South West Green Infrastructure – Strategic Activity Table and Case Studies
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Place
(Alphabetically by County/Unitary Authority or MAA Area)
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Strategy and Policy development
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Groups and Partnerships
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Green Infrastructure ‘champions’
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Green Infrastructure Delivery Projects and case studies
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Any other comments
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Cornwall:
Ecotown
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Clay Country near St Austell in final list of potential ecotowns. Green Infrastructure part of the proposal.
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China Clay Woodland Project
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Cornwall:
County wide including Camborne /Pool /Redruth Growth points
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Cornwall Green Infrastructure Strategy in development. There are three elements to it; Cornwall wide, catchment based, settlement based (town frameworks) <click here for link>
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Grey Infrastructure Providers group to maximise benefit of green infrastructure
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Cornwall Project Manager
Environment Agency
Natural England Andrew Mcdouall;
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Workshop held for wide range of stakeholders (NGOs, Health, Members, LA staff etc.) on 10 September. Issues and options paper to inform core strategy.
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| Cornwall: Bodmin | St Guron's Way 'greenway' click here | ||||
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Cornwall:
Truro
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GI Strategy has been developed as part of the Threemilestone Area Action Plan
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Natural England
Beth Tonkin |
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Park for Truro Delivery case study click here
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Devon:
Devon County Council
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A Devon-wide Green Infrastructure Strategy is being developed to advise core strategies and local planning
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Green Infrastructure
Focus Group
Local Area Agreement Delivery Group
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Devon wide Green Infrastructure website includes Devon Local Area Agreement (LAA2) Public Spaces and Green Infrastructure with leaflet (see above link.)
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Devon:
Exeter / East Devon
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Green Infrastructure Study completed, 4 areas for major development to produce Area Frameworks.
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Growth Point Team and Groups
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Neil Blackmore, East Devon District Council
Natural England
Amanda Newsome Steve Panks
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Exeter Wild City Valley Parks Project
Axe Wetlands Delivery Case Study (Seaton)click here
Belmont Sensory Garden case study click here
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East Devon District Council. Exeter City Council have led the study. A project is being developed with the National Trust to link the new settlement (Cranbrooke) with the surrounding countryside.
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| Devon: Mid Devon District Council | Mid Devon Green Infrastructure Strategy | Liz Pickering, LPickering@middevon.gov.uk | |||
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Devon:
Teignbridge
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A Green Infrastructure Strategy "Heart of Teignbridge" is being developed, led by Teignbridge District Council
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Teignbridge District Council
Tony Page
Natural England
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Paignton - Young's Park case study
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Natural England Dee Stephens for Weymouth Richard Belding for Dorchester. Ian Alexander SE Dorset |
Weymouth Wetlands case study (Radipole Lake) click here | |||
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Dorset:Dorchester & Weymouth |
Natural England John Stobart |
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Dorset:Christchurch and Bournemouth |
Natural England Helen Powell |
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Dorset:East Dorset |
Natural England Douglas Kite(East Dorset and complex wetland work) |
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Dorset:Purbeck |
Natural England
(Purbeck and the conurbation wide Interim Planning Framework and the DPD into which it is supposed to evolve)
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Gloucestershire
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Strategic Infrastructure Delivery Plan (SIDP)being developed to include grey, green and social strands(PDF doc embedded in agenda)
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Countywide Infrastructure Delivery group
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Gloucestershire County Council
Natural England
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SIDP project is going to be the main ERDP funding in Forest of Dean could support GI aims. Local urban fringe projects being developed.
Click here for Severnside Project case study.
Click here for Robinswood Hill Primary School SUDS case study.
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Green Infrastructure Assets and opportunities mapping taking place working with Cotswolds AONB Sub regional park concept being discussed within the delivery process in Severn Vale. Cirencester- HLS is possible Forest of Dean – integrated rural delivery?
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Gloucestershire:
Gloucester / Cheltenham and Tewkesbury
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Joint Core Strategy Area development includes Green infrastructure strategy Cheltenham Green Space Strategy nearly complete
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Joint Core Strategy Board
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Gloucester City Council:
Natural England
Tim Quinton |
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Draft state of RSS delaying completion of strategic core strategies HLS partnership delivery project being initiated
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North Somerset
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GI Strategy in Development, nearly completed Urban Extension planning consultation and workshops. View North Somerset Council webiste for more info.
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North Somerset – John Flanagan
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Locking Castle – summary link Locking Castle, Weston Super Mare
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Plymouth
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Plymouth Green InfrastructureDelivery Plan is out for consultation
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Plymouth Green Infrastructure Advisory Group
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Access 2 Nature
click here for East of Plymouth Countryside Park Case Study
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Poole
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Green Infrastructure Strategy completed .MAA being driven by Green Knowledge Economy. Bournemouth Core Strategy includes Green Infrastructure Dorset County Council developing an evidence base for Green Infrastructure. SE Dorset Green Infrastructure Plan agreed
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Bournemouth and Poole Urban Heaths Partnership case study
Joint Planning Framework Urban heaths Grazing Project Link Urban Heaths Partnership project
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Somerset:
Mendips
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Lime Tree Square, Street case study click here |
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Somerset:
Sedgemoor
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Discussion with the District council to develop a GI strategy for Bridgewater to link into the Taunton Deane strategy.
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Sedgemoor District Council
Natural England
Glen Gillespie |
Apex Leisure and wildlife site case study click here
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Somerset:
S. Somerset
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Green Infrastructure mentioned within biodiversity and health and wellbeing policies of the Core Strategy
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Natural England
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An Ecotown proposal has been made for Yeovil / South Somerset
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Somerset:
Taunton and Wellington
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Green Infrastructure Strategy completed will be an SPD Covers Taunton and Wellington and the areas around and between these settlements.
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Green Infrastructure
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Taunton Deane Borough Council
Natural England
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Longrun farm plan to on newly developed green infrastructure‘ Green Wedge approach designed in relation to mitigation protected species and surrounding the Special Area Conservation
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An Ecotown proposal has been made in Taunton
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Swindon
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GI Planning strategy completed
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Jonathan Wilshaw, Great Western Community Forest
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Great Western Community Forest Woodland based green exercise project – 3 Generational project. Cotswold Water Park and Cricklade Country Way Core strategy proposes to expand Coate water country park – exploring possibilities to develop Swindon wetland centre Witchelstowe development – between Swindon and mw. Mitigation will have bridge, s106 750K to improve biodiversity and access improvements – potential HLS grant.
Click here for River Ray Corridor case study
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GI Strategy robust policy in draft core strategy.
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Torbay
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Green Infrastructure Strategy initiated, but interest shown.
Green Space Strategy completed
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Torbay Coast and Countryside Trust
Dominic Ackland
Alex Scholefield
Natural England
Julien Sclater
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Berry Head – on the edge – Torbay Coast and countryside Trust
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Aim to develop GI Strategy and Delivery Framework by the end of 2010 - find out more
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West of England
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All authorities committed to developing robust GI policy within their Core Strategy, to be supported by GI strategies Bristol City Council have consulted on draft GI policy within the Development principles of the Core Strategy. A Draft Multi Area Agreement has been drafted by the West of England Partnership Bristol City Council Parks and Green Space Strategy completed.
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WoE wide GI Group has been set up with membership from all authorities and Natural England, Forestry Commission and Environment Agency for Joint action on strategic green infrastructure delivery.
Joint Local Access Forum Avon Local Sites Partnership Avon BAP Partnership Sustainable Urban Drainage Group exists with WS Atkins
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Sue Murtagh
Bristol City Council – Zoe Wilcox Environment Agency |
Access 2 Nature Projects: Eg. South Gloucestershire Council - Wildways – for nature, for communities, for people Stoke Park. Natural Connections Local Sites register completed
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Boundary working promised for key urban extensions A protocol for species planning is being written for use of all authorities within the West of England
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Wiltshire
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County wide approach being discussed. The intention is to initiate
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Natural England
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Proposal to create new country park on the edge of Salisbury as part of a development Tidworth development planning application for creation of public open space S Wilts A2N Wiltshire wildlife trust
Oak Frith Woods case study click here |
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Green Space strategies are also being developed in Plymouth, Bath/BANES with advice from CABE Space. Last year Green Space strategies were completed for Bristol and Torbay. We will continue to work to link these to Green Infrastructure planning, encouraging strategic approach to green space management and multifunctionality.
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