Appendix 5 Stakeholder  Which additional GI types/benefits should be provided? Importance of footpath/bridleway network

Consultations Summary of stakeholder workshops (24th-26th September ’12) Other matters discussed:  Accessibility of GI Each workshop was held during the afternoon with a different  Awareness of GI Stakeholder consultation was a key component of the brief and provided stakeholder focus. A list of the workshops is outlined below:  Facilities supporting GI sites useful information in terms of existing GI initiatives within the area and a better understanding of key socio-economic and environmental 24th Sept. – Council Officers & Statutory Bodies (38 attendees) GI within the urban area priorities. The stakeholder consultation for the GI Strategy was 25th Sept. – Developers & Registered Social Landlords (22 attendees) undertaken in four ways: 26th Sept. – Residents & local interest groups (23 attendees) In addition, some of the other comments recorded were for GI within the urban area: Firstly, a project steering group provided TEP with a briefing at the Each workshop followed the same format – there was an introduction to outset of the commission and then feedback in terms of the emerging GI as a concept, the description of a case study (local to the northwest What GI contributes to prosperity? strategy at a number of progress meetings. The project steering group region) that demonstrated the embedding of GI principles within a • lot of discussion round private gardens enhancing Burnley, included representation from public sector bodies and environmental housing-led development and then the application of GI principles to bringing in better paid workers and their jobs. Discussed restructuring agencies with a range of local and strategic interests. The list of Burnley. terraced areas by demolishing one row of terraces to make room for organisations is outlined below: gardens for the remaining terraces. Attendees were arranged in groups of up to 10 people, with a facilitator • Greenways but need enhancing for visual amenity and  Burnley Borough Council (representation from planning, green and large scale maps and post-it notes. (The facilitator notes to guide biodiversity, create better sense of well-being spaces, GIS, biodiversity, Chief Executive’s office (Citizens Panel)) the group discussion are attached to this appendix). Attendees were first  County Council asked to consider GI within the urban area using the following questions. What GI contributes to improved well-being?  Natural • Golf courses, Forest of Burnley (flood attenuation as well as  Lancashire Wildlife Trust  Which 3 GI benefits are performing best in Burnley ? aesthetics)  Which GI benefits are currently performing least well ? • Currently deliver health and well-being, recreation, tourism,  Which additional GI types/benefits should be provided ? economic prosperity Secondly, focussed stakeholder interviews were facilitated by TEP to better understand how GI is currently performing, including existing The broad findings from the 3 workshops were as follows: Area not contributing to improved health standards is open/ green initiatives on the ground. The following personnel were interviewed:  Which 3 GI benefits are performing best in Burnley? space around the hospital – very poor and needs enhancing as good Tourism, Health & wellbeing, Recreation, Supporting wildlife green space with visual amenity and wildlife been shown to contribute  Keith Wilson – Forest of Burnley to improved recovery times in patients  Dave Anderson – Biodiversity Officer (Burnley Borough Council)  Which GI benefits are currently performing least well?  John Lamb – (Lancashire Wildlife Trust) Flood risk, green travel routes, economic growth & prosperity, Places air/noise pollution • Hill views a unique selling point for Burnley • Better green access routes Thirdly, a GI focussed stakeholder workshop was held (24th-26th  Which additional GI types/benefits should be provided? • More street trees September ’12) as part of Burnley Borough Council’s Local Plan Street trees, allotments, private gardens consultation. Officers and Members attended from Lancashire County Industrial Estates – amenity spaces and derelict land can be improved to Council, Burnley Borough Council, Pendle Borough Council, Ribble Valley Attendees were then asked to consider GI within the countryside using benefit labour productivity, health and well-being of the work force Borough Council, Rossendale Borough Council and Calderdale Borough the following questions. Council. There was also attendance from other statutory bodies and a  Which 3 GI benefits are performing best in Burnley? Cultural tourism – Green spaces such as Townley Park – huge benefits range of parish councils, environmental and community organisations,  Which GI benefits/types are currently performing least well? for health and well-being, recreation, but need better access developers and registered social landlords. A summary of the findings  Which additional GI types/benefits should be provided? (particularly for disabled), improved education (interactive methods), from the workshop is outlined below. An outline of the workshop awareness and interpretation. Giving permission for children (and facilitator notes are located at the end of this appendix. The broad findings from the 3 workshops were as follows: adults!) to run and play on the grass.  Which 3 GI benefits are performing best in Burnley? Fourthly, a presentation and discussion was held during November ‘12 Tourism, health & wellbeing, recreation When older areas are redeveloped – must create valuable greenspace with the Burnley Local Plan Officer Group that meets to steer the bringing wildlife into city, having an educational benefit (developing production of Burnley’s Local Plan. Members who attended the  Which GI benefits/types are currently performing least well? intrinsic connection and understanding of nature) and with better September workshop were invited to this session. Flood risk management interpretation to make more of what the GI is doing.

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Green belt, needs better protection and better defined needs with Allotments are revenue neutral Need small stepping stones of nature through the city – very important respect to agricultural vs conservation land. for wildlife itself and also people, children and their well-being, CEMETERY connection with nature. Spiritual benefit  Moorland setting of the town – most places have a view …. Green travel routes performing least well – need more signposting and  Residents are never more than 1 mile from countryside GREEN ROUTES better two way links between city and countryside/ parks.  Articulate destinations better – reason for walking , Brun Valley Greenways etc  Better signpost to the Transport Attractive environment GI within the countryside Additional notes taken by facilitators – 24.09.12 Exercise Recreation The additional comments below focus on GI in the countryside. WORKSHOP 1: GI URBAN Connectivity/social (Undersold benefit)

What types of GI contribute to Prosperity in the Burnley Countryside? GROUP A More benefits if: • (east of Burnely); Cloudbridge Reservoir Better signage needed (south of Burnely); Hagwood (north of Padiham – more of a local WATERCOURSES Promotion for all destination) Calder, Brun, LL Canal In work places and education Relaxation Promote off route • Pennine Bridleway delivers: tourism, recreation, health and well- Productivity Via press/to visitors being, economic prosperity (from cafes, pubs, B&Bs), wildlife. Canal – heritage, tourism Open up more green routes Improvements achieved by better access (provision of all-terrain Active recreation make circular links wheelchairs), awareness, signposting, links from Burnley and other Green travel routes Identify missing links visitor attractions, better facilities (activity centre/s like Grizedale set- Development -Attractive for employers up) and interpretation. More potential for flood alleviation from tree FORMAL PARKS planting on lower slopes. More benefits if: Visitor destination Access – more sections, more users (all not motorised), more routes Recreational • Cloudbridge Reservoir – delivers recreation (boating), health and Development embracing watercourses Add value to property well-being, wildlife. Improvements by improving public access (the More development opportunities including value sailing club is private) along with better facilities, awareness and SEMI NATURAL WOODLAND interpretation AMENITY GREEN SPACE Diversity/interest Value not seen by developers Attractive environment • Hagwood delivers: – wildlife, climate amelioration, floodrisk Reinstate open space requirement in new developments More appealing for residential development alleviation. Lovely countryside area close to north Padiham which could be local destination for those wanting to get into countryside. Improve Create ‘play streets’ STREET TREES access, interpretation, awareness. Maybe link in with . Shared space on new housing developments Property value uplift

Pennine Bridleway brings prosperity, tourism, health and well-being. Private developments DERELICT LAND Could link up with Brun Valley, better links with town Landscape requirements in new housing developments habitat value

Singing Ringing Tree – lots of outside visitors but visit this site then Community orchards Top 3 Performing GI types leave. Need to encourage them to stay and spend their money in Instead of conventional trees Greenways Burnley with better awareness of other attractions, linking in with these. Woodland ALLOTMENTS Waterways and Canal Local Nature Reserves and Biological Heritage Sites benefits: Prairie, Heasandford and Fennyfold are the main plus some smaller sites biodiversity, flood risk attenuation, prosperity through traditional Bottom 3 Performing GI types countryside management jobs. Need better awareness and education so Increase provision within 1km of residential in areas of need Street trees people better informed about their benefits. Increased understanding Informal allotments? Amenity space and ownership (emotional) will lead to desire to keep them protected GI new developments and performing well, leading to area being a better place to live, Health and wellbeing including social/mental health therefore increasing property values etc. GROUP B Financial benefits for those on low income FORMAL PARKS

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Scott Park and Thompson Park Street trees Labour productivity Ecological value Flood risk Aesthetics Air/noise pollution Towneley Hall ALLOTMENTS Improve links to Also: Allotments at Heasandford and Fennyfold Economic growth/tourism Encouragement of exercise and love of green space WATERCOURSES & WATER BODIES Labour productivity Proactive use of the land Fulledge Flood Storage Scheme Recreation time absorber Make space for water to reduce flood risk to developments and GROUP Mark M Seasonal produce downstream Supports wildlife Use GI to manage surface water run off WOODLAND Helps air pollution Woodland trail in Towneley Absorbs noise GREEN ROUTES Educational educational resource Leeds Liverpool Canal Seasonal change Health Tourism Supporting wildlife Socialising and meeting people Ecology Forest Park – will promote active sport Need more allotments! North Burnley – the marina property OUTDOOR SPORTS FACILITY STREET TREES Padiham Greenway and other cycle routes Towneley Golf course Terraced streets Health and well being Promotes health and wellbeing All opportunities should be taken to create street trees Education Educational Recreation Absorbs recreation time Health and wellbeing Ecology Economic growth and prosperity Educational resource Tourism Aesthetics Need improved links across M65 and railway between Padiham and Aesthetics Supports wildlife Burnley Supports wildlife Noise absorption Air pollution Brun Valley Greenway MOORLAND Wildlife Moorland above Cliviger WATERCOURSES & WATER BODIES Green route Aesthetics Leeds LiverpoolCanal Ecological benefit Recreational Educational resource Tourism Industrial revolution PRIVATE GARDENS Recreation, cycling and walking PRIVATE GARDENS Outdoor Economic -development could induce more small businesses using canal North Burnley Health and well being tourism eg Finsley Gate Increase gardens Feel good Attract good quality housing Exercise Access to work Pride Top 3 Performing GI types More active Urban watercourses in town centre Produce own food Need to open them up and improve access Outdoor sport facility eg Burnley Golf course Wildlife value – adds feel good value to town centre and attract more Green route Green travel routes All opportunities should be taken to create private gardens in terraced visitors Woodland eg Forest of Burnley areas River Calder Also: GREEN ROUTES Setting Parks Brun Valley Cycleway Labour productivity Reclaimed land Links to town centre to outlying parts of Borough Tourism Labour productivity Bottom 3 Performing GI types FORMAL PARKS Padiham Greenway Scott Park and Thompson Park GI performing least well Access to employment Recreation health and well being

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Havens within urban area Buffer zones/strips alongside all watercourses to enhance biodiversity Meet people and socialise Contributes to green infrastructure plan and may reduce flood risk. OUTDOOR SPORTS FACILITY Isolation and loneliness one of the biggest mental health issues in Complies with NPPF. Prairie Field Burnley Multiple sports facilities- Active health PRIVATE GARDENS Tree planting – biodiversity, carbon sink GENERAL AMENITY SPACE People Rail and canal corridor – biodiversity network Promotes and active lifestyle Open space/lack of private gardens Encourages community land management Need to identify more in areas of deficiency WOODLAND Health and wellbeing Prosperity Hagg Wood Recreation Native broad leaf woodland DERELICT LAND Walking – health benefits Terraced housing areas Derelict sites to wildflower meadows River corridor – biodiversity link Very little greenery Adjacent housing – setting benefits Potential health and wellbeing impact FORMAL PARKS Biodiversity within woodland People DERELICT LAND improved health GREEN ROUTE Recreation- turnover Calder Greenway (Padiham--Burnley) including Grove Lane Health and well being GREEN ROUTES Plantation Foster community spirit Padiham Greenway Well used by local residents for walking and cycling – health and Prosperity wellbeing Could do more on trees, wildflower planting Top 3 Performing GI types Recreation WORKSHOP 2: GI RURAL Supporting wildlife GROUP Tim Johns health GROUP Tim Johns FORMAL PARK WOODLAND Bottom 3 Performing GI types – economic/tourism/image Thieveley Fish Ponds Prosperity Social/health New native woodland on moorland fringe with new footpaths with Air pollution Environmental –nature, habitats heritage interpretation Reducing flood risk URBAN FRINGE COUNTRYSIDE Road/Long Syke area GROUP GROUP Sarah/Margaret Public rights of way clearly marked Cleaner wider footpaths WATERCOURSE & WATER BODIES URBAN FRINGE COUNTRYSIDE Walk onto watercourse Clowbridge Reservoir Manchester Road/South West Burnley Prosperity – enhance access to open countryside WOODLAND/WATER BODY Boating leisure but private members only. More public facilities. Limited Rowley Lake access. Good interpretation AMENITY GREEN SPACE Lots of leisure activities – walking, cycling, riding, fishing. Has had good Town Centre investment and is increasing Reservoir Incredible Edible type scheme WATERCOURSE Key access point for Pennine Bridleway and Burnley Way WATERCOURSES Leeds Liverpool Canal Economic - ? Tramper vehicles for disabled access – need centre for distribution Prosperity – improve access to Canal Social – recreation in upper reaches Sponsorship of small sections by adjoining companies Environmental – green corridor MOORLAND/QUARRY and Quarry Enhance watercourses River Calder Open up existing culverts to reduce flood risk and enhance wildlife Picnics Could be educational resource. Climbing. Needs access awareness, corridors Fishing interpretation. Walks

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Holme Chapel Education Brun Valley Reducing pollutants Key access point for Pennine Bridleway and Burnley Way (Thieveley Better promotion of improving accessibility for disabled. Communication Outdoor classrooms/offshoots Pike) Go Ape? Burnley and Bronte ways GREEN ROUTES Tourism Gawthorpe Hall Brun Valley/Burnley Way/Swinden reservoir area Signage – lack of reporting of signage problems NT promotion of children Lack of confidence for people to access countryside without proper Connecting with nature More interpretation needed signage GROUP WOODLAND Hagg Wood and Gawthorpe Hall Bridleways/horse trail MOORLAND Tourism –facilities Wildlife SPA Health and well being. Biodiversity. Better access awareness and Bridleways – accessibility for disabled? Economic interpretation. recreation OUTDOOR SPORTS FACILITY Flood risk Crow Wood Park Water regulation Woodland planting and art Tourism Attractive, visible from motorway- encourages visitors Health GROUP Mark M Better management to reduce flood risk MOORLAND GROUP Sarah/Margaret More shooting v climate change/peat/C02 sequestration (see Walshaw, Tourism Calderdale) Flood management FORMAL PARK Windfarms Economic prosperity/tourism Towneley Park Wildlife public transport accessibility issues Prosperity Watercourse, waterbodies, woodlands PROWS long distance routes – B&B diversification Moorland Tourism, health and wellbeing, recreation, reducing flood risk Livery £8m to local economy Tourism – more facilities needed WATERCOURSES & WATER BODIES Accessibility Crown Point/Singing Ringing Tree Clowbridge Reservoir High levels of access to moorland Maintenance of signage for access Good accessibility – walking and cycling routes around Specific access at sites such as Sailing club Accessibility poor – lack of promotion WOODLAND Outdoor sports facilities, wildlife, picnic facilities Do to Burnley horse circuit Health and well being Supporting wildlife MOORLAND Patchy coverage of leaflets Economic growth and prosperity around Crown Point Physical accessibility (Communication) recreation Outdoor classroom Parking Reducing flood risk Managing high temperatures GREEN ROUTES Lack of promotion of different types of route Hameldon WATERBODIES/RESERVOIRS Bridleways South Pennine Walking Festival Cant Clough Riding for the disabled Woodlands festival Tourism Angling Aesthetics Lane Bottom Mountain biking Economic growth and prosperity Stables, bridleways but no bus services Heritage of landscape trail eg real ale trail?

GREEN ROUTES Links to wider area – especially across to Interpretation and facilities are good at access points Pennine Bridleway Footpath link to NT property eg Hardcastle Crags Brings in tourism Investment in public rights of way is very important and maintenance Impacts on economic growth and prosperity WOODLAND should not be neglected Not just horses also walkers Reducing flood risk

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Cultural tourism – celebrating cultural resources and making Towneley Park is good as a green travel route and for trapping air Increase spend in pubs/cafes connections to communities via green routes to work. Also celebrate pollutants. New routes to be multi user and highlight our assets to inspire visitors. B&B to be animal friendly Additional notes taken by facilitators – 25.09.12 Parks – provide health and wellbeing and educational resources for Rural schools. Rural Hameldon Quarry – adrenaline sports potential? Terraced properties – need more GI Clowbridge Reservoir – provides recreation, supporting wildlife and Visit Burnley website – more information needs putting on here flood risk benefits. Could improve on educational resource. Cleared sites – improved image, supports wildlife, public space and There is potential for a café and improved signage. recreation and health/wellbeing. Canal towpath – good site for health/wellbeing and aesthetics. It is accessible by bus, parking is available and it is partially accessible to pushchairs and wheelchairs. Leeds-Liverpool canal – linking heritage sites and the majority of Marketing and signage issues – need walking route promotions for Burnley. It is a main feature throughout the town. Need to improve residents and visitors Singing Ringing Tree – provides aesthetics, tourism, green routes and image/reputation and bring people together. health/wellbeing benefits. Could improve on noise absorption, Towpath – further work needed on accessibility and signage from the Hurstwood – potential for mountain biking? educational resource and economic growth/prosperity. canal to points of interest. Parking is available but there is no public transport. However walking Need to link Burnley routes with the Pennine Way leaflets from Towneley show routes. Finsley Gate marina – potential for tourism /moorlands – helps in terms of climate change, shelter, Gawthorpe – provides an educational resource, tourism and aesthetics Brun Valley Forest Park – brings health/wellbeing (workforce) benefits aesthetics, wildlife, flood risk and the economy. and has easy walking access. and address anti-social behaviour, economic growth and prosperity (in Moorland is seen as an asset but it needs using more. It needs a terms of job creation), external funding and image, e.g. fun/active destination/point, e.g. Singing Ringing Tree. Improved promotion and Urban sports. It is also improving a former landfill site, producing a better signage is needed. landscape and providing an educational resource, e.g. guided walks. Leeds-Liverpool canal – provides green travel, recreation – barges and Moorland – renewable energy? cycling In general the best benefits are recreational and wildlife and the Tourism, recreation and flood management. benefits to improve are health/wellbeing (selling the benefit to people – Towneley Park – provides tourism, aesthetics, health and wellbeing, the resource exists) and reducing flood risk. Woodland – more tree planting, flood alleviation, wildlife, CO2 sink and flood storage, wildlife and biodiversity and educational resource aesthetic. benefits. In terms of prosperity it encourages tourism and house prices. Beech St/Coronation Ave – potential sites for improved GI Access network – health/wellbeing, labour productivity, tourism and Verges And roundabouts across the borough – could contribute more to Potential for canoeing in the River Calder? education. prosperity, e.g. wildflower planting and encouraging wildlife. Community volunteer projects could be encouraged. Greenbrook – more GI Access – improve signage around Clowbridge/Singing Ringing Tree.

Formal parks e.g. Thompson Park – provides health/wellbeing, tourism Clifton Rec – potential GI site but safety concerns? Accessibility – check access for all. Routes for disabled/family friendly. and recreation benefits, but could be improved in terms of green routes. Potential for Incredible Edible? Awareness – short distance, circular routes for health – need to be well Forest Park – Green lung and important artery out of town. It provides signposted aesthetics, education and tourism but could do more in terms of noise Invest in small parks – but there are maintenance issues - links to countryside from urban area – needs more absorption, economic growth and prosperity. Retain historic landscape of cobbled setts on rivers (town centre) interpretation - Multi-user paths – courtesy of shared use. New housing areas – GI could affect the viability of some scheme Trees on highways issue? - Need to promote GI better. Some good examples, e.g. Walking Festival. Additional notes taken by facilitators – 26/09/12 Thursby Gardens potential site Interpretation – signs to trails from other areas, e.g. how to you get to Urban Look into Active Spaces with football club input, e.g. cycling. the Bronte Way?

Connections from town centre – out to greenspace and visa versa. Allotments at Towneley Park - need developing/improving Health benefits – green gym/voluntary. Importance and the need to celebrate local assets.

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Add value to current offer – when using walk ways/visiting Singing - Culture – greenspace in town Ringing Tree what other information, e.g. signposting is needed? - Inner areas – greening/supporting wildlife and links to education Develop education of environment around you and nearby attractions. - Greenspaces and children at an early age - Green travel routes – take up could be improved. Want natural/biological heritage sites marked on plans for protection, - Brun Valley Forest Park – recreation but don’t want public promotion of all as some are better left without - Cleared sites – could improve health, wellbeing and public access. Education and learning from such sites need to be wider communication, wildlife in town centres and improved flood spread. risk. - Parks – green flag status, school engagement Create interpretation that supports education and way marking as well - Allotments at Towneley need action as encouraging people to get out and explore new areas. - Clifton Rec – improved for health - TABLE 2 – GI RURAL - Incredible Edible potential? - Football club – bigger role in healthy lifestyles? 1. Pennine Bridleway/Mary Towneley Loop – linkages and facilities needed to encourage people to visit other sites and attractions GENERAL COMMENTS – RURAL GI in the town. 2. Singing Ringing Tree – as above. Linkages from the site and to - Never more than 1 mile from the countryside the site. Walking route from Towneley. - More destination points needed in Burnley 3. Local Nature Reserves – under-performing and need more - Accessibility – lack of public transport frequency designated in the local area. - More information on activities in countryside 4. Biological Heritage Sites – also little known - Moorland – climate change, flood alleviation, aesthetics, wildlife 5. Wildlife corridors – status needs strongly protected but could improve on tourism. 6. Green Belt – needs to differentiate quality and why green belt is - Hurstwood mountain biking – marketing? designated to strengthen protection. - Clowbridge – lacking interpretation - Singing Ringing Tree – difficult to access TABLE 2 – GI URBAN - Burnley Walking Festival – attracting visitors from afar, e.g. Swindon 1. Watercourses – town centre – support wildlife - More interpretation for people to get out of town. 2. Street trees – town centre – support wildlife/more wildlife - Pennine Bridleway/Singing Ring Tree – issues of awareness of value. Network of small sites very valuable sites, e.g. around how to get there. Activities need to be linked. library. Enhancing planting species. - LNR/BHS – Supporting wildlife, reducing flood risk, prosperity 3. Signposting to the wider countryside and visa versa. but needs awareness raising. 4. Amenity greenspace or derelict land around industrial estates – could also be watercourse – benefits – labour productivity and supporting wildlife. 5. Brun Valley Park – links to Heasandford Industrial Estate – need to break down barriers to visiting and accessing the benefits, including cultural barriers – developing people’s attitudes and awareness. Different ways of engaging with people e.g. new technology. Benefits – tourism (cultural), health, recreation and supporting wildlife. 6. Padiham Greenway 7. Older areas – derelict land/cleared sites/development sites – bringing GI into these areas to link into the surrounding GI. Need to be clear about temporary or permanent in terms of education. Benefits – health, green travel routes and supporting wildlife.

GENERAL COMMENTS – URBAN GI

- Industrial estates – green to improve labour productivity

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Could they be deliver more benefits/ be improved? BURNLEY GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE STRATEGY Ask participants to consider Burnley’s strategic priorities: STAKEHOLDERS WORKSHOP – 24-26TH SEPTEMBER 2012 If time allows – where is GI not contributing to improved health standards? (10mins) Prosperity – Establishing Burnley as an attractive place to live, FACILITATORS NOTES work & play (10mins) Places – Making the borough greener On separate post-its write down: On separate post-its write down: What types of GI contribute to this? (select 3 Burnley examples) Workshop 1 – Green Infrastructure (GI) within the urban area What types of GI contribute to this? (select 2 Burnley examples) Where are they located? (14:00-14:40, 40 minutes discussion) Where are they located? Which benefits do they currently deliver? Which benefits do they currently deliver? Could they be deliver more benefits/ be improved? Aim: To establish what benefits GI in Burnley is currently providing Could they be deliver more benefits/ be improved? To discuss where & how GI could provide more benefits (10mins) Accessibility to GI in the countryside If time allows – where is GI not contributing to making the borough Using the 3 Burnley examples, consider how accessible they are… How is GI contributing to Burnley’s three strategic priorities (?): greener? How good is accessibility for disabled people/pedestrians/ cyclists/ by • Prosperity public transport/ by car? • People (10mins) Summary • Places Ask each participant to write on a post-it: Is there signposting to the site & within the site? Is there adequate awareness of the 3 Burnley examples in the Example described during TEP presentation – Which 3 GI benefits are currently performing best in Burnley? countryside through information/publicity etc.?

Prosperity Which GI benefit(s) is currently performing least well in Burnley? (10mins) Interpretation/facilities Leeds & Liverpool Canal Is there interpretation to better understand the green infrastructure What functions does it currently deliver? As a result of the workshop, which additional GI types/benefits should site? • Recreation be provided? Are there facilities to better enjoy the green infrastructure site (eg. • Green travel routes toilet/café etc.)? • Economic growth & investment • Labour productivity Materials required (5mins) Summary COLOUR OS BASEMAP A0 SIZE / FLIPCHART Ask each participant to write on a post-it: Could more benefits be provided? In which locations? RECORD COMMENTS ON BASEMAP (WITH DIFFERENT COLOURED POST- Which 3 GI benefits are currently performing best in Burnley’s IT NOTES) & FLIPCHART countryside? Ask each member of the group to provide a 10 second introduction of themselves & what GI can contribute to their job or role ! ______Which GI benefit(s) is currently performing least well in Burnley countryside? Use activity below to help participants consider how GI currently contributes to Burnley’s strategic priorities: Workshop 2 – Green Infrastructure (GI) in the countryside Materials required (14:45-15:20, 35 minutes discussion) COLOUR OS BASEMAP A0 SIZE / FLIPCHART (10mins) Prosperity – Establishing Burnley as an attractive place to live, work & play Aim: To establish what benefits GI in Burnley Borough is currently RECORD COMMENTS ON BASEMAP (WITH COLOURED POST-IT NOTES) & On separate post-its write down: providing FLIPCHART What types of GI contribute to this? (select 2 Burnley examples) To discuss the accessibility of GI; also how well it is being presented. Where are they located? (approx address) Which benefits do they currently deliver? How is GI contributing to Burnley’s prosperity (?): Could they deliver more benefits/ be improved? Example described during TEP presentation - If time allows – are there examples where GI is not contributing to prosperity ? Places (10mins) People – Improved health standards Forest of Burnley On separate post-its write down: What benefits does it currently deliver? What types of GI contribute to this? (select 2 Burnley examples) • Recreation Where are they located? • Supporting wildlife Which benefits do they currently deliver? • Managing water resources & reducing flood risk

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