Integrating Surface Water Management Planning & Green Infrastructure to help deliver multiple benefits in Glasgow Gaye McKay & Laura MacDonald Glasgow City Council Development and Regeneration Services Introduction Development and Regeneration Services SWMPs in Glasgow: Hillington/Cardonald Fullarton Avenue Benefitting High Knightswood/ People Netherton Deliver £2.2 Eastern Springburn Lever in an billion in estimated Darnley Mains additional £3.3 billion of Gross Value Drumchapel private sector Added per Cardowan/Cockenzie Street investment annum Overwood Drive/Aikenhead Road Kings Park Croftfoot Garrowhill City Glasgow City Centre Support over 5,500 people Deal Benefitting into sustained Communities work. Benefitting 29,000 jobs Businesses + Development and Regeneration Services Who? What? Why? Development and Regeneration Services The strategic aims of green infrastructure To improve the To provide increased To address inequality quality, accessibility and better by creating new and quantity of green opportunities for green space, and infrastructure in people to improve improve existing sites Scotland’s towns and their health and well- for communities in cities being; areas of multiple deprivation and/or for communities living close to vacant and derelict land Development and Regeneration Services Masterplanning at a Catchment Scale • Best Value for Money • What can be achieved? • Where can funding be found? • Limitless opportunities Development and Regeneration Services Collaboration & Funding Working with Development Control and applying guidance Working with Strategic Planners Working with Parks Working with Ecologists Working with Roads Revenue & Capital Funding Development and Regeneration Services Halfway Community Park (Moss Heights) Cardonald Development and Regeneration Services Halfway Community Park Development and Regeneration Services Cranhill Park Development and Regeneration Services Development and Regeneration Services Community Consultation Development and Regeneration Services Development and Regeneration Services Discussion • Based upon you own experiences, what do you consider the potential barriers to the introduction of blue/green infrastructure and how can these obstacles be overcome? • In the examples provided Glasgow City Council collaborated with numerous organisations to help deliver multiple benefits. What do consider are the advantages of this approach? How can we encourage others to adopt a similar approach? Development and Regeneration Services Advantages of a collaborative approach Development and Regeneration Services .