Green space, trees and development SPD
Adopted SPD
The Green Space, Trees and Development Supplementary Planning
Document (SPD) sets out detailed guidance for developers to provide
or enhance green spaces and plant trees in association with their
development proposals. It relates especially to policies DQ3 ’Trees
and Development’ and DQ4 ’Public Greenspace and Development’ of the
adopted Unitary
Development Plan (2006).
The SPD includes information on the situations where we want
green space and/or trees to be provided within the development site
and the situations where we prefer developers to provide commuted
sums so that green space or trees can be provided or enhanced
elsewhere, but still related to the development site. Also the SPD
sets out how we apply commuted sums for development schemes,
and how we usually calculate them.
The priorities for spending these commuted sums are set out in
the draft
Green Space Strategy for Sefton, and
in more specific, linked strategies such as the Parks and
Green Spaces Asset Management Strategy and Playing pitch
strategy. These priorities take into account the views of
Area Committees and the Planning Committee.
The SPD was adopted by the Council on 31st July
2008.
Background documents
The Sustainability Report and Habitat Regulations Assessment
(HRA) screening document which relate to the Green Space, Trees and
Development SPD were also approved by the Council on 31st July
08. The
Green
Space Strategy for Sefton was approved for consultation
purposes on 12th June 08. This sets out the vision and aims for
green space in Sefton and draft green space targets for quantity,
quailty and accessibility of green space.
Last Updated on 5/20/2010