Decision details

This review of the 2007 Green Spaces Strategy follows the methodology outlined in PPG17 and provides a robust evidence base to inform action plans for the management of, and strategic investment in, the green space asset until 2029.

RESOLVED (unanimously) that the Cabinet adopted the proposed Green Space Strategy, findings of the review and associated area profiles, and agree that  the findings of the report be used when preparing an action plan for the delivery and management of the green spaces across the district from 2015-2029.

The development of the proposed strategy has been undertaken by an external team of consultants and has been informed by an independent studies using established and rigorous methodology. The whole process has been overseen and scrutinised at all stages of the process by a multi-disciplinary B&NES Council team representing all key stakeholders involved in the provision and maintenance of green spaces.

To continue with an out dated strategy (2007) based on information that is unfit to inform emerging or future Council policy.