Policy information sourced from Windsor and Maidenhead Local Plan

QP2 Green and Blue Infrastructure

Inorder tosecure multiplebiodiversity, recreational,healthand well-beingandenvironmentalbenefits, development proposals will be required to contribute to the maintenance, enhancement, and, where possible, enlargement, of the Borough’s existing green and blue infrastructure network, in terms of both quantity and quality. The level of provision of green and blue infrastructure on individual development sites will be expected to conform to the standards set out in the Council’s Green and Blue Infrastructure SPD, or a subsequent successor document.

Within intensifying urban areas, especially town centres, all forms of development will be expected to incorporate innovative, exemplar quality green and blue infrastructure at both ground floor and upper levels.

Development proposals will be expected pay particular attention to the provision of blue infrastructure in their proposals. This could include (but is not limited to) improving and restoring the quality and quantity of existing natural water features, as well as introducing man-made features and Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS).

For more information please see the Local Plan