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Status:
Implemented
Title:
25 Year City of Nature Delivery Framework
Include item on Forward Plan
Yes
Is Key Decision
No
Item Contains Exempt/Private Reports
No
Reference:
009408/2022
Urgent Decision - Not in Forward Plan
No
Details for Agenda Sheet
Strategic Director of Place, Prosperity and Sustainability
Implementation Date (not before meeting on)
Tue 8 Feb 2022
Purpose

This City of Nature Delivery Framework is the plan of how we will deliver the City of Nature vision introduced in Our Future City Plan, 2040.

 

In July 2019, Cabinet agreed to receive £1.1m from Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to run the Future Parks Accelerator (FPA) Programme, with the huge ambition to embed the value of green spaces across all areas of the Council.

 

As part of its legacy, the FPA has produced a 25-year Plan for a City of Nature. This will build upon the five FPA themes, and outline the challenges and inequality of access to green space across Birmingham. The five themes are as follows:

 

  1. A Green City
  2. A Fair City
  3. A Healthy City
  4. A Valued City
  5. An Involved City

 

The 25 year plan is divided in to 5 yearly blocks, with a detailed plan of what Birmingham could look like in 2027 (5 years from 2022) as a City of Nature, and how this will be financed.  We are requesting that Cabinet:

  • endorses this 25-year City of Nature Delivery Framework for Birmingham

  • commit to champion and support this.  


Key Portfolio
Leader
Decision Maker
Chief Officer Decision Maker
Reason For Key Decision
Significant Community impact across 2 or more Wards
Relevant Documents

Cabinet Approval for FPA Programme

Cabinet Approval for FPA Extension
Decision Type:
Committee
Decision Maker:
Cabinet
Directorate
Place, Prosperity and Sustainability, Education and Skills, City Operations, City Housing, Public Health, Finance.
Other Information
Additional Portfolios Street Scene and Parks, Finance and Resources and Transport and Environment
Private Reason
Decision Outcome

On 8 February 2022, Cabinet:-

 

(i) Approved the 25-year City of Nature Plan attached as Appendix A to the report, as a statement of the Council’s intention to re-prioritise its existing resources (financial and staffing) initially within its green space portfolio, but with the ambition to extending to all green spaces in the city and securing the input of stakeholders;

 

(ii) Approved capital expenditure of up to £0.500m funded through Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) for green space investment comprising improvements to basic parks infrastructure to support the delivery of the thematic themes in the Birmingham Development Plan 2031; as a match for future external investment;

 

(iii) Noted the 1 – year action plan detailed in Appendix C to the report focussed upon Bordesley and Highgate Ward, comprising community engagement in the area to generate greater public awareness and use of their local greenspaces;

 

(iv) Approved request for formal consultation on the 25-year City of Nature Plan.

 

THE DEADLINE FOR CALL IN IS 1600 HOURS ON MONDAY 14 FEBRUARY 2022.
Would the recommended decision be contrary to the budget and policy framework:
No
Decision Options:

Additional Information

Reg 10
Reg 11

Decision Criteria

This Decision does not contain any decision criteria records.

Wards

Balsall Heath West; Bordesely & Highgate; Castle Vale; Gravelly Hill; Nechells; Pype Hayes

Topics

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Overview and Scrutiny

Co-ordinating Overview and Scrutiny Committee
Resources Overview and Scrutiny Committee

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Decision History

Date & Time CreatedUser Full NameStatus DescriptionDetails
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 Page 1 of 3, items 1 to 10 of 25.
23/09/2021 14:34:56Janet HinksBusiness Item Created 
23/09/2021 14:34:56Janet HinksCommittee AddedCabinet
23/09/2021 14:34:56Janet HinksMeeting Added18/01/2022 10:00AM
23/09/2021 14:36:50Janet HinksWard AddedBalsall Heath West
23/09/2021 14:36:50Janet HinksWard AddedBordesely & Highgate
23/09/2021 14:36:50Janet HinksWard AddedCastle Vale
23/09/2021 14:36:50Janet HinksWard AddedGravelly Hill
23/09/2021 14:36:50Janet HinksWard AddedNechells
23/09/2021 14:36:50Janet HinksWard AddedPype Hayes
23/09/2021 14:37:41Janet HinksOS Committee AddedCo-ordinating Overview and Scrutiny Committee

Approval/Comments

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