Policy information sourced from Three Rivers Core Strategy
CP9 Green Infrastructure
The Council will seek a net gain in the quality and quantity of Green Infrastructure, through the protection and enhancement of assets and provision of new green spaces.
Priorities for Green Infrastructure focus on conserving and enhancing the following key assets and the linkages between them which are illustrated in Appendix 5:
- the corridors of the Rivers Chess, Colne and Gade and the Grand Union Canal
- the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
- the Colne Valley Park
- the District’s Sites of Special Scientific Interest, Local Nature Reserves, wildlife sites, key biodiversity habitats, species and areas identified in the Hertfordshire Biodiversity Action Plan and heritage assets and landscape character within areas of Green Infrastructure.
It is also important to improve connectivity between key assets through the establishment of linked and coherent networks and corridors of green spaces and sustainable transport links.
More detailed ongoing work will inform future priorities for Green Infrastructure in Three Rivers and will be included within the Green Infrastructure and Landscape Supplementary Planning Document.
The Council will require new development to contribute to the delivery of new Green Infrastructure and the management of a linked network of new and enhanced open spaces and corridors.
Development will not compromise the integrity of the Green Infrastructure network, by causing fragmentation, damage to, or isolation of Green Infrastructure assets including natural habitats and species.
For more information please see the Three Rivers Core Strategy