In the week in which Telford Town park was named one of the best parks in the UK, Telford and Wreckin Council have also launched plans for protecting 150 green spaces under a ‘green guarantee’
Telford & Wrekin Council writes:
Telford & Wrekin Council has committed to protect at least 150 green spaces in the borough under its new Green Guarantee.
The Green Guarantee was a commitment in the Telford & Wrekin Local Plan.
The Green Guarantee identifies areas of council owned land that it wants to protect from any future development, along with six Local Nature Reserves and ten Sites of Special Scientific Interest, three Fields in Trust sites and Village Greens already protected.
The first phase sees 116 sites that will be formally recognised areas of open space for leisure, recreation and biodiversity purposes and protected from any development.
The initial list of 116 green spaces will go to a meeting of the Cabinet (on Thursday 15 October) for approval. Subject to approval, consultation and engagement with local interest groups and organisations via Town and Parish Councils will begin to ensure support for the identified Green Guarantee sites, gather any local knowledge and to clarify site information including site boundaries.
Later next year the Council will ask the community to identify the additional 50 Community Green Spaces, which are owned by Telford & Wrekin Council, to be included in the Green Guarantee. These will be identified through public consultation from December 2016.
