Working in partnership for the people of Herefordshire
Green infrastructure
Green infrastructure project grants
This is a small fund to help local community groups, businesses, trusts and land managers in the central and western parts of Hereford and outlying parishes bring ideas and projects to life for the benefit of the Herefordshire environment. The scheme is keen to support projects that involve communities and which improve the green spaces and networks within their community, for the benefit of people and wildlife.
Groups can apply for a grant of up to £3000. The closing date for applications is 20th July 2012.
Each project must achieve three or more of the following outcomes:
- Access, recreation, movement and leisure
- Habitat provision and access to nature
- Landscape setting and context for development
- Energy production and conservation
- Food production and productive landscapes
- Flood attenuation and water resource management
- Cooling effect
Examples or types of projects that could be supported:
- Tree planting - street trees, trees along stream corridors, woodlands and orchards
- Planting and managing wildlife-friendly hedgerows
- Linking of existing wildlife habitats
- Creating or restoring ponds
- Creating otter holts
- Management of overgrown pollard willows, removal of rubbish from streams, extension of unmown grassland along brook corridors to benefit wildlife
- Recreating and reconnecting habitat which has been lost or interrupted through the canalisation and culverting of streams
- Exploring the potential to develop green roofs
- Developing new allotments or enhancing existing allotment sites
- Enhancing pedestrian and cycle routes through planting
- Surveys of roadside verges to identify sites rich in biodiversity
- Carrying out ecological surveys, to contribute to scientific knowledge and to projects such as "Woodpeckers of Herefordshire"
For more information about applying for this fund please ring us on 01432 260157 or email GIP@herefordshire.gov.uk or download the information leaflet and application form from the resource box below.
What is green infrastructure?
Green Infrastructure includes established green spaces and new sites and should thread through and surround the built environment and connect urban areas to the wider rural hinterland. At a time when Herefordshire is determining the future pattern and location of development and land use it is expedient that natural assets and systems are also recognised and incorporated into the planning system.
A Green Infrastructure Strategy has been produced for the whole county. Part one places green infrastructure in context, both nationally and locally. It establishes an evidence base for the existing resource and identifies the issues and opportunities for green infrastructure at a range of scales across the county. The second part covers:
- establishing a vision for green infrastructure across the county
- analysing the existing and potential green infrastructure network in more detail
- requirements for providing a robust framework
- establishing guiding principles for maintaining the green infrastructure network
- incorporating, through development and other appropriate mechanisms, new components and elements of infrastructure
- identifying potential projects and delivery methods for future green infrastructure
Local Strategic Corridors, Local Enhancement Zones and Fringe Zones are described for each of the six principal towns – the information for Hereford City is particularly important as this is the largest urban area, where pressure for development is greatest and where integration of green infrastructure can provide significant benefits for people and wildlife.
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GIP application form
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Business GI project brief
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Health sector GI project brief
Schools GI project briefIf you need help to understand a document, or would like it in another format or language, please call 01432 260500 or email info@herefordshire.gov.uk
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