Building with Nature Jenny Stuart Building with Nature Assessor – Cornwall Wildlife Trust
Introduction What is Building with Nature? How does Building with Nature work? Case Studies How Building with Nature might be applied at the Pendower Beach site
What is it? A new award scheme rewarding good green infrastructure in developments Developers apply for the award on their scheme Assessed by an accredited assessor (e.g. Cornwall Wildlife Trust) Cornwall Council encouraging use of the scheme
What is green infrastructure? Multifunctional green spaces Networks Includes established and new features
What “Good” Looks like Building with Nature provides a definition for good green infrastructure
Rationale for a new standard Translate knowledge & evidence into good practice “Raise the baseline” Accelerate delivery of new high quality homes Supporting delivery of “whole lifecycle approach” 25 YEP commits to delivering ‘new, strong standards for green infrastructure’
Benefits to the public/ interested parties Better designed developments, with more space for wildlife, wellbeing and water management Opportunity to engage with developers
Benefits to developers Greater planning certainty Avoid delays and extra cost in planning applications Better engagement with local communities Good PR
The benchmark 23 standards in total 5 core standards Then 6 standards within each of three themes: Wellbeing Water Wildlife
Award stages & levels Candidate award at planning stage Full award post-construction Two levels: Achieved Excellent
The standards can be applied to: new developments existing projects policy
Case Studies
Elderberry Walk, Bristol Developer: HAB Housing Development of 161 new homes on the former School site, focused around a central green street, with retained trees, new multifunctional green infrastructure, a communal wildlife garden and edible planting.
Elms Park, Cheltenham Developer: Persimmon Homes + Bloor Homes Development of up to 4115 new homes, 24ha of employment land to be used for commercial and community facilities, plus new multifunctional green infrastructure including woodland habitat and areas for sport and food production.
Chesterton Farm, Cirencester Developer: Bathurst Development Limited Development of up to 2350 new homes, 9ha of employment land to be used for commercial and community facilities, plus green cycle links, and multifunctional green infrastructure including playing fields and allotments.
Gloucester Services, M5 Developer: Westmorland Limited + Gloucestershire Gateway Trust A north and south bound motorway service area on the M5 motorway, with café amenity buildings, a tourist information point, and green infrastructure including an outdoor picnic area, play facilities and habitat provision.
Cotswold District Council –GI Strategy A Strategy which forms a constituent part of the evidence for the Local Plan. CDC have successful created a strategy which satisfies convergent priorities, balancing significant planning constraints with the need to build new homes.
Building with Nature at Pendower
Green Infrastructure Strategy, including retaining existing GI and considering future management Reference local character within design Retain, enhance and create wildlife habitats Include edible landscapes Scheme design connects to external networks (e.g. footpaths, habitat connectivity) Maximise use of SUDS Community engagement
Follow this link for more detail on the standards, they are freely available to download: www.buildingwithnature.org.uk
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