12 Appendices - South Yorkshire Forest Partnership

THE SOUTH YORKSHIRE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE STRATEGYAppendicesCreating & Improving Our Green Network77GI Objectives Economy Climate Change Community BiodiversityForestryActivate our forestowners.Manage private andpublic woodlands.Support the wood fuelresource by plantingand maintaining workingwoods.Generate sub-regionalbiomass as a renewableenergy resource for thesub-region.Manage sub-regionalsources as a long-terminvestment.Set up a cooperativewhich collects anddistributes fuel.Encourage communityinvolvement in woodlandprojects.Maintain deciduouswoodlands for hugebenefit to temporalforest wildlife.Enhance existingpatterns of woodlandcover, and look torestore and createmeadows and wethabitats, includingwet woodland.GreenbeltProtect greenbelt landfrom developmentand where this is notpossible ensure thatany development isappropriate and meetsthe highest standardsof sustainability,placemaking andpermeability.Re-assess the roleof all greenbelt landon a sub-regional scaleto ensure it servescommunities bymanaging climatechange.Bring green intotowns and cities;and people out intothe countryside.Protect greenfield sitesfrom unnecessarydevelopment whichcontributes to urbansprawl.Bring green into townsand cities; and peopleout into the countryside.For example fringeareas to the nationalpark, and othersensitive landscapes,to provide managed“natural” landscapes forrecreation.Surround and penetratethe urban fabric withgreenbelt to provideroutes for wildlife.GreenspaceUse GI as a costeffective way ofcooling our cities, thusreducing cost burdenon individual buildings,businesses and homes.Build up from theexisting high-qualityspaces by investing inareas where provisionis poor to boost localareas.Use the network ofgreenspaces to managedrainage.Ameliorate the urbanheat island effect bycreating and restoringgreen spaces as anintegral part of the urbanfabric.Reduce healthinequalities andadvocate environmentaljustice in SY.Create a sub-regionalforum to provide a vitallink between park users,managers and policymakers.Draw people into parksby building communitycentres on site, andwith local festivals andevents.Connect people to thechange in seasons.Maximise the wildlifebenefits of parks andgardens.Growth AreasMeet demand bycreating places peoplecan afford and will wantto live in throughout theirlives.Providing a focusand attraction for theincreased populationproposed within SouthYorkshire growth areas.Build new homes tosustainable developmentstandards.Introduce sustainableurban drainage systems(SUDS) and green roofsto slow run-off.Include a green spacewithin walking distancewhich has opportunitiesfor food growing,recreation and sport.Provide green spacestandards for existingand new development.Integrate newdevelopment intoexisting sub-region widehabitats by consultingenvironmental groupsduring design. Provideareas of “wild” spacewithin development.