Devon County Council

Plymouth City Council and South Hams District Council in partnership with Natural England, the Forestry Commission and Woodland Trust has produced a Plymouth Green Infrastructure Delivery Plan to enable the city to grow sustainably by identifying the mechanisms for delivering a green infrastructure network. This document was adopted in August 2010, and provides detailed projects in Plymouth and South Hams with delivery mechanisms such as revenue generation and management responsibilities. For more information see www.plymouth.gov.uk/greeninfrastructureproject.

Exeter and East Devon and Teignbridge in partnership with Natural England have commissioned a Green Infrastructure Study for the Exeter Area and East Devon New Growth Point to set out the framework for the delivery of Green Infrastructure in the Exeter, East Devon and Teignbridge Growth Point Areas.  A study was produced in May 2009 and a Strategy based upon that evidence was completed in December 2009. For further information see www.eastdevon.gov.uk/planning-ldf_greeninfrastructure.

Teignbridge A partnership, led by Teignbridge District Council, has commenced work on the production of a 'Heart of Teignbridge' - Green Infrastructure Study and Strategy for Newton Abbot Area and the surrounding area, including the Bovey Basin to set out the framework for the delivery of green infrastructure in the Newton Abbot Growth Point area. A draft strategy was produced in March/April 2011 and following consultation it is anticipated that the final version will be published in late August 2011. For further details see www.teignbridge.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=12460.

North Devon and Torridge in association with the preparation of their Core Strategy are in the process of preparing a green infrastructure strategy as an evidence base to inform the preparation of their Core Strategies and other local development plans.

Torbay - A Torbay Green Infrastructure Delivery Plan was produced in April 2011. It includes various strategic aims, and projects for green infrastructure delivery in the Torbay area. The strategy provides supporting evidence for the Torbay Core Strategy. More information is available at www.torbaygreeninfrastructure.org.uk.

West Devon is currently evidence gathering in preparation for their green infrastructure strategy.

Mid Devon has published a draft Green Infrastructure Strategy, which you may comment on until December 9th 2011. The consultation can be viewed here: http://www.middevon.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=8128

Green infrastructure consideration are being progressed for the rest of East Devon through work on the preparation of their Core Strategy, which is currently being reviewed to determine the effect incoming legislation (notably the Localism Bill).

Cornwall Council a neighbouring authority to Devon, have begun to develop a three tier strategy that will reflect the strategic county wide process and catchment and settlement level green infrastructure requirements.