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GI Guide
Purpose
2. Support policy in RSS.
3. Be accessible to a range of potential readers.
4. Not a technical guide.
5. Provide examples and confidence to take forward GI Planning.
Consultation to date
• First Draft – July 2006
• Consultation seminar - July 2006
• Consultation report - September 2006
• Second Draft - October 2006
• Examination in Public
• Second Draft July 2007
• Consultation August 2007
• Final Guide – September 2007
Scope of Consultation• Seminar - 90 attendees – 4 workshops
• Consultation round 1 – 47 responses
• Consultation round 2 - 7 responses
• Consultation documents sent out to over 900 people each time
• 90 delegates from 54 organisations attended the launch of the draft guide.
• Responses to consultation from– 3 Central Government Organisations
– 4 Statutory Agencies
– 16 County, District, Borough and City Councils
– 8 Regional Organisations
– 8 Sub-regional / Local Organisations
– 2 Academic Bodies (who provided a combined response)
Linking to RSS process
• Examination in public – January 2007
• Guide prepared for final RSS period of consultation - this Autumn/Winter
Examination in Public
• we think the key to progress is the completion and agreement of the Green Infrastructure Guide. We think that will have a greater impact than any change to the wording of Policy EM3.
• Inspectors Report May 2007 - page 140
Finalising the Guide
• Consultation in summer 2007
Summer 2007 Consultation
Most responses generally supportive –
“We are supportive of the definition given in the NW Green Infrastructure Guide.”
“The five steps form a helpful framework for considering GI planning as this 5-step approach is straight forward and will enable all stakeholders to become adequately involved early in the process. “
“The five step approach is concise and clear. Whilst there are concerns over the practical implementation of some of the steps in theory they represent a logical sequence leading to the development of a GI Plan.”
HoweverIssues to address in final guide
•Case studies - more and increase variety
•Local variation in scope of the plan
•Technical guidance
•Use of term “Blue spaces” in the definition of GI
•Highlight GI planning role in relation to the LDF process
•Be aware of use of planning to mean - Spatial or Project planning - clarify in the document
• Link to the Natural Economy NW work• Definition and examples of Typology/function/benefits• The need for a stand alone GI plan - or embed in other plans/
strategies• Better policy example – call for planning policy principles• More information on the use of GI Plans for a range of
purposes
Updated Final Plan
• GI Guide updated based on consultation
• But not everything could be included; – Technical Guidance and support
– Planning Policy Principles
– More case studies
Next Steps
• Print final guide• Develop Technical support papers
– Typology/functions and benefits– Link to LDF/Planning policy principles– Other papers developed based on need
• Increase number and range of case studies • Use website as the “home” for this information
www.greeninfrastructurenw.co.uk• Use GI Forum as the place to highlight issues that
may need technical support
Early Days!
• “Green Infrastructure is a relatively new concept for which there is currently no national policy context….”
• “GI is very much a new concept that is still emerging; it is untested and for the large part has yet to be fully debated in the North West .…”
EIP – May 2007
Inspector’s view
• This is not to dispute the importance of Green Infrastructure. It has great potential to act as part of an over-arching policy framework and to shape the pattern of development in a significant way. But its development is at an early stage.
And
• It is likely in a future review that this will be thought through much further and will achieve greater prominence as part of the over-arching framework (it is already mentioned in our proposed Policy DP6).
GI developing at all levels
Nearly finally
• Other Regions are ahead of NW
• Developing national context– Defra
– CLG – growth areas
– Natural England
• TCPA – Climate Change
Adaptation by Design
• RCEP
Conclusion
• Guide has had extensive consultation
• A good deal of feedback has resulted in changes – Many from draft 1 to 2
– Fewer from draft 2- Final
• Consultation also raised issues of– Implementation
– Technical Support
• Guide will now be officially forwarded to NWRA as support for EM3
• Work will continue to develop methodologies, plans and projects
• Use GI Forum and website to keep people informed
