Green Infrastructure in the North East
With the announcement of the five New Growth Points in the North East in July 2008, the delivery of quality green spaces and the development of long-term large-scale Green Infrastructure Strategies is about to gain new momentum.
Natural England wants Growth Points to become genuine exemplars of environmentally sustainable development and be built to stringent environmental standards. The aspiration is that all new developments create high quality, locally distinctive, resource efficient places where people want to live and work. This should include the provision of substantial benefits for the natural environment and people together. Green infrastructure is the key to this.
Green Infrastructure Update and other resources
Green Infrastructure update: (1.41mb)
(March 2011 Newsletter)
Online feedback form on GI update
Introduction to Green Infrastructure in the North East: (382kb)
Green Infrastructure best practice signposting: (363kb) (update February 2012)
Green Infrastructure audit - data sources: (162kb) (update August 2010)
Exemplary Green Infrastructure projects case stories
St Lawrence Park, Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne
Development of the Easington Colliery concept statement
Case story: (86kb) about the development of the concept statement for Easington Colliery.
Concept Statements
Concept Statements are a clear expression of the kind of place that development should be creating, not in technical terms but in simple, everyday language that anyone can understand. The first concept statement in the North East was developed for the former colliery site at Easington Colliery.
Concept statements - Delivering sustainable development: (2.03mb) – hands-on guide
Development of the Easington Colliery concept statement
Full report without annexes: (154kb)
Final concept statement: (4.58mb)
Presentation by Richard Silson, Planning Cooperative, stakeholder event 29 March: (2mb)
Presentation by David Siddle, Durham County Council, from final event 20 July: (354kb)
Presentation by Richard Silson, Planning Cooperative, from final event 20 July: (640kb)
North East Green Infrastructure Conference – Developing the Green Potential (13 October 2009)
60 delegates met for a day conference to explore steps and share experience to date in developing Green Infrastructure strategies at the local level. The conference presentations and transcript of workshops are available below for download.
If you attended the conference, but have not yet been able to give feedback, please do so by using the online feedback form.
Green Infrastructure – Developing the Green Potential: (957kb)
(Ingo Schüder, Green Infrastructure Delivery Lead, Natural England)Natural Economy NW, The NW GI Partnership and the economic benefits of GI: (1.47mb)
(Peter Wilmers, Green Infrastructure Manager, Natural Economy North West)Putting the GI in Green Infrastructure: (1.29mb)
(Alex Coomer, GIS specialist, Natural England)Planning Green Infrastructure at different scales – examples from the North West: (2.41mb)
(Paul Nolan, Project Director, The Mersey Forest)A Sustainable Physical Activity Landscape for Durham: (733kb)
(Victoria Lloyd, Durham County Council)Green Grid - London’s Green Infrastructure: (1.67mb)
(Peter Massini, Manager Future London Programme, Natural England)Green Infrastructure – bringing together experiences from the private, public and voluntary sector: (725kb)
(Glenn McGill, consultant, Planning Associates North East)From strategy to implementation in the Tees Valley: (2.53mb)
(Graham Clingan, Stockton Borough Council, and Rob George, Darlington Borough Council)
Green Exercise and Planning workshop (10 June 2009)
Ingo Schüder, Green Infrastructure Delivery Leader, presentation: (821kb)
Chris Myers, Durham County Council, presentation: (194kb)
Audit of Access and Greenspaces for the Durham Magnesian Limestone Plateau
a) This report results from a project commissioned by the Limestone Landscapes Partnership. It was mainly about the collation and cleansing of access and greenspace GIS datasets. It includes a large number of datasets such as the PPG 17 greenspace audit data from the relevant local authorities. It also carried out a simplified and very pragmatic approach to Natural England’s Accessible Natural Greenspace Standards (ANGSt) including maps showing current (lack of) provision of the 5 elements of the ANGSt standard.
Presentations from 12 September 2008
Cara Courage,
Natural England,
Landscape and Access Senior Specialist: Green infrastructure and the New Growth Points: (250kb)
Nick Dales,
Natural England,
Team Leader Evidence & Strategy: A Natural England perspective of Green Infrastructure: (249kb)
Richard Hall,
Natural England,
Regional Policy Senior Specialist: Green Infrastructure, Regional Policy and Spatial Planning: (823kb)
Malcolm Steele,
Tees Valley Joint Strategy Unit: Planning for Green Infrastructure in the Tees Valley City Region: (1.23mb)
Lee Dudley,
Forestry Commission: Newlands - In Retrospect a Green Infrastructure Project?: (2.07mb)
James Adamson,
Sustrans,
Area Manager North East: Sustrans - Green Infrastructure Pioneers: (266kb)
