Sustainable environment

Plymouth’s natural environment brings social and economic benefits to its communities, as well as being critical to the city’s image.

To ensure that development and growth in the city protects and enhances its environmental assets there are a number of facts and figures that we monitor. This information is used to develop ways to manage flood risk, to promote renewable energy, and to protect areas of greenspace for people and wildlife.

Did you know that:

• 48 hectares of Local Nature Reserve have been designated since 2006 and a further 84 hectares are planned.
• 71 per cent of planning permissions granted for major developments in 2010 to 2011 have contained proposals for renewable energy production.
• We have not given planning approval for any developments that would adversely impact on our important wildlife sites.

We want the city to be a place that future generations can enjoy and benefit from.

Find out more by looking at the following sections:

• Access to greenspace
• Local nature reserves
• Biodiversity
• Flood risk assessment
• On-site renewable energy

This page of the annual monitoring report was last updated December 2011.