Overview

NAR worked with the London Borough of Croydon to analyse the Borough’s major open spaces - in terms of footfall and dwell-time - in order to understand which spaces should receive protected status within the Local Plan. We sourced and analysed empirical Mobile API data from Apple and Google to help provide up-to-date data for each open space and guide our qualitative and quantitative recommendations.

Project scope
Major open spaces study
Footfall and dwell-time analysis
Mobile API data
Apple and Google data sources
Local Plan evidence base
Qualitative and quantitative recommendations
Our role

We sourced and analysed empirical Mobile API data from Apple and Google to help provide up-to-date data for each open space and guide our qualitative and quantitative recommendations.

Open space analysis We analysed the Borough’s major open spaces to support the Local Plan evidence base.
Footfall evidence We assessed how spaces were being used through footfall and dwell-time analysis.
Mobile data We sourced and analysed empirical Mobile API data from Apple and Google.
Protected status Our analysis helped identify which spaces should receive protected status within the Local Plan.
Evidence-led approach We provided up-to-date data for each open space to support the Council’s decision-making.
Recommendations We guided qualitative and quantitative recommendations for the Borough’s open spaces.
Outcome

The study provided up-to-date data for each open space and helped guide qualitative and quantitative recommendations on which spaces should receive protected status within the Local Plan.