These are working maps for the Local Place Plan. They look great full screen. Right click on the Open in Felt to view in a new tab. The online maps should reflect the latest changes, using Felt automagic. Errors and omissions are my own. Comments are welcome.
LDP18-24 housing proposals are still not entirely built out, with declining scope for expansion. It shows the Golf Club development, which was not part of LDP18-24 adding almost 80 new luxury properties no one in the town wanted.
Farmland, Woodlands and shelterbelt, shrinking openspace and excellent sports facilities
A collection of data sources is used to create this map and shows how little farmland and open spaces are left in Dunbar, with potential to strengthen woodland network connectivity
This is the Sustaining Dunbar project, funded by Sustrans which is looking at creating multi-user routes to better connect the town for active travellers
Only a subset of the available datasets that describe the local bio and geodiversity are shown above. The area is relatively rich, but a lot of the resources are either in poor or v poor condition or under increasing pressure from industry and unsustainable recreational uses.
This map is derived from Open Street Map and shows the spread and wealth of facilities in the locality dedicated for formal sports as well as informal semi structured play for young people.
The map includes the Travel Hub proposal. Other data for this map are derived from limited local research and Open Street Map, which can be queried selectively to identify infrastructure inlcuing street furniture, traffic calming measures
The walkability maps are creating using Travel Time open API tool, which can be used to create walk, cycle, bus or vehicle Journey isochrones using a clever routing model.
Various sources suggest that although access to nature is theoretically good in practice large numbers are precluded or do not meet minimum standards. With the closure of Belhaven hospital all the local services are now too concentrated.
While this data set is dated, and not complete, it gives a reasonable picture of the variety of Open Spaces that are recorded as part of an LDP exercise. Some multifunctional spaces are more sustainable than others and relevant to Health and Wellbeing as well as Tourism.
The Tourism and Economy map shows areas from LDP18-24, designated Town Centres, and a wide range of Tourism operators. Can be useful to see these alongside the Heritage map and Bio and Geodiversity Maps, important drivers of sustainable tourism enterprises
The Climate Change Map show sareas that might 1) naturally store carbon, 2) help manage the so-called “nature crisis”, 3) identify areas for managed retreat in other words that should not be expensively protected e.g. golf courses
