28 Green and Blue Infrastructure Strategy 2021 - 2037 PDF 516 KB
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Minutes:
The Executive Member for
Regeneration and the Director of Regeneration and Culture submitted a report
for the Executive’s consideration. The purpose of the report was to seek
approval to adopt the Green and Blue Infrastructure Strategy 2021 - 2037
(GBIS).
The GBIS would be used by the
Council to help shape the future of the borough. The GBIS planned to ensure
that new and existing communities lived in quality places, accessible to green
and blue infrastructure. The strategy would help the Council frame its response
to emerging issues, including achieving biodiversity net gain and climate
change prevention/mitigation.
In preparing the GBIS,
statutory consultees and other key stakeholders, including Councillors, had
been consulted and invited to take part in stakeholder workshops. The outcomes
of the engagement had been taken into consideration in finalising the GBIS.
The key aspects of the
strategy were contained at paragraph 8 of the submitted report.
The GBIS was accompanied with
an action plan, which identified a series of 15 objectives from the baseline
review and key stakeholder consultation, those were detailed at paragraph 9. In
addition, the action plan identified 12 priority opportunities, which were
contained at paragraph 10.
The final version of the GBIS
had two parts, which were attached at Appendices 1 and 2 of the submitted
report.
Following its adoption, it
was planned that the GBIS would be used:
·
as part of the evidence base for the Local Plan;
·
as a material consideration in the determination
of any future planning applications;
·
to inform the Green Strategy; and
·
to support relevant
projects.
OPTIONS
Not to adopt the Green and Blue Infrastructure
Strategy 2021-2037 - That would have meant that the Council would not have had
a clear strategy for delivering the land-use and spatial aspects of its Green
Strategy. It would have been more challenging to deliver green and blue
infrastructure, of the right quality, to support future needs.
ORDERED
That the Green and Blue Infrastructure Strategy 2021 -
2037 be adopted.
REASON
The GBIS set out the key land-use and spatial
priorities and opportunities to help deliver the Council’s Green Strategy, and
ensure that there was sufficient green and blue infrastructure, of the right
types, to support the needs of existing and future residents. It would provide
the evidence base to support the emerging Local Plan and would become a
material consideration in future planning applications.