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CONSERVATION & DESIGN

You should find the answers to many of your questions on this page. We also point you in the right direction if you want more information or need to make contact.

Green Infrastructure

What is Green Infrastructure?

'Green Infrastructure' describes a flourishing network of public open spaces and routes, landscapes, wildlife habitats and heritage sites, set within our towns and wider countryside.

Green Infrastructure combines and delivers a range of benefits from recreation to reducing the impacts of climate change. It is a key to keeping and creating attractive, stimulating, healthy and enjoyable places to live. Like roads and schools, Green Infrastructure is a fundamental building block of successful new communities.

How are we involved?

South Cambridgeshire District Council works with other public, voluntary and private sector organisations to deliver Green Infrastructure. The Cambridgeshire Green Vision (This link will open in a new window) is an exciting 20 year plan to enhance local places and improve people's quality of life.

Green Infrastructure Strategy Review

In 2006 Cambridgeshire Horizons and partners (including us) produced the first Green Infrastructure Strategy for the Cambridge Sub-Region. This Strategy has been successful in helping to secure funding for many Green Infrastructure projects across the County including ones which are making a major difference to the District, e.g. an ambitious scheme at Trumpington Meadows, funded by the Housing Growth Fund and other grants, is increasing wildlife in and around the river and making it more enjoyable for people to visit.

A new strategy will cover all of Cambridgeshire. It is intended to be better integrated with the planning process and deliver wider and new objectives such as supporting healthy communities and climate change adaptation and mitigation. The content and success of the existing strategy has been reviewed, along with other baseline information and links to neighbouring strategies. Current and new projects have been considered for inclusion. As part of this review Cambridgeshire Horizons and partners are seeking the views of residents and stakeholders on the key points of the new Strategy through a formal consultation process.

The consultation period runs from 25 January to 7 March. There will be a series of staffed events in South Cambridgeshire (see below) as well as information distributed to all Parish Councils and libraries in the District.

Consultation Events in South Cambs:

• Sawston Village College - Wednesday 27 January 3pm - 7pm
• Milton Country Park - Sunday 31 January 11am - 3pm
• Cambourne, Sackville House - Monday 15 February 3.30pm - 7.30pm

Visit the Cambridgeshire Horizons Green Infrastructure pages (This link will open in a new window) for more information, to download the updated strategy and to take part in the consultation.

Service contacts

If you have any other questions about South Cambridgeshire District Council's Green Infrastructure work contact:

Conservation & Design Manager [david.bevan@scambs.gov.uk (This link will open in a new window)]

Tel: 01954 713177
Fax: 01954 713152

South Cambridgeshire District Council
South Cambridgeshire Hall
Cambourne Business Park
Cambourne
Cambridgeshire
CB23 6EA