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48 Start with the park CASE STUDY South Essex Green Grid Strategy Over 40,000 hectares Construction period Ongoing Map environmental assets Background South Essex has generally been perceived as a sprawling area of fragmented and characterless urban development that has ignored its environmental assets and the river. The extension of the original Thames Gateway to include South Essex was designed to provide regeneration for existing communities as well as a large area of growth. The government plans envision almost 45,000 new homes to be built, and 55,000 new jobs to be created by 2021. Much of this will be provided on previously developed land. The Thames Gateway South Essex Green Grid Strategy is a radical vision, which places landscape at the heart of the development process. A series of major projects is already underway to create a functional green infrastructure, which provides for sustainable energy, cleaner air and food and water and manages flood risk, protection against the impact of climate change, healthier lifestyles and a stronger economy. Planning and design LDA Design has developed the concept of the Green Grid from a wide-ranging baseline analysis, which included a detailed understanding of geology; hydrology; topography; biodiversity; urban form; access and movement; archaeological, historic and cultural resources; current structure of public and private open space; and landscape character. This informed the constraints and opportunities summarised in the Strategic Opportunities Plan and Strategic Framework. The Strategic Framework covers the whole of Thames Gateway South Essex and identifies four types of strategic corridors. These are designed to link a range of high-quality parks and open spaces, landmarks, views and other important features: • Parkways and urban green roadways • Riverways • Railways • Greenways such as footpaths and cycle paths. Outcomes The Green Grid is already feeding into a wide range of regional, local and site-specific planning policies. There are a number of projects underway which are supporting the development of the Green Grid.
Planning green infrastructure 49 Design LDA Design Partners and clients Thames Gateway South Essex Partnership, Thames Chase Community Forest, the Forestry Commission, the Countryside Agency, Essex County Council, the Essex Wildlife Trust, RSPB, East of England Development Agency, Basildon, Castle Point, Rochford, Southendon-Sea and Thurrock councils, the Environment Agency, SUSTRANS, Groundwork UK, English Nature, English Heritage, BTCV Lessons learnt • The Green Grid concept offers a sub-regional strategy for creating multi-functional green infrastructure. This provides a framework for sustainable development, builds on the strengths of the area and provides a means of linking together different strategic sites and initiatives • Effective plans depend on complete baseline research that draws on a wide range of environmental, social, economic and urban analysis. All open land should be included in the analysis – not just that controlled by public bodies • Partnership working is critical to bring in a full range of expertise, land interests and funding to deliver projects • Regional and sub-regional plans should cascade into local development frameworks and documents, regeneration frameworks, masterplans and other development proposals. References www.tgessex.co.uk www.greengrid.co.uk www.lda-design.co.uk
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