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9.2 The following internal groups were consulted:
• Green Infrastructure Forum
• S106 Working Group
• Management Board
• Scrutiny Commission
• Cabinet Briefing
• Cabinet Executive
• Quality Services Working Group
9.3 The following external partners were consulted:
• Environment Agency
• Natural England
• Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust
• The Woodland Trust
• Parish Council’s
• Leicestershire Access Forum
• The Friends of Fosse Meadows
• Stepping Stones
• Leicester City Council
• Leicestershire County Council
10. Financial and Efficiency Implications
10.1 There are no financial implications arising directly from the adoption of the
strategy. Implementation of the action plan will have budgetary implications
which will be subject to the usual budgetary processes.
11. Appendices to this report
11.1 Appendix 1 – Green Space Strategy
12. List of Background Papers
• Planning Policy Guidance – PPG17: Planning for Open Space, Sport and
Recreation (2002)
• Urban Green Spaces Task Force report – Green Spaces Better Places (2002)
• Living Spaces, Cleaner, Safer, Greener (2002)
• European Landscape Convention
• The Natural Environment & Rural Communities (NERC) Act
• Green Space Strategies – A Good Practice Guide (2004)
• 6C’s Green Infrastructure Strategy (2010)
• East Midlands Green Infrastructure Scoping Study (2009) & Stepping Stones
Project
• Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Landscape and Woodland Strategy
• Building a Big Society for our area – A Community Plan for Blaby District
(2011)
• Blaby District Council Local Development Framework (LDF) Core Strategy
Submission Version (January 2012)
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