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36 Start with the park Green infrastructure: from national to local ‘Green infrastructure is the sub-regional network of protected sites, nature reserves, green spaces and greenway linkages. Green infrastructure should provide for multi-functional use…it should also operate at all spatial scales from urban centres through to open countryside.’ Biodiversity by design (TCPA 2004) ‘Functional green infrastructure is needed to create a positive sense of place, provide environmental protection for local communities and enhance the quality of life of those who live and work there.’ Green infrastructure – a linked network of multi-functional green spaces – provides the basis for delivering sustainable development and for any framework that is intended to guide and enable change. The green infrastructure is a key to healthier lifestyles, sustainable urban drainage and lifelong learning, providing space for relaxation, encouraging more sustainable transport and promoting economic development. Dynamic natural processes are a key to environmental protection and enhancement. Planning green infrastructure Green infrastructure must be planned in partnership with stakeholders in the fields of health, education, environment, nature conservation, heritage, transport, the utilities, the private sector and the community, who depend on getting the natural and built environment right. Reforms to the statutory planning system mean that it is best placed to integrate these different policy areas and to provide a holistic regional, sub-regional, local and site-specific framework for delivery. Creating sustainable communities: greening the gateway (ODPM 2004)
Planning green infrastructure 37 Government policy Sustainable communities: building for the future Creating sustainable communities: Greening the Gateway A greenspace strategy for Thames Gateway ODPM has published a range of documents focused on the delivery of prosperous, inclusive and sustainable communities for the 21st century, places where people want to live, that promote opportunity and a better quality of life for all The government’s 2003 sustainable communities plan 1 identifies two key challenges: stabilising and reversing social and economic decline in communities that are experiencing low demand for housing; and creating successful and sustainable neighbourhoods in areas of high demand and population growth. The document sets out a long-term programme of action for delivering sustainable communities, including the aim of making neighbourhoods, towns and cities more liveable. It recognises the importance of the wide range of different types of green space. In early 2005 ODPM published Sustainable communities: people, places, prosperity– a five-year plan focused on delivering sustainable communities. The plan reiterates the ambition to sustain the improvements in the quality of parks and green spaces. ODPM and Home Office funding streams will be streamlined into the Safer and Stronger Communities Fund, worth £660 million. The plan includes a series of other actions, including new powers for local authorities to improve management and extend more powers to local people. ODPM’s Creating sustainable communities: greening the gateway (2004) 11 describes the need for a network of green infrastructure as the basis of successful and sustainable development in the Thames Gateway. Its non-statutory companion implementation plan 12 (2005) sets out the delivery framework, clarifying the roles of different partners and explaining where the funding will come from. The primary planning policy relating to green space is planning policy guidance 17 (PPG17). 13 PPG17 aims to deliver networks of accessible, high-quality open spaces and sport and recreation facilities with an appropriate balance between providing new spaces and enhancing existing provision. The other main policy and guidance documents are noted in the appendix. PPG17 encourages planners to consider a wide range of types of open space. These include: • Parks and gardens • Natural and semi-natural urban green spaces • Green corridors • Outdoor sports facilities (with natural or artificial surfaces) • Amenity green space (mostly in housing areas) • Productive urban green spaces • Burial sites • Green urban/rural fringe • Civic space.
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