Agenda item

1. That the draft Open Spaces and Green Infrastructure Strategies be received and are approved for wider consultation with stakeholders as detailed in the report.

2. That as part of the planned consultation process, the Cleaner, Greener and Safer Communities Scrutiny Committee receive a copy of the draft strategies for consideration and comment.

3. That a report on the outcome of the consultation be brought to a future meeting of the Cabinet for consideration prior to adoption of the strategies.

A report was submitted to Cabinet seeking approval for consultation of the draft Open Spaces and Green Infrastructure Strategies (formerly the Green Space Strategy).  The document contains  a comprehensive list of sites within the Borough to ensure that Newcastle residents have access to decent quality green sites.

Cabinet members stressed that there was no hidden agenda and that everything was contained within the report and appendices.  The consultation process would give residents the opportunity to put their views across.

The Strategies would also be considered by the Council’s Cleaner, Greener and Safer Communities Scrutiny Committee for its comments.

Resolved:     (i)         That the draft Open Spaces and Green Infrastructure

Strategies be received and are approved for wider consultation with stakeholders as detailed in the report.

                        (ii)        That as part of the planned consultation process, the

Cleaner, Greener and Safer Communities Scrutiny Committee receive a copy of the draft strategies for consideration and comment.

(iii)       That a report on the outcome of the consultation be brought to a future meeting of the Cabinet for consideration prior to adoption of the strategies.