Plymouth Green Infrastructure Project

The Plymouth Green Infrastructure (GI) Delivery Plan is a proactive response to Plymouth's growth agenda, and will deliver a sustainable GI Network. It will provide a coordinated, cross boundary approach to creating, managing and enhancing the natural assets of Plymouth and the rural hinterland.

Plymouth has an ambitious growth agenda, but it also has a wealth of natural assets. 32 per cent of the city is green space and it is surrounded by three Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), Dartmoor National Park and an European Marine Site.

The Plymouth GI Delivery Plan will identify the strategic interventions required to enable the city to grow sustainably by identifying the mechanisms for delivering a GI network. The plan has been produced by a partnership consisting of Natural England, Plymouth City Council, South Hams District Council, the Forestry Commission and the Woodland Trust.

It will build upon the significant opportunities that Plymouth has to make the most of its unique natural setting and its links with the countryside and the surrounding protected landscape.

What is Green Infrastructure?

Green infrastructure is a planned network of green spaces and inter-connecting links designed, developed and managed to meet the environmental, social and economic needs of the surrounding area.

Green infrastructure provides many benefits for local people including areas for exercise, relaxation and play, wildlife areas, flood alleviation, food and fuel production and sustainable transport links. Improving and protecting these assets is a key aspect of planning and delivering Plymouth's growth agenda.

Delivery plan

The Plymouth Green Infrastructure Delivery Plan pulls together the strategically important projects that will deliver the aspiration for a coordinated and sustainable green infrastructure network. To find out more about the project please visit our delivery plan page.