipway
  • Furniture
  • Bins / Dog waste disposal

n/a

Access/entrances

  • Open Access
  • Gates (type)
  • Stiles

Open access.

Paths

  • Gravel
  • Sealed
  • Informal / desire lines

n/a

Car Parking

  • Within the open spaces
  • In close proximity
  • None

Area that could be used for parking next to the tower, parking at the school across the road as well.

Signage

  • Welcome
  • Regulatory
  • Informative / interpretation

n/a

Open Space Function

Recreation
  • Sports/Games
  • Walking/Jogging/Running
  • Art

walking

Education
  • Sports/Games
  • Wildlife/Plants
  • Play formal / informal
  • Social

wildlife

Events
  • Local Agricultural Shows
  • Music Events
  • Tournaments / leagues

Bonfire night?

Visual Amenity

  • Views within the site
  • Views out of the site
  • Open space provides a beneficial setting

Nice view out across the bay.

Biodiversity

  • Planted areas
  • Natural areas

Shore line.

Cultural/Historical

  • Within the site
  • View out of the site
  • Open space provides a beneficial setting

Gas works tower built around 1856 to light the village and the castle. Some of the stone used to build the tower came from Notland Castle in Westray.

Usage

User groupSelectedComments
Children
Teenager/Young Adult
Adults
Families
Elderly
When space is usedSelectedComments
MorningNot really used.
Afternoon
Evening
Seasonal useSelectedComments
Spring
SummerNot really used
Autumn
Winter

Site Scoring – Quality Assessment

Scoring System

ScoreDescription
4Excellent condition, no improvement necessary. Review in 10yrs time.
3Good condition no immediate improvements. Review in 5yrs time.
2Fair condition, minor maintenance required. See actions.
1Poor condition, immediate maintenance required. See actions.
0Not fit for purpose/unsafe, major action required before use. See actions immediately.

Accessible and well connected

CriterionScoreCommentPotential Action
Well located, close to community4Across from school.None required.
Disabled accessn/aDisabled access not achievable on a site of this type.None required.
Quality Paths, fit for purposen/aNo paths expected.None required.
Accessible entrances in the right placesn/aOpen access.None required.
Connected to path network/core path2Path on the other side of the road but no safety issue on a quiet road.None required.
Good signagen/aNo information needed.None required.

Attractive and Appealing

CriterionScoreCommentPotential Action
Attractive with positive image3Limited noise but on a quiet road, very little evidence of litter or vandalism.None required.
Quality materials usedn/aNot relevant.None required.
Quality furniture: bins, cycle stands, seating0No furniture.Seating could be considered.
Quality equipmentn/aNone required.None required.
Provide built facilities in clean, safe and usable conditionn/aNone required.None required.
Contains attractive plants and landscape elements1Planting is mainly rough grass.Could include various species of wild flowers to give colour to the space.
Well maintained (natural features)1Just left as rough grass.More maintenance could be necessary if planted up.

Bio diverse supporting ecological networks

CriterionScoreCommentPotential Action
Contribute positively to biodiversity (habitats and species)1Semi natural area in need of some maintenance.Include more variety in the planting.
Contribute positively to landscape setting2Adequate relationship.Planting could increase use of space and natural elements.
Connect with wider green networks3Integrated well into wider green network.None required.

Promote activity, health and well being

CriterionScoreCommentPotential Action
Provide diverse play, sport and recreational facilitiesn/aNot relevant.None required.
Provide places for social interaction1Very little social interaction.Creating seating area and planting area could increase social interaction within space.
Contains high quality appropriate and carefully sited facilities to meet user needsn/aNone required.None required.

Community benefits

CriterionScoreCommentPotential Action
Safe and welcoming4No areas of poor visibility or entrapment points.None required.
Appropriate lighting levelsn/aNone required.None required.
Provide good routes to wider community facilities2Not connected to designated routes but quiet roads.None required.
Sense of local identity and place3Good sense of local identity on site (gasworks) and through views to the surrounding area.None required.
Opportunities for community involvement in management0No community involvement.Community involvement could bring down maintenance costs.

Additional Comments

Site has potential to be an interesting Greenspace with seating which leads on to the shore.