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This section introduces the green and blue infrastructure chapter. Green infrastructure means natural, cultivated or designed assets such as trees, woodlands, hedgerows and open spaces. Blue infrastructure means water features such as rivers, streams, wetlands, ponds and canals, and some features, like floodplains, can be both. The policies here support strategic objectives including timely infrastructure, attractive places, better quality of life, connecting people to places and protecting environmental assets.
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3.5 Green and Blue Infrastructure
Policies within this section contribute to achieving the following Strategic
Objectives:
SO1. Providing infrastructure in the right place at the right time
SO4. Making effective use of land and natural resources
SO6. Creating attractive places and spaces
SO8. Improving the quality of life of our communities
SO9. Connecting people to places
SO10. Protecting and enhancing our environmental assets and working towards
environmental net gain
3.5.1 Green and blue infrastructure refers to our environmental assets, whether
natural, cultivated or designed. Viewing the environment in this way ensures that we
give due consideration to the benefits and opportunities it offers and how integral such
infrastructure is to the creation of successful places. Green infrastructure includes
trees, woodlands, hedgerows and open spaces. Blue infrastructure includes rivers,
streams, wetlands, ponds and canals. Some features such as floodplai