Green Infrastructure (GI) describes the network of natural spaces and corridors that intersperse and connect our cities, villages and towns. These areas provide multiple benefits to local communities, including recreational space, improved health and well-being, natural habitats for wildlife, and vital environmental services such as pollution control, water supply, fisheries and flood alleviation. GI planning requires an understanding and articulation of “ecosystem services” relevant to the study area.
TEP has very strong credentials in green infrastructure advocacy, strategy and planning. We specialise in developing GI plans that take account of environmental, economic and social priorities, and balance these to support a project or area holistically.
We work collaboratively brokering agreements and establishing consensus across a wide spectrum of stakeholders to create spaces that balance the needs of people, wildlife and habitats.
We have developed GI plans at a broad geographic scale (for example our work on the Cheshire and North-East Wales GI Framework) and at a very local scale (for example our action plan for the Flintshire Coast).
