A PUBLICBENEFIT MAPPINGPROJECTCONTENTSPAGE1.0 INTRODUCTION 51.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY 51.2 GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE – DEFINITIONS AND BENEFITS 51.3 THE PUBLIC BENEFIT RECORDING SYSTEM (PBRS) APPROACH 62.0 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 63.0 METHODOLOGY 73.1 STAKEHOLDER DATABASE 73.2 REGIONAL STRATEGY REVIEW 73.3 GEOGRAPHIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC BASELINE MAPPING 73.4 PUBLIC BENEFIT MAPPING 73.5 CONSULTATION 84.0 GEOGRAPHIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC BASELINE MAPS 95.0 PUBLIC BENEFIT MAPS – THE EVIDENCE BASE 146.0 COMBINING THE EVIDENCE – TOWARDS A PUBLIC 42BENEFIT ASSESSMENT7.0 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 538.0 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE WORK 558.1 DEVELOPING INDICATORS FOR GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE 558.2 GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE RESOURCE MAPPING 558.3 DEFINING A GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE SKELETON FOR THE REGION 568.4 MULTI-FUNCTIONALITY AND SCALE 578.5 CREATING A GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE GUIDE 578.6 DEVELOPING A GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING TOOLKIT 588.7 PROMOTING A REGIONAL GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK 589.0 KEY REFERENCES 59ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 60APPENDIX 1GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE RESPONSE TO THE OBJECTIVES OF 61THE EAST MIDLANDS INTEGRATED REGIONAL STRATEGYAPPENDIX 2NOTES OF THE STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION WORKSHOP 6731ST MAY 2006.APPENDIX THREEEAST MIDLANDSPUBLIC BENEFIT MAPPING PROJECT 733
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY28TH JULY 2006The purpose of this study was to identify whether the <strong>Public</strong><strong>Benefit</strong> Recording System (PBRS) technique could be appliedto the East Midlands region to identify where the greatest publicbenefit could be derived from investments in <strong>Green</strong><strong>Infrastructure</strong> (GI).The Integrated Regional Strategy (IRS) outlines 17 keyobjectives for the region across social, economic andenvironmental themes. The provision or enhancement of GIcan contribute significantly to the achievement of most of these.Geographical Information Systems (GIS) were used to spatiallyand thematically map where GI could contribute to the IRSobjectives. Appropriate indicator datasets, ranging in scalefrom neighbourhood to local authority level, were identified toenable these assessments. Data was benchmarked andranked in order to provide a robust regional focus and toaccount for urban, rural and national contexts where appropriate.Twenty seven ‘public benefit’ maps were produced, each relatingto a separate theme of the IRS (eg. health, housing, culturalassets etc.), to identify where there is greatest need and/oropportunity for GI to contribute to IRS objectives. The mapsare presented, each with a narrative, outlining areas of particularpriority for GI, together with a short discussion on thelimitations of the data.The greatest depth of public benefit will generally be derivedwhere greatest need and opportunity coincide and where multipleobjectives may be delivered in parallel. A simple scoringsystem was devised to represent the depth of public benefitpotentially attainable from GI for each of the objectives,spatially across the region. <strong>Public</strong> benefit scores were thencombined within and across the social, economic andenvironmental themes to create maps highlighting thepotential for multiple public benefits.THE RESULTING MULTIPLE PUBLICBENEFITS MAPS REVEALED:The greatest opportunity for social uplift occurs within theThree Cities Areas, the Derbyshire and <strong>North</strong> Nottinghamshirecoalfields, the Lincolnshire coast and the <strong>North</strong>amptonshireGrowth Areas.The greatest opportunity for environmental uplift occursaround areas of existing environmental assets (particularlyaround Strategic River Corridors) and in areas of poorenvironmental quality.The greatest opportunity for economic uplift occurs mainlywithin the Three Cities Area and around strategic economicgateways. <strong>North</strong>ampton, the Lincolnshire Coast, some ruralareas and key natural assets also show potential for tourismand environmental economy benefits.The Combined Multiple <strong>Public</strong> <strong>Benefit</strong>s Map revealed thegreatest opportunity for uplift around the Strategic RiverCorridors, the Three Cities sub area, the <strong>North</strong>amptonshireGrowth Area centres, the <strong>North</strong>ern sub area and theLincolnshire coast. Cross-reference with the Environmental<strong>Public</strong> <strong>Benefit</strong>s Map confirmed that most of the areas ofgreatest environmental priority are included within themultiple benefits map.The implications of the results are discussed in terms ofpriorities for the delivery of GI and the implications for theregion’s spatial strategy, population growth, quality of life andsustainable development.The study shows at a regional scale that it is possible to mapthe potential public benefit GI can bring. Further, it provides afirm evidence base for strategic investment in GI to deliverregional objectives in an integrated manner. It substantiates GIinvestments in the River Nene Regional Park and other<strong>North</strong>amptonshire Growth Areas but also emphasises thatequal, and in some cases greater, public benefit can beachieved by GI investments elsewhere in the region.It is recognised that the PBRS is a ‘top-down’ approach – it isan aid to strategic planning and investment. The spatialinsights it brings must be combined with local knowledge andcommunity values in order to deliver GI and its benefits onthe ground.To facilitate the realisation of enhanced GI in the region, adatabase of stakeholders was developed through correspondencewith regional and local Government and NonGovernmental Organisations. This will form the basis of a<strong>Green</strong> <strong>Infrastructure</strong> Network (GIN) for the coordinateddelivery of GI across the region.A seminar was held in Melton Mowbray (May 2006) and apublic information leaflet was created (opposite) to increaseawareness of the study throughout the region.4
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