View original document here. The Parks Strategy represents the City Council's long-term aspiration for Liverpool's rich and varied legacy of parks. It sets a direction for long-term planning, improved corporate and community co-ordination and seeks to apply a best practice approach to future park management and improvement. The Strategy focuses primarily on the City's existing parks but considers other specific areas of public open space where relevant.

The Strategy is a qualitative plan which will support regeneration and quantitative analysis of local need throughout neighbourhood areas. The vision is for a network of high quality, accessible parks and green spaces which promote economic regeneration by helping to make Liverpool a significantly more attractive City in which to live and work, whilst supporting biodiversity and meeting local needs.

As well as physical exercise there are significant mental health gains from parks and park use particularly in reducing stress and combating conditions such as Attention Deficit Disorder ADD. Liverpool's parks and open spaces include woodland, wetland and coastal habitat, linked by wildlife corridors. Companies are attracted to locations with good parks and attractive landscapes which will attract both customers and employees.

Good parks can change perception and contribute to a positive image for an area, sustaining investment and regeneration. Liverpool's parks and green spaces are an essential part of the City's heritage and infrastructure, being a strong element in its architectural and landscape character, providing a sense of place and engendering civic pride.

These places are important for enabling social interaction and fostering community development. They help to conserve natural systems, including carbon, water and other natural cycles, within the urban environment, supporting ecosystems and providing the contrast of living elements in both designed landscapes and conserved wildlife habitats within the urban area.

Strategic Green and Open Spaces Review Board - Liverpool City Council

Liverpool's parks and green spaces support social and economic objectives and activities. In particular the good stewardship of the City's public parks helps to reduce the inequalities, poor health and social exclusion in deprived areas and reduce any inherent tension between the many social and ethnic groups who form the wider community.

They provide for the recreational and leisure needs of communities, and assist in the economic revival of Liverpool, increasing its attractiveness as a place for business investment, to live, work and take leisure.

T1 - 7 Develop effective partnership working across and with community sector initiatives such as the Lancashire Wildlife Trust, Groundwork Trust, Mersey Forest etc. T2 - 7 Focus on key sites for development towards horticultural specialisation, for example, walled gardens. T3 - 6 Adopt a co-ordinated policy for retention of Section payments towards the qualitative, and in areas of deficiency, quantitative improvement of open space provision in the city;.

Liverpool Rural Lands Study - DFP Planning Consultants

T4 - 1 Develop improved management within parks for strategic service delivery, in particular integrating sports needs, events and community activities into park management plans where appropriate. T4 - 9 Apply sustainable principles to operational management including peat minimisation, recycling of organic materials and minimal chemical use. Liverpool City Green Infrastructure Strategy.

Description The Parks Strategy represents the City Council's long-term aspiration for Liverpool's rich and varied legacy of parks. Key Messages Liverpool's parks have evolved through a number of distinct periods of development producing a diverse range of heritage, park estate and semi-natural landscapes. This represents an important environmental, recreational, educational and health resource which supports community activities, nature conservation and sport and tourism.

Parks provide local character, and an attractive refuge from the built environment.

Green infrastructure function Public recreation; Public recreation with restrictions; Green travel route; Aesthetic; Heritage; Cultural asset; Learning. Green infrastructure benefits Quality of place; Health and well-being; Tourism; Recreation and leisure; Land and biodiversity. Green infrastructure type Non-specific green infrastructure; Parks and public gardens; General amenity space; Outdoor sports facilities; Cemeteries, churchyards and burial grounds; Institutional grounds.

Potential positive attributes of parks and open spaces: Green infrastructure benefits Climate change adaptation and mitigation; Quality of place; Health and well-being; Land and property values; Tourism; Recreation and leisure; Land and biodiversity.

Green infrastructure type Non-specific green infrastructure.

Parks are the 'natural health service' providing landscapes to enjoy whether casually or through activity, both informal and formal. Green infrastructure function Corridor for wildlife. Green infrastructure benefits Quality of place; Land and property values; Economic growth and investment; Labour productivity.

Green infrastructure type Parks and public gardens; Woodland; Trees; Wetlands; Coastal habitat. Green infrastructure function Habitat for wildlife; Corridor for wildlife; Carbon storage; Water supply; Water interception; Water infiltration; Water conveyance; Flow reduction through surface roughness.

Green infrastructure benefits Climate change adaptation and mitigation; Flood alleviation and water management; Quality of place; Health and well-being; Economic growth and investment; Recreation and leisure; Land and biodiversity.

Green infrastructure type Non-specific green infrastructure; Parks and public gardens; General amenity space; Water courses; Water bodies. Improving Park Condition and Quality: The City Council will work closely to involve local communities to reduce anti-social behaviour, educate young people in the value and potential of our parks, how they can meet local needs better, improve the appearance of parks and make better use of resources.

Green infrastructure function Learning. Green infrastructure type Parks and public gardens. Principally it is recognised that parks are for people and how successful they are in fulfilling their multi-faceted role is dependant on the community, as neighbours, users, supporters and enablers.

Along with the community the greatest factor in the state of our parks are resources. Green infrastructure function Public recreation; Public recreation with restrictions; Carbon storage. Green infrastructure benefits Climate change adaptation and mitigation; Quality of place; Recreation and leisure; Land and biodiversity.

Green infrastructure type Non-specific green infrastructure; Parks and public gardens. Level of document Local. Geographical area to which document refers Liverpool.

Liverpool City Council - Draft Liverpool Local Plan - Policy GI 5 - Protection of Biodiversity and Geodiversity

Status of document Committed council policy. Supportive of green infrastructure scale General greenspace reference - mentioned. Is 'green infrastructure' mentioned? Help using evidence base.