HOW HAS THE PLAN BEEN DEVELOPED AND WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS?
Our Green Infrastructure Action Plan outlines our approach to improving the city’s outdoor environment. It provides details of a range of exciting short-, medium-, and long-term projects to help create quality green spaces and improve sustainability in the city over the next three years and beyond.
We have worked with Sarah Jones-Morris of Landsmith Associates to fully analyse the area of Redcliffe and Temple and its current green infrastructure, facilitate stakeholder engagement, establish decision-making processes, and help define future projects.
Engagement to date has included 10 walks, three online workshops and one review workshop. Over 50 people have participated in our engagement sessions, demonstrating their level of interest.
We will continue to engage and grow partnerships with Bristol City Council, West of England Combined Authority, stakeholders such as Wessex Water, private landowners and other local stakeholders to deliver our ideas and actions. The BID has become an influential organisation and voice for the district. However, we do not own or manage land or property; we are developing and implementing practical proposals in partnership with public and private landowners whilst demonstrating green infrastructure’s far-reaching, science-based positive benefits.
